Hippotoddimus
Junior Member
The KT7 motherboard does not officially accept 266FSB CPU's, I want to put a 1.4GHz 200FSB CPU in this motherboard however they are impossible to find. Can I put a 266FSB CPU in and have it work? This is a reply to this question from another forum. Is this correct?
Your CPU has a multiplier.
Your motherboard has a default FSB speed.
The speed of your processor = default FSB * cpu multiplier.
The only difference between a t-bird 1.4/200 and a 1.4/266 is the multiplier. When you pop the chip into your comp, your mobo will run at its default FSB (100 double pumped in your case). This will result in your cpu (1.4/266) being slower than it should be because the multiplier is too low. With the chip unlocked, all you have to do is go into the BIOS and change the multiplier to 14x and you are good to go.
Your CPU has a multiplier.
Your motherboard has a default FSB speed.
The speed of your processor = default FSB * cpu multiplier.
The only difference between a t-bird 1.4/200 and a 1.4/266 is the multiplier. When you pop the chip into your comp, your mobo will run at its default FSB (100 double pumped in your case). This will result in your cpu (1.4/266) being slower than it should be because the multiplier is too low. With the chip unlocked, all you have to do is go into the BIOS and change the multiplier to 14x and you are good to go.
