SY-KT333 Dragon Lite with Barton 2600+

[tsowen]

I have a SY-KT333 Dragon Lite motherboard which supports 266MHZ FSB. According to the Soyo web site, it can support XP/Thoroughbred up to 2600+. I am wondering if I put the XP/Barton on this board, what will happen. Is Barton backward compatible with Thoroughbred? Can Barton work with chipset which supports 266MHz FSB only? Thanks for your help.

 

[Super6]

I'm fairly certain your mobo supports a 333MHz (166) FSB and should support Barton. Get an unlocked mobile Barton and use whatever settings you want and are supported by the board.

Super6

 

[o1die]

Get a mobile barton 2400 from newegg (about $78 shipped). I just ordered one, and hope it runs at 333-400 overclocked. It will post as "unknown cpu" on your board, but should run fine if you manually adjust the settings.

 

[tsowen]

Thanks for the input. I manage to get a Barton 2500+, rather than a mobile Barton, to put it on my SY-KT333 Dragon Lite. As Soyo's web site suggests, it doesn't work. I guess the main problem is the BIOS. It can only allow me to set FSB to 100 or 133. When I set FSB to 133 and multiplier to 11, it can boot up (of course at wrong speed.) If I manually overclock FSB to 166 (which is the normal FSB for Barton 2500+), it will crash immediately after posted. No matter how I change the BIOS setup, I can't make it works.

I guess it's time to upgrade my mobo.