1600 XP CPU upgrade

[wakefic]

I am trying to replace my 1600 XP with a 2100 in my KR7A-Raid. My bios is CX. Seems easy enough just pop out the old one but the machine doesn't boot with the new CPU. I tried 2 different CPUs thinking the first one was bad but no luck.

What am I missing?

Wakefic

 

[Charlie98]

Did you uninstall all the system drivers first?

 

[wakefic]

No, did know I needed to.
Thanks

 

[wakefic]

How would i do that?

Please forgive my ignorance

 

[dave_the_nerd]

You don't need to update drivers just to swap a CPU. Make sure the new one is supported by the motherboard.

If I remember right, there were a couple different CPU core types (Palomino, Throughbred, Barton, and Thorton) which were sometimes sold with the same "xxxx" speed rating. (Not all 2100s, 2700s, etc., would be the same chip.) So you will want to check your motherboard's manual and verify that it's compatible with whatever chip you're installing.

Also, with hardware that old, it's entirely possible you just have a few dead chips. Bent pins account for most of them. RIP.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Also, with hardware that old, it's entirely possible you just have a few dead chips. Bent pins account for most of them. RIP.

Or back then, you also had to worry about cracked cores too.

 

[Ranulf]

Oh man, I saw the mobo name and though... Abit. It seems there are some forms of their websites still around but might take awhile to find a bios update for that old of a mobo. Abit closed down in 2008 I think?

http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1070_3.html

Socket A (462) for the cpu.

 

[ArisVer]

Maybe wrong bus. From my notes.

2083 MHz (actual, 333 MHz FSB and 256 KB L2 cache)
2133 MHz (actual, 266 MHz FSB and 256 KB L2 cache)

AMD Athlon XP line up
Athlon XP Thunderbird has 266MHz bus speed and 0.18u.
Athlon XP Palomino has 266MHz bus speed and 0.18u.
Athlon XP Thoroughbred has up to 333MHz bus speed and 0.13u.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Maybe wrong bus. From my notes.

2083 MHz (actual, 333 MHz FSB and 256 KB L2 cache)
2133 MHz (actual, 266 MHz FSB and 256 KB L2 cache)

AMD Athlon XP line up
Athlon XP Thunderbird has 266MHz bus speed and 0.18u.
Athlon XP Palomino has 266MHz bus speed and 0.18u.
Athlon XP Thoroughbred has up to 333MHz bus speed and 0.13u.

T-Bred (the 2400+ anyway) was still 266FSB. Although you could over clock that pretty easily. (I ran mine at 400.)

Barton introduced the 333, I think.

 

[PliotronX]

Maybe wrong bus. From my notes.

2083 MHz (actual, 333 MHz FSB and 256 KB L2 cache)
2133 MHz (actual, 266 MHz FSB and 256 KB L2 cache)

AMD Athlon XP line up
Athlon XP Thunderbird has 266MHz bus speed and 0.18u.
Athlon XP Palomino has 266MHz bus speed and 0.18u.
Athlon XP Thoroughbred has up to 333MHz bus speed and 0.13u.

Good point, perhaps try the pin mod to mimic the 1600's defaults?

 

[ArisVer]

T-Bred (the 2400+ anyway) was still 266FSB. Although you could over clock that pretty easily. (I ran mine at 400.)

Barton introduced the 333, I think.

Quote from http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/TYPE-Athlon%20XP.html

"Bus speed of some Thoroughbred processors was increased to 333 MHz."

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Quote from http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/TYPE-Athlon%20XP.html

"Bus speed of some Thoroughbred processors was increased to 333 MHz."

Ah. Makes sense: this is the one I had.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/972/4