CPU for A7V8X-X

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I am going to replace my cpu (AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz), which suddenly
became sluggish and overworking (at 100% of its capacity without any
application running according to Winxp Task Manager.)

Athlon XP 2700+ (socket A and 2.17 GHz) seems to be a right one?
I want to make sure it will work with my setup. Will it?

rod
 
GoneFishing said:
I am going to replace my cpu (AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz), which suddenly
became sluggish and overworking (at 100% of its capacity without any
application running according to Winxp Task Manager.)

Athlon XP 2700+ (socket A and 2.17 GHz) seems to be a right one?
I want to make sure it will work with my setup. Will it?

rod
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What was causing your CPU to stay at 100%?

I have an Athlon XP 1700+ (1.47GHz) in my sons system. It is plenty
capable.

Regardless of which CPU you have in your system, if the load is at 100% and
you can't see source, you may have a problem.

In that case, a 3200+ would still have a problem...

To answer your question, any 266 or 333 MHz bus CPU will work in your
system.
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Kirbalo...

K7S5A Pro, Athlon XP 1600+
1 Gig DDR, 120 GB, nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440
SuSE Linux 9.2 Pro & XP Pro Dual Boot
Linux 2.6.8-24.10-default
8:06am up 7 days 14:34, 3 users, load average: 1.36, 1.50, 1.62
 
I am going to replace my cpu (AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz), which suddenly
became sluggish and overworking (at 100% of its capacity without any
application running according to Winxp Task Manager.)

Athlon XP 2700+ (socket A and 2.17 GHz) seems to be a right one?
I want to make sure it will work with my setup. Will it?

rod
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Assuming the CPU speed was acceptable before and you haven't added
something to require more from the CPU, a CPU doesn't usually just
suddenly become sluggish and run at 100% with no applications running.
There is something else going on in the system.

Unless you are just looking for an excuse to get a faster CPU, check
the temperature to see if the CPU is running hot. Defrag the disk,
Check for a virus or spyware. If something is causing the CPU to be
bogged down, most likely, a new CPU will also be bogged down.
 
Rod,
IMHO this is a software issue, not a hardware issue, and that some "unknown"
application is causing your processor to run at 100%.
I have noticed that when activating XP's Windows Task Manager (and then
clicking on the "Processes" tab) that by default, the processes are arranged
randomly and are not presented in any kind or order that I can tell and that
sometimes if you have a large number of processes running you don't see all
of them unless you use the slider on the right side to scroll down. If you
click on the CPU box (that is in-between "User Name" and "Mem Usage") twice
(not a double-click, just click on it twice), the applications are then
arranged in decending order by the processes, showing the process with he
highest percentage of processor usage.
On my primary PC, the only process that runs near 100% all the time is the
World Community Grid application (WCGrid_Rosetta.exe) that I run when I am
not using my PC.

Best of luck to you.
Paul

BTW: My primary PC does include an Asus A7V8X-X with an AMD XP 2600+
processor (2.08Ghz with a 333Mhz bus)
 
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