upgrade from AMD duron 800MHz processor

[dmcm67]

I am currently running a pc with the above and was looking for advice on suitable processor upgrade. I am unsure of identity of motherboard., although processor is in Socket A.

Also do I need new thermal grease etc. if I remove the heat sink from existing processsor and replace with a suitable new processor.

I am new to this.

[Mixeur]

You must know what is your motherboard to know what cpu is suitable.

And you will need thermal grease, of course.

[dmcm67]

Does GA-72MMP or GA-7ZMMP make any sense as a motherboard identity.

[Mixeur]

GA-7XXXX means something but not GA-72MMP or GA-7ZMMP
Try to look here if you can find your motherboard : http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_List.aspx

[Blackfury]

if it's a GA-7ZMM Motherboard you can put a Athlon 1.4GHZ FSB200 in it

[davidcmcm67]

I have chance to buy Duron 1400 cpu taken ftom a system with an FSB of 266. Mine is a 200 FSB. Will this do the job.

[StuffX]

Hopefully, I won't be describing the same specs. as the original author but I was wondering what would be the best processor to use based on my current specs?

I currently have an ABIT KT7 Motherboard with a socket A/462 slot. My original 800 Mhz AMD Duron Processor burned out (I think) but many of the other components worked fine when I installed them on other computers (i.e. Power Supply, Graphics Card).

Much like the original author of this post, I'm new to this.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[gshv]

The fastest processor supported by your board is Athlon 1.4 GHz with 266 MHz FSB. Make sure you install BIOS version "4A" or later.

Gennadiy