Whats best Socket A motherboard with an ISA slot?

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Elcs

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Originally posted by: FlyingPenguin
Brits call them condensers.

Since when?

Ive never called them 'condensers'. I think the American effect has worsened again.

Finding a great Socket A board with an ISA slot will be difficult at best.
 

AriZoNaiCe

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I had plenty of P II's that were Socket 370's...Dual Celeron 366's overclocked to 635 with water cooling to be exact. Loved them things...I still haven't had a machine that ran as rock solid and smooth as that :( Anyways, the single option on ebay doesn't look bad, but I'd sooner go with the USB-to-ISA option first and get a motherboard designed for todays processors...Just my $.02 though. ;)

- Brian
 

Muckman

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What is the fastest processor I can run on the Iwill KK266? The documentation says up to 1.2ghz Durons but the BIOS seems to be able to go much higher. Thanks
 

Rubycon

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Originally posted by: Muckman
What is the fastest processor I can run on the Iwill KK266? The documentation says up to 1.2ghz Durons but the BIOS seems to be able to go much higher. Thanks


Athlon XP 2100+ most likely. Possibly higher using unsupported bus speeds.
 

Mavrick007

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Originally posted by: C6FT7
Originally posted by: Muckman
What is the fastest processor I can run on the Iwill KK266? The documentation says up to 1.2ghz Durons but the BIOS seems to be able to go much higher. Thanks


Athlon XP 2100+ most likely. Possibly higher using unsupported bus speeds.

And don't expect just "any" 2100+ to work even if it does accept a 2100+. I bet it will only accept a Palomino and not a Tbred. It might be hard finding a processor that you would like to get that will work on that board.
 

imported_Kiwi

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Actually, if you "shop" on eBay, you can find almost any XP you can think of, at an assortment of prices. Many of the sellers actually know what a Palomino is compared to a Thoroughbred A, B, or Barton.


;)
 

Muckman

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I wrote Iwill an email and they said "the max speed is xp 1900+, but you should press reset when you boot up." Apparently after power up, the system will not post, you have to press reset button to boot up.