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On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 15:00:39 +0100, borolad@myowseintheboro.org wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 13:23:38 +0100, Steve <no@email.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:22:37 +0100, Steve wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
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>>> I wonder if anyone can help me.
>>>
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>>> I'm looking to upgrade the CPU in an Abit KT7 RAID (VIA KT133
>>> 100 FSB) but I can't find any of the officially supported
>>> processors max 1.4 MHz Athlon Thunderbird or 1.2 MHz Duron. I
>>> have seen that some people have got Athlon XPs to work in them,
>>> but they're all multiplier locked now, as far as I'm aware. So
>>> I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to whether one of
>>> the Mobile Athlon XP 2500+ would work in this board. Also,
>>> would the board be capable of supplying sufficient power to the
>>> CPU ?
>>>
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>>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>
>
>>> Steve.
>>>
>
>> Hi Guys, thanks for your help.
>>
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>> Firstly, I must say DOH! I did mean GHz for the CPU speed, not
>> MHz, I think working with my Pentium 200 has finally driven me
>> nuts
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>> Deadman,
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>> Thanks for the info. I'm in the the UK, so I wanted a UK
>> supplier, and i can't say as I've seen them over here. I had
>> heard that those chips get hot, so I've already got a
>> Thermalright SP-97 with a Panaflo 92mm and Arctic Silver 5 to
>> cope with the heat of whatever chip I put in. I've read that the
>> Athlon 1.4 needs to be locked to go in the KT7, otherwise it
>> won't work so I guess there's a chance it would apply to the 1.33
>> too. If it was locked then on the KT7, it would only run at 1
>> GHz, which wouldn't be hugely faster than the Duron 700 already
>> in. The PSU running the system is a Macron 300W, which is meant
>> to be a good make. I actually hadn't considered whether that
>> would be beefy enough for a CPU upgrade.
>>
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>> Asestar
>>
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>> Thanks, I hadn't considered the high speed Duron, I didn't
>> realise they were unlocked, I'll see what I can find over here,
>> I'll look into the Athlons too, shame nasty old AMD had to lock
>> them.
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>> Wes,
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>> Thanks, I've looked over your site and it's got some very good
>> info there. I have a couple more questions now that I hope you
>> might be able to answer.
>>
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>> I understand that all Athlons excluding the Mobile are now
>> locked, which would mean that I could only run the chip with the
>> fixed multiplier and the 100 FSB ?
>>
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>> To run the chip at high speed, i.e above 12.5 x 100, it needs to
>> have a multiplier of 13 or more ?
>>
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>> Will the KT7 support Barton CPUs ?
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>> What I was considering was a Mobile Athlon XP 2500+ from what I
>> understand it is an 1800 MHz chip on a 133 FSB, giving a
>> multiplier of 13.5, running at 1.45 volts. Do you think this is
>> likely to run ok in the board, or do you have any experience with
>> the chip ? I found a review at
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http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD03Mj
>> ImdXJsX3BhZ2U9MQ==
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>> but notice that the chip defaulted to 133 x 6. I assume if this
>> happened on the KT7 then it wouldn't be possible to get at the
>> high multipliers?
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>> Do any mods need to be made to either the chip or the board to
>> get them to work together?
>>
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>> Thanks again
>> Steve.
>>
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> I'll let Wes tell you about the re-mapping, just to say CPU City
> have the unlocked Bartons & the Mobile, and the Mobile is cheaper
> than the Barton at £63.45 (inc VAT).
>
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http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalog/default.php?cPath=28_29
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http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalog/default.php?cPath=28_29_32
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> BoroLad
Cheers BoroLad,
That was just what I had in mind, and the shop to get it from too, if I can find out for sure that it will work, as I don't want to waste £70 odd if it won't play nice with the board.
Steve.
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