Underclocking Athlon XP

ben77 | 13:18 Sun 25th Jun 2006 | Technology

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I have a Gigabyte GA-7ZM motherboard running a Duron 700 at the moment. The motherbord will only run with a 200FSB. What happens if I put a processor requiring a 266FSB in? Will it just run at a slower speed, or not at all?

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peanut

I could be wrong but a quick google search shows that it will only support up to 133 fsb.

peanut

Ok maybe nevermind my last post look here and be sure to see page 2 also http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?ar ticleid=91

ben77

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Thanks, that site is helpful! Anyone have any ideas as to how fast this board will go?

kempie

http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/ Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1366

ben77

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Hummm... that's the official answer, but then again 266FSB isn't officially supported.

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