A7N8X-Deluxe - 1.04 vs 2.0 PCB

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What's the functional difference between these two boards? Before the Athlon
XP 3200 came out, rumors were flying that the 2.0 PCB was going to be
required to run the new Athlons that used a 200MHz FSB, but according to the
Asus site, any board with a PCB revision of 1.04 or newer (does anyone have
an older one? Were any released to the public?) can use the XP3200+ with its
200MHz FSB using BIOS 1004 or newer.

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What's the functional difference between these two boards? Before the
Athlon
XP 3200 came out, rumors were flying that the 2.0 PCB was going to be
required to run the new Athlons that used a 200MHz FSB, but according to the
Asus site, any board with a PCB revision of 1.04 or newer (does anyone have
an older one? Were any released to the public?) can use the XP3200+ with its
200MHz FSB using BIOS 1004 or newer.
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I don't believe there is any difference now. The slightly newer -X and -VM
models lack dual channel memory support, and probably loads of other
extras...

Yes 1.04 boards were released to the public (UK anyway), but I'm not paying
that much for 200Mhx FSB processor to find out if it works or not!
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Asus A7N8X Deluxe (Revision 1.04, BIOS 1002A)
AMD AthlonXP 2400+ @ 2800+ (TBred-B, 13.5 x 166, 1.7VCore)
 
I don't believe there is any difference now. The slightly newer -X and -VM
models lack dual channel memory support, and probably loads of other
extras...
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That's comforting, so long as it remains true. It appears that BIOS updates
are coming for the new revision more quickly than for the old ones, but as
long as the old revisions eventually keep up, those of us with 1.04 and 1.06
boards should be fine for as long as the current Athlon XP architectures are
in use.
Yes 1.04 boards were released to the public (UK anyway), but I'm not paying
that much for 200Mhx FSB processor to find out if it works or not!
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I was asking about pre-1.04 boards. I've not heard of anyone who has a 1.03
board (or earlier), though the BIOS for the older ones specifically says it's
for 1.03, 1.04, and 1.06 boards. The 1.03 boards apparently do NOT support
the newer processors, based on the Asus compatibility chart. Does anyone
actually have a 1.03 board though?

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I was asking about pre-1.04 boards. I've not heard of anyone who has a
1.03
board (or earlier), though the BIOS for the older ones specifically says it's
for 1.03, 1.04, and 1.06 boards. The 1.03 boards apparently do NOT support
the newer processors, based on the Asus compatibility chart. Does anyone
actually have a 1.03 board though?
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I never heard of anyone owning one. Perhaps they were "test versions" that
were possibly given to people to review? Who knows...
 
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