Question about K7S5A

[Zvekan]

I have a K7S5A motherboard with a Athlon 850 CPU and i'm planing to upgrade to Athlon XP 1600+, so i'm wondering if it will work or will i have to flash bios?

I read somewhere that it supports AthlonXP processors but if not flashed it doesn't use SSE instructions. Any help is appreciated.

Zvekan

 

[The Dancing Peacock]

I didn't have to flash the BIOS on the 2 1600+ and k7s5a boxes I built. Both recognized the chips out of the box. It's not hard to flash the BIOS though. Once you do it a few times, it'll become old hat.

 

[Zvekan]

Thnx.

Do i get any other benefits of flashing a bios like new settings or something?

Zvekan

 

[Confused]

If the board has the XP stickers around the socket then it will work with AXPs out of the box. It's not flashing the BIOS that enables support for SSE, i think you will need to reinstall Windows for it to pick up SSE.

The latest BIOS gives support for the 2000+, 2100+, 2200+ and 2300+ (i think)

ConfusedBW