Planning to upgrade my RAM(motherboard K7SOM + V7.5 C

Hello here is the homepage:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads/Downloads_Driver_Detail.aspx?MenuID=61&LanID=0&detailid=79#Download-2

And the + versions:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/ECSSearch.aspx?menuid=0&lanid=0&keyword=K7SOM+

I would say no because the cpu does not exist anymore.

The only thing you can upgrade is the harddrive and the ram module.

The mainboard uses SDram and DDR ram in there own seperate block.
Sdram is hard to find and expensive.
DDRram can still be bought.

The specifications:

PROCESSORS

462 pin Socket A supports the AMD K7 processors
Full series of Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron processors
CHIPSET

SiS 740 & SiS 961/962 Chipset
SiS 740 Host/Memory controller with high quality 3D graphic accelerator
SiS 961/961B/962 MuTIOL Media I/O
Integrated USB 2.0 host controller in SiS 962
LPC I/O -ITE8705F
LAN: MAC integrated in SiS 961/961B/962 and PHY on board
AC97 Audio Codec: Compliant with AC97 2.2 specification
SYSTEM BIOS

AMI 2MB Flash EEPROM
Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, AMP 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
Support for ACPI revision 1.0 specification
MEMORY

2 DDR DIMM Sockets and 2 DIMM sockets support (can not be used simultaneously)
Two 184-pin 2.5V DDR SDRAM (DDR266/200) or
Two 168-pin 3.3V SDRAM (PC133/PC100)
Maximum: 2GB (DDR SDRAM or SDRAM)
I/O INTERFACE

Hope this was helpfull

On this motherboard you can use:
AMD Athlon (Highest being the Athlon 1400C running at 1.4GHz)
AMD Duron (Highest being the Duron 1800 running at 1.8GHz)
AMD Athlon XP (Highest being the Athlon XP 3200+ running at 2.3GHz)
AMD Athlon MP (Highest being the Athlon MP 2800+ running at 2.1GHz)
AMD Sempron (Highest being the Sempron 3300+ running at 2.2GHz)

Since you're planning to upgrade the RAM of your computer here are the 3 different type of RAM that you can use for this motherboard.

400MHz(PC2-3200)
533MHz(PC2-4200)
667MHz(PC2-5300)

The type of motherboard is a Micro ATX. Any Micro ATX board will fit. If you are not planning on upgraded the cpu, ram, and videocard, these are the two best options http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200280%201070509907&name=478

If you are going to do a complete upgrade I would suggest these http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200280+1075707619+1494334965+1388027176&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&Subcategory=280&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

Provided below is a list of all supported CPUs for you're motherboard from ECS; http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Support/CPU_Support_Model.aspx?detailid=316&MenuID=69&LanID=0
The highest CPU is:
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (.13u) (256K,266,Socket 462)

Cheers'
Mike

Look at the sticks of RAM -- "high" density means fewer chips on each side of the stick, i.e., newer technology and production methods have packed more bits into each chip, while "low" density usually means 8 chips/side, using older RAM chips.

Older motherboards do not expect to find "high" density RAM, and typically will only detect 1/4 or 1/2 of the RAM on the stick.

If you buy a new motherboard, it will support BOTH densities.

Each memory slot can hold DDR PC2700 or DDR PC3200 with a maximum of 1GB per slot.

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high resolution is supported by high resolution monitors or LCD no matter what type of Video card are you using so first check monitor compatibility with the resolution

not wory windows(xp) will have the drivers in it bank

Here are some steps.

Attach the monitor in your CPU and plug it, see if the monitor powers up. If it did, then no problem in your power supply,

Detach the RAM or Memory of your CPU and put it back in, in the different slot. and power up your computer.

Check the cpu power switch if it is correctly attached to the motherboard.