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VIA Apollo KT133
VIA's site says this chipset supports:
"Supports AthlonT and AMD DuronT Processors " Does that mean ALL Athlon and Duron processors? or is there a top/limit? Thank you! Joe |
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"RegularJoe" wrote in message news:b7WAb.467255$Fm2.457530@attbi_s04... VIA's site says this chipset supports: "Supports AthlonT and AMD DuronT Processors " Does that mean ALL Athlon and Duron processors? or is there a top/limit? Thank you! Joe Yes, there will be a limit but this is not just a chipset limitation, it depends on the BIOS also. Consult the motherboard manufacturer's web site. |
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On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 07:54:47 GMT, "RegularJoe"
wrote: VIA's site says this chipset supports: "Supports AthlonT and AMD DuronT Processors " Does that mean ALL Athlon and Duron processors? or is there a top/limit? I think 'T' is the second K7 generation (hot, but possibly less hot than first generation), so yes there's a limit. You can't use AthlonXP or newer Durons. But don't fall into the trap of believing that it's just the chipset or bios that decides what cpus the mobo support. Look for what the mobo supports, according to manufacturer. Not what the chipset or bios supports. I don't know why, but I assume there's voltages and currents involved too. ancra |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:23:31 +0000, Ancra wrote:
On 9 Dec 2003 22:20:15 -0800, (Red Cloud) wrote: (Ancra) wrote in message .. . On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 07:54:47 GMT, "RegularJoe" wrote: VIA's site says this chipset supports: "Supports AthlonT and AMD DuronT Processors " Does that mean ALL Athlon and Duron processors? or is there a top/limit? I think 'T' is the second K7 generation (hot, but possibly less hot than first generation), so yes there's a limit. You can't use AthlonXP or newer Durons. But don't fall into the trap of believing that it's just the chipset or bios that decides what cpus the mobo support. Look for what the mobo supports, according to manufacturer. Not what the chipset or bios supports. I don't know why, but I assume there's voltages and currents involved too. ancra Are you saying KT133 chipset based MB does not support all Duron AMD CPU? No, I don't know that. My fault. I should have been thinking 'more exact'. I've never been interested in Duron, so I don't know much about it. So I should never have written 'newer Durons'. It just slipped out on the assumption that AMD have moved on Duron to newer dies. Via says: "DuronT Processors" which I take to mean that it does indeed support that. They don't tell us explicitly what it doesn't support. My emphasis and reason for my post was to look at what the _mobo_ claims to support, not chipset or bios. Prompted by an audacious experimenter recently frying his new cpu on an old mobo. ancra Actually, the KT133 won't properly support the newest Durons (Applebred core) as they run on a 133Mhz (266Mhz DDR) FSB and the KT133 only supports 100Mhz (200mhz DDR) FSB's. The KT133 will support running the memory asyncroniously to the FSB at 133Mhz (no DDR memory support in the KT133) but that's as far as it goes with respect to the KT133's 133Mhz support. Applebred core Durons come in speeds of 1.4 through 1.6Ghz. Motherboards with the KT133 may or may not support the second generation Durons (Morgan core) for whatever reason. Morgan core Durons all use a 100Mhz FSB but the motherboard manufacturer simply may not have made a BIOS that will properly recognize the CPU or the reason for lack of support may be more complex, like the MB may have trouble supplying the required power to the newer CPU's. Morgan core Durons run from 900Mhz to 1.3Ghz All KT133 based motherboards will (should anyway) support first gen. Durons (Spitfire core). They run from 600Mhz to 900Mhz (I think, maybe they went up to 950Mhz?) I've got no idea what VIA is referring to with the "T" designations, it's nothing I've ever heard of in reference to AMD CPU's but there may be someone here more knowledgeable about that subject than I who can enlighten us. As far as Athlon support goes, most KT133 based MB's will support most 100Mhz FSB, socket A Athlons. Those are the Thunderbird core chips. Thunderbird based Athlons were also made with 133Mhz FSB's from 1Ghz on so you will need to know what processor you have and what your motherboard will support. Thunderbird Athlons came in 650Mhz to 1.4Ghz variations. Newer Athlons (Palomino, Thoroughbred A/B and Barton) will not be supported due to the higher FSB's they use (133-200Mhz). There are some hardware hacks to allow the use of newer, high FSB CPU's in older, low FSB KT133 based motherboards but that's not what I'd call "supported" it's just something that a dedicated person who is knowledgeable and interested enough to make the "unsupported" combinations work. IF you look up Wes Newel (apologies if spelled incorrectly) you will find someone who has got such a combination working. A site you may find useful for identifying your CPU is: http://www.thedigerati.us/info/amdcpuchart.html As far as your MB's CPU support, you should be able to find something on the manufacturers web site. Good Luck, Nate |
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"RegularJoe" astounded us with:
news:b7WAb.467255$Fm2.457530@attbi_s04: VIA's site says this chipset supports: "Supports AthlonT and AMD DuronT Processors " Does that mean ALL Athlon and Duron processors? or is there a top/limit? Thank you! Joe Not sure about the "T" designation, but I'm running a 1200mhz Morgan Duron on a KT133 chipset... -- Gene P |
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