[mythtv-users] k7S5A board, do XP-M cpus work?

Robin Neatherway robthebob at gmail.com
Sat Mar 25 23:07:22 UTC 2006


On 3/25/06, Kurt <lists1 at pilosoft.net> wrote:
> Looking at Pricewatch, the only XP-2600, XP-2500, XP-2400 cpus I see that are
> reasonable (below $100) seem to be the mobile XP-M-2600 and lower speed
> mobile cpus.  Can this board or any desktop  motherboard use an XP-M cpu
> without problems, will I run into problems, or it won't work at all, etc.

I'm pretty sure you'll be fine with the mobile, but it might be worth
digging around a little more first, as a lot of things are perfectly
fine on expensive motherboards but get a bit flaky on cheaper ones.
You could look on bit-tech.net, I'm sure this question will have been
asked previously.


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