Fastest CPU an ECS KS75A will take??

[bozack]

I know the website says 2600+ but didn't know if there was some stipulation to that? or if they released multiple models? thanks

 

[Manzelle]

I'd like to know myself...my brother has one and if it takes a 2500+ Barton I will give him my old one...(even if the FSB is 266 max)...

 

[HappyNic]

with your regular bios,, the max fsb is 133 so you wouldn't be able to use any FSB166 cpus to it's supposed speed. For every 166 fsb (333mhz) cpu you'll be underclocking your cpu. But you can try with a Hack bios,, but with that you still can not boot with 166 fsb,,. But if you use SPeedfan , ( a windows overclocking program) then it's possible to run at 166fsb( 333mhz) but of course your ram has to support the same speed of 166fsb ( 333mhz)

 

[Peter]

Put a 2400+ in, or get hold of the early, now rare 133 MHz bus version of the 2600+. Today, everything 2500+ and above is 166 MHz bus.

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: Peter
Put a 2400+ in, or get hold of the early, now rare 133 MHz bus version of the 2600+. Today, everything 2500+ and above is 166 MHz bus.

I really wanted to milk this thing so I can play recommended settings of Doom if I do opt to get the game, I found an OEM 266 2600+ at Mwave for like $70 ....oh well maybe I will just let it die and completely upgrade.

 

[Peter]

$70 is OK, given that the 2400+ goes for just a few $ less. Please mind that you're going to need adequate power supply and cooling.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: bozack

Originally posted by: Peter
Put a 2400+ in, or get hold of the early, now rare 133 MHz bus version of the 2600+. Today, everything 2500+ and above is 166 MHz bus.

I really wanted to milk this thing so I can play recommended settings of Doom if I do opt to get the game, I found an OEM 266 2600+ at Mwave for like $70 ....oh well maybe I will just let it die and completely upgrade.

might not be a bad idea.
$70 is not bad, but in the end, still wont be amazing for anything.

 

[imported_Moriturus]

The problem is that the 2600+ rating "only applies to recent shipment of ECS motherboard," to quote the CPU support table on ECS's website, and there's no way of knowing how "recent" your mobo is. I have one that handles a 2000+, but went totally unstable with a 2600+. (I think it even had problems with a 2200+.) If you have a 2600+ lying around that you can try, it's one thing, but going out and buying a 2600+ (if you can find one) is playing Russian roulette.

 

[compfreak999]

throw away that mobo is my advice.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: compfreak999
throw away that mobo is my advice.

With a comment like that you must have money to spare,why dont you send him a new board then?

 

[Peter]

I've been putting 2400+ in about the earliest K7S5A you can have, no problem there. It's only the very first batch of them (v1.0, no "XP" sticker near the CPU socket) that won't handle any kind of Athlon XP.

As I said, mind the power supply. You wouldn't be the first to discover that his old PSU isn't quite up to feeding the ~70 watt hunger of this CPU in a stable manner.

Of course, you'll need the latest BIOS in it _first_.

 

[DieHardware]

Originally posted by: Peter
I've been putting 2400+ in about the earliest K7S5A you can have, no problem there. It's only the very first batch of them (v1.0, no "XP" sticker near the CPU socket) that won't handle any kind of Athlon XP.

As I said, mind the power supply. You wouldn't be the first to discover that his old PSU isn't quite up to feeding the ~70 watt hunger of this CPU in a stable manner.

Of course, you'll need the latest BIOS in it _first_.

I had a v1.0-came installed with the 072401 BIOS and no "XP" sticker-that ran an XP1800 just fine.

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: Peter
I've been putting 2400+ in about the earliest K7S5A you can have, no problem there. It's only the very first batch of them (v1.0, no "XP" sticker near the CPU socket) that won't handle any kind of Athlon XP.

As I said, mind the power supply. You wouldn't be the first to discover that his old PSU isn't quite up to feeding the ~70 watt hunger of this CPU in a stable manner.

Of course, you'll need the latest BIOS in it _first_.

I have a pretty old Fortron Source 300W power supply that has been doing me well so far....had it for a long time now, cost alot of money back in the day but I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't work with a new CPU....I will check my board to see how old it is but I remember I bought it at the tail end of their popularity, probabily a little over a year ago.

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: compfreak999
throw away that mobo is my advice.

With a comment like that you must have money to spare,why dont you send him a new board then?

yeah right, I wish I wasn't buying a house and stuff and could just flush money down the toilet, but since my computer does 99.999% of what I want it to I just cannot justify totally upgrading.

 

[Peter]

Originally posted by: DieHardwareI had a v1.0-came installed with the 072401 BIOS and no "XP" sticker-that ran an XP1800 just fine.

Well yes, it's just that those with the XP sticker are sure to run an XP processor - those without might or might not.

 

[ECartman]

Originally posted by: bozack
I really wanted to milk this thing so I can play recommended settings of Doom if I do opt to get the game, I found an OEM 266 2600+ at Mwave for like $70 ....oh well maybe I will just let it die and completely upgrade.

You can get a 2600+ and new mobo combo at Frys for about about $70. outpost.com has em for not a lot more. Why just buy the chip?

check the Hot Deals forum

 

[Peter]

Because there's more to a mainboard change than just the bill of materials ... assembly, operating system reinstall, power supply change (K7S5A doesn't need 4-pin aux power, while new boards do), possibly upgrade of graphics card (1x/2x AGP cards won't fit newer boards) and RAM (those package deal 2600+ are 166 MHz - is your RAM ready for that).

That's a pretty strong avalanche of stuff rolling behind that "easy" upgrade. Dropping a new CPU into an existing setup really is drop-n-go, with the sole thing to look at being the power supply.

 

[tcsenter]

Difference in performance between XP2400+ and XP2600+ is rather small, while XP2400+ is in far greater supply and nearly $20 less. Plus, there aren't as many flavors of the XP2400+ (TBred and Thorton both 266MHz FSB), reducing the chance of getting the wrong version.

Mobile Bartons with 512KB L2 are an attractive option, including the newest 266MHz FSB XP-M 3000+ @ 2.2GHz.

 

[Gow99]

I have this board...rev. 5.0.............While trying to install win xp or win 2k pro...it will freeze @ windows is now starting...I tried 2 different hard drives and reset the MB lithium battery...still No luck......Anyone have success building a system with this board..? HELP , please..

 

[Gow99]

I replaced the 256meg pc133 stick with 512 ddr pc2700....this has apparently solved problem....

 

[Peter]

So you had a bad stick of RAM? Next time use www.memtest.org before even thinking about an OS install - on any board. Price pressure in the RAM market leads to extremely poor QA testing. You're not the first.