Would a Thunderbird work on a Gateway Athlon Motherboard?

[eflat]

I found a good deal on a used Gateway Athlon motherboard (AMD 751/756 chipset), but I'm not sure if it would be compatible with a Thunderbird processor. I says it is good for processors up to 1000mhz, so the multiplier shouldn't be a problem. I assume all I would have to do is adjust the cache multiplier and the voltage? Does anyone know if you can do that is this motherboard?

 

[Rectalfier]

If you are not overclocking then it will work fine. The motherboard will pick up the multiplier and voltage. If you want to overclock, you will have to purchase a goldfinger device. With one of those you can adjust the multiplier, and I think some can adjust the voltage as well.

 

[eflat]

So you are sure that it automatically picks up all the settings, even though the board was designed for the higher voltage Athlon?

 

[Impact55]

Be sure your power supply can handle it, 9/10 those OEM power supplys are crap.

 

[eflat]

I've got the power supply taken care of. So you are sure the motherboard will automatically adjust the voltage?

 

[Dulanic]

It should... just find the latest BIOS update. The MB should read the voltage settings off the CPU and set it accordingly.

 

[DaddyG]

I've seen these mobos on EGAY. They are Jamil or something, BIOS support could be difficult, its a bargain for a reason.

 

[PCAddict]

It's most likely the previous version of Gateway's Athlon motherboard, which was made by Jabil.

The current product is an MSI board with the VIA chipset.