Athlon XP @ 200FSB? w/ KT133E?

[zeroidea]

I recently bought a Chaintech 7AIA5E motherboard from newegg. It's specs mention that it uses the KTE133 chipset.

Anyone know if I can pop an Athlon XP in this thing?

One of the user reviews on newegg says "Also, KTE133 turns out to be KT133A." Google searches have turned up conflicting information as to whether or not a 266Mhz FSB is possible; If it's not, I was wondering whether an Athlon XP could be unlocked and run at a lower FSB with a higher multiplier?

(I picked this board because it was only $45 shipped, has a well-regarded audio chipset onboard, uses SDRAM (which I have plenty of, and want to eventually shrink all my boxen into smaller, portable cases).

newegg

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Just download and flash the latest bios from Here and you can run a 2200+ in there if you want to

 

[zeroidea]

Thanks Dapunisher, I'd checked out that page (I do try to find an answer on my own before turning to others) but it says:

2001/9/11
...
1.Support AMD XP CPU (7AIA5 Only).

2002/2/18
...
1.Support AMD® Athlon? XP 2000+, 2100+ & 2200+ CPU.


The most recent bios doesn't specify whether the XP support is applicable to both versions (7AIA5 and 7AIA5E) or not, and maybe I'm just paranoid, but it seems entirely likely that whoever handles their website forget to add that detail to the most recent BIOS - or maybe it's assumed that since the previous BIOS only added XP support to one flavor, the refresh for the latest XP's is also only applicable to that flavor.

Or maybe I need to go to bed.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Sounds like you definitely needed the sleep If you look at version 7 of the bios at the top of the page it clearly shows 7AIA5/7AIA5E that is a clear indication that the bios is for both boards! Flash version 7 to it and stop worrying

 

[CrazySaint]

You should be aware that running an XP at 133MHz FSB instead of 266DDR, you're going to lose a lot of performance (in the neighborhood of 20-30%).

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: CrazySaint
You should be aware that running an XP at 133MHz FSB instead of 266DDR, you're going to lose a lot of performance (in the neighborhood of 20-30%).

You are crazy J/K Actually the KTE133 is comprised of North Bridge
Chipset Name:
VIA Apollo KLE133 (VT8361)
Manufacturer: VIA
AGP FSB: 2X Build-In
CPU Type: AMD Athlon and Duron Socket A
CPU FSB: 200/266
Memory Type: SDRAM
Memory FSB: 100/133
Max Memory: N/A
Sourth Bridge

Chipset Name:
VT82C686B
Manufacturer:
VIA
Number Of USB: 4
Version Of USB: 1.1
Support IDE Data: ATA 33/66/100 So it'll be running 266DDR FSB=No Worries mate EDIT: you are refering to the SDRAM solution I presume and hence it's my bad

 

[zeroidea]

Well the board arrived today, and where the manual indicates there should be a jumper for 100/133 FSB selection there's just some dots.. it sounds like maybe i'd be better off with a duron if the XP takes such a performance hit with SDRAM, then transition to some more modern technology (ddr, barton, hammer) down the line.

Which makes this thread completely irrelevant! Although I thank you all for your responses.

Time to hit the FS/T forum!

 

[jaybee]

Originally posted by: zeroidea
Well the board arrived today, and where the manual indicates there should be a jumper for 100/133 FSB selection there's just some dots.. it sounds like maybe i'd be better off with a duron if the XP takes such a performance hit with SDRAM, then transition to some more modern technology (ddr, barton, hammer) down the line.

Which makes this thread completely irrelevant! Although I thank you all for your responses.

Time to hit the FS/T forum!

You'll be better off with an XP if you're using SDRAM. The Duron's smaller cache makes it more sensitive to memory speed. I've got an XP1600+ with PC133 and I'm happy with it.

jaybee

 

[zeroidea]

Originally posted by: jaybee
You'll be better off with an XP if you're using SDRAM. The Duron's smaller cache makes it more sensitive to memory speed. I've got an XP1600+ with PC133 and I'm happy with it.

jaybee

doh. just bought a duron1.2 for $44 today

[where's the smiley that neither smiles nor frowns?]

 

[zeroidea]

Well, the happy conclusion to this story is that UPS delivered my Duron and a couple In-Win V523 cases today, I got everything setup and it's all working smoothly. It's a nice speed bump from my Abit BE-6II with a 633mhz Celeron OC'd to 950, perhaps because my PC133 CL2 memory is actually being taken advantage of now.

I'm not sure how the temperature is being read, but Sanda says the CPU is 45-50C (I haven't installed MBM yet)

Oh, and I emailed Chaintech and was told that the board did not support XP's or other FSB266 processors. Perhaps if I were to solder the appropiate jumper it would be possible, but..

The Inwin case is a pleasant little thing too, though once again they've made it deeper than necessary; I guess that makes things less cramped.