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Also, they're usually low-quality motherboards and memory, so I wouldn't even advise overclocking them if you could (which you can't). HP generally uses custom-made motherboards by Asus w/ a custom BIOS which contains a "tattoo" for hardware activation. As wilson said, if you flash the BIOS (which you generally can't as they're usually not consumer-available mobos), you will most likely lose your OS as well as your warranty. |
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I use have a HP a420n with an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton and the motherboard in there was a Asus A7V8X-LA which is pretty much the exact same as the Asus A7V8X-MX . The only difference is the A7V8X-MX did not have SATA controllers. Because Asus made the A7V8X-LA for HP/Compaq if you went into the BIOS you were not given any control over raising the FSB, Voltage or Memory timings. And yes if you try to Flash the BIOS say with the BIOS for the consumer version of your motherboard and you are successful (highly unlikely) you will most likely lose your warrant and could damage the board.
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