Hi, my name's Paul and I'm from Poland.
A few days ago I have bought Mobile Sempron 2800+ (SMS2800BQX3LF). I want to build energy-safe and quiet computer, this Sempron need 1.2V & takes only 25W at full load -so it seems to be perfect for me.
Now I want to buy a motherboard for this processor, but I read that -not all motherboards will work with Mobile Sempron - a lot of them won't even boot up - the rest will probably recognize processor as a regular desktop Sempron and set up the higher voltage.
I was lookin for any information about this Mobile Sempron (it's very hard to find anything about it) and I found Your post at forum.pcekspert.com.
There is mentioned about 2 motherboards: GIGABYTE GA-K8NS (which I want to buy) and ASROCK K8NF4G. I read this tread and understand "almost" all ; but i still have a few questions and would be very grateful for Your help.
After flashing motherborad the processor was recognized properly :
"flesho najnovijim biosom...i sada prepoznaje kako treba procesor..." - but I don't know which motherbord did You flash?: GIGABYTE or ASROCK. And Could You also write me what bios number it was?
This processor should work with 1.2V, I'm affraid the motherborad will set up the voltage higher (1.3 or 1.4 V like in desktop sempron) - so i'm interesting if You can manually change the voltage to 1.2 V and which motherbord let to do this: Gigabyte or Asrock.
I'm also wondering if You try software like: RMClock or Crystal CPUID to change voltage ang processor clock from windows and if it works?
Which motherbord do You think will be better: gigabyte or asrock? I want to work with 1.2 voltage, i'm not going to overclock processor- rather to underclock
Thanks for help (the information mentioned in this tread was very helpful)
ps. sorry, but I know only english (a little) so I can't post in your language.
Greetings from Poland
Paul