i think i made a boo boo

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i think i made a boo boo

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i got a CHAINTECH 7aia5

and a XP 2700 and i just rea that the mobo
--> Supported Processors:
- AMD Athlon, Duron, and Athlon XP processors (200/266 DDR front side bus (FSB) up to XP 2600+ (Thunderbird, Palomino and Thoroughbred core))


so does that mean that the cpu will work

or do i ned to change my order

me
guess i need a new one...
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Post by TheSovereign »

usually the chaintechs will go 1 or 2 higher with a bios update
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but do i need a 2600 so i can do the update

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nope just stick the 2700 in their
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cool, thanx

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Post by blade »

I think I'd cancel and order a different mobo. See here. It only accepts up to 266bus, isn't the 2700 you have 333?


None of the bios updates show it upping to 333. ;)
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i ask Chaintech if i made a booboo

and e-mailed the seller if its to late to change the cpu

me
guess i need a new one...
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