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| Thread ID: 110325 | 2010-06-12 07:36:00 | CPU Upgrade | Chris Randal (521) | Press F1 |
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| 1109506 | 2010-06-12 08:29:00 | AMD Athlon or Athlon XP and first identify the revision of Motherboard you have. There seems to be two models. Then update the BIOS before upgrading CPU. This is what Belarc Advisor tells me: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD 8366-8233 Enclosure Type: Desktop Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6390 Bus Clock: 100 megahertz BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 10/28/2002 |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 1109507 | 2010-06-12 08:31:00 | I just downloaded the manual for the board and it says will take up to a Athlon 2600+ | Sweep (90) | ||
| 1109508 | 2010-06-12 08:33:00 | Then you should be able to increase bus clock to 133MHz if you get a new CPU, the Duron is limited to 200MHz FSB | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1109509 | 2010-06-12 08:35:00 | There's a jumper on the board to do that. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 1109510 | 2010-06-12 08:57:00 | My wifes computer had this motherboard, I just passed it on down the line, one of the grandsons will have it. It started life with a 900 Duron at 100MHz clock speed, and finished with an AMD 2100+. I have an XP 2400+, but it only ran as an XP2100+ due to FSB limitation. I see on the MSI site there were three versions of this board. From what Chris said originally, it looks like version 1. XP 2100+ upwards, are fairly cheap on TradeMe |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1109511 | 2010-06-12 09:02:00 | His Belarc output would tend to indicate a Version 1 board too. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 1109512 | 2010-06-12 09:05:00 | Thanks folks - I'll let you know how I get on. Max 266 Khz so 333 isn't going to work. |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 1109513 | 2010-06-12 09:17:00 | There is a Jumper near the CMOS battery which will allow a 133 FSB. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 1109514 | 2010-06-12 09:56:00 | Right, just to clarify in case of confusion, there is a x2 multiplier, so 100MHz clock gives 200 MHz FSB, 133MHz clock gives 266 MHz FSB and so on. Athlon XP2100+ can run at 266MHz FSB max, whereas XP2400+ and XP2600+ can run at 333MHz FSB max if the board supports that speed. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1109515 | 2010-06-12 10:30:00 | Got it wrong.....:) the XP2400+ has 266MHz FSB. I've got a XP2600+ (not a 2400+) which runs with a 333MHz FSB, but if put in a board with 266 MHz FSB then it showed up as an XP2100+. It's all a bit confusing :banana Edit: all the Athlon XPs..... en.wikipedia.org |
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