[mythtv-users] k7S5A board, do XP-M cpus work?

[Anthony Vito]

> Thanks for the previous response on kernels, MythTV list.  Taking a look at
> what hardware I have available, I see that I have a K7S5A motherboard that
> can have its bios flashed to accept an XP-2600 cpu, and I can upgrade to
> 2x512 MB 266DDR.
> Looking at Pricewatch, the only XP-2600, XP-2500, XP-2400 cpus I see that are
> reasonable (below $100) seem to be the mobile XP-M-2600 and lower speed
> mobile cpus.  Can this board or any desktop  motherboard use an XP-M cpu
> without problems, will I run into problems, or it won't work at all, etc.

The K7S5A main board doesn't support multipler adjustments without a
hardware hack. seen here.
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/ecs/k7s5aguide/THE%20MULTI%20MOD%20GUIDE.htm

So you don't want to use a mobile chip in it. They require that a
multipler setting be available in the BIOS. Or if you have a "golden
socket" laying around like I do....  then the mobile chip would be
usable.

I use a mobile XP 2800 on a BIO Star micro ATX board with an nvidia
chip set with the built in geforce 2 mx... The built in video works
great. It even plays highdef just fine at 166 @ 12.5.

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Anthony Vito
anthony.vito at gmail.com