XP compatiblity with Asus A7V133-C

[Rebel50]

Has anyone had any success with using an Athlon XP on an older Asus A7V133-C motherboard? I have tried to upgrade my old 1Gig T/bird with an XP1800+ but I have not been able to get the computer to POST with the new CPU.
I have updated (and checked) the bios to the latest version (1009) as suggested on the Asus website and I have had the CPU checked on another system - just to be sure.
Is there anything else I should be doing in the bios prior to changing the CPU, or does the motherboard in fact not support this CPU.

 

[Soulkeeper]

you try changing the jumper on the board to non-jumper and jumper mode ??
or just one
maybe it won't work on one or the other
i got my original a7v running an athlonxp it is set to non-jumper mode
should work i had the 1008 bios in mine (although i got a diff board with the older kt133 chipset)
ohh well good luck and check out this website for info http://a7vtroubleshooting.com
--Soul_keeper

 

[Rebel50]

Thanks Soulkeeper, I have just had a look at the website that you suggested and it looks very useful. From what I can tell it looks like the particular revision of my board requires that I set the FSB by using the DIP switches instead of by the bios and that is supposed to work. I will give it a try tomorrow to see what happens.

Thanks again for replying to my thread.

 

[Rebel50]

Success - switched to jumper mode and set up dipswitches etc - booted up with no problems - thanks for the info Soulkeeper.

 

[lundog22]

How much performance gain after you upgrade your a7v133 to XP? I have a box with a 1G T-bird and Geforce2 GTS right now.

 

[Rebel50]

Sorry about the late reply, I have have been off the Net for a while. The only benchmark I have tried is 3DMark2001 Pro, went from 5250 to 6556 3D marks using a GeForce 3 TI 200, which is a reasonable gain in my opinion. I have noticed that the CPU runs a bit hotter now, up from 48C loaded to 53C, but it all seems stable. God luck with your upgrade.

 

[Texun]

Hey there Rebel...

I am looking at that motherboard with a 950 Tbird. Got a chance to get it here locally and dirt cheap. How satisfied are you with that board, even before the XP upgrade. I am looking for reliability first and will tweak for performance later.

Thanks,