Elite K7S5A, what Duron can it handle?

[dave m]

According to the manual a 950, but there's a 1000 in there running happily. My Asus board that had the hot running 750 in it can handle a 1Ghz chip, so I might be better off moving the 1000 into the Asus board and getting a better chip for the Elite, if it can cope with it. The website just says it's compatible with all Durons.

Dave

[Taz]

It's usually down to the highest multiplier you can select, have a look in the BIOS and see what that is.

Had a look through the BIOS updates for it, v.01/12/15 includes support for a 1.3Ghz Duron so as long as your BIOS is up to date there shouldn't be a problem running any Duron on it.

[dave m]

I looked through the Bios, as you suggested Taz, but came away not much the wiser.

However your edit/update sorted me out , I'll go shopping for a 1.2 now,

Many thanks for that,

Dave

[Dr Mordrid]

Screw the Duron and put an AthlonXP into that K7S5A. They *really* like each other

Dr. Mordrid

[TnT]

Can get an OEM 1800+ for <$90 US too.

[dave m]

Nice idea Doc, I'm tempted, but presumably I'd also have to put in DDR memory, which I don't have - it's got 512Mb of 133 in there at the moment.

Dave

[az]

You won't NEED to. It's just a bit slower without, but the k7s5a is a great upgrade board, since it allows you to use SDR now, and DDR once you want more speed

AZ