Whats the fastest processor my motherboard can take?

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Ace2005

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Hi i just want to ask whats the fastest processor my motherboard can take and how do you know?

Motherboard : M848ALU v2.1
Specifications : http://www.pcchipsusa.com/prod-m848aluv21.asp

At the moment it runs an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ at 1.666GHZ

I built this computer myself and the motherboard and the processor came as a package so i never found out how to find out about what processors the motherboard can take and how to work it out using that info :o

Thanks

--Edit---
Just Changed the URL to the motherboard, this is the one i have, a M848ALU

--Second Edit---
I found out why the modle is M848ALU

According to the manual the ALU means:
A: Athlon processors
L: Onboard LAN (optional)
U: USB 2 ports
 
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I have no idea but at a guess i would say up to 2Ghz, purely because thats the next major increment and motherboards are usually made to support upto the next major increment when they were made. Not 100% certain but i would say 2Ghz.
 
If it's a socket A it should work, it claims to support 'FSB400' (but we know that is really FSB200 + stupid marketers) Athlon XPs and I believe that will be the most recent core so if the CPU is labelled 'Athlon XP' it should work.
 
Oh wait i know, at least i think so, is it because the AMD Athlon XP Specs say it has an FSB of 266 whereas bios says 133mhz?
 
Basically yes. The max FSB out there now is 266 on the Intel Extreme Editions and they send 4x per wave (looks like a sine wave and they send at +/- 1 and the 0s). AMD used a double rate system where they send on +/- 1. Marketers decided that claiming the FSB was the equivalent speed sounds faster and therefore is better.
 
Ace2005 said:
Hi i just want to ask whats the fastest processor my motherboard can take and how do you know?

Motherboard : M848ALU v2.1
Specifications : http://www.pcchipsusa.com/prod-m848aluv21.asp

At the moment it runs an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ at 1.666GHZ

I built this computer myself and the motherboard and the processor came as a package so i never found out how to find out about what processors the motherboard can take and how to work it out using that info :o

Thanks

--Edit---
Just Changed the URL to the motherboard, this is the one i have, a M848ALU

--Second Edit---
I found out why the modle is M848ALU

According to the manual the ALU means:
A: Athlon processors
L: Onboard LAN (optional)
U: USB 2 ports
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u already can start with the following processors = AMD Athlon XP 1700,1800,2600 and all other. almost every AMD athlon XP.
 
The Xp3400 has a OPN of AXDA3400DKV4E and is 200x11.5 = 2.3Ghz ... of course i belive this was a extremely limited release (kinda like but to a greater extent than the Athlon64 3300+)
 
That would probably explain why some heatsinks are rated to "AthlonXP 3400+" ... AMD might have made a bunch, sent them to the HSF people and then scrapped the product line ... (at least it goes to explain the existence of the OPN code)
 
Praetor,so I wont turn my hair whiter, can you explain the OPN code, please! I' really into this #'s thing ;]
 
im actually having a problem with my PCchips motherboard, im sorry to say, but its a really cheap company, i made the mistake of buying a cheap one, and now, i have to pay twice as much, wasted money, and ill buy an ASUS or an Intel, i dont really know, but PCCHIPS was not the way to go.
 
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