Athlon 2800+ XP-M runs at 606 MHz

The following processor are currently supported by this mainboard.
Athlon XP: 1500+ up to 2000+; FSB: 266 MHz
Athlon: 650 MHz up to1.4 GHz, FSB: 200 MHz or 266 MHz. Socket A CPU. See page 10 in you're manual (If you still have one). After going to Elitegroup and checking for the latest bios version;
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=67&CategoryID=1&MenuID=50&LanID=9
BIOS for K7VMM(PCB:1.2A). Release date, 2003/03/28
The MB will support, AMD Athlon XP 2400+ and 2600+ CPU If you're bios is flashed to the above. You can buy and use this CPU; http://www.sjkksales.com/servlet/the-461/AMD-ATHLON-MP-2600/Detail
Never flashed a bios? Instruction are listed on ECS web site.

Good luck!
Mike

There is no AMD Athlon that runs natively at 2.5 GHz. They were badged on comparative rating: a 2500+ will run at 1833 MHz or 1867 MHz, depending on the version.

Here is a list of supported CPUs.

http://www.ruby-electronics.com/store_item/MSI_Athlon_XP_Duron_nForce2_Motherboard_K7N2_Delta_MS-6570-020

If you're going to upgrade to the XP3000+ (the fastest supported CPU), then be sure to get the one with the 200 MHz FSB.

Also, go with the lowest supported latency DDR PC3200 you can get IN PAIRS. Remember that Windows XP 32 bit only allows a total memory allocation of 4 GB which must include your video car memory and any memory allocation for add-on cards.

So 6 512MB sticks of DDR PC3200 are better than 2 2GB sticks of DDR PC3200. As the 6 sticks will allow for dual channel transfers (above and beyond the Double Data Rate) and will keep you well within your 4GB limit (once you add the video memory and any add-on cards).

You'll also benefit from doing a fresh install of XP with nlite or similar and stripping XP of all of the components you don't use. Good LUCK!

i could only fins thease specs for you

AMD Athlon up to 2400+
AMD Athlon XP up to 2600+
AMD Duron up to 1.8GHz

Here's a little history
http://compreviews.about.com/cs/pchardwarebasics/a/aaBIOS.htm

More advanced stuff
http://compreviews.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=compreviews&cdn=compute&tm=128&gps=215_11_1267_540&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.adriansrojakpot.com/Speed_Demonz/BIOS_Guide/BIOS_Guide_Index.htm

Some systems have "bottlenecks," where small overclocking of a component can help realize the full potential of another component to a greater percentage than the limiting hardware is overclocked. For instance, many motherboards with AMD Athlon 64 processors limit the speed of four units of RAM to 333 MHz. However, the memory speed is computed by dividing the processor speed (which is a base number times a CPU multiplier, for instance 1.8 GHz is most likely 9x200 MHz) by a fixed integer such that, at stock speeds, the RAM would run at a clock rate near 333 MHz. Manipulating elements of how the processor speed is set (usually lowering the multiplier), one can often overclock the processor a small amount, around 100-200 MHz (less than 10%), and gain a RAM clock rate of 400 MHz (20% increase), releasing the full potential of the RAM.

AMD also produced x86 designs which competed with Intel on performance rather than price. In January 2002 the Pentium 4 gained a lead in sales and AMD marketing responded by giving their processors numeric suffixes approximating the clock rate that an AMD Thunderbird (and by inference a Pentium processor) would need to give matching performance, openly undermining the "megahertz myth".

Hi there,
I tried to get the exact link, but the website will not allow it.

Go to this page, and put in your model number, and you will find it really easy.

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

This board is a socket A for AMD processors.

You will need adobe reader to get this manual.

According to these specs 500 Mhz and up

http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/biostar/M7MKB.htm

Your motherboard supports a slot A Athlon.

The fastest looks like up to 1Ghz as according to CPU World:

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/TYPE-Athlon%20(Slot%20A).html

Hope this info answers your questions. Feel free to comment if you need further info from me.

Rate me please when you get the chance.

All current 333 MHz capable Socket A chipsets (VIA KT333, KT400, nVIDIA nForce2, SiS 746FX) should be compatible with Barton based processors although you may need to flash the BIOS for the processor to recognized properly
your board has a 333mhz front side bus so should be capable of running them
You must ensure that the cpu is for 333 mhz and not more and that it fits socket A which your board is
Please post rating thanks

is this the first time you encounter this problem with the athlon Xp? i have encounter this already with my PC. you should update again the bios of your computer, and load the setting of your bios to the default settings.. try to restart your computer.. and try to contact me as soon if this works for you. thanks!

Your M/B support Socket 462 (also called Socket A) is a PGA socket designed for AMD K7 family of processors. This socket can be used with AMD Athlon and Duron processors ranging in speed from 600 MHz to 2200 MHz (3200+) and with bus frequences ranging from 100 MHz to 200 MHz (400 MHz DDR)

Athlon (Socket A) (600 MHz - 1400 MHz)
Athlon XP (1333 MHz - 2333 MHz, or 1500+ - 3200+)
Athlon MP (1000 MHz - 2133 MHz)
Duron (550 MHz - 1800 MHz)
Sempron (socket A) (1500 MHz - 2200 MHz, or 2200+ - 3300+)
Mobile Athlon 4 (850 MHz - 1400 MHz)
Mobile Athlon XP-M (Socket A) (1200 MHz - 2200 MHz, or 1400+ - 3000+)
Mobile Duron (650 MHz - 1200 MHz)

I Recommend to go for Athlon XP with good cooling fan. :)