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Mofoho   09-02-2002 at 08:58:19 PM

hi

At the moment i have a 1.4ghz thunderbird and an asus a7v266-e, i what i wanted to know is if an athlon 2600 will work on my a7v266-e?, i tried to find out but i couldnt, would a suitable bios update be enough?. Also does anyone know where i can find out how much power the athlon 2600 (and 2400)uses up, because i promised myself never to get a chip that uses more power than my 1.4ghz tbird due to the amount of heat it produces and also the noise of the fan.

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eden   09-02-2002 at 09:49:11 PM
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The 1.4GHZ Tbird was the highest drawing chip so far IIRC.
The XP2600 uses up about 68.3W, still less than the highest drawing CPU from AMD. I am confident you will get less heat, however the Retail Cooler should normally not be noisy, so get a Retail and relax!

Have you checked Asus' website for the A7V266E? I am pretty sure Asus should have a new BIOS version to support them so you can flash it. Double check to be sure.

Good luck!

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When buying an AthlonXP, please make sure the bus is at 133MHZ, or you will get a lower speed!

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Mofoho   09-02-2002 at 11:20:55 PM
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no bios update but there was a beta, maybe thats it, but i guess you cant even buy the 2600/2400 yet so i suppose its nothing to be surprised about. There is no technical reason why the faster cpus wont work on my a7v266-e is there?

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eden   09-02-2002 at 11:24:58 PM
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I don't see any. The KT266A is a famous chipset for K7, still a good performing one and is not that old, so I doubt it was built with a future cap on future CPUs. The thing that is most crucial is if the mobo can support lower Vcores than 1.75V.
And yes, they are far from being released anyway!

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