aopen mobo cpu

I have a aopen ax4g-n mobo and the manual says that it will take 1.4 to 2.4mhz prossesor. 400 or 533. I have a 2.4 celeron 400/128 in it right now. can I go to a higher cpu? 2.5, 2.6, 2.8 or the 3.06? I'm going to the 533fsb. Every thing is the same in the new possessors, voltage 1.5, stepping d1, northwood. I have flashed the bios to the last one, 2003. I bought a 2.8 prescot and it did not work. I think its because the prescot came out after the last bios update. This is not my main pc, but just a project to see how far I can take it in over clocking and to have a back up pc. I have the celeron 2.4 over clocked to 2.78 w/ an after market cooler 32c and 1gb of ddr200 and 256mb of ddr333. I'm going to get three 512mb of ddr333 to go w/ the 533 cpu. 2gb is the max for mobo. Thanks for any help in advance, bunkachunk....

 

This is a question best answered by going to AOpen's web site and pulling up the latest support and spec info on the specific board model. In some cases, a BIOS upgrade may be available to support additional processor models.

If you can't get an answer from AOpen, it will be a game of trial and error. There is a chance the CPU will work at a slower speed or the board will not post.

If you get it to post, run it for a few days with Windows, Office or any other paid programs in trial mode before entering/activating the license codes. This is a smart move with any PC build - if issues such as a bad mobo or HDD show up initially, it keeps you from calling Microsoft's License Reactivation call center from Hell.

 

I did go to the aopen site just last night, did not now that info was available. It turns out that I can use all of the northwood cpus. the 3.06 has to have the last bios update to run. I picked up a 2.8 533 D1 stepping, on ebay for $11.05. thats with shippinghttp Now whats up w/ the price of memory for the 184 pin? It cost just as much as ddr2 or more! Thank you very much.

 

• Lower demand, lower production = higher pricing.
• Since some mem. mfrs. overseas went out of business a few years ago, the remaining wholesale mfrs. have formed the geek version of OPEC in an attempt to keep prices up. The days of $10-$15 per gig of RAM are long gone.