Help!! /sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /> i need a repalcement for cpu for my pc as the old one has died. now i know its not the Mobo as i popped an old duron in there to check!

so........heres my problem, my Mobo (Acorp CFI-S67) was running a AMD Athlon XP1700+ (AX1700DMT3C) and seeing as the old Cpu is dead im mite as well get a higher spec one. Now i have checked the Acorp site (which is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard) and all i can find is the the mobo will support up to an XP2100+, or an Xp2400+ with the BIOS updates. But i am having trouble finding any cpu's brand new, how ever i have found an XP-M brand new. A XP-M 2000+ (AXMH2000FQQ3C), but i cant find any where if my mobo will support this cpu. Not even on the Acorp site. So.....can any one shed any light if if it will or not, OR piont me to somewhere where i can find a New Xp2100+ or XP2400+!!!


just thought as well if you any one knows if i can acctualy use anything faster than a XP2400+ that would help too.

Regular XP are designed for desktop enviorment.

XP-M Mobile versions of their Desktop XP counter-part is designed for the laptop enviorment.

they are basically handpicked XPs that can operate at a lower vcore. so they are known to overclock pretty well /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

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but will my mobo be compatible with this cpu as iv read that some mobo's ar not!! it would be ideal if it does as my system is an e-cube cf-s768. so there is not much room inside an the cooler the cpu the better.

they should run.. only problem would be the motherboard detecting an unknown processor...

worse case is it doesnt know what kind of processor you have hence wont run...

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The most important thing to know, is if you have the option to adjust the cpu multiplier, either by dip switches or jumpers on the board, or in the bios. XP-Ms default to 6x in a desktop board. If you have no way of adjusting, your going to end up with 800MHz. The only other option is to wire trick the socket.

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well iv had a look in my manual an i think i can do it buy jumpers on the board, i 'kind' of grasp what you are saying but im new to all this. adding/changing HD's, memory and PCI cards is about as technical as i have ever got when it comes to delving inside my PC. so over-clocking is the last think on my mind at the min.

Well iv bought the CPU now so fingers crossed. if i have any problem ill be sure to post back here for more advice !!!

I love my xp-m, hopefully yours will work out just as well.

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Stone_age was pointing out what often happens when you put an XP-M in a desktop motherboard. That combination usually defaults to a multiplier of 6, so if your FSB is 133 then your overall speed will be 800MHz (133x6).

To increase that you'll have to increase the multiplier. Hopefully you're right and your motherboard supports manual changes to the multiplier. If you can get it to 12.5 then you'd be at 133x12.5 or 1667MHz. If you can get it to 15, you'll be at the same performance of the XP2400+, about 2000MHz.

Of course increasing FSB also increases overall performance but it sounds like your system may not support more than 133MHz.

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I love my XP-M great ocer, came stock at 1.91ghz, i upeed the Vcore and now am a little over 2.5 ghz, waiting on a better HSF before I go higher.

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agreed, if overclocking for awsome preformance is your thing then go for the mobile. i get 2.7Ghz on my XP-M, 8hrs prime at 2.5Ghz, you cant beat that /wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />.

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Well mine is not stable, my VIA shipset also oces the PCI bus, so at that speed its nuts

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