Does Abit KT7 Support Duron 1000?

[Timmers]

Sounds like a simple question, but I can't get a simple answer.

So far, I've gotten a 'yes because it's a 200MHz chip' and a 'no because it has same core as the Athlon XP.' Plus some folks who confused the KT7 and the KT7A.

Please rescue me.

 

[DimZiE]

i've tried the duron 1000 on an kt133 board ... and it works (of course BIOS update is necessary)

i'll try and dug up some more info

 

[Timmers]

Good to know, but was it an Abit KT7? Have no doubt that a KT133 board could do, but it's old story of different boards & bioses...

 

[DimZiE]

sorry got some bad news 4 u...
if you got the KT7... then the answer is no..

 

[Timmers]

Really not bad news. The bad news was not knowing. This was for a second computer I'm putting together, so I'll just drop back to the 950 or 900 (any thoughts?) and hope I get a good chip for overclocking. Face somewhat the same situation with my KT7A, but with it I'm more than happy enough to go with an Athlon 1.33 or 1.4.

 

[Tectron]

It should work on a KT7 but may require a warm reboot from time to time if the correct speed doent post, other than that it will work just like the older durons, There is a detailed explanation on Pauls KT7 faq, I would post the link but I havent got it with me at the moment.

 

[oslama]

I got a retail duron 1ghz from newegg to run on Kt7Raid v1024 w/ default bios.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Yeah it'll work fine, just set the multiplier manually if it gives you any trouble. While your at it may as well pencil the L1s and bump it up to 1.2ghz

 

[oslama]

i already installed it at default (10x100) so how can get the retail hsf off( had a problems installing it) and connect the l1 bridges.

 

[Doh!]

I wish I can dig up some pictures for ya since a picture is better than thousand words but... anyways, you should see a clip sticking out at one end of the heatsink. Press it down and push it outward (away from the heatsink, may require a screwdriver since I don't know what kind of heatsink clip the ratail one uses). Once one side of the clip is off, gently lift the heatsink from the cpu (wait! since you're using the retail heatsink, it must have a thermal pad which is probably glued to the cpu). Unlock the cpu from the slot (lift the cpu slot lever on the side). Then gently lift the heatsink along with the cpu (if they are not glue together, remove the heatsink first before releasing the lever). If the thermal tape melted and is glued to the cpu, it may require a little force to remove heatsink from the cpu (be very gentle removing the heatsink from the cpu).