[Stealth]

if the motherboard isn't designed to take a certain chip (i hope by "not designed" you don't mean the same TYPE, as in socket 7, slot a or whatever...  i'm hoping you mean it can't take a certain speed) then don't try it, you run the risk of frying your motherboard

[Fineus]

Ahh, that is the kind of answer I was looking for. Thanks

(and yes, I did mean chip seed - not type... I know better than to put a Socket 7 in a Slot A )

[Vertigo1]

Thunder, the big thing is if your BIOS supports the chip.  Newer AMD chips don't use the same voltage level that the older ones do, so you could cause heating problems (if it even POSTs) by doing this.  If the board doesn't officially support it, then don't even bother trying.  You'll prolly void your warranty, and thats something you don't want to do.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Vertigo1
Thunder, the big thing is if your BIOS supports the chip.  Newer AMD chips don't use the same voltage level that the older ones do, so you could cause heating problems (if it even POSTs) by doing this.  If the board doesn't officially support it, then don't even bother trying.  You'll prolly void your warranty, and thats something you don't want to do.

right, but voltage isn't the ONLY issue... some motherboards just aren't made for certain chips... , some motherboards are made only FOR a certain chip

If the board doesn't officially support it, then don't even bother trying.  You'll prolly void your warranty, and thats something you don't want to do.

or you'll fry your motherboard, and that's DEFINATELY something you don't want to do

[Vertigo1]

Yeah, I know voltage isn't the only issue.  I didn't feel like bringing up the rest of them.

[Turnsky]

you CAN get the bios updated.

[Stealth]

of course you CAN get it updated, but for what purpose?  if it's not causing any problems, just leave it as it is