Need IT help

[Dave The Rave]

Now guys this is for you IT geeks. I have ASrock k7s8x motherboard. I just managed to get hold of 2ndhand Athlon XP3200+ CPU. Asrock site says that the motherboard supports only CPUs up to 3000+. I surrentl run Athlon 2500+. What will happen if I fit the 3200+ in? Will it work? Can it damage the system?

[ooger]

I have no idea....but....as its been 24 hours....

If you want I'll take this to "those that I know who know" but the responses may be errrr...... blunt :)

update the thread if you're interested Dave or PM me.....

[Airfix]

Not sure but if you look at the book for the motherboard, then it sould tell you if you can alter the jumper settings on the motherboard to 3000. Best of luck sorry i havent been of more help. :(

[K]

Hit it with a hammer...




... I'm not helping am I? ;)

[arenalife]

It will probably just run it as fast as it can, or do nothing :)

The processors are usually all the same, the manufacturer just tests them when they're made and the best are tagged and fixed as high speed ones and the crappy ones become the slower rated ones.

[DanAbnormal]

Yeah as long as it supports teh fsb speed I don't see a huge problem. My Intel board is only supposed to support upto 1066mhz fsb but my cpu is 1300mhs (or something like that). Hasn't blown up yet! :p

[timwilky]

just check your motherboard is clocked at 333MHz to match the processor and you should be ok.

Make sure you have the heat sink properly pasted & fitted before you turn it on or it will cook in a second

[Mr Toad]

I havn't seen a jumper on a motherboard for ages. These days they all seem to set themselves automatically. If it's the same socket format then you should be OK - the motherboard will attempt to identify the cpu and configure itself accordingly. It will either set itself to the max (3000) or will sulk as it can't identify the cpu and set itself at some lower value. You'll be able to tell what the board thinks the cpu is when you boot the machine - you should see the BIOS startup screen when it reports the cpu, memory, etc

IIRC those chips run hot, so make sure you've cleaned the top of the chip (I use Akasa CPU Cleaner - although I think it's just lemon juice :shock: - any degreaser will do as long as you're careful) and applied a layer of thermal grease and then attached the fan/heatsink firmly

Good luck :grin:

[Dave The Rave]

Hmmm .... still unsure. Could be an expensive try I guess? If I fry the CPU is it likely to damage something else as well or will I be OK just to stick my old one back?