ASUS A7V333 MB and Supported AMD Processors?

[Isolate]

I am considering upgrading my Athlon XP 2100 to a higher speed processor but I am not sure what is the fastest processor my motherboard can support. The manufacturers site doesnt offer any clues. I am currently using a ASUS A7V333 Motherboard. My question is, what is the fastest processor I can upgrade to and would I see a significant difference in performance. And if so, would I need to flash the BIOS to support the new chip? And if I do, how would I go about updating the BIOS? I apologize for these abundance of questions as I am not as tech savvy as some of the members of the board. Any and all comments would be greatly appreciated.

My current setup:

AMD Athlon 2100 XP
ASUS A7V333 MB
Windows XP Professional
1024 megs PC2700 RAM

[rpertusio]

According to the specifications, it supports up to the "Athlon XP 3000+(333 MHZ FSB)(Model 10)(Barton)" after you update to at least the 1016 BIOS version.

I found the information on the CPU Support page
-> Query by Motherboard
-> SocketA(462)
-> A7V333


Most people only see a difference when the CPU speed is increased by 300mhz or more.

As mentioned above, you may need to update your BIOS. You can download the latest BIOS from the A7V333 BIOS download page. Be sure to extract it from the ZIP before you do anything with it.

Next, you'll need to create a boot disk...
Because you have Windows XP, creating a boot disk is slightly different than mentioned on the below page. To create a boot disk in Windows XP, do the following:
(1) Insert a floppy (that can be erased)
(2) Open 'My Computer'
(3) Right-Click your Floppy Drive (usually A, and choose "Format..."
(4) In the dialog box, choose "Create an MS-DOS startup disk"
(5) Click [start] and the floppy will be formatted and the startup disk created

From that point, you will need to copy the AFLASH.EXE program to the disk, and the BIOS file you downloaded/extracted earlier. Then, continue with the "Updating BIOS Procedures" on the page:
How to Manage and Update your Motherboard's BIOS

- rp

[PETE]

It depends which board revision you have. On the earlier boards the dividers don't work correctly once you jump to 166fsb. Mine is an a7v333 rev 1.02 & it does not support faster fsb processors & that really p!@#$%s me off!

LOOK HERE

Pete

[bigpappageorgio]

I had the 1.02 rev. with a Barton 2500+ working perfectly. In fact, it automatically recognized it, and warned me that setting the FSB at 166 could make the system unstable , unless the memory was 333 or faster. But you will definately need the BIOS update.