Athlon XP on Matsonic MS8127C+
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:01 am
I have an old socket A Matsonic board: MS8127C+. Here is the BIOS information:
BIOS Date: 01/18/02
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 01/18/2002-8363-686-MS8127CC-00
OEM Sign-On: MS8127C series 01/18/2002
Chipset: VIA 82C305 rev 3
Superio: VIA 686 rev 64 found at port 7h
CPU Type: Unknown CPU Type
CPU Speed: 1800 Mhz
CPU Max: 500 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 128 MB
Memory Maximum: 512 MB
I found a BIOS update on the Matsonic web site and ran BIOS Agent again. It now says:
BIOS Date: 09/04/02
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 09/04/2002-8363-686-K7VZAC-00
OEM Sign-On: MS8127C+ Series 09/04/2002
Chipset: VIA 82C305 rev 3
Superio: VIA 686 rev 64 found at port 7h
CPU Type: AMD Athlon(tm) XP
CPU Speed: 1800 Mhz
CPU Max: 500 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 128 MB
Memory Maximum: 512 MB
The new BIOS recognizes that I have an Athlon XP 2200+ in there, but it is very unstable and crashes often. Is there any way to get this CPU working with this motherboard? There are no underclocking options in the BIOS settings.
Thanks.
BIOS Date: 01/18/02
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 01/18/2002-8363-686-MS8127CC-00
OEM Sign-On: MS8127C series 01/18/2002
Chipset: VIA 82C305 rev 3
Superio: VIA 686 rev 64 found at port 7h
CPU Type: Unknown CPU Type
CPU Speed: 1800 Mhz
CPU Max: 500 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 128 MB
Memory Maximum: 512 MB
I found a BIOS update on the Matsonic web site and ran BIOS Agent again. It now says:
BIOS Date: 09/04/02
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 09/04/2002-8363-686-K7VZAC-00
OEM Sign-On: MS8127C+ Series 09/04/2002
Chipset: VIA 82C305 rev 3
Superio: VIA 686 rev 64 found at port 7h
CPU Type: AMD Athlon(tm) XP
CPU Speed: 1800 Mhz
CPU Max: 500 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 128 MB
Memory Maximum: 512 MB
The new BIOS recognizes that I have an Athlon XP 2200+ in there, but it is very unstable and crashes often. Is there any way to get this CPU working with this motherboard? There are no underclocking options in the BIOS settings.
Thanks.