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Hi All,

Right here we go again.

Still cant get the 800mhz processor to work, but the 500 and 700 mhz will.

This is getting stupid :wacko:


AMD-K7500MTR51B will work
AMD-K7700MTR51B will work

AMD-K7800MPR52B will not work
AMD A0800MPR24B will not work

Latest bios as well

Rosey

Ok, partial success. Entered the bios and disabled the "exterenal cache" (due to the on die of the thunderbird) Booted up, and WOW windows xp loaded. It started to go through its start up (anti virus, printer etc), then switches itself off and resets. This process just carries on and on. Does this h...

Ok, think i have found the problem,

The processor I am trying to install is a T-Bird version (i.e. on die cache as opposed to off die L2 cache).

I have no idea what this means but could this be it, just not compatable or do i need to manually change a setting in the BIOS ??

rosey

denniss, When you start the PC the processor is recognised as an AMD 800mhz, then does the memory test, then black screen and message about the missing or corrupt file. My gut feeling is compatability. Does anyone know the difference between the K7 prefix and the A0? From the microstar site my board...

KURIAKI, Installed the processor, but windows xp wont start up. Goes through the memory test, but then displays "File missing or corrup" <windows Root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe I tried 10 times but same message, even in safe mode. When I put the original processor back in, it booted up OK. What do you ...

some other info if this helps BIOS Date: 08/30/00 BIOS ID: 08/30/2000-AMD-75X-W977-6A6S2M49C-00 OEM Sign on: W6167MS V1.6 083000 super I/O: Winbond 977ATF rev 0 found at port 3F0h Chipset: AMD 751 rev 35 CPU Type AMD-K7 Speed 500Mhz Max Speed 800Mhz BIOS ROM in socket YES Size 256K Memory installed ...

sorry mate,

cannot read the link http://ftp.cc.ntut.edu.tw/ftp/Vendors/M ... t/6167.htm

just come up in lots of symbols ??

Rosey

Hi, i am upgrading my dinosaur at resent. Currently running an AMD-K7500MTR51B processor in a Micro Star MS6167 board I have the chance of a AMD-A0800MPR24B slot A processor. Will this work on the micro star board ?? My mate has just brought the processor down, and he took me to this website http://...