Will this motherboard recognise a Sempron 3200+ ?

[DougFrippon]

So I just got a deal on eBay for a sempron 3200+ (for 25$) for my friend that wants to upgrade from his duron 1000mhz. His motherboard is a ECS K7S5A (SiS 735 chipset), it's Socket A.. so the CPU will fit but I just can't know if the CPU will work in there because ECS website doesn't have infos on this motherboard anymore..

 

[0roo0roo]

if its a64 base then no. that board only does 133mhz bus athlon xp/mobile bartons. only thing one can do with one of those is to pull a socket pin mod to modify multiplier for overclocking athlons/mobile bartons.
it doesn't do anything over 133mhz bus reliably. i ran one with a xp2000 @2.4ghz a while back that being said its probably not worth sticking with. such boards are disposable. just get the newer frys bundle deal whatever it is these days

 

[DougFrippon]

In that case I'd just buy him a motherboard from eBay aswell. But once again how can I be 100% sure the motherboard I choose is compatible with the cpu

Edit:
If I get eBay give me a list of socketA motherboards I find it quite confusing to know which one is compatible and which isn't.