KR7A133-R + Athlon XP2400+

Hi

Does anybody know if an Athlon XP 2400+ will work in a KR7A133-R board? The
spec's on the abit site say that it will work with a 2100+ palomino core, or
a 2000+ thoroughbred core, but I'm not sure when they were written or last
updated - maybe before the 2400+ was brought out.
I'm not a CPU guru (hence this post) but it strikes me that if the
architecture and FSB are the same as a processor that is known to work, i.e.
the 2000+ thoroughbred, then it should be OK. I had a look at the Athlon XP
model 8 data sheet on the AMD site, and the only difference between the two
apart from the clock multiplier are the core voltage and power consumption.
If the power supply is up to it then surely it will be fine.
If anyone has got this setup working I'd be glad to hear about it, along
with any other comments and suggestions.

Cheers

Dave

 

Yes it will work. If it has a locked multiplier it will not be a problem.
If it's unlocked it will still work but the mulitplier will be wrong since
the board doesn't support the 5th multiplier bit used by the 2400+. See
link below for more info.

 

Thanks Wes - useful information. I'll try to get hold of a chip with a
locked multiplier. I guess I could try to speak to the retailer and ask if
they can tell me if it's locked or not. There is, however, a lot of
conflicting information on the web about which dates/models are locked and
which aren't!
In the event that I can only gey an unlocked one, how easy is it to cut the
L1 bridges? Do you know of any guides on the web for doing this?

Cheers

Dave

 

Just do a search for unlocking athlon. Should find many. www.anadtech.com
and www.tomshardware,com have it in several articles.