can abit mobo run cpu in underclock status?

hi all

i have a three-year-old kr7a abit mobo, and it's time to give it some
upgrade. i want to drop an athlonxp 2400 into it, but i'm not sure what
will happen?

the mobo only support up to athlonxp 2200, but the athlonxp 2400 is only
one step ahead and is exactly the same thoroughbred core. so there's no
different voltages to worry about.

the athlonxp 2400 is locked and will run at x15, regardless of what the
bios says. however, the bios only supports up to x13.5. do you know what
will happen then?

why push the envelope? the mobo is already three years old and may die at
any time. if it dies and i get a new mobo, the new mobo will support
athlonxp 2400.

thank you for your replies

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:55:38 +1100, sharon wrote:

i have a three-year-old kr7a abit mobo, and it's time to give it some
upgrade. i want to drop an athlonxp 2400 into it, but i'm not sure what
will happen?

Depends on if it's locked or not.

the mobo only support up to athlonxp 2200, but the athlonxp 2400 is only
one step ahead and is exactly the same thoroughbred core. so there's no
different voltages to worry about.

You can run XP, XP-M, or MP in it at top or more speed.

the athlonxp 2400 is locked and will run at x15, regardless of what the
bios says. however, the bios only supports up to x13.5. do you know what
will happen then?

It wiil run at 15xFSB clock you set.

why push the envelope? the mobo is already three years old and may die
at any time. if it dies and i get a new mobo, the new mobo will support
athlonxp 2400.

With few exceptions and gotcha's, you can run any socket A CPU in any
socket A MB as long as you know what you are doing. See link below.

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Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm