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More info?)
OK thanks. I can check the MB chipsets out.
I don't know the MB type right now, its about 2 years old. It could be a ECS
K7S5A.
"Rob Stow" <rob.stow.nospam@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Will Dormann wrote:
>> Dave wrote:
>>
>>>Is it possible to replace a AMD Duron 900MHz chip with a AMD Athlon 2400?
>>>
>>>I have an old Motherboard I want to upgrade.
>>
>>
>> Most of us aren't psychic here, so you may want to post what the "old
>> Motherboard" model is.
>>
>>
>>
>
> There are a lot of "old motherboards" around here that I have done
> upgrades like with, including very common models like the ECS K7S5A, and
> the Asus A7N, A7V, and A8N lines. So long as your motherboard has an
> nForce, nForce2, KT266A, or KT400 chipset I think the odds are in your
> favour. Other chipsets may work just as well - I just can't recall having
> done that kind of cpu upgrade with them.
>
> The most recent similar upgrade I did was going from a Duron 1300 to an
> Athlon 2400 on an Asus A7N266-VM.
>
>
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