"J***@Smith.com" <xxxxs***@newscene.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:37:07 -0000, "Christo"
> <chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>do skt 754 semprons work on all skt 754 boards?
>>
>>or will they require a bios flash or something to get them to work?
>>
>>likewise with all old socket A boards, will semprons work on them without
>>a
>>bios flash?
>>
>>cheers
>
> Theoretically they should but some may need a flash. You really need
> to look into a particular board for that info.
>
> Toms Hardware says this about the socket A :
>
> The Socket A Sempron can be considered an easy deal for upgrades, as
> it will immediately run on all motherboards capable of running at
> FSB333.
>
>
> The only difference is if the bios isnt updated it wont say Semperon
> etc and just id it as a athlon XP.
>
> The wild card here is I emailed Abit just to make sure about my KT333
> oldie board my 2nd PC and they claimed flat out it wont work.  What
> they mean by that I dont know. Maybe they mean it doesnt have an
> update to show semperon but that it will work. The best thing to do is
> go to the mainboard group and ask someone who has done it or tried it
> and didnt get it to work. Theyll have the best info. Thats another
> reason to get a reasonably well known make of board.

>