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First post, by Cga.8086

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I Have these 2 boards
one says it support up to athlon xp 2600
the other one can support only up to athlon xp2100

one is k7vta PRO 1.0 , the other one ks k7vta pro (without the 1.0)
i read on a brazilian forum that i can flash kvtp2ba2.exe to the non 1.0 and it will transform into a "1.0" one.

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Reply 1 of 3, by zyga64

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According to Soyo website, one is KT133 the other is KT133A

SY-K7VTA Pro - KT133A
SY-K7VTA PRO v.1.0 - KT133

However, this is interesting because CPU support page says that both supports FSB133. (KT133 shouldn't)

Scamp: 286@20 /4M /CL-GD5422 /CMI8330
Aries: 486DX33 /16M /TGUI9440 /GUS+ALS100+MT32PI
Triton: K6-3+@400 /64M /Rage Pro PCI /ES1370+YMF718
Seattle: P!!!750 /256M /MX440 /Vibra16s+SBLive!
Panther Point: 3470s /8G /GTX750Ti /HDA

Reply 2 of 3, by Cga.8086

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oh those links are very helfull

i found this link
https://web.archive.org/web/20040407045101/ht … bdesc.php?id=16

which provides
Model .............. |XP/Thoroughbred* .......|XP/Palomino*
K7VTA-Pro .......... | 2100+ .................. | 2100+
K7VTA-Pro V1.0 .......... | 2600+* ............... .... | 2100+

too bad there is no bios mod for the non pro model, maybe they dropped support on tbread 2100+
i wonder if the 1.0 version bios works on the non 1.0 version motherboard.

Reply 3 of 3, by zyga64

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Cga.8086 wrote:

too bad there is no bios mod for the non pro model, maybe they dropped support on tbread 2100+
i wonder if the 1.0 version bios works on the non 1.0 version motherboard.

AFAIK KT133 and KT133A are pin compatible, and if PLL chips are the same (this is probably the chip on the right side of DIMM slots), you may try.
However board on the left have bulged capacitors and I wouldn't turn it on before replacing them.

On the left board, I also can see two capacitors which are not trustworthy: top right one - under cpu fan connector, and this under ATX connector. If there are more with the same type/brand/capacitance I would replace them all.

Scamp: 286@20 /4M /CL-GD5422 /CMI8330
Aries: 486DX33 /16M /TGUI9440 /GUS+ALS100+MT32PI
Triton: K6-3+@400 /64M /Rage Pro PCI /ES1370+YMF718
Seattle: P!!!750 /256M /MX440 /Vibra16s+SBLive!
Panther Point: 3470s /8G /GTX750Ti /HDA