Mobile Athlon 64 Motherboard Compatibility

Edwood · Post by **Edwood** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:02 am

I want to build a desktop system based on the mobile Athlon 64 CPU's.

Any recommendations for a good motherboard?

-Ed

kokopelli · Post by **kokopelli** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:48 am

Nice Iron Chef quote!

I think the Abit KV8Pro and maybe the ASUS K8V SE have the settings in BIOS for the mobile A64 chips. That's just a guess - you might want to email their customer reps and get a firm answer. The rest of the mobo makers I don't read up on as much so that's *truly* guessing then.

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:08 am

I was searching about a month ago on this subject. The best answers I could find are here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... id=1321894

I bought the MSI MicroATX Board here: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 451&depa=0

It works as 800Mhz, but when ClockGen is used you can update the Voltage, FSB and Multiplier to the appropriate values.

My 62W 2800+ runs at its stock 1.6Ghz after doing it.

Good luck!

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:06 am

I'm wondering if Cool 'n' Quiet works with Mobile Athlon 64 used with desktop motherboards.

POLIST8, does it work for you?.