The Asus Commando motherboard natively supports DDR2 800 memory and a 1066 FSB cpu speed.
However ......
If you update the bios (explained in a previous post) to the latest 1901 version, it supports a variety of Core 2 Quad 1333 FSB processors, and it does this very nicely. How you may ask? Well from what I can work out, it overclocks the North Bridge to allow the faster cpu speed, and in doing so, it also turns the DDR2 800 into DDR2 1000 memory. A really good reason to buy quality memory.
Until earlier this afternoon, I had a Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 gig 1066fsb cpu. I searched for an instruction set to swap an LGA775 processor and fan. Pretty easy to find - I'd suggest if you can't find the tutorial, you shouldn't attempt the swap. Whilst the instruction set I found was great, I still needed a little bit of interpolation and thought to reach a successful conclusion.
So, with my replacement Core 2 Quad Q8400 in place, I started the machine - I had to enter the BIOS setup, exited and continued with the boot. I then shut down and restarted.
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I now had a 1333FSB and the processor working properly, together with faster memory.
Done!
Did it make any difference? You bet it did.
Later .....
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