upgrading old pooter.

[stink foot]

hi experts,

i got an old ECS K7VZA mobo with the VIA VT8368A Apollo VT133A chipset onboard so it can run 266mhz FSB.

at the moment i got an athlon 900mhz thunderbird socket A/462 and want to put a more powerful cpu in the pooter.

do i have to stick with the thunderbirds and look for a secondhand 1.4ghz model or can i also install an athlon XP 1600+ socket A (palomino) cpu?

this unit runs at 1.4ghz and has a 266mhz fsb, which is within the limitations of the mobo.

any advice is much appreciated, thanks.

[AllGamer]

go into the BIOS and see how high the Multipliers can go, then you can shop for the highest A-XP CPU for this mobo

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[Sterling_Aug]

You can use up to a 1.5 processor (maybe higher).

http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/ecs/K7VZA.htm

[stink foot]

if anyone's interested here's a list of all compatible processors for thew ECS K7VZA v3 mobo.
note: you need to upgrade to the BIOS 3.7a

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Support/CPU_Support.aspx?DetailID=186&MenuID=48&LanID=0