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More info?)
I will have to try that. Thanks,
Mark
"Peter Felgate" <peterfelgate@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Fred Flintstone" <flintstone@slategravel-not-really-.org> wrote in
message news:<Qgbxc.4888$L4.2298@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>...
> > Yup, that is true.....Apparently, Dell's engineers could not prevent
amateur
> > upgraders (ones without things like slockets with their own power
> > regulators) from destroying the VR's (Voltage Regulators) on the system
> > board, since most of the faster CPU's require lower voltage, but much
higher
> > current (which the on-board VR wasn't designed to do, so they would
overheat
> > and kill themselves (or create such crummy power that the system would
be
> > unreliable)).
> >
> >
> >
> > "mdp" <markdpend@spambegone.aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:faRwc.4538$uX2.3133@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > > Versions above A07 will not allow upgrades using Slockets (Slot 1 to
> > Socket
> > > 370 adapter). Same is true for the GX1.
> > >
> > > "Fred Flintstone" <flintstone@slategravel-not-really-.org> wrote in
> > message
> > > news:kVQwc.4608$W56.4527@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com...
> > > > So what's wrong with A10?
> > > >
> > > > It IS fully backwards compatible with the board in your GXa....
> > > >
> > > > Did DELL breaks omething in A08, A09, and A10 that worked in A07?
> > > >
>
>
> Whilst it is true that on the GX1 bioses above A07 won't work with
> faster processors, I think you will find that on the GXas you are OK
> up to A09, which should be readily available.
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