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154191 2003-06-22 04:54:00 I have a MS-6380E mobo and have recently updated the BIOS to the latest revision AMI BIOS 5.7

I would like to know if this update has given me any more upgrade options by way of CPU. I would like to put in a 333Mhz Athlon XP but am unsure if this board will support it - the FSB adjustment goes up to 220 and the BIOS info says highest processor speed is 3000MHz.

I would like to put in some PC2700/DDR333 RAM and a new Athlon if possible.
HadO (796)
154192 2003-06-22 06:09:00 Someone confirm this but the 333 is a DDR value you'll find the value of your FSB in mobo terms should be 166MHZ.

Looking for confirmation
Patryn
Patryn999 (3748)
154193 2003-06-22 08:16:00 Yes that's right - hence the name "Double Data Rate" - my mobo has a KT333 chipset that supports 133/266 and/or 166/333MHz DDR RAM and a 133/266MHz CPU FSB.

My question is that with the BIOS update would that bump the max CPU speed up to 166/333MHz? As I said earlier the mobo FSB can be adjusted from 100 - 220 - 133MHz being standard for my XP1800+.

The KT333 northbridge can abviously handle 166/333MHz. Maybe I should just ask a shop to slam one in and see :D

Thanks for the useless info.
HadO (796)
154194 2003-06-22 09:02:00 If your fsb is 333Mhz then the board will take an Athlon XP (model10) with 333 fsb, I cant see what the problem is ?:|

Here is the MSI website info on your board (www.msi.com.tw) , or at least a board with the same number.

If you peruse the AMD site you will get all the tech info on the XP model 10 Athlon with 333mHz fsb.
Terry Porritt (14)
154195 2003-06-22 09:27:00 .........oh and BTW, if you look at the MSI BIOS page for the BIOS upgrade it says that the AMD 'Barton' XP 3000+ (FSB333) is supported for the KT3 Ultra 2 only, so if that is your board version you are ok.
It is here (www.msi.com.tw %20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&NAME=MS-6380E)
Terry Porritt (14)
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