will Barton work on my kt266a MB?

[zephyrprime]

I have a epox 8kha+ and I was wondering if a Barton would work on my motherboard? The 8kha+ has the Via KT266A chipset.

 

[jonnyGURU]

It'll probably post, but not as an Athlon XP because of the lack of BIOS support, and not at the correct speed because your board doesn't support the 333 MHz front side bus.

In other words... It'll run, but why bother?

 

[dzt]

mine kt266a too (asus)
will bios update fix the problem?

 

[jonnyGURU]

I don't know about your Asus. It may not post initially, but maybe a BIOS will fix it. I tried a Barton in an Asus that was SUPPOSED to be compatible with it and it didn't even post (BIOS issue), so I don't know how a legacy Asus board would act.

Just to make sure we're clear here.... You guys know that you have 266 MHz FSB boards and that Bartons require at least 333 MHz FSB, right? I mean, there's a lot of Barton's out on the net now that have unlocked multipliers, but who's to say the production Barton is going to be unlocked?