Question about upgrading

[ef8hellraiser]

Hi, I have an old MSI SiS 645 motherboard, which says on the box 400mhz system bus.
Right now it has an old socket 478 1.8 ghz cpu in there.

My friend has a 2.6ghz P4 800mhz fsb cpu on his old comp that he doesnt need anymore.
I was wondering, am I able to use that cpu on my current motherboard (MSI)?

thanks

 

[myocardia]

No, that chipset was designed to work with the 100 Mhz and 133 Mhz FSB'd P4's, the Norwood A's and the Northwood B's. As a matter of fact, it debuted before the Northwood B's did.

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: myocardia
No, that chipset was designed to work with the 100 Mhz and 133 Mhz FSB'd P4's, the Norwood A's and the Northwood B's. As a matter of fact, it debuted before the Northwood B's did.

He's absolutely right 😉