what motherboard is compatible with an amd 2200?

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Ryan said:
http://www.pricewatch.com/

how do i tell which one is compatible?
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you can go to motherboards...athlonXP

but i see there are a lot of PC chips boards listed...which I'm not sure I;d
trust

for about the same low price you should just go to NewEgg

I recently built an XP2200+ and the mobo was only about $39 at NewEgg

I got an ECS
 
http://www.pricewatch.com/

how do i tell which one is compatible?
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For starters you note the chipset used, that it should support DDR266 FSB,
and it's highly preferrible to be KT400, nForce(1) or newer. Then when
you've noticed a few, go to respective manufacturer's website, check the
specs, but also check the bios updates' notes, which may be the only place
where there's notation of CPU support for those CPUs released after the
listed revision of the motherboard. Some manufacturers also have CPU
compatibility lists, included BIOS version number needed per that support.
 
you can go to motherboards...athlonXP

but i see there are a lot of PC chips boards listed...which I'm not sure I;d
trust

for about the same low price you should just go to NewEgg

I recently built an XP2200+ and the mobo was only about $39 at NewEgg

I got an ECS
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Ummmmm, you ARE aware that PCChips and ECS are pretty much, often almost
exactly, the same junk board?
 
Ummmmm, you ARE aware that PCChips and ECS are pretty much, often almost
exactly, the same junk board?
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I like your choice of words "almost exactly" :)

Anyway the board i have is an ECS K7S5A PRO
and it has been running without a single glitch for about 6 months now.
It has the Sis735 chipset which I heard was good:
http://www.sis.com/news/735reviews.htm

However i am quite aware that the previous non-pro version was
pretty bad.

Are ECS boards and PC Chips boards made by the *same* mfg???

If so, I probably would not have selected the ECS board...
but now that I have I cannot complain about it.


Now as to my experience with PC Chips.
I had a super socket 7 board from them and put in an AMD-450
but no matter what I did...I could not get the system stabilized
unless I *underclocked* it to 400mhz. I've never seen that problem
anywhere else...so that's why I'm kind of negative on PC Chips.
 
kony said:
Ummmmm, you ARE aware that PCChips and ECS are pretty much, often almost
exactly, the same junk board?
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Hey, man! Easy on that! I got an ECS and it's doing fine!
 
I like your choice of words "almost exactly" :)
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Well for years now these two brands have been brother/sister twins, that
when you found a board by one of them, there was more than a fair chance
you could find the same board, perhaps a very minor change, from the other
with just a name change.

Anyway the board i have is an ECS K7S5A PRO
and it has been running without a single glitch for about 6 months now.
It has the Sis735 chipset which I heard was good:
http://www.sis.com/news/735reviews.htm

However i am quite aware that the previous non-pro version was
pretty bad.
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Yup, I have a dead one or two somewhere in the dead board graveyard.
Are ECS boards and PC Chips boards made by the *same* mfg???
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yes/no/depends

IIRC, Hsin Tech (the parent co.) has more than one factory... it may be
somewhat irrelevant beyond quality control, which factory made which, as
my gripe is more with the design quality and support, though I admit that
ECS has somewhat better support than they used to.
If so, I probably would not have selected the ECS board...
but now that I have I cannot complain about it.
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For the most part, bad feelings about PCChips are valid about ECS, though
the K7S5A has sold like crazy due to it's low price, so you've had plenty
of time to see other's feedback, make a more informed choice. I would be
tempted to "play" with a Pro if someone gave it to me, but I would curse
them if they gave me a non-Pro today, even for free.
Now as to my experience with PC Chips.
I had a super socket 7 board from them and put in an AMD-450
but no matter what I did...I could not get the system stabilized
unless I *underclocked* it to 400mhz. I've never seen that problem
anywhere else...so that's why I'm kind of negative on PC Chips.
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LOL, I may have one of those boards, or another that acts just like it...
It's a babyAT Super 7, has integrated everything, and it had the oddest
stability issues, would seem to run fine till MS Word loaded, then crash
every time. Word wasn't the problem, it ran fine again when clocked down
to 300MHz.

There are so many nagging little issues over the years, from having to
remove boards from cases (or get a hammer) to simply install memory
modues, to fake L2 cache chips, easily fried floppy controllers, bioses
that magically erase, etc, etc, etc... IMHO, the money saved isn't worth
the gamble unless you're already very familiar with a particular board and
aware of it's "issues".
 
Well for years now these two brands have been brother/sister twins, that
when you found a board by one of them, there was more than a fair chance
you could find the same board, perhaps a very minor change, from the other
with just a name change.



Yup, I have a dead one or two somewhere in the dead board graveyard.


yes/no/depends

IIRC, Hsin Tech (the parent co.) has more than one factory... it may be
somewhat irrelevant beyond quality control, which factory made which, as
my gripe is more with the design quality and support, though I admit that
ECS has somewhat better support than they used to.


For the most part, bad feelings about PCChips are valid about ECS, though
the K7S5A has sold like crazy due to it's low price, so you've had plenty
of time to see other's feedback, make a more informed choice. I would be
tempted to "play" with a Pro if someone gave it to me, but I would curse
them if they gave me a non-Pro today, even for free.
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Well I sure did not know that...
at any rate ...from what I read...the PRO board was ok
and I figured that at that price it was better than trying to find a "deal"
on
ebay.
LOL, I may have one of those boards, or another that acts just like it...
It's a babyAT Super 7, has integrated everything, and it had the oddest
stability issues, would seem to run fine till MS Word loaded, then crash
every time. Word wasn't the problem, it ran fine again when clocked down
to 300MHz.
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My memory has faded a bit but now that you mention it...
i think that 400mhz figure was wrong...i think it was 333mhz...
so maybe i got one of the "good" ones <G>
 
I like your choice of words "almost exactly" :)

Anyway the board i have is an ECS K7S5A PRO
and it has been running without a single glitch for about 6 months now.
It has the Sis735 chipset which I heard was good:
http://www.sis.com/news/735reviews.htm

However i am quite aware that the previous non-pro version was
pretty bad.

Are ECS boards and PC Chips boards made by the *same* mfg???

If so, I probably would not have selected the ECS board...
but now that I have I cannot complain about it.


Now as to my experience with PC Chips.
I had a super socket 7 board from them and put in an AMD-450
but no matter what I did...I could not get the system stabilized
unless I *underclocked* it to 400mhz. I've never seen that problem
anywhere else...so that's why I'm kind of negative on PC Chips.
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http://www.eb-asia.com/EBA/issues/0011/0011c-story.htm

has some interesting information on ECS (among other companies) in Taiwan.

JT
 
Chance said:
Hey, man! Easy on that! I got an ECS and it's doing fine!
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LOL. I had an ECS for a while that I was happy with, although it lacked
certain features. I also had a PC Chips board that I was *never* happy with.
 
I like your choice of words "almost exactly" :)

Anyway the board i have is an ECS K7S5A PRO
and it has been running without a single glitch for about 6 months now.
It has the Sis735 chipset which I heard was good:
http://www.sis.com/news/735reviews.htm

However i am quite aware that the previous non-pro version was
pretty bad.

Are ECS boards and PC Chips boards made by the *same* mfg???

If so, I probably would not have selected the ECS board...
but now that I have I cannot complain about it.


Now as to my experience with PC Chips.
I had a super socket 7 board from them and put in an AMD-450
but no matter what I did...I could not get the system stabilized
unless I *underclocked* it to 400mhz. I've never seen that problem
anywhere else...so that's why I'm kind of negative on PC Chips.
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PC Chips...ECS...and especially MSI...all junk!!


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!
 
philo said:
Anyway the board i have is an ECS K7S5A PRO
and it has been running without a single glitch for about 6 months now.
It has the Sis735 chipset which I heard was good:
http://www.sis.com/news/735reviews.htm
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I had one of those that ran for about 9 months and then it died. Then
its replacement part died rather quickly. I said, "screw this sucky
brand" and switched to Asus, and I haven't had any problems even though
I think I rubbed some traces of the motherboard when trying to attach
the heatsink to the mobo (my fault).
 
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