p5a processor upgrade

jayracing · 01-06-03, 10:06 AM

i have an older asus p5a with an amd k62 500 mhz. processor.
i was wondering if i can get a bigger processor for it?

mordy · 01-06-03, 01:09 PM

maybe 550, or o/c ...

Lance Thornton · 01-06-03, 07:35 PM

Mordy is right, maybe a 550 if I remember right. That's all that the board will do and all that was the fastest made for a super socket 7 chip. You could probably find a really inexpensive socket A board in the classified section in the forums to replace the P5-A. Good luck.

jayracing · 01-06-03, 09:14 PM

I DON'T KNOW TO MUCH ABOUT MOTHERBOARDS. I WOULD LIKE TO UPGRADE TO A ATHALON 2000 OR AROUND THERE. I AM NOT SURE IF I CAN DO THAT OR NOT. WILL A SOCKET A BOARD HAVE THE SAME SLOTS OR MORE SLOTS AS MY SOCKET 7? I HAVE LOOKED AROUND AND I HAVE SEEN SOME GOOD SOCKET A AND ATHALON COMBOS. THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP.

Top Hat Theater · 01-06-03, 09:23 PM

By slots do you mean PCI slots? Most boards come with 5-6 PCI slots.

~THT

repo man11 · 01-06-03, 09:27 PM

You can't really get a whole lot more performance with that motherboard. There are no adapters to run anything other than a Socket 7 CPU in your board.
A K6-2+ or K6-3+ could boost performance some, but they will only work with the earlier P5A. They won't work with rev. 1.05 or later.
If you have the early version of the board, and picked a a K6-2+ 550 for less than $30.00, that'd be a worthwhile upgrade. But that is pretty unlikely.
In my opinion, you'd be better off saving your money and making the jump to a Socket A based system, with DDR ram, and an ATA100 harddrive.

jayracing · 01-06-03, 09:57 PM

BY THE SLOTS I MEAN FOR MY RADEON CARD AND MY INTERNAL IOMEGA ZIP DRIVE. WHAT I REALY WANT TO KNOW THAT IF I BUY A NEW MOTHERBOARD AND AN ATHALON 2000 LETS SAY, WILL I BE ABLE TO INSTALL AND RUN THAT ON MY COMP. NOW?

repo man11 · 01-06-03, 10:07 PM

Pretty much everything should be interchangeable. Any new board you buy isn't going to have any ISA slots, (the longer brown ones, I think the P5A has two) so any thing you have that is an ISA card will have to be replaced. Your present harddrive will work, but unless it is a newer drive, you'd be giving up a lot of speed if you use it instead ofa new one. But it would work until you can afford to upgrade.

jayracing · 01-06-03, 10:13 PM

I HAVE A WESTER DIGITAL I THINK IT IS A 20 GIG. THE ISA SLOT COULD I GET A NEW PLUG OR CORD FOR IT? WILL ANY HARD DRIVE WORK OR DO I NEED ONE THAT WILL MATCH THE MOTHERBOARD AND PROCESSOR? I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP.

repo man11 · 01-06-03, 10:41 PM

Your drive should be fine. You could get the number off of it , and go to WD's site and find out if it is an ATA 66 or ATA100.
If you have any cards that use the ISA slots in the motherboard you have now (sound card, modem or NIC) they will have to be replaced. So you'll have to figure that into the cost of your upgrade. If you aren't using the ISA slots in your present motherboard, then it won't be a problem.

jayracing · 01-07-03, 10:04 AM

it is a 66. i have an external modem. so i would only have to change my sound card. i thank everyone for their help

Lance Thornton · 01-07-03, 10:25 AM

Most motherboards now have a pretty good sound chip built in. You may not have to worry about the sound card at all.

repo man11 · 01-07-03, 12:33 PM

An ATA66 is good. It will be a little slower than an ATA100, but you'll hardly notice.
Lance is right, most motherboards come with good onboard sound now. Not as good as the best sound cards out there, but probably better than your ISA sound card.
Many of us here use an online vendor called Newegg for the best prices around generally. www.newegg.com I recently saw a post of some good deals on Epox refurbs, including the one I have for $41.00. I paid a little over $60.00 for mine as a refurb a couple of months ago. They say that they don't come with cables etc., but they often do. My refurb came in an unopened retail box. I finally figured out that the ATA33 CDROM IDE cable was defective, one of the connectors was on the cable backwards. They probably had a whole shipment of them, couldn't sell them as normal retail, so to the refurb department they went.

Lance Thornton · 01-07-03, 01:14 PM

Repoman is right, Newegg is a wonderful place. Imagine your favorite toy store and multiply it by 100. That's Newegg. Everything for the geek in us all. Try their refurb section first, then try shopping normally. Good luck and keep us posted!

jayracing · 01-07-03, 03:20 PM

I AM AT WORK SO I HAVE SOME TIME TO CHECK OUT NEWEGG. THIS WEBSITE IS GREAT. I FIRST SEEN IT YESTERDAY SEARCHING ON THE WEB AND FOUND IT. IT HAS A LOT OF STUFF I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.

jayracing · 01-07-03, 10:13 PM

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON NEWEGG AND I SEEN SOME HDD COOLERS THAT WERE REALLY CHEAP. ARE THESE NEW OR IS EVERYTHING RFURBISHED?

Lance Thornton · 01-08-03, 07:00 AM

Things only in the refurbished section are refurbished. Everything else is new I believe.

01-06-03, 10:06 AM	Thread Starter #1
jayracing Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ct	p5a processor upgrade i have an older asus p5a with an amd k62 500 mhz. processor. i was wondering if i can get a bigger processor for it?
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01-06-03, 01:09 PM	#2
mordy Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Israel	maybe 550, or o/c ...
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01-06-03, 07:35 PM	#3
Lance Thornton Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North of the Manatee River.	Mordy is right, maybe a 550 if I remember right. That's all that the board will do and all that was the fastest made for a super socket 7 chip. You could probably find a really inexpensive socket A board in the classified section in the forums to replace the P5-A. Good luck.
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01-06-03, 09:14 PM	Thread Starter #4
jayracing Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ct	I DON'T KNOW TO MUCH ABOUT MOTHERBOARDS. I WOULD LIKE TO UPGRADE TO A ATHALON 2000 OR AROUND THERE. I AM NOT SURE IF I CAN DO THAT OR NOT. WILL A SOCKET A BOARD HAVE THE SAME SLOTS OR MORE SLOTS AS MY SOCKET 7? I HAVE LOOKED AROUND AND I HAVE SEEN SOME GOOD SOCKET A AND ATHALON COMBOS. THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP.
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01-06-03, 09:23 PM	#5
Top Hat Theater Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lost in Thought	By slots do you mean PCI slots? Most boards come with 5-6 PCI slots. ~THT
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01-06-03, 09:27 PM	#6
repo man11 Member Join Date: Dec 2001	You can't really get a whole lot more performance with that motherboard. There are no adapters to run anything other than a Socket 7 CPU in your board. A K6-2+ or K6-3+ could boost performance some, but they will only work with the earlier P5A. They won't work with rev. 1.05 or later. If you have the early version of the board, and picked a a K6-2+ 550 for less than $30.00, that'd be a worthwhile upgrade. But that is pretty unlikely. In my opinion, you'd be better off saving your money and making the jump to a Socket A based system, with DDR ram, and an ATA100 harddrive. __________________ Not really a repo man.
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01-06-03, 09:57 PM	Thread Starter #7
jayracing Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ct	BY THE SLOTS I MEAN FOR MY RADEON CARD AND MY INTERNAL IOMEGA ZIP DRIVE. WHAT I REALY WANT TO KNOW THAT IF I BUY A NEW MOTHERBOARD AND AN ATHALON 2000 LETS SAY, WILL I BE ABLE TO INSTALL AND RUN THAT ON MY COMP. NOW?
	QUOTE Thanks

01-06-03, 10:07 PM	#8
repo man11 Member Join Date: Dec 2001	Pretty much everything should be interchangeable. Any new board you buy isn't going to have any ISA slots, (the longer brown ones, I think the P5A has two) so any thing you have that is an ISA card will have to be replaced. Your present harddrive will work, but unless it is a newer drive, you'd be giving up a lot of speed if you use it instead ofa new one. But it would work until you can afford to upgrade. __________________ Not really a repo man.
	QUOTE Thanks

01-06-03, 10:13 PM	Thread Starter #9
jayracing Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ct	I HAVE A WESTER DIGITAL I THINK IT IS A 20 GIG. THE ISA SLOT COULD I GET A NEW PLUG OR CORD FOR IT? WILL ANY HARD DRIVE WORK OR DO I NEED ONE THAT WILL MATCH THE MOTHERBOARD AND PROCESSOR? I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP.
	QUOTE Thanks

01-06-03, 10:41 PM	#10
repo man11 Member Join Date: Dec 2001	Your drive should be fine. You could get the number off of it , and go to WD's site and find out if it is an ATA 66 or ATA100. If you have any cards that use the ISA slots in the motherboard you have now (sound card, modem or NIC) they will have to be replaced. So you'll have to figure that into the cost of your upgrade. If you aren't using the ISA slots in your present motherboard, then it won't be a problem. __________________ Not really a repo man.
	QUOTE Thanks

01-07-03, 10:04 AM	Thread Starter #11
jayracing Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ct	it is a 66. i have an external modem. so i would only have to change my sound card. i thank everyone for their help
	QUOTE Thanks

01-07-03, 10:25 AM	#12
Lance Thornton Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North of the Manatee River.	Most motherboards now have a pretty good sound chip built in. You may not have to worry about the sound card at all.
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01-07-03, 12:33 PM	#13
repo man11 Member Join Date: Dec 2001	An ATA66 is good. It will be a little slower than an ATA100, but you'll hardly notice. Lance is right, most motherboards come with good onboard sound now. Not as good as the best sound cards out there, but probably better than your ISA sound card. Many of us here use an online vendor called Newegg for the best prices around generally. www.newegg.com I recently saw a post of some good deals on Epox refurbs, including the one I have for $41.00. I paid a little over $60.00 for mine as a refurb a couple of months ago. They say that they don't come with cables etc., but they often do. My refurb came in an unopened retail box. I finally figured out that the ATA33 CDROM IDE cable was defective, one of the connectors was on the cable backwards. They probably had a whole shipment of them, couldn't sell them as normal retail, so to the refurb department they went. __________________ Not really a repo man.
	QUOTE Thanks

01-07-03, 01:14 PM	#14
Lance Thornton Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North of the Manatee River.	Newegg Repoman is right, Newegg is a wonderful place. Imagine your favorite toy store and multiply it by 100. That's Newegg. Everything for the geek in us all. Try their refurb section first, then try shopping normally. Good luck and keep us posted!
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01-07-03, 03:20 PM	Thread Starter #15
jayracing Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ct	I AM AT WORK SO I HAVE SOME TIME TO CHECK OUT NEWEGG. THIS WEBSITE IS GREAT. I FIRST SEEN IT YESTERDAY SEARCHING ON THE WEB AND FOUND IT. IT HAS A LOT OF STUFF I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
	QUOTE Thanks

01-07-03, 10:13 PM	Thread Starter #16
jayracing Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ct	I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON NEWEGG AND I SEEN SOME HDD COOLERS THAT WERE REALLY CHEAP. ARE THESE NEW OR IS EVERYTHING RFURBISHED?
	QUOTE Thanks

01-08-03, 07:00 AM	#17
Lance Thornton Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North of the Manatee River.	Things only in the refurbished section are refurbished. Everything else is new I believe.
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