Anyone ever tried an 800MHz P4 on a 533 board?

[CraigRT]

I have an Asus P4B533 at work and was going attempt to plop in a 2.8C, thinking it probably won't work.

can anyone tell me if it will or will not? I am assuming it's a limitation of the 845E chipset itself, but just curious. I also DO have some 400MHz RAM.

no big loss if it won't work, I'll just have to upgrade the board too I guess.

thanks.

 

[stungun]

i would be curious to know the answer to this question also. was contemplating this the other day because my buddy has a intel 2.6c 800mhz that i was considering buying but wanted to know if it would work in a 400/533 motherboard....

 

[vetteguy]

It should, but it won't run at 2.8 due to the multiplier.

 

[Bar81]

I plopped a 2.8C into my P4T533C and it worked fine just at a lower speed due to the lower FSB.

 

[Zap]

I once put a 2.4C into an Albatron 845PEV-Pro motherboard (845PE chipset). Got it running at 190MHz FSB, so the CPU ended up being underclocked a hair. Otherwise it worked fine, though funny thing was that when the original CPU was put back in (P4 1.6A) Windows XP died. :roll:

 

[Keitero]

Originally posted by: Zap
I once put a 2.4C into an Albatron 845PEV-Pro motherboard (845PE chipset). Got it running at 190MHz FSB, so the CPU ended up being underclocked a hair. Otherwise it worked fine, though funny thing was that when the original CPU was put back in (P4 1.6A) Windows XP died. :roll:

Well thats not right... ohh wait, it is.... Its Windows.