fast help on upgrade cpu

[thorilan]

ok i have a ga7-dx board ( the first in the series used in the micron millenia max ( was the top of the line a few years ago =)

and it has a 1.333 ghx thunderbird

i went to website and see that it will accept a AthlonXP 2100+(.13u) .

what i want to know is if i pop the new cpu in will i have to manualy have to adjust power settings and anything else ( non OCd ) or will the system automaticaly adjust. .

any help would be great.
normaly i just buy a cpu with a MB so i dont have to worry about it.

 

[Captain Slug]

It has the AMD761 chipset which should support all 266mhz FSB Socket A Processors.

 

[thorilan]

does suported mean that MB will auto detect the power requirements or do i have to manualy set it because im change from a tbird to a xp?

 

[james.miller]

should auto detect.

 

[thorilan]

thanks. i just had one of the sales guys at a local store say the original ga7 dx boards will only suport the palimino core XPs up to 2100 and none of the other procs ( they just happend to stop carrying paliminos last week =( )

 

[trdsw20]

It should auto everything but I think youll have to adjust the FSB to 133. I usually have to do that with every new system. If you dont the BIOs wont list your new CPU as a XP whatever.

 

[nerdlogic]

Won't you have to reset the CMOS?

 

[trdsw20]

No more ninja (turtleneck) for you nerdlogic? Yougot that Laura Croft look now

 

[thorilan]

not sure if ill have to reset the fsb because my system is running at 133 x 10 so i figured the buss would be at 133 already. dont know , will have to check when i get home

 

[jstnmcgl]

Tbred CPU on Ga-7DX

You might have to flash the bios to recognize the cpu properly. Even if you do flash to the latest bios however, a Tbred "B" will not be recognized properly, but WILL work fine. Only thing it is recognized as unknown cpu running at XXXX speed..................I have a friend ripping and encoding movies from DVD's weekly using a Ga-7DX and XP2100+ "B" Tbred with no other problems except it not being recognized properly.........

 

[nerdlogic]

Since the original thread question is answered, I'll just address this question here right now...

No more ninja (turtleneck) for you nerdlogic? Yougot that Laura Croft look now

Everyone's telling me that!
Actually, I'm still a ninja. Don't you see my ninja fan?

 

[trdsw20]

Must have missed that!

 

[Zerileous]

i have the same mobo, its nice to know i have the upgradeability because coming this christmass i will probly be able to convince my mom to let me upgrade her comp (she got the 3 year best buy warranty--this is a micron milinia--and she wont let me touch the thing. Its annoying, but o well, im pretty sure she will let me do this after the warranty expires. It could use a ncie upgrade, but maybee she wont, 1 gig is plenty for internet and spider solitar (UGH!) and thats all she does, still nice to know i can go that far.