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Lupine · 23-11-2004, 08:45 PM

Thanks for the advice. I was hoping to get away with just the cost of a procesor, but oh well. I finally found the specs for my motherboard here:

http://www.j-mark.com/PRODUCT/mb/830cf.html

According to the manufacturer, it can support Socket-A for AMD Athlon/Duron uni-processor at 200/266MHz Front Side Bus with double data rate.

But then one of their support pages with BOIS updates lists these stats, so I think I understand what Big B meant about AMD and the DDR equivalent:

http://www.j-mark.com/support/support.html
__________________________________________________ _______________
Model#.........CPU..........AMD Athlon..........AMD Athlon..........AMD Duron
...................BIOS........133MHz FSB.........100MHz FSB.........100MHz FSB
__________________________________________________ _______________
830 CF/CH.....A06..........Up to 1.4GHz........Up to 1.4GHz........Up to 850MHz
__________________________________________________ _______________
830 CF/CH
Rev 3.0.........A06..........Athlon XP 2200+....Up to 1.4GHz........Up to 1.3GHz
__________________________________________________ _______________
830 CF/CH
Rev 2.0.........A06..........Athlon XP 2200+....Up to 1.4GHz........Up to 1.3GHz
__________________________________________________ _______________

Unfortunately, I'm not sure how current this info is since at yet another page

http://www.j-mark.com/dl/dl.html#motherboard%20bios

I was able to download BIOS version A10 and the version my board came with was A09, but they don't list stats for those, so I guess it's the same. Anyway, looks like it might be safer to just spend the money on a new mb, some ddr ram, and a cpu instead of plugging in a cpu that probably won't work with my system. Sorry about the long post. Just trying to learn the technichal aspects of building a system. The mechanical side is pretty straight forward. Thanks again for your help.

23-11-2004, 08:45 PM	#5 (permalink) Top
Lupine Geek Trainee Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 36 Male Posts: 6 Status: Offline My Computer	Thanks for the advice. I was hoping to get away with just the cost of a procesor, but oh well. I finally found the specs for my motherboard here: http://www.j-mark.com/PRODUCT/mb/830cf.html According to the manufacturer, it can support Socket-A for AMD Athlon/Duron uni-processor at 200/266MHz Front Side Bus with double data rate. But then one of their support pages with BOIS updates lists these stats, so I think I understand what Big B meant about AMD and the DDR equivalent: http://www.j-mark.com/support/support.html __________________________________________________ _______________ Model#.........CPU..........AMD Athlon..........AMD Athlon..........AMD Duron ...................BIOS........133MHz FSB.........100MHz FSB.........100MHz FSB __________________________________________________ _______________ 830 CF/CH.....A06..........Up to 1.4GHz........Up to 1.4GHz........Up to 850MHz __________________________________________________ _______________ 830 CF/CH Rev 3.0.........A06..........Athlon XP 2200+....Up to 1.4GHz........Up to 1.3GHz __________________________________________________ _______________ 830 CF/CH Rev 2.0.........A06..........Athlon XP 2200+....Up to 1.4GHz........Up to 1.3GHz __________________________________________________ _______________ Unfortunately, I'm not sure how current this info is since at yet another page http://www.j-mark.com/dl/dl.html#motherboard%20bios I was able to download BIOS version A10 and the version my board came with was A09, but they don't list stats for those, so I guess it's the same. Anyway, looks like it might be safer to just spend the money on a new mb, some ddr ram, and a cpu instead of plugging in a cpu that probably won't work with my system. Sorry about the long post. Just trying to learn the technichal aspects of building a system. The mechanical side is pretty straight forward. Thanks again for your help.