Does ECS K75SA support Duron 1.2 GHZ

shassouneh · 06-19-2002, 06:15 AM

Dear All,
I was just wondering if Any of youmight now if this board supports the Duron 1.2GHZ processor at a 200MHZ FSB. Note that the documentation says Duron 650~950, but since the documentation is old and might not be updated, I was hoping the processor I just ordered for it should work. Please add your two cents if you know if it works or not. Thanx beforehand

DaDdY SnEb · 06-19-2002, 06:56 AM

Yeah it should do, all Duron CPUs use the same architecture. However I don't know what the BIOS of that mobo's like so you might have to set the multiplier manually first in order to do a BIOS update.

shassouneh · 06-19-2002, 02:22 PM

I C. The BIOS is messy. It only allows to change the frequency between 100MHZ and 133MHZ. Default multiplier is 10 I beleive

DaDdY SnEb · 06-20-2002, 01:37 AM

All you want is make sure it does boot up, then just do a BIOS update and make sure your FSB is set on 100.
Oh, don't forget to clear the CMOS before you put your new CPU, either do it with the jumper (check out your mobo's manual) or get the battery out for a couple af secs (power tured off obviously, and just to make sure, also turn the PSU off) and put it back in.

shassouneh · 06-20-2002, 04:06 AM

Thanx for The advice DaddySneh. I will do as you adviced Wish me luck

DaDdY SnEb · 06-20-2002, 04:20 AM

Yep, no prob, always up for helping.
Good luck then.
Oh, never forget to plug your HSF, frying an AMD CPU takes half a sec, trust me I've already fried 2 CPUs (Athlon T-BIRD 1.4GHz and XP 1600+) and 1 mobo (MSI K7T266Pro).

shassouneh · 06-20-2002, 05:45 AM

I appreciate it

Wish me luck

peter_robb · 06-20-2002, 08:53 AM

I've 7 setups with Duron 1200's, all quietly ticking away.

Nice combo!

Have you tried the sound from the motherboard. Mine only worked with powered speakers, even after the BIOS upgrade (also very easy).
Regards,
Peter

shassouneh · 06-20-2002, 03:49 PM

Hehe it WAS an even nicer combo. That is before your truly managed to fry an Athlon 1.4. sigh

Pres · 06-25-2002, 08:21 PM

Mine is working splendidly with a 1Gig duron.

The onboard sound worked for me using headphones, but it was quite weak - max volume was not at all loud.

shassouneh · 06-25-2002, 09:58 PM

Cool. Thanx for the reply Pres. So I am confident a Duron 1.2GHz will work fine

The processor hsn't arrived yet, and I can't wait.