is mobile athlon XP compatible as a desktop CPU?

[jjyiz28]

is it pin compatible?? will it work if i stick this in my mobo? newegg has the 1700+ tbred mobile

 

[Mingon]

Yes but they are only recgnised with 5x multiplier (lowest powernow setting). Dont waste your time get a fast tbred and just underclock if you want less heat.

 

[TRUMPHENT]

Mingon may be right but not in all cases. Soyo released a BIOS for the Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition for the low powered XP processors. Check your mainboard mfr and see if they didn't do the same.

 

[Necrolezbeast]

he may want it for the overclocking...running 1.46ghz at the lower voltage has a high chance of overclocking high with also a low voltage...

 

[jjyiz28]

if its not multiplier locked, cant i just raise it up?? and raise the voltage, mess around with the FSB. etc..

 

[beyoku]

you can do it, somebody made a thread at another site here, check it out it may give you some info.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=2d8e77babe5edecb4508179db7886f9e&threadid=242155

 

[Mingon]

I used my 2000xp mobile chip in a shuttle sn41g2. As I said it defaulted to 5 or 5.5 multiplier and was running 1.6v. Wasnt really worth the hassle.

 

[loafbred]

mobile Barton in desktop thread

nForce2 with mobile XP thread