Re: [OT] New Mobo, etc

[Bob Paige]

Bill wrote:

Hi,

FYI Those MSI boards can go up to a 2600 with a BIOS Update. Gotta love MSI!
:-) You have to change the memory though but it's a cheap upgrade for those
that want the speed.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/cpu_support/cpu/spt_cpu_detail.php?UID
=386&NAME=MS-6593
Then only bad part I see out of it is that the FSB doesn't change. It's
still 266Mhz.
Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] New Mobo, etc
 

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
   

Hi,

    I am looking to update my home computer system.  Does anyone have a
recommendation for a good motherboard (I'm thinking Athlon 2200 - 2400)?
More importantly, are there any mobos/chipsets to avoid?  Anyone have
experience with an MSI KT4VL?  Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.
     

I have a MSI K7T266 Pro2 for a year (only good up to a XP 1800+).  It
has behaved well.  I have not tried anything fancy like overclocking.
   

I have a K7N420 Pro board. I initially had trouble finding the nVidia 
drivers, but now it works fine. To avoid problems, I dropped in a 
tulip-compatible 10/100 ethernet card; the built-in network doesn't work 
without the drivers, and you need a network to get those...

As far as a bios update for more speed, doesn't that require a faster 
CPU chip also? And how do you install the BIOS update if you have a 
'pure' system (no M$ installation)?

--
Bobman


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