You can also run windows 7 on the athlon xp, however you will not be able to upgrade to windows 10 which requires a modern processor. The primary reason for this is that at this moment may 2006 the fastest athlon xp rated 2600 mhz is difficult to find, and its way overpriced. I have also tried it on windows 2000 pro and 98se for testing, but i still. As many of you will already know, the motherboards bios can be configured via a variety of settings which can be accessed during system bootup. There are some benchmarks and lots of gameplay, we look at cpu.
Nov 26, 2012 i was digging around in my junk closet and found a motherboardcpu that i pulled from a case years ago to recycle it for a new build. If youre so damned opposed to people going into the bios and adjusting a. Googing around, i see several sites that say they will do this. Limitedtime offer applies to the first charge of a. Discussion in hardware started by currants, nov 5, 2004. There are also 84 thoroughbred microprocessors, that work in the same socket. If youre so damned opposed to people going into the bios and adjusting a couple of settings on their own. Ecs elitegroup k7s5a specs manual drivers bios modbios. It has an l2 cache size of 256kb and an l1 cache size of 128kb. My friend told me to overclock the cpu according to the specification.
Therefore, windows 8 can be installed if you have a processor from about 2004 or. Dedicated servers from server4you give you the best pricing. The problem lies in setting it to work at the advertised 2. I will put it all together, talk about the parts, we checkout the bios and settings, install windows xp and drivers. Find answers to how to set multiplier speed, athlon xp 2500 and asusa7n8x. Available in this download is the latest bios update for abit nv7m motherboard. I was upgrading memory and ran into all kinds of problems, so i ran memtest and windows memory diagnostic and both were returning all kinds of errors, both with the original kingston memory, and the new acpep memory i had just purchased. At the software level, it was implemented from windows xp sp2 and windows server 2003 sp1. But, set the athlon xp 2400 mobile 35 watt at its native settings in the cmos 1800mhz 3x. The original athlon now called athlon classic was the first seventhgeneration x86 processor and was the first desktop processor to reach speeds of one gigahertz ghz. Windows 8 doesnt install on many pentium 4athlon xp. Using a thermalright sk6 with a 40cfm ys tech fan we set out on our overclocking adventures.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the bios settings may need updating or flashing prior to installing this type of thoroughbred cpu. This article contains information that shows you how to fix at how many mhz. After building the machine i installed the os and everything. I was digging around in my junk closet and found a motherboardcpu that i pulled from a case years ago to recycle it for a new build. Please check amd athlon xp page for details on other cpus from the family. Winfast k7s741m series 426wp234 030905 apparently a foxconn product bios. After you complete your download, move on to step 2. Jul 27, 2017 building a retro gaming pc 2002 with athlon xp and geforce4. Can windows 10 be installed on a pc having an amd athlon. For windows 64bit os with 64bit cpu, there is no such limitation. Our cpuid database contains 2 records for this microprocessor.
Any discrepancies between cpuid features and official specifications are likely due to some features being disabled in bios, or due to a bug in our cpuid decoding algorithm. Anyway, you can change the bios with the nvidia bios. There are some benchmarks and lots of gameplay, we look at. On most modern systems, pressing the delete key when the splash screen is displayed will force the system to enter the bios utility. I tried everythingputting in new and old drivers on my santa cruz sound card, changing settings in bios, updated motherboard bios. Amd drivers download for windows 10, 8, 7, xp, vista. Over the years amd has used the athlon name with the 64bit athlon 64.
We know from our years of experience in dedicated hosting which advanced features will make handling your dedicated server easier, faster and more reliable. After you have prepared the windows installation media, you must configure the bios settings to start your computer from the removable device. Amd athlon xp 2200 768mb ddrram 80gb hard drive 7200. If this is my problem how is this done in windows xp sp1. This message gets displayed only a few seconds at boot. Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86compatible microprocessors designed and. If your driver is not listed and you know the model name or number of your amd device, you can use it to search our.
Passmark software may earn compensation for sales from links on this site through affiliate programs. Aug 21, 2012 it was introduced around 2003, but since at that time many processors were sold without this technology, many pentium 4 and athlon xp are too obsolete to install windows 8. Click the download button next to the matching model name. Server4you amd athlon xp 2400 dedicated server saint louis. Click here now to repair windows faults and optimize system speed. Any discrepancies between cpuid features and official specifications are likely due to some features being disabled in bios. I have also tried it on windows 2000 pro and 98se for testing, but. As i understand it windows xp as updated will recognise the new cpu as being dual core and will be able to run it at 4200 mhz. When attempting the upgrade to windows 10, the installation errors with the message that windows 10 cannot be installed because the processor lacks features.
Clear cmos set cpu frequencybus speed to 166mhz set memory speed to 166333ddr press f10save and exit on restart go back into bios, check that the cpu is at around 2167mhz, go to hardware monitor, check voltages and cpu temperature over 5 minutes or so to allow cpu to reach a stable temperature. To configure the bios settings for the windows 8 installation, open your computers bios and select the usb memory plugged to your computer in the boot option. Nv73r and nv7m bios need special awdflash version 8. Server4you amd athlon xp 2400 dedicated server saint louis missouri. Well i got my xp2600 and installed it in my a7a266 revision 1. Fixed realmagic dvd decoder of pc card em8300 responded invalid busdevfunc. Installation was easy and on default bios settings everything works fine. Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by advanced micro devices amd. Combine the three problems together, and the machine seems to be hobbled. The overclocking modes were set in bios setup using softmenu iii.