iWill KA266 - will it take an Athlon XP 2000+?

[PnaG]

If you know, please mail me at pgaughran@yahoo.com. Thanks!

[eviltechie]

nope it doesnt

http://www.iwillusa.com/products/ProductDetail.asp?vID=40&CID=93

it only take Athlons with Thunderbird cores even with new bios

unless you are talking about KA266-Plus or any of the Plus models which do support the newer XP CPUs

[Uranium-235]

I already emailed the guy/gurl. I don't think he/she'll be coming back to the forums. So you posted for nothing.

[eviltechie]

nope

i emailed he/she also

and linked back to this post

[PnaG]

Hi folks,
well, I mailed Uranium235 about this, but here's the link anyway...

http://www.hardwarepub.net/reviews/ka266_xp1700/index.shtml

So it does support it?!?

[eviltechie]

that is the KA266-R

by definitions of the ALi Magik chipset, it does support Athlon XP processors up to 2100+

but it really depends on the motherboard makers that write up a bios to support it

from the look of that review provided by U-235, it seems to take it

[eviltechie]

http://www.iwillusa.com/supports/Manual.asp?vID=34&SID=34&MID=26&Value=42

[pnag]

Sorry if I seem a little dumb, but I checked out the manual, and I can't see any difference. Is there something I should see?

[Uranium-235]

thiers might be a different hardware reversion out there that allows XP

if your manual says Regular Athlon, that that's probably the best you can do, sorry

[PnaG]

Okay. But hpothetically, what jumper settings would I use to fit a 2000+? I'd have to slightly "underclock" it, wouldn't I? How would I do this?

[Uranium-235]

the problem wouldent be the clock, it would be the voltages. And even at that the bios might reject it

[PnaG]

So there's definitely no way to do it? What about the link I posted (few posts above...) where the guy stuck a 1700+ into a KA266? He explains how he did it but I'm a bit new to all of this :/ Any ideas?

[Uranium-235]

I'm guessing thiers a different HARDWARE reversion that might support XP.

You could look at who wrote the article and email him/her about it also

I'm after the same answer too, I'm running an Athlon XP 1600+@1800+, and i know it can take an Athlon XP 1900+, but even the multiplier on the board only goes to 12.5x which is only enough to just under an athlon XP 2000+, and even the FSB overclocking doesn't go further than and Athlon XP1800, so I dont think it will work with an XP 2100, but I will try it soon anyways.

:D

ozzieguy2000@hotmail.com

[guest]

I'm after the same answer too, I'm running an Athlon XP 1600+@1800+, and i know it can take an Athlon XP 1900+, but even the multiplier on the board only goes to 12.5x which is only enough to just under an athlon XP 2000+, and even the FSB overclocking doesn't go further than and Athlon XP1800, so I dont think it will work with an XP 2100, but I will try it soon anyways.

:D

ozzieguy2000@hotmail.com :wavey:
the KA266+ will handle the xp2000!