Will MSI KT3Ultra 2 with 5.7 BIOS work with 'unlocked' Mobile Athlon XP-M chip?

[RussianSensation]

Hi I have 1600+ and KT3Ultra 2 with the latest possible bios which accepts Barton CPUs. I am thinking of either getting a Barton 2500/2600+ or the amazingly unlocked and highly overclockable Mobile barton 2400/2500+.

Will this work on my KT3Ultra2 board? If not is there a mod to the chip to make it recognizable as a desktop cpu? I am really thinking of getting Abit NF7 v2.0 and the mobile chip if the MSI board doesnt unlock the multipliers or doesnt support the mobile cpu. Also I've ran the board for up to 166FSB and I dont know how high KT3Ultra2 will take me since it doesnt have PCI/AGP lock so I am wondering how high i can adjust the multiplier on the 'unlocked' cpu to compensate for the low 166fsb maximum to achieve the overclock.

Any thoughts/comments would be greatly appreciated.

I know this board is nothing but disappointment since it is not an nforce 2 chipset but I'd like to keep my upgrading costs as low as possible. Otherwise, NF7 it is.

 

[loafbred]

I recently read about that board not supplying enough amperage to run a Barton at 2.1 GHz, when it was supposed to support up to a 3000+ with the latest BIOS. I'd give it a try before buying a new motherboard. I wouldn't bet on the mobile version working on it, though. An nForce2 Ultra 400 is definitely a noticeable improvement. I was very pleased with the improvement I got when I replaced my Epox KT333 board with an Abit NF7.