au11 - can it handle amd 2600+ cpu without a bios flash ??

External Since: Aug 30, 2004 Posts: 13

if amd 2600+ is not recognized until bios is flashed what will show up now?
i hear it will say unrecognized cpu
however my real question is will it be running at the correct multiplier and
fsb with out doing the upgrade.

in some older boards the cpu would be running at the correct speed even
though the board said it was say a k6 2 300 at 4.5x 100 was actually 450

the problem here is that the cpu is auto detected and set now whereas back
then i had more control of the settings via jumpers. my board a fic au11
nForce2 chipset may let me set the multiplier in bios but i'm not sure

i hate to mess with the bios flashing unless its really necessary.

thanx john

External Since: May 14, 2004 Posts: 181

Do you mean like with a Sempron 2600+? In the cases that I have heard
of with other motherboards, the CPU gets reported by the BIOS as
something else (like an Athlon MP 2200+), but it still runs with the
correct multiplier and FSB. Those are determined by bridges on the CPU
package.

--Alex

john wrote:
> if amd 2600+ is not recognized until bios is flashed what will show up now?
> i hear it will say unrecognized cpu
> however my real question is will it be running at the correct multiplier and
> fsb with out doing the upgrade.
>
> in some older boards the cpu would be running at the correct speed even
> though the board said it was say a k6 2 300 at 4.5x 100 was actually 450
>
> the problem here is that the cpu is auto detected and set now whereas back
> then i had more control of the settings via jumpers. my board a fic au11
> nForce2 chipset may let me set the multiplier in bios but i'm not sure
>
> i hate to mess with the bios flashing unless its really necessary.
>
> thanx john
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