groovelite
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Hi I'm new to the site so if this, for some reason, is on the wrong board, I'm sorry.
Currently I am trying to upgrade my Athlon 1700+ Palomino(unfortunately) to an Athlon Mobile 2500 Barton. My Motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-7VTXE+ and it only supports 266 FBS. The Athlon 2500 Barton runs at 333 fbs, while the mobile runs at 266, also having a lower voltage for the same clock speed. Most of this is probably familiar with many of you, seeing as how it is the most popular CPU to OC. Can you forsee any kind of compatability issue with me using the Mobile 2500 with my motherboard? They are both Socket A with 266mhz fbs. The Gigabyte website gave an 'OK' on compatability with all the mobile processors, but the list cut off at Athlon XP Mobile 2000.
Also, earlier I said my motherboard only supports 266 FBS because my manual seems to tell me that. When I ran a program that analyzes the CPU, it said the chipset on my mother was KT266/333. Does this mean that I can support 333 and that my manual is non-specific? Any help is appreciated, thank you.
Currently I am trying to upgrade my Athlon 1700+ Palomino(unfortunately) to an Athlon Mobile 2500 Barton. My Motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-7VTXE+ and it only supports 266 FBS. The Athlon 2500 Barton runs at 333 fbs, while the mobile runs at 266, also having a lower voltage for the same clock speed. Most of this is probably familiar with many of you, seeing as how it is the most popular CPU to OC. Can you forsee any kind of compatability issue with me using the Mobile 2500 with my motherboard? They are both Socket A with 266mhz fbs. The Gigabyte website gave an 'OK' on compatability with all the mobile processors, but the list cut off at Athlon XP Mobile 2000.
Also, earlier I said my motherboard only supports 266 FBS because my manual seems to tell me that. When I ran a program that analyzes the CPU, it said the chipset on my mother was KT266/333. Does this mean that I can support 333 and that my manual is non-specific? Any help is appreciated, thank you.