ECS k7SOM+ 1.0 Motherboard, 1.3 AMD DURON

The specifics for that motherboard can be found at the ECS website below which will detail the hardware limits for your motherboard.

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=420&CategoryID=1&MenuID=22&LanID=0

Hello here is the homepage:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads/Downloads_Driver_Detail.aspx?MenuID=61&LanID=0&detailid=79#Download-2

And the + versions:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/ECSSearch.aspx?menuid=0&lanid=0&keyword=K7SOM+

I would say no because the cpu does not exist anymore.

The only thing you can upgrade is the harddrive and the ram module.

The mainboard uses SDram and DDR ram in there own seperate block.
Sdram is hard to find and expensive.
DDRram can still be bought.

The specifications:

PROCESSORS

462 pin Socket A supports the AMD K7 processors
Full series of Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron processors
CHIPSET

SiS 740 & SiS 961/962 Chipset
SiS 740 Host/Memory controller with high quality 3D graphic accelerator
SiS 961/961B/962 MuTIOL Media I/O
Integrated USB 2.0 host controller in SiS 962
LPC I/O -ITE8705F
LAN: MAC integrated in SiS 961/961B/962 and PHY on board
AC97 Audio Codec: Compliant with AC97 2.2 specification
SYSTEM BIOS

AMI 2MB Flash EEPROM
Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, AMP 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
Support for ACPI revision 1.0 specification
MEMORY

2 DDR DIMM Sockets and 2 DIMM sockets support (can not be used simultaneously)
Two 184-pin 2.5V DDR SDRAM (DDR266/200) or
Two 168-pin 3.3V SDRAM (PC133/PC100)
Maximum: 2GB (DDR SDRAM or SDRAM)
I/O INTERFACE

Hope this was helpfull

ECS Support > L7VMM2 motherboard > Main Support page,

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=419&CategoryID=1&MenuID=50&LanID=0

Click on the CPU tab.

(Features / Specification / Download / Support / FAQ / CPU / etc)

Will support Up To an AMD Athlon XP 2600+,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Athlon_XP_microprocessors

Maximum Front Side Bus support is 266Megahertz.
(Max FSB = 266MHz)

(Motherboard manual states 133MHz.
Note that AMD processors are 'Double-pumped'.
This = 266MHz )

Supports AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon XP, and AMD Duron, processors.

Note in the CPU Support chart where it states -
Socket 462 > AMD Athlon XP > 2600+ (.13u)
The .13u stands for 130nm core architecture technology.

(nm = NanoMeter.
1 Billionth of a Meter )

NOTE*
For the Socket 462 (Socket A) processors, the AMD Athlon XP models are the top of the line.

'Sempy', or Sempron processors are at the bottom.
Low L2 processor memory cache compared to Athlon XP or Duron models.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Duron_microprocessors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Sempron_microprocessors

http://www.cpu-world.com/

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/TYPE-Athlon%20XP.html

Regards,
joecoolvette

On this motherboard you can use:
AMD Athlon (Highest being the Athlon 1400C running at 1.4GHz)
AMD Duron (Highest being the Duron 1800 running at 1.8GHz)
AMD Athlon XP (Highest being the Athlon XP 3200+ running at 2.3GHz)
AMD Athlon MP (Highest being the Athlon MP 2800+ running at 2.1GHz)
AMD Sempron (Highest being the Sempron 3300+ running at 2.2GHz)

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?CategoryID=1&DetailID=352&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=24&LanID=0

Provided below is a list of all supported CPUs for you're motherboard from ECS; http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Support/CPU_Support_Model.aspx?detailid=316&MenuID=69&LanID=0
The highest CPU is:
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (.13u) (256K,266,Socket 462)

Cheers'
Mike

yes, it is possible, but the Front side bus will limit the functionality so much that it wouldn't be worth it.

well it could be your ram faulty or if it is a grapics card that could be the same but if you look at your motherboard there are 3 pins beside the cmos batary if you see the 3 pins with a jumper on it just put the jumper on to the last 2 pins for 5 seconds and put it back and fire up this will reset all your bios

According to the specifications of you PC's motherboard. It supports DDR266 PC2100 type of RAM and only a maximum of 1gb RAM can be installed. If you have 512mb total of RAM right now, it is advisable to upgrade for a better performance of your PC.

just visit this location. it has all the drivers.

http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Downloads/ProductsDetail_Download.aspx?detailid=264&DetailName=New&DetailDesc=&CategoryID=1&MenuID=6&LanID=9