How to determine the fastest CPU I can put in this old gateway system...

[ajf3]

Hey all...

Trying to see the fastest CPU that I can plug into this motherboard... when I pull up the system from my serial# on gateway, I can get to this page:

http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/MSI/2510174/251017418.shtml

...which tells me it's a MSI board, but doesn't list the acceptable speeds of the 462/SocketA - is 950Mhz the fastest chip made for this board?

Thx!

 

[WPFossil]

The boards uses the Athlon CPUs. I think the fastest in that line is 2.2Ghz, if your BIOS supports that speed. Try to find the model number of your mobo. It may be visible in the BIOS screen.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Go to this site and download Everest home. It should give you a lot more info on the mb. It might lead you to more info on the MSI site too.

 

[brtspears2]

I'm pretty sure it can support all Duron and Thunderbird. Cannot really tell what it can do unless you find out what mb it is. If it can support the voltage for palamino chips, then that allows you to use even more cpus.

 

[daniel49]

try here.
http://users.erols.com/chare/cpu_sock.htm#socketa



11. I have a 462-pin (actually 453) Socket A motherboard. What can I upgrade to?
Socket A is a less expensive version of AMD's Slot A platform. It takes both the Athlon and Duron processors.
AMD Athlon 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950, 1.0G, 1.1G, 1.2G, 1.3G, 1.33G, 1.4G (Thunderbird)
AMD Athlon MP 1.0G, 1.2G, 1500+, 1600+, 1800+, 1900+, 2000+, 2100+ (Palomino)
AMD Athlon MP 2000+, 2200+, 2400+, 2600+ (Thoroughbred)
AMD Athlon MP 2800+ (Barton)
AMD Athlon XP 1500+, 1600+, 1700+, 1800+, 1900+, 2000+, 2100+ (Palomino)
AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 1700+, 1800+, 1900+, 2000+, 2100+, 2200+, 2400+, 2600+, 2700+, 2800+ (Thoroughbred)
AMD Athlon XP 2500+, 2600+, 2800+, 3000+, 3200+ (Barton)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+, 2200+, 2400+ (Thorton)
AMD Sempron 2200+, 2300+, 2400+, 2500+, 2600+, 2800+ (Thoroughbred)
AMD Sempron 2200+, 2400+, 2500+, 2600+, 2800+ (Thorton)
AMD Sempron 3000+ (Barton)
AMD Duron 600, 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950 (Spitfire)
AMD Duron 1.0G, 1.1G, 1.2G, 1.3G (Morgan)
AMD Duron 1.4G, 1.6G, 1.8G (Applebred)


Socket A has a layout that allows for 462 pins, but only has 453 pin holes to prevent the accidental insertion of an Intel Pentium III Celeron chip.


Mobile Athlon/Duron chips have a different pinout from other Socket A chips, and so are not compatible with existing desktop systems

 

[redbeard1]

If it takes a faster CPU, it may be limited to 18 micron processor. There are different voltage requirements between 13 and 18 micron processors. Palamino core chips are 18. Some older boards could only run 18's. This would be something to consider if you were not able to find better info, and you had to experiment.