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More info?)
stanmc wrote:
> Curmudgeon wrote:
>
>> You're talking apples and oranges!! I was quoting the Soyo
>> manual...you're
>> going by what some copy writer on Tiger Direct's board says.
>> Who you gonna believe?
>> If you don't want answers, don't ask questions.
>>
>> "stanmc" <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net> wrote in message
>> news:1_uXc.3492$mC4.576@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
>>
>>> Curmudgeon wrote:
>>>
>>>> That board does offer 100 fsb support, along with 133 &n 166 .
>>>> According to the manual, it supports Duron/Morgan chips, along with
>>>> K7/Athlon XP (palamino,thrououghbred/Barton).
>>>> Based on what I read, your Duron oughta work as long as it fits the 462
>>
>>
>> pin
>>
>>>> Socket A standard.
>>>> There is no limiting verbiage as far as the Duron is concerned.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "stanmc" <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:MFnXc.5190$ZC7.2424@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I have an older Duron that runs at 1.0Ghz. The product page for the
>>>>> K7VME says is supports Duron 1.3 - 1.8Ghz. I'm building a system for a
>>>>> friend who can't afford to spend much more than the Tiger Direct LAN
>>>>> Party Soyo box for $19.99. If it will run the Duron, I would
>>>>> appreciate
>>>>> knowing soon as I would like to try to buy one before the deadline on
>>>>> the 31st. The Duron is a 100MHz FSB chip (200 doubled).
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The limiting verbiage would appear to be that it says it supports
>>> 1.3-1.8MHz. It doesn't state that it supports 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2. The
>>> Duron 1.0 does fit the 462 pin Socket A interface. I just wish they
>>> would "state" that it will support the three lower speeds, especially
>>> 1.0.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> No Apples and Oranges. You didn't reveal your source until your second
> reply. I wasn't quoting Tiger Direct, but Soyo. That is what it lists
> for the K7VME board. I did find the Duron/Morgan reference in the Quick
> Setup guide. If you had stated your source, then I wouldn't have sent a
> reply which angered you so. Chill out!!! As for asking questions and
> wanting answers, it helps if you know what source the person replying is
> using. Please in the future don't respond to my questions, I don't need
> unwarranted and misdirected anger.
Sorry, I missed your reference to the manual.
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