I just bought a Sempron 2400+ to replace my damaged Athlon XP 2000+. When I bought it, the guy at TigerDirect said to make sure my board supports a Sempron and that it supports overclocking. I did a little research and, while the Asus website doesn't say that my board supports Sempron (it's an A7V333), I do know that I can manually overclock the board. So I have not opened anything yet, because if I know it won't work, I'm going to return it. Is there any reason why a Sempron would not work in this board?

1/10/2006 4:07:33 PM

dude i thought semprons were socket 754

nm im a moron, they got socket A versions too

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1/10/2006 5:00:37 PM

Surely someone has tried this.

1/10/2006 6:24:37 PM

It looks like they haven't updated the BIOS for that motherboard since 2004.. and with the CPU support list not showing Sempron, I highly doubt that the motherboard will recognize your Sempron processor.

You can either buy a new SocketA motherboard, or return the Sempron and go with another Athlon XP chip.. I do have a 2500+ sitting around (motherboard died when I was upgrading it). PM me if you're interested.

1/10/2006 6:48:58 PM

it's can't hurt to try it, as long as it's a socket a i'll either post or not , no harm no foul. i'd look around for a bios update though.

1/10/2006 7:53:29 PM

It CAN hurt to try it. If it doesn't work, I wasted $65 and can't return it.

1/10/2006 10:33:41 PM

yeah...td is VERY strict about that stuff...if it's not defective (and they will test it while you stand there), then you're stuck with it

1/10/2006 11:52:16 PM

^

Lol, i had a motherboard that didnt work and they didnt check shit at all

1/11/2006 12:43:11 AM