help with upgrading my cpu!

[djjimmyswift]

Hi everyone! i just bought a AMD Athlon 2200+ cpu (socket A) in the hopes that my current motherboard will support it!

Here are my current system specs (courtesy of WCPUID)

[ WCPUID Version 3.3 (c) 1996-2004 By H.Oda! ]

Processor #1 : AMD Athlon (Model 4) / 0CD1C85F
Platform : Socket A (Socket 462)
Vendor String : AuthenticAMD
CPU Type : Original OEM Processor (0)
Family : 6 (7)
Model : 4 (4)
Stepping ID : 2 (2)
Brand ID : - (-)
APIC : ----
HT Log.CPU Cnt : ----
Name String : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor

Internal Clock : 1001.76 MHz
System Bus : 200.35 MHz DDR
System Clock : 100.18 MHz
Multiplier : 10.0

L1 I-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 D-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 T-Cache : ----
L1 Cache : ----
L2 Cache : 256K Byte
L2 Speed : 1001.76 MHz (Full)

MMX Unit : Supported
SSE Unit : Not Supported
SSE2 Unit : Not Supported
SSE3 Unit : Not Supported
MMX2 Unit : Supported
3DNow! Unit : Supported
3DNow!+ Unit : Supported

Host Bridge : 1106:0691.03 [VIA Apollo Pro]
South Bridge : 1106:0686.22 [VIA VT82C686A]
VGA Device : 121A:0009.01 [3dfx Voodoo5 PCI SG]
Memory Size : 512M Byte
Memory Clock : ----


The mainboard is a:
Compaq
Model: 06e4h
chipset: apollo pro

bios:
Compaq version:786k1

the cpu does have a heatsink/fan But I don't want to just pop it in the motherboard without knowing if it will work correctly!

ANY help or technical insight with this situation would be greatly helpful to me..
A thousand thanks in advance...

[BUFF]

Is it a Thoroughbred or Thorton core that you have bought?

Apparently that board uses the Via KT133 chipset.
I had a T'bred B chip running in an ASUS KT133 based mobo although officially unsupported. Only thing is it will probably run at 100fsb rather than the chips designed 133.
Still that would give you 1.35 GHz (13.5 Multi).

[Flash]

Itll most likely be Tbred and I think you will prob have a issue getting it to work on that board as it looks like a early socket A board and may not have the support for that CPU.

[djjimmyswift]

Thanks for replying to the post! i went and did some serious homework & decided to buy a new motherboard!
I scored a soyo kt333 dragon lite which will support the chip and just work a lot better... much thanks for the insight though..