motherboard supporting a mobile

[Titanion]

Exactly what is the prerequisite on a motherboard for getting a mobile Barton to work on a motherboard… I read a 100+ posts on one working good with my NF7-S before I bought one, but what exactly is it...

I have a friend on the cheap side that wants to get some more life out of his 512MB of PC133 ram, so I am hunting for a quality AMD board ~$50 that has slots for both 168 and 184 pin ram… but I do not want to get him a locked athlon cpu… down the road when he gets a new motherboard and new ram, I would like to be able to take the cpu he gets now and bump the fsp up to 200… and that sounds like a mobile barton to me…

but what do I need to look for in a motherboard...

<font color=red><b>NF7-S/Mobile Barton 2600+
211x11.5 1.808v SLK900A
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200
Sapphire 9500np@9700np</font color=red><font color=black>
NF7-S/Barton 2500+
200x11.5 1.76v
512MB XMS PC2700
XFX Ti4200

 

[o1die]

You can't run pc133 with a mobile barton. You'll need at least pc2700; preferably pc3200 to run at 200 fsb. You might get your barton to post underclocked, but not at full speed with that memory.

 

[Titanion]

If it is just because of the 133fsb, then you can run a barton at 133fsb... and the mobile even comes that way... but does a barton require ddr ram? I have not heard this...

but my question was about chipset issues...

<font color=red><b>NF7-S/Mobile Barton 2600+
211x11.5 1.808v SLK900A
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200
Sapphire 9500np@9700np</font color=red><font color=black>
NF7-S/Barton 2500+
200x11.5 1.76v
512MB XMS PC2700
XFX Ti4200

 

[ChipDeath]

The <A HREF="http://www.ecsusa.com/products/k7s5a_pro.html" target="_new">ECS K7S5A</A> is fairly highly thought of (It's a bit old, but of the boards supporting both DDR and SDR it's good), and one of the more recent BIOS updates allow it to support up to the 2600+, and I suspect that's because the 2600+ was the fastest XP available on the 133FSB.

That is of course a T-bred 2600+ <i>not</i> the Barton, but I reckon it should work, although I have no idea whether that board will allow multiplier adjustments or not.

Seems a shame to pair such a great chip with PC133, but each to their own I guess

HTH

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Epox 8RDA+ rev1.1 w/ Custom NB HS
XP1700+ @205x11 (~2.26Ghz), 1.575Vcore
2x256Mb Corsair PC3200LL 2-2-2-4
Sapphire 9800Pro 420/744

 

[Titanion]

With $50 on that board now, it could get him by for a while... then he can put $200 toward a good board and some pc3200 ram later... but that is why I want him to get a mobile barton... it would be future proof... it would be a waste getting a locked 2400...

newegg does not have the K7S5A in stock anymore... I actually looked for it yesterday...

<font color=red><b>NF7-S/Mobile Barton 2600+
211x11.5 1.808v SLK900A
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200
Sapphire 9500np@9700np</font color=red><font color=black>
NF7-S/Barton 2500+
200x11.5 1.76v
512MB XMS PC2700
XFX Ti4200