- Dec 10, 2002
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Howdy,
Somebody gave me a nice little Compaq system. Was getting ready to snag a cheap GeForce 6200 AGP to turn the system into something pretty useable.
I also wanted to upgrade the stock 2200+ Athlon XP to the best CPU the board can support.
The board is, by default, 133/266MHz. But does anybody know if I can override the Compaq BIOS with one of the newer versions on MSI's site? Maybe unlock some overclock ability?
MSI's site seems to be saying that I've already got pretty much the best CPU it can support. Surely there must be more headroom...
I had been thinking that I could install an MSI BIOS, throw in some DDR 333 RAM, up the bus to 166/333 and toss in a Barton 3200+.
If a Barton wont work, what about the 2600+ Tbred? It's the same model number/series as my 2200+ but, again, MSI's site seems to say it's a no go?
TIA guys!
Somebody gave me a nice little Compaq system. Was getting ready to snag a cheap GeForce 6200 AGP to turn the system into something pretty useable.
I also wanted to upgrade the stock 2200+ Athlon XP to the best CPU the board can support.
The board is, by default, 133/266MHz. But does anybody know if I can override the Compaq BIOS with one of the newer versions on MSI's site? Maybe unlock some overclock ability?
MSI's site seems to be saying that I've already got pretty much the best CPU it can support. Surely there must be more headroom...
I had been thinking that I could install an MSI BIOS, throw in some DDR 333 RAM, up the bus to 166/333 and toss in a Barton 3200+.
If a Barton wont work, what about the 2600+ Tbred? It's the same model number/series as my 2200+ but, again, MSI's site seems to say it's a no go?
TIA guys!
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