Motherboard/Processor upgrade??? - Tech Support Forums

hypermag · December 4th, 2002, 02:22 AM

This looks like the place that will have the answer. OK I have an AMD 1.2Ghz Socket 462 processor and motherboard. FSB is 266. The motherboard book states that it will support up to a 1.3Ghz The ? Amd has a 2.0Ghz(if I am correct) socket 462, with 266 FSB. Can I put that on the motherboard, will it work??? Don't ask what the motherboard is, I have been trying to figure it out for a week, useing all the tricks, trying to see if there is an updated bios, but I still don't know what it is. What can I say its generic. Thank you for any help
Ryan

KenKun · December 4th, 2002, 02:31 AM

Without knowing your MoBo maker and model .. no one can answer your question.

Open your case and check on the board, the name is mostly printed there, you have to know the board so you can check for a BIOS update.

Did you try SiSoft Sandra ? .. it might detect your MoBo, so give it a try (if you didn`t already do).

Welcome to TechIMO

Regards

hypermag · December 4th, 2002, 03:14 AM

oh yea, I love that software. Sandra is HOT! ok well, it is a PcChips M817LMR I went to PcChips site, downloaded the new flash but haven't installed it yet, because it didn't say anything about being an upgrade, or any new features, it is probably just the normall bios. So? does that get me any closer to 2.0Ghz Thank you for your help. Thank you for the welcome, I like this site.
Ryan

**Whir** · December 4th, 2002, 05:03 AM

Well, PcChips' site is about as useful as, well, stuff that isn't.

Can't tell if the newer bios will support the newer chip or not. You could maybe e-mail their support staff and ask them. It's really quite silly of them not to list things like that on their site (unless I'm really lost and just not seeing it). The board's features on their site list only to 1.2Ghz, so my first guess would be no, it won't support the faster chip. I'm probably wrong though. Surreal is a big fan of PcChips boards I think, maybe she'll have a better idea.

RustyGT · December 4th, 2002, 05:29 AM

First, Welcome to TIMO Ryan!

This is not a great answer.
But having done a similar thing recently.

If the AMD chip is 266Mhz FSB.
And the mobo supports 133Mhz. [Note: 133Mhz Bus]
Check the multipliers in your book.
Then you have a match.

www.motherboards.org have some good utils for ID'ing mobos

Good luck with it! ChrsR.

onewave4me · December 4th, 2002, 11:23 PM

try http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

Wizzard~Of~Ozz · December 6th, 2002, 01:22 AM

Model Name: M817 \ M817L PCB: v1.3 \ v1.5

file name: 020812s.rom
check sum: AA60h
1.Support AMD Athlon XP 2400+ and 2600+.

file name: 020404s.rom
check sum: 3650h
1.Fixed AMD XP 1700+ CPU showed incorrect value(1800+) at POST.

file name: 020208s.rom
check sum: 3A60h
1.Support AMD Athlon(Thoroughbred) cpu XP1800 , XP2100 , XP2200.

file name: 011205s.rom
check sum: D71Fh
1.Fixed Duron Morgan 1.3 GHz CPU showed wrong frequency in CMOS SETUP Menu.

file name: 011122s.rom
check sum: 427Fh
1.Support AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU.

File name: 011025s.rom
Checksum: 4A8Fh
1. Fixed DC-390F SCSI card can't boot from SCSI HDD.
2. Fixed SiS315 AGP card hung up in WinXP.
3. Support BIOSLOCK2 function.

File name: 010912s.rom
check sum: ACA1h
1.Add suspend led function
2.Support auto detect pci/dimm clock function in CMOS Setup Menu.

File name: 010709s.rom
Check sum: 9F31h
1.Fixed that hardware monitor's Vcore is higher slightly.
2.Support AMD MORGAN CPU
3.Added MOSEL V29C51002T-90P flash part.

File name: 010626s.rom
Check sum: E445h
1.Fixed USB devices can't work properly.
2.Power Management default setting sets to "APM/ACPI" in CMOS Setup Menu.

File name: 010607s.rom
Check sum: 996Ch
1.Adding OnBoard GamePort function in CMOS Setup Menu.

File name: 010515s.rom
Check sum: 4783h
1.Fixed some TV card couldn't work properly.
2.System will hang up when user presses <TAB> key continously during POST.
3.Fixed CPU SPEED 1400MHz cannot display correctly in CMOS Setup Menu.
4.System cannot work correctly after resuming from S1/S3 under Windows ME when using ATA66 HDD.
5.Fixed some 32MB SDRAM can't work properly during POST.
6.Fixed "Keyboard Power On function" fail
7.Added "Spread Spectrum" item in CMOS Setup Menu.

file name: 010403s.rom
check sum: 1987 h
1.Changed strings like "Resume on PME#" in Power management Setup Menu.
2.Support CPU Multiplier 16.5 maximum.

file name: 010321s.rom
check sum: 63c9 h
1.Fixed system go into suspend by itself in APM Mode.
2.Change some register timing by ALI's recommend.

file name: 010307s.rom
check sum: 8731 h
1.First release bios.

There is a list of what each BIOS upgrade does, You can get the TXT files from the FTP server.

BTW
Welcome to TechIMO

hypermag · December 6th, 2002, 02:59 AM

Well I knew I would get what I was looking for, uh now my stupidity, where is the FTP site, and where can I get those bios upgrades, sorry a little lost. I know why you are the Wizard
Thank you all for you help
Ryan

Wizzard~Of~Ozz · December 6th, 2002, 03:03 AM

no probs,

ftp://ftp.pcchips.com.tw/BIOS-n/M817

The util for flashing the bios is at

http://www.pcchips.com.tw/BIOS.html

But I don't know if yours uses AMI or Award bios.

hypermag · December 6th, 2002, 03:09 AM

AMI