Can I use a processor that's faster than the motherboard?

[Anthony]

Hello everyone,

I have an old motherboard that I want to bring to life, or at least make a noble attempt. It's a Biostar M7VKB and it's rated to run at 100 megahertz. I also have an Athlon 2000+ that has a speed/front side bus of 133 megahertz, or 266 megahertz effective speed.

My question is can I use the Athlon 2000+ with this motherboard? Will the processor work and run at the slower 100 megahertz speed? Or will it just not work?

If the Athlon 2000+ won't do the job, I'll hunt for a slower processor.

Thank you for your advice. Have an effervescent day, Anthony

[Marcin]

http://www.biostar-usa.com/cpusupporta.asp#m7vkb

Max AMD Athlon is 1400 Mhz with 100 Mhz FSB
Max AMD Duron is 950 MHz

You can't use Athlon XP 2000