Barton 2600+ MPs on Thunder K7 2462UNG & a Barton MP Question

[Rilescat]

Has anyone tried putting a pair of Barton 2600+ MPs on a Thunder K7 2462UNG?

I tried these processors on my Asus A7M266-D and they do not work. The Asus does support the model 8 Athlon MPs but not the model 10s. I am guessing the Thunder would not as it is on the older 760MP chipset, but the Tyan website says it will support them.

--As I understand, a normal Athlon Barton XP has a fsb of 333, but a Athlon Barton MP has a fsb of 266, is that correct?

Thank you.

 

[hytek369]

i am puzzled to why they do not work on the asus board. bump for more info. btw, you have 666 posts OP

 

[Rilescat]

Originally posted by: hytek369
i am puzzled to why they do not work on the asus board. bump for more info. btw, you have 666 posts OP

ya....it has been that kind of a day. :light:

 

[osage]

the 760MP chipset will support Bartons.

I have a pair of modded 2500s on a Tiger MP..same chipset as the Thunder K7...perhaps the bios is limiting ? ?

check around over at 2cpu forums, it should work

 

[rollin]

I can't say about the K7, but, the Asus 266-D absolutely "Does" support and correctly identify the Barton 2600+ model 10 MP cpu's with the beta bios installed. It's what I use, and am using now.

 

[Rilescat]

Originally posted by: rollin
I can't say about the K7, but, the Asus 266-D absolutely "Does" support and correctly identify the Barton 2600+ model 10 MP cpu's with the beta bios installed. It's what I use, and am using now.

Really? Are you setting up the procs using the JumperFree mode? My board reports the processors as 2000's and won't boot to an OS (SCSI controller, no ATA HDDs).

I called Tyan and they said that they did support the Model 10s. I will be putting them in tomorrow night. Hopefully all goes well.

 

[rollin]

Yes and no.

I should have said they were correctly detected as model 10 Bartons. It seems the bios still doesn't recognize a 16x multiplier, (only 15x) so the chip isn't living up to it's full potential. I replaced 1.4g TBirds and these 2600s scream by comparison. They even run cooler. I wouldn't go out and buy this board, but, the Bartons are sure a nice upgrade to it if you already have one. I'm hoping for a new bios to fix the muti problem, but, it's livable, and rock solid 24/7 @ 100% load.

When I set it jumpered to 133fsb, it runs the CPUs @2000MHz. In jumperless, I bump the fsb to 140 (280) and it runs @2130MHz (the advertised speed). It appears that AMD released two or three dif models of the MP 2600, and then you have the XPs that have the L5 mod being passed off as MPs.

Some are 266fsb others are 333. All the MP Bartons "should" be 266. Best bet is to check the code on each cpu and make sure you know exactly what you have.

You seem to be getting into bios ok, and then your scsi controller is having the problem?