800MHz TBird + A7N8X-X?

[TwiceSliced]

ASUS' spec sheet says sub-gigahertz CPUs will work with the nForce2 boards, but the compatibility chart (and the manual) says no because of potential instabilities...

Can anyone confirm this? Will my 800MHz Athlon not run in my A7N8X-X?

 

[DieHardware]

I used a 900 T-bird in one for a few weeks without any stability issues.

 

[adams828]

hm i thought there was a post about this recently. i think the consensus was that it would work. asus basically said "it will work, we just don't recommend it"

 

[TwiceSliced]

Hrmmm... I was just told over at nForcersHQ that 9x was the lowest-supported multiplier on those boards, so that would explain that... Damn. Funny thing is that both MSI and ABIT say that the 800s are tested and compatible with their nForce2 Solutions. Stupid misleading ASUS site. I went ahead and tested the 800 in my A7N8X-Deluxe and it blue-screened XP within minutes; I'd imagine the results with the A7N8X-X would be the same Oh well, time to see if I can exchange for a K7N2-Delta-L... Thanks for the reply.

 

[adams828]

hm maybe contact asus. i'd check my a7n8x-x for ya but i'm at work. the manual says it'll go down to 5.0 (on page 46 of the manual" but that doesn't mean it will right? if nobody else does, i'll check mine later tonight and let ya know.

 

[DieHardware]

Originally posted by: TwiceSliced
Hrmmm... I was just told over at nForcersHQ that 9x was the lowest-supported multiplier on those boards, so that would explain that... Damn. Funny thing is that both MSI and ABIT say that the 800s are tested and compatible with their nForce2 Solutions. Stupid misleading ASUS site. I went ahead and tested the 800 in my A7N8X-Deluxe and it blue-screened XP within minutes; I'd imagine the results with the A7N8X-X would be the same Oh well, time to see if I can exchange for a K7N2-Delta-L... Thanks for the reply.

Uhmm no, I ran that 900 @ 6x166MHz for 996 totally stable (45 passes of Memtest86 v.3, zero errors). Have fun with that 800.

 

[TwiceSliced]

Well, there are enough signs (ASUS' manual and their compatibility list) to convince me that the 800 might be risky (even though I've gotten a few stories about working 900s; but I gave my 900 to a friend a while back), and having had my A7N8X Deluxe system brought to a screeching halt only minutes into testing it with the 800 in question... I never opened the A7N8X-X, and the store was happy to let me exchange it for the MSI K7N2-Delta-L (since they advertised A7N8X-X compatibility with sub-gigahertz CPUs on their website). MSI says they've specifically tested 800s on this board, so hopefully this goes well.

Thanks for all the input!

 

[adams828]

Originally posted by: TwiceSliced
Well, there are enough signs (ASUS' manual and their compatibility list) to convince me that the 800 might be risky (even though I've gotten a few stories about working 900s; but I gave my 900 to a friend a while back), and having had my A7N8X Deluxe system brought to a screeching halt only minutes into testing it with the 800 in question... I never opened the A7N8X-X, and the store was happy to let me exchange it for the MSI K7N2-Delta-L (since they advertised A7N8X-X compatibility with sub-gigahertz CPUs on their website). MSI says they've specifically tested 800s on this board, so hopefully this goes well.

Thanks for all the input!

you know i just thought.. would it not have worked on your a7n8x d because of that jumper which specifies 266&333 fsb *or* only 200fsb? sorry, just came to me as i was about to say:

:Q j/k hope the msi works for ya

 

[TwiceSliced]

Aw, c'mon... gimme *some* credit I think in this case, I just happened to have one of those CPUs that's unstable with the ASUS boards... Like those ASUS apparently came across in their testing labs. It's working swell in the K7N2 Delta-L though (and it supports dual channel DDR... A7N8X-X doesn't).

Thanks again for the input, everyone.