P4 Inquiry??

[Fofo]

I may need to get a new mobo and I know the stuff on my old one will work on new mobos. I just have a question of my proc. It's a P4 1.6 GHz 400 FSB. The board I wanna get says the lowest chip it supports is a P4 1.60A Ghz. Is that the same as the chip I have now? What does the "A" mean? I'm assuming it should work because it's a p4 and it says it supports p4.

Thanks

[MKaminski]

you need to find out it is a 423 pin or 468pin

[Fofo]

My proc is 478 pin, I think that is what you meant. Here is the mobo:

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA19833

[SoSl0w]

I believe the A, B, C are as follows
A-400 FSB
B-533 FSB
C-800 FSB

I am not 100% sure about A but I have read that B is 533 and I have a C so by the process of elimination I said the preceding.

[Fofo]

Also it says that on the 1.60 Ghz P4 the bios must be P09 or greater, what's that? My proc is 2 years old.

http://support.intel.com/design/motherbd/mb/mb_proc.htm

[SoSl0w]

Originally posted by Fofo
Also it says that on the 1.60 Ghz P4 the bios must be P09 or greater, what's that? My proc is 2 years old.

http://support.intel.com/design/motherbd/mb/mb_proc.htm

Follow that P09 up and it says your "BIOS version". Click the BIOS version and download a version that is P09 or greater and you should be good to go.

[Fofo]

Ok just checking, I didn't think that procs had BIOS on them too!

[Xtreeme]

A is a P4 NORTHWOOD only available as s478.... It has more L2 cache then Willy. Williamette came in BOTH 423 and 478 to 2gig. Then Northy came out-Northwood A. Which same fsb but more L2 cache. B northy upped the fsb one notch. And then C did so again. No diff between the northys but FSB. After -C enter the prescott.

[Overclocked412]

I think what everyone means to say is yes it will work. , and where did you read that thats the lowest it will support? It will support anything in the 478 form (MAYBE excluding some higher end prescott cpu's)