CPU upgrade.

botheredbothered Manchester UK
edited July 2003 in Hardware
Hi y'all,
I have an abit KX7 with 512Mb 2700RAM. At the moment I'm using a 1.4GHz Athlon but would like to upgradeit. What is the fastest CPU I can put in here?
I have had the motherboard about 18 months, Would I need to upgrade the Bios as well?

bothered.

Comments

  • mondimondi Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    You can go up to an AXP 2600+


    Version: B6 Released Date: 2002-08-22

    Support Athlon XP 2400+, 2600+ CPU. Please be noted that Athlon XP 2400+ and 2600+ CPU need AMD certified heatsink; otherwise, the system will be quite unstable or even fail to boot up.
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited July 2003
    Cheers mondi, But what's the link? I clicked it, Saved it, Opened it and a dos box opened for a fraction of a second and dissappeared??

    bothered.
  • mondimondi Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    ahh, youll have to "right click. save as" and put it somewhere, its a self extracting archive ... run it, and some new files should a ppear in the same folder, these are the bios/ flash utility, just copy them to a floppy, reboot into DOS and run runme.bat, that should sort you out ... I cant test this particular one as i dont have the same board, but there should be an option somewhere to save your current bios ... always a good idea
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2003
    thats the most recent revision of the bios.
    if you dont like doing bios flashes in dos, abit has released a new painless windows bios flash utility

    ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/fae/flashmenu120.exe

    try that , hit one click install and your board will then support some of the newest AXP's
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited July 2003
    Many thanks,

    bothered.
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited July 2003
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  • RiddickRiddick Malaysia Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    those bartons, can they run at 166FSBs with DDR 400 modules?
    or do i have to set the FSB to 200?
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited July 2003
    That depends on whether or not your motherboard allows the FSB to be set at a different speed than the memory. When running the FSB and memory at different speeds this is called asynchronous.

    The processor would have no problem with the memory running @ DD400 while the FSB is DDR333.

    If you have a motherboard that supports adjusting the multiplier of the CPU, then running the CPU @ DDR400 FSB speeds should be fairly easy.
    Riddick said
    those bartons, can they run at 166FSBs with DDR 400 modules?
    or do i have to set the FSB to 200?
  • RiddickRiddick Malaysia Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    the mobo u mean must be the nforce2s right? (asynchronous and multiplier adjusting)

    i went to a couple of websites to look for barton and ddr400 capability with non nforce mobos, most of them said to buy "recommended ddr400 modules" (certain brands i forgot). would these recommended modules be able to run with ddr 400 speeds without ocing to fsb 200?
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited July 2003
    Well, right now, yes, nForce2 is the chipset to get because the KT600 chipset-based boards are not available, or are not available in a wide selection.

    from the benchmarks I've seen the nForce2 boards are still faster than the KT600 boards, but it's normally neck-and-neck so I guess it would mainly depend on price, features and reliability.
    Riddick said
    the mobo u mean must be the nforce2s right? (asynchronous and multiplier adjusting)

    i went to a couple of websites to look for barton and ddr400 capability with non nforce mobos, most of them said to buy "recommended ddr400 modules" (certain brands i forgot). would these recommended modules be able to run with ddr 400 speeds without ocing to fsb 200?
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