AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2500+ question

[shohoku]

I installed AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2500+, 266 FSB, 512K Cache, 45 Watt to Abit NF7-S v2 mobo. But the motherborad detects it as unknown cpu. Does it mean it's defective? Please help

 

[Sylvanas]

no your fine there. its just that the desktop motherboard (Abit NF7-S v2) isnt 'told' to recognise a mobile cpu, because Abit obviously doesnt plan on the average person putting the mobiles in there. i have exactly the same cpu as you do and its detected as 'unknown' so your fine.

 

[shohoku]

That's a relief. Thanks!

 

[Jeff7]

If you want, there is a good modded BIOS here. It adds a few features and updates that Abit's official BIOSes will likely never have.