Uprade a Duron to an Athlon?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Geofh, May 13, 2008.

  1. Geofh

    Geofh Private E-2

    Hi, I'm wanting to upgrade from a Duron 900 (D950AUT1B) to an Athlon 2100+ (AX2100DMT3C) would anyone know if this would work, please.
    I've tried reading up on this but I'm still not clear about it.
    No mainboard manual is available, but specification on line states,
    "Processor Support Socket-A for AMD Athlon /Duron TM uni-proccessor at 266MHz Front Side Bus with double data rate"

    Mainboard is Jetway 663AS Ultra PCB R3.2
    BOM Revision 05
    Bios 3.11.01 30cb6
    RAM 512MB
    Power Supply 300W

    Many thanks for any help or advice.
     
  2. Lanfear

    Lanfear Private First Class

  3. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    While you're at it, you might want to think about doubling your RAM too, Windows will be much happier with 1gb ;)
     
  4. Geofh

    Geofh Private E-2

    Thanks Lanfear.
    I assume that the bios rev can be done by flashing the bios, if necessary, and that the difference in BOM rev i.e. 05 exists 04 required is not a problem? Please correct me if my assumptions are wrong.
    I don't have the PC here, it's actually an old friends, so I can't confirm the Bios just yet.
    If it helps anyone else I have found Jetway download page (at last) for manual, bios etc http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/downloadshow.asp?productid=663ASULTRA#
    Once again many thanks
     
  5. Geofh

    Geofh Private E-2

    Thanks dlb, I'll do that.
     

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