7NIF2 and 2500XP Barton?

Hi,

I have a new Chaintech 7NIF2 motherboard that uses the nVidia nForce2
chipset. I also have an AMD Barton 2500XP 333 CPU.

Can anyone tell me if this board will handle this CPU? Do you need a
motherboard with a special chipset to handle the new Barton CPUs?

When I put this CPU on the board I can't boot. When I put a regular ol'
Athlon 1333 (133 bus) it boots just fine.

Can I use this CPU on this board?

Thanks in advance,
Keith

"KWA" <junkmail.RemoveThis@junkmail.com> wrote in message news:<2wJPa.19173$xv.17264@fe3.columbus.rr.com>...
 > Hi,
 >
 > I have a new Chaintech 7NIF2 motherboard that uses the nVidia nForce2
 > chipset. I also have an AMD Barton 2500XP 333 CPU.
 >
 > Can anyone tell me if this board will handle this CPU? Do you need a
 > motherboard with a special chipset to handle the new Barton CPUs?
 >
 > When I put this CPU on the board I can't boot. When I put a regular ol'
 > Athlon 1333 (133 bus) it boots just fine.
 >
 > Can I use this CPU on this board?
 >
 > Thanks in advance,
 > Keith

Have you tried a newer bios? I'm not sure if this will help though,
because ver. 2 of the motherboard manual does not list the 2500+ in
it's compatibility table. It's still worth a shot though, try the one
dated 4/18/2003.

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