"JK" wrote in message
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On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 10:53:54 GMT, "Keegan"
wrote:

Hi,
Does anyone know what mods are needed to be done to the A7M266 in
order
for it to take an XP 2000 Thoroughbred A chip?

I've read that upgrading the BIOS to 1008b is needed as well as changing
the
S2K Slew rate to 1. Changing the Jumper Settings from 'Jumper Free' to
'Enabled' is also required. Am I missing any steps? I've read something
about a wire mod but am guessing that that is for chips faster than an
XP2000.


It should not be any problem with xp2000

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusu...pusupport.aspx

since it goes 1666 MHz, 12.5x 133, there should not be any problem
either with multiplier. So 'Jumper Free' should work.
Even with bios 1007.

This is good news! I merely have to change the S2K Skew rate to 1 and drop
the chip in? According to that website the A7M266 supports Model 6 XP 2000
chips. The exact number on my chip is AXDA20000DKT3C do you know if this is
a model 6? According to this site it's a TBredA
http://www.overclockers.com/tips00173/ but it doesn't say anything about it
being a model 6.


The wire mod is probably for some very faster cpu models, although I
do not understand why. It is normally used on nforce2 chipset mobo's
to get the option for a multiplier below 12.5x when the cpu has a much
higher one.

Remapping of multiplier starts with 13x. 13x ~ 5x, and so on ...
That is when jumper mode is preferred.

This is over my head. I am guessing the remapping of multiplier has
something to do with a speedier chip and how the mb handles it?