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From: Pdigmking on 29 May 2006 11:00
OK, here's another one. My mother board will only support 266FSB however I
have updated the BIOS. I have previously asked what would be better, a
used Athlon Socket A, or a new Duron Socket A. But, I notice I can get a
Sempron socket A for ten dollars more. The sempron is a 333 FSB however.
Can I put a Sempron in my mother board? Will it just run slower at 266 or
will it not run at all?

Paul.
From: Mike T. on 29 May 2006 11:05

"Pdigmking" <paugle(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97D265D962CBCpaugle(a)127.0.0.1...
> OK, here's another one. My mother board will only support 266FSB however
> I
> have updated the BIOS. I have previously asked what would be better, a
> used Athlon Socket A, or a new Duron Socket A. But, I notice I can get a
> Sempron socket A for ten dollars more. The sempron is a 333 FSB however.
> Can I put a Sempron in my mother board? Will it just run slower at 266 or
> will it not run at all?
>
> Paul.

It probably won't run at all. It COULD run, if the mainboard manufacturer
released a BIOS version to support it. However, as the hardware doesn't
directly support that chip, it is highly unlikely that a firmware release
would support it. (why write the code for the 3 or 4 people who MIGHT want
to do that?) -Dave


From: larry moe 'n curly on 29 May 2006 15:06

Pdigmking wrote:
> My mother board will only support 266FSB however I
> have updated the BIOS. I have previously asked what would be better, a
> used Athlon Socket A, or a new Duron Socket A. But, I notice I can get a
> Sempron socket A for ten dollars more. The sempron is a 333 FSB however.
> Can I put a Sempron in my mother board? Will it just run slower at 266 or
> will it not run at all?

What make and model mobo is it?

Does the manufacturer have a list of CPUs approved for it?

If the BIOS is compatible with the 333 FSB Socket A Sempron, it should
simply run slower with a 266 MHz FSB. But it seems that Sempron speed
ratings are exaggerated compared to Athlon ratings, i.e., an Athlon
XP2400+ gives roughly the same performance as a Socket A Sempron 3000+

BTW, the lowest max. temperature rating I've seen for any CPU is 55C,
or 131F, for a very old AMD 486-586 hybrid.

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