will new 400Mhz FSB mobo work with old 133Mhz FSB AMD processor?

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Hi all, I have an old system with:
VIA KT133 Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 1600+ Processor
256MB 133Mhz SDRAM
now, my motherboard died so I have to buy a new one.
I want it based on VIA KT400 chipset, can I leave my old 1600+ Athlon,
and use it with the new mobo?
I really wouldn't want to by a new processor right now, but upgrade it later
when I have the money.
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SDRAM won't work, you'll need DDR SDRAM. Processor should work fine with the
KT400 chipset. For example the Asus A7V8X will support the 1600XP as long as
BIOS 1003 or newer is installed.

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Hi all, I have an old system with:
VIA KT133 Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 1600+ Processor
256MB 133Mhz SDRAM
now, my motherboard died so I have to buy a new one.
I want it based on VIA KT400 chipset, can I leave my old 1600+ Athlon,
and use it with the new mobo?
I really wouldn't want to by a new processor right now, but upgrade it later
when I have the money.
Thanks.
Alex.
 
Thanks Tone, do u know if
A7V8X-MX SE
or
A7V400-MX
will support the 1600+ Athlon also?

Alex.
 
Und said:
Hi all, I have an old system with:
VIA KT133 Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 1600+ Processor
256MB 133Mhz SDRAM
now, my motherboard died so I have to buy a new one.
I want it based on VIA KT400 chipset, can I leave my old 1600+
Athlon, and use it with the new mobo?
I really wouldn't want to by a new processor right now, but upgrade
it later when I have the money.
Click to expand...

* KT400 is NOT 400 MHz FSB. It's 400 MHz DDR, but only 333 MHz FSB
* 1600+ Athlon will work.
* SDRAM will NOT work anymore: There are no KT400 SDRAM Boards.
 
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