Got an Abit KT7 Board? Whats The Fastest Chip It Will Support?
This depends on which version of the motherboard you have! Support is as follows:
KT7/KT7-RAID: 100MHz (200MHz DDR) FSB processors only. Fastest processor supported is the Athlon 1400(100) - but it must have locked L1 bridges. AthlonXP and Duron (Morgan core) processors are not and will not be supported.
KT7E: As for KT7/KT7-RAID although unofficially many users have also succeeded with 133MHz Athlon processors. There have been no reports of any attempts to use AthlonXP processors (and they are not officially supported)
KT7A/KT7A-RAID versions 1.0 to 1.2: All Athlon (Thunderbird) processors with both 100MHz and 133MHz FSB. AthlonXP and Duron (Morgan core) processors are not officially supported due to a minor timing problem that can require you to hit reset during a cold boot. Unofficially, however, few people seem to experience this problem and these processors work fine.
KT7A/KT7A-RAID versions 1.3: All Duron, Duron (Morgan core), Athlon (Thunderbird) and AthlonXP processors are supported.
The motherboard version can be identified by the bar coded sticker near the ISA slot. Likewise, according to ABIT technical support the Duron (Morgan core) is only supported on the version 1.3 of the motherboard.
