Barton on k7s5a?

[stover21]

I'm considering purchasing a xp 2500+ barton cpu to go with another nforce2 motherboard, but in the meantime, I'm wondering if I will be able to run the barton on my current mb: the k7s5a.

will it just regisiter as a lower speed cpu (w/ fsb lowered to 133)?

or

will the mb just not even register the cpu?

thanks.

 

[Bateluer]

Check ECS's site for the mobo's CPU limitations. I'm about to walk out the door, or I'd like myself. Probably just need a bios update and it'd work fine though.

 

[Fern]

Well, it's a socket A mobo so it should work. May have to set FSB yourself. The desktop will be running @ 1463mhz (11 x 133), instead of 1826mhz (11 x 166).

Why not get a mobile Barton? They can run at 133 FSB (and 166 or 200 FSB), but with higher multi (14 instead of 11, so you can get to 14 x 133 = 1862mhz)

 

[DaNorthface]

Originally posted by: Fern
Well, it's a socket A mobo so it should work. May have to set FSB yourself. The desktop will be running @ 1463mhz (11 x 133), instead of 1826mhz (11 x 166).

Why not get a mobile Barton? They can run at 133 FSB (and 166 or 200 FSB), but with higher multi (14 instead of 11, so you can get to 14 x 133 = 1862mhz)

the k7s5a has no multiplier adjustment

 

[FuFighterStan]

The K7S5A with a mobile Athlon XP 2600+ will automatically default to a 15x multiplier and will run at 2 gig (15 x 133). I did this myself, so i can vouch for it.