A7V133 and Athlon XPs.....again

[JC]

OK, I've seen various opinions of the compatibility of the A7V133 and the Athlon XP. Some say certain revisions with the newest BIOS, etc. I just went to ASUS website for the straight
skinny, they lead you to believe that only the A7V133-C or the A7V133 rev 1.05. or newer will support them. The BIOS charts don't seem to say anything about which revision A7V133
boards can be flashed with the new BIOS for XP support. I know there's always the 'try it' and 'case by case' scenario. Does anyone have a link for some definitive info?? I have an
A7V133 rev 1.05 (not 1.05.) and I'm not about to buy an XP without knowing for sure it will be supported.

thanx

JC

 

[jamesbond007]

Try here.

A7V133 BIOS Ver. 1007 10/15/2001
Add support for AMD® Athlon XP CPU.

I'd say you'll be fine. Do you know anyone locally in your area that has an Athlon XP CPU you could try after flashing?

 

[bluesky]

I'm second for that.
I was using XP1600 on A7V133 rev 1.04 w/bios 1007.
It even boots up w/bios ver 1005A, but with wrong name for XP.
One thing, I had to run with Jumper Mode to run 1400MHZ.

 

[Wind]

I've tested A7V133C (rev 1.05) on XP1500+ & 1600+ both w/ 1007 bios. Works fine & stable. However, the setup must be in jumper mode (meaning less O/Cing abilities). The mobo rev 1.05 or earlier can't run stable in jumperfree mode especially in vcore supply.

 

[rimshaker]

Running XP2000+ with A7V133 board rev 1.04, auto vcore, jumperless mode, stock hsf, 1007 bios. Currently overclocked to 136fsb, giving me an even 1700MHz.

 

[Wind]

<< Running XP2000+ with A7V133 board rev 1.04, auto vcore, jumperless mode, stock hsf, 1007 bios. Currently overclocked to 136fsb, giving me an even 1700MHz. >>

Happy for u. U r one of the very rare tht can run XP stable using jumperfree mode on PCB 1.04.