What motherboard will support XP2500 or 2000 mHz CPU

[madmickey]

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The Inquirer was talking about a XP 2200 running at 13.5 multiplier. The XP2500 are supposed to be running at 133/266 MHz FSB. If the CPU is 2000 MHz The multiplier will have to be 15. A majority of Current kt266 A board will not support it Assess A7V 266 E, Soyo Dragon Plus, and Shuttle maximum is 14, Soltex and Gigabyte maximum multiplier is 12.5. MSI and Epox have a 15 maximum multiplier but they will not run anything above a XP2500 at 133/266 MHz bus.
We are going to buy new motherboard.

 

[lefthandedgoat]

I dont think so. My current board (abit bf6 with BX chipset) only officially supports the 8x multiplier in the bios, but my celeron 1ghz works just fine... 10x100fsb.. Since you cant change the multiplier, well it has to like it basically... I am assuming that the kt266a chipset will work the same.
When my board was released there wasnt even a celeron2, so it doesnt officialy support it, but it does work.
Since the 2500+ will be the exact same as a current XP, except with a die shrink, it wont matter.

 

[madmickey]

I don't mind changing CPU after a year I just can't stand changing motherboards.

 

[Frosty3799]

new bios revs might be able to fix that?? also i agree with lefthandedgoat... if you keep the chip on default settings, the board will still run it. i have done this in the past.. when i first got my 1.4 athlon i put it on a old kt7-raid at default settings and booted it up as a 1.4


Josh

 

[madmickey]

Thanks for info Frosty. I believe the change in micron size and added memory will not effect compatibility as longs as socket A is kept. The Pentium Northwood runs on same motherboard as the Willamette Pentium 4 of course Intel going to 133/533 MHz bus will make Intel 850 chipset obsolete. SIS 645 chipset does support a higher fsb.