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    help finding a Socket A motherbaord

    I am hunting for a uATX Socket A motherboard with the following specs:

    adjustable multiplier (compatable with XP-M cpu)
    adjustable fsb (up to at least 400MHz)

    compatability with 1Gb or more ddr400 ram
    compatability with XP-M cpus

    I have a new ASRock k7s41 but it seems that it's multiplier adjustment jumpers might not be compatible with XP-M cpus as it's stuck at 14x ... not hugely keen on modding an XP-M cpu to make it's multiplier adjustable by specifically this board when it's not locked anyway

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    The classic Abit nf7-v2.0 might be your best bet.

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    We have some old 2nd hand stock which if you lucky there might be a few socketA boards nocking about if you want me to have a nosey for you?

    Being used/ tatty boxes...they wont be all that expensive too

    Let me know and ill happily look into this for ya
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    Quote Originally Posted by pands@scan
    We have some old 2nd hand stock which if you lucky there might be a few socketA boards nocking about if you want me to have a nosey for you?

    Being used/ tatty boxes...they wont be all that expensive too

    Let me know and ill happily look into this for ya
    that'd be great! if yuo do find any suitable board let me know make/model/price etc in a PM that'd be fantastic!

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    No problem, ill look into it tomorrow for you...if you dont hear from my by lunch time pm me because ive most likely forgot
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    • amjedm's system
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    Quote Originally Posted by pands@scan
    No problem, ill look into it tomorrow for you...if you dont hear from my by lunch time pm me because ive most likely forgot
    Another one with a weak memory like mine

    Why don't Scan have a clearance section?

    Ta.

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    I must admit I would possibly be interested too - got a SoA sempron sitting on my desk doing nothing

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    Quote Originally Posted by dave87
    I must admit I would possibly be interested too - got a SoA sempron sitting on my desk doing nothing
    If they find me a suitable overclocking uATX board I'll have one (actually 2!) SoA board(s) that I'll be wanting to get shot of. I'm still going to have to fight with my current one. It does allow multiplier adjustments, but the adjustments do not affect XP-M chips, only XP chips... Therefore I might have to mod my XP-M chip to make the boards multi adjustments useful! madness

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    Any joy on the motherboard front?

    Think I'm going to order one of the silverstone cases this morning before the today only thingy runs out

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    told you i would forget, bare with me Ill go for a wonder now

    **EDIT**

    Actually give me a few hours, belly is rumbling!
    Last edited by pands@scan; 11-05-2006 at 12:29 PM.
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    Ok...

    There are tons and tons of boards....i have took a small section which are below...(click board for more info)

    Abit KD7-S SATA Raid USB2


    Asus A7N8X-Deluxe nForce2 Mobo


    Asus A7V400-MX DDR400 uATX


    Asus A7V600 KT600 x8/6Ch/1GBL



    Asus A7N8X-VM nF2/VGA/uATX


    MSI K7N2 Delts-ILSR nForce


    MSI K7D-Master Dual Athlon Mob


    Thats a few of many...belive me when i say we have got ALOT of boards similar. If there is a specific one you are after let me know and I will have a look for it.

    As for prices...any you are interested in let me know and ill get prices for you
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    Scan really need a clearance section! I'll have a look at the board specs and get back to you

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    Apologies for the hijack, but if the op isn't interested in the:
    Asus A7N8X-VM nF2/VGA/uATX, any chance I could have some info on it?

    Also, would this work with any socket A processor (I'm totally out of the loop on desktop pc's!)

    Edit: Would it work with an AMD XP2500m CPU?

    Thanks

    Andrew
    Last edited by andrew1810; 11-05-2006 at 02:21 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrew1810
    Apologies for the hijack, but if the op isn't interested in the:
    Asus A7N8X-VM nF2/VGA/uATX, any chance I could have some info on it?

    Also, would this work with any socket A processor (I'm totally out of the loop on desktop pc's!)

    Edit: Would it work with an AMD XP2500m CPU?

    Thanks

    Andrew
    Hello mate - I just looked on the asus webpage for you and the FAQ states the following

    A7N8X-VM can support CPU up to Barton 3000+(FSB333). As for memory support, A7N8X-VM can support DDR333 when using onboard VGA. Yet, if you use add-on VGA card, you can use DDR400 to achieve optimal performance.

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    Excellent, many thanks.

    Another noob question if you don't mind, with the RAM be backwards compatible, I have this at the moment and would rather keep the same stick:
    DDR PC3200, 184-pin dimm, ddr266 sdram

    Thanks again

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    I'm somewhat confused by that reply mate, ddr @3200 would be fine in the motherboard but SDRAM if you are meaning the PC100/PC133 variety wouldn't work in it.

    Edit : 266 is PC2100 If I remember correctly - I think you can set the memory Async with that board but you are better off using a 3200 stick if thats what you have?

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