[SWLUG] Athlon XP

[steve at nexusuk.org]

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Andrew Sprott wrote:

> Does anybody have a spare Athlon XP who can it sell me? Prefereably
> with a FSB of 333mhz? Or even lend it me so that I can flash the BIOS of
> my Asus A7N8X-X. I have a Sempron and I'm told the MB ain't compatible
> with it wihout the latest BIOS.

When I upgraded an Athlon to a Semperon the motherboard needed flashing 
but it would still run it (I guess at a reduced speed).  So I could plonk 
the chip in the board, it'd bitch and moan about it but would run enough 
for me to flash the BIOS.

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