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Senior Member quv vaj
GA-7VAXP and XP 2700 or XP 2800?
I need to know if my Gigabyte GA-7VAXP mobo will work with either an XP 2700 or XP 2800 CPU? The mobo specs say "up to" XP 2600, but I figured this is because 2700 and 2800's were not on the market yet when the mobo was first made???
Anyway . . .it runs DDR at 333 MHz, but my XP 2200 CPU only runs at 266 MHz. My DDR is GEIL Ultra 333 MHz and I want to run my memory at 333MHz instead of the OC'd 138 MHz it currently runs at.
Thanks,
Jammy
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
--William James
Seventeen or Bust: Team Prime Rib
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Administrator
It should work just fine, Jammy. I actually just bought another one of those exact motherboards today (I already had one). I haven't decided what processor I'll put in it, but it'll probably be an XP2800. If I have any problems with it, I'll let you know...
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Senior Member quv vaj
Thanks Dy!
Jammy
Originally posted by Dyyryath
It should work just fine, Jammy. I actually just bought another one of those exact motherboards today (I already had one). I haven't decided what processor I'll put in it, but it'll probably be an XP2800. If I have any problems with it, I'll let you know...
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
--William James
Seventeen or Bust: Team Prime Rib
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Ancient Programmer
Just be sure to get the latest BIOS update.
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Senior Member
Jammy use the BIOS update and you will be able to run Bartons on that board. I think the most recent bios is F11
BTW I have one which I'm running my xp2400 on. Its a real nice board.
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Senior Member quv vaj
Hey DG! Whatcha doing here, lol?
Why do I want to run a Barton? My XP 2600 is quite fine. Uh . . .I run an XP 2600 w/ 512 megs of GEIL Ultra DDR 333 MHz on that board! I only go into the BIOS if I really want to set my OC's. Anyway . . .I am kinda p*ssed off at the Gigabyte GA-7VAX board because I have to set the CPU and it will not let me set it higher than 12.5X and I cannot raise the multiplier in the BIOS! My old XP 2200 ran at 13.5X.
I can raise the multiplier in the BIOS of my Soyo SY-K7V very easy but I run my XP 1900 only at 11.5X with a fsb of 138 right now.
An XP 1900 at 11.5, an XP 2200 at 13.5X and an XP 2600 at 12.5X? Something is wrong here????
Jammy
Originally posted by dragongoddess
Jammy use the BIOS update and you will be able to run Bartons on that board. I think the most recent bios is F11
BTW I have one which I'm running my xp2400 on. Its a real nice board.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
--William James
Seventeen or Bust: Team Prime Rib
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Senior Member
If you want to run 333mhz you are going to have to make your changes ith the dip switche [SW1]
Read the manual
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