"Applebred" Duron help please

[imported_Phil]

So I'm going to donate my old ECS L7VTM KT400 board to my sister's ageing Celeron 700 box, and add a Duron 1.8Ghz. Question is, will this board support it?

Does anyone know the prerequesites- i.e. bus speed, chipset support etc? I've emailed ECS but no reply yet (sigh).

Cheers!

 

[Mik3y]

i really doubt it would support 1.8 GHz, cuz its really old and its an ecs.

 

[imported_Phil]

It's 9 months old. I wouldn't call that "really old".

Anyone have some useful information please?

I know it should support it, but I want to be certain, given the return policy of Overclockers.co.uk

 

[Dennis Travis]

Check link. Sure seems to support your CPU.


Socket 462 for AMD K7 Athlon XP/ Athlon/ Duron processor
FSB 333/266/200 MHz



ECS L7VTM

 

[Mik3y]

oh ok, i was thinking it was like 3-4 yrs old. it should work then.

 

[Sniper82]

you would think any board with KT400 chipset would support it maybe wrong though.

 

[imported_Phil]

Thanks Dennis Travis

And ^Sniper^ - yeah, you'd think, I was just worried that it might not detect it properly. I mean, the Duron 1.6/1.8 chips are fairly new, newer than the KT400 (I think? Correct me...). Hell, I'll just have to resort to multiplier and FSB work if it doesn't right?

 

[MDE]

It should work fine, the Durons use a 266MHz FSB so even a KT266a should run it. Who cares if it's properly identified?

 

[imported_Phil]

Very true, but it's the perfectionist in me that wants things working exactly, damnit

Having said that, the perfectionist thing is probably why I took almost a day to rebuild my rig.

 

[Zepper]

May need a BIOS update for proper detection, other than that, no problemo.
.bh.

 

[imported_Phil]

Thanks to all, we'll see how it goes. Even if it doesn't work, a mATX board is like £45 now.

 

[txxxx]

Just update the BIOS. Worst case scenario is that the BIOS comes up with "unknown CPU" but boots up at 1.8Ghz.

 

[KristopherKubicki]

Ive used the board with a 1.8 tbred and no problems. it shoudl work fine witha duron.

Kristopher

 

[imported_Phil]

Ahh, thanks!