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08-13-2004 at 10:08:09 PM

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I apologize for such a newbie-ish question, but...

I'm trying to figure out if my ECS K7VTA3 (v3.1a) motherboard could
support an Athlon XP 2400 processor. So I went to the ECS website.
In the CPU chart, it said that the motherboard could support up to
2100+ at "133MHz", or 2400+ at "133MHz (.13 microns)".

What does that mean?

I remember trying to put my brother's Athlon 2400 XP CPU on this same
motherboard about 6 months ago. Bios was 3.0d. As I recall, during
the boot-up sequence the computer reported the CPU as only 2000 MHz.
I simply assumed the motherboard was not capable of supporting 2400
MHz. But the chart from the ECS website I mentioned makes me wonder:

http://www.ecsusa.com/support/table_amd.html

Anyway, I'd appreciate it if someone would clarify this for me.

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08-14-2004 at 10:55:42 AM

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I think a 2400 runs at around 2GHz (2000MHz). None of the xp's run as
fast as their number indicates.It is a marketing thing to compare it
to an equivilent Intel cpu, I believe.
Example, my 2100 xp runs around 1730 MHz or 1.73 GHz.
Your motherboard will support any XP that runs on a 133MHz bus. (a 266
MHz cpu runs on a 133MHz bus).
Than includes an XP2600+ (266MHz) model.

"Opticreep" <opticreep@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9e1f277e.0408131508.48dc4b9c@posting.google.com...
> I apologize for such a newbie-ish question, but...
>
> I'm trying to figure out if my ECS K7VTA3 (v3.1a) motherboard could
> support an Athlon XP 2400 processor. So I went to the ECS website.
> In the CPU chart, it said that the motherboard could support up to
> 2100+ at "133MHz", or 2400+ at "133MHz (.13 microns)".
>
> What does that mean?
>
> I remember trying to put my brother's Athlon 2400 XP CPU on this
same
> motherboard about 6 months ago. Bios was 3.0d. As I recall, during
> the boot-up sequence the computer reported the CPU as only 2000 MHz.
> I simply assumed the motherboard was not capable of supporting 2400
> MHz. But the chart from the ECS website I mentioned makes me
wonder:
>
> http://www.ecsusa.com/support/table_amd.html
>
> Anyway, I'd appreciate it if someone would clarify this for me.

Anonymous

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08-14-2004 at 04:13:09 PM

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Opticreep wrote:

> I apologize for such a newbie-ish question, but...
>
> I'm trying to figure out if my ECS K7VTA3 (v3.1a) motherboard could
> support an Athlon XP 2400 processor. So I went to the ECS website.
> In the CPU chart, it said that the motherboard could support up to
> 2100+ at "133MHz", or 2400+ at "133MHz (.13 microns)".
>
> What does that mean?
>
> I remember trying to put my brother's Athlon 2400 XP CPU on this same
> motherboard about 6 months ago. Bios was 3.0d. As I recall, during
> the boot-up sequence the computer reported the CPU as only 2000 MHz.
> I simply assumed the motherboard was not capable of supporting 2400
> MHz. But the chart from the ECS website I mentioned makes me wonder:
>
> http://www.ecsusa.com/support/table_amd.html
>
> Anyway, I'd appreciate it if someone would clarify this for me.

Along with what Buffalo said...

Just about everything available through retail and the web from AMD is based
on the .13u (micrometers) design rules. i.e. .13 micron. It's just telling
you that the board supports the "new" chips.

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Kirbalo...

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1 Gig DDR, 120 GB, nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440
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