underclocking CPUs

[anbingham]

I have a motherboard which supports 200Mhz FSB for Socket A processors.

I currently run a Duron 800 and am looking to upgrade but I don't want to change MB's memory etc right now.

Can I run an Athlon XP with a higher rated FSB on my motherboard? Does it juts run slower than designed, or is the slower FSB speed going to cause problems?

Thanks

 

[anbingham]

Whoops, should have said, my MB is a Gigabytye G7ZXR(rev2)

 

[ceh4702]

I think you can. This is a KT133A chipset motherboard the jumpers on the board were for 100 and 133 Mhz. 133 X 2 = 266. I would check the BIOS revisions for this motherobard and see how fast a processor it can take. Some Asus motherboards like the A7V266-E originally said up to 1.4 Athlon, but with a BIOS Flash they can support up to a Athlon XP2400+.

The motherboard designation I looked at was GA-7ZXR (Rev 2)
on the Gigabyte website. You can just download the manual and take a look at it. It was listed in the Other section.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/Manual/Manual_GA-7ZXR(2.x).htm

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