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The sad this is that this 6-year-old machine is my main computer :P
It was top of the line back in it's day, and it still runs 7 flawlessly, so i'm ok with it.
You might be able to drop an AMD XP 2400 (266) Thorton(Thornton) straight in the socket without any mods whatsoever!
These are pretty rare however as they were not made for very long!
Compare/check core/voltages are supported on your motherboard.
My old Asus A7M266-Raid even recognised the processor/name and was seriously quick (in raid) with XP Pro!
(otherwise bios screen will just say "15x processor" on start up)
According to this page XP2400+ DO work on KT7a's!
http://hardforum.com/archive/index.php/t-721030.html
" I changed "CPU Drive Strength" from AUTO to '2' in the BIOS and that seems to have been just the thing, running 15x133 = 2000MHz now."
Athlon XP Thorton 2400+ (266) 15x AXDC2400DKV3C 1.65v (circa 2003)
(A Thorton was a cut-down 'Barton' - only 256k onboard cache!)
(Don't buy the MP 2400+ laptop/mobile processor or you will end up soldering and modding!)
Get it on Ebay for peanuts - you will obviously have to source an upgraded Socket A fan too!
Last edited by neo101; 02 Feb 2010 at 09:21.
Installed W7 on my 4 1/2 year old HP,with 2gb ram and Nivda 512mb 6200 video card W7 runs great.It's much faster on my system that either W Xp or Vista; I've had both on this computer.I have had no driver problems at all.
does anyone know if I could run on my pc windows 7?
I have 512 RAM,892 MHZ,ATI Radeon 9200 with 64 Mb.I think this is the oldest pc here.this pc is second hand I got it from my uncle.at first it haved 256 RAM.
You can get a reasonable facsimile by using "True Transparency".
Enjoy you system...I find my Dell C640 2.6mhz (PIV-m) and 2 gb ram works perfectly and the lack of AREO does not negetively effect my productivity. When I want an AREO fix I turn on True Transparency and it appears like HP (but don't need this function to work so don't use it much).
It also works on my C600 700mhz/1.0ghz (PIII) with 512ram without any issue (again try True Transperency and you will like the apperance. This system is very stable and productive on these older systems and don't forget you can probably upgrade your ram and/or processor. Check into Bios updates to find how far you can go.
Good luck .... let us know how it goes.