Unknown motherboard

[CRMDude]

Hello people,

This is my first post so pls be gentle

I bought a PII 350MHz from a custom place back in '98. I can't figure out the motherboard detail and neither can CPU-Z - I have included the cpu-z details below.

Can I add the following 2 components and use them safely with the current spec:
1) Plug in a maxtor DiamondMax 10 160GB 8Mb Cache 7200RPM HDD OEM?
2) Use a ND3520A Dual Layer Int IDE 16x DVDRW +/- OEM

Or should I upgrade the processor? If so, what do I need?

Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers....

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cpu-z details

CPUID Output
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Number of CPUs 1
Name Intel Pentium II
Code name Deschutes
Specification Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
Family/Model/Stepping 652
Extended Family/Model 0/0
Package Slot 1 SECC
Core Stepping dB0
Technology 0.25µ
Instructions Sets MMX
Clock Speed 350.8 MHz
Clock multiplier x3.5
Front Side Bus Frequency 100.2 MHz
Bus Speed 100.2 MHz
L1 Data Cache 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size
L2 Latency 5
L2 Speed 175.4 MHz (1/2)
L2 Location On Cartridge
L2 ECC Check enabled
L2 Data Prefetch Logic no
L2 Bus Width 64 bits

eax ebx ecx edx
Function 00000000 00000002 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
Function 00000001 00000652 00000000 00000000 0183f9ff
Function 00000002 03020101 00000000 00000000 0c040843

edx eax
MSR 0000002A 00000000 C5480000
MSR 00000017 100062A5 8404A900
MSR 0000011E 00000000 0134452B
MSR 0000008B 0000002A 00000000


Chipset
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Northbridge Intel i440BX/ZX rev. C1
Southbridge Intel 82371 (PIIX4) rev. 2
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Revision 1.0
AGP Transfert Rate 2x
AGP SBA supported, enabled
AGP Aperture 64 MBytes
Memory Type SDRAM
Memory Size 256 MBytes
Memory Frequency 100.2 MHz (1:1)
CAS# 3.0
RAS# to CAS# 3
RAS# Precharge 3
DRAM Idle Timer 16


Memory SPD
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DIMM #1

General
Memory type SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) SpecTek Incorporated (7F7FB5FFFFFFFFFF)
Size 256 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC133 (133 MHz)
Part number
Serial number 13EC1C00
Manufacturing date Week 25/Year 01

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 133
CAS# 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3
RAS# Precharge 3
TRAS# 6


Monitoring
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PCI Device List
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CPU to PCI Bridge
vendor ID 0x8086 (Intel)
device ID 0x7190
revision 0x0003
sub vendor ID 0x0000 (unknown)
sub device ID 0x0000
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x00
bus 0, device 0, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 86 80 90 71 06 00 10 22 03 00 00 06 00 40 00 00
10 08 00 00 E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 0C 8A 00 FF 00 00 00 09 03 10 11 00 00 00 00 00
60 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 0F C0 00 00 8A 00 00
70 20 1F 0A 38 0A 00 00 01 06 FF 10 38 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 98 00 00 00 04 61 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 02 00 10 00 03 02 00 1F 02 03 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 80 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 00 10 05 00 20 10 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 0C FF FF 67 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 4C AD FF BB 8A 3E 00 80 2C D3 F7 CF 9D 3E 00 00
F0 40 01 00 00 00 F8 00 60 20 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00


PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor ID 0x8086 (Intel)
device ID 0x7191
revision 0x0003
sub vendor ID 0x0000 (unknown)
sub device ID 0x0000
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x04
bus 0, device 1, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 86 80 91 71 07 01 20 02 03 00 04 06 00 40 01 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 40 D0 D0 A0 22
20 00 E4 F0 E7 00 E8 F0 E8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


PCI to ISA Bridge
vendor ID 0x8086 (Intel)
device ID 0x7110
revision 0x0002
sub vendor ID 0x0000 (unknown)
sub device ID 0x0000
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x01
bus 0, device 7, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 86 80 10 71 0F 00 80 02 02 00 01 06 00 00 80 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5E 00 30 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 0B 80 05 0A 10 00 00 00 00 F2 80 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 05 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00


IDE Disk controller
vendor ID 0x8086 (Intel)
device ID 0x7111
revision 0x0001
sub vendor ID 0x0000 (unknown)
sub device ID 0x0000
class code 0x01
sub class code 0x01
bus 0, device 7, function 1

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 86 80 11 71 05 00 80 02 01 80 01 01 00 40 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 01 F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 77 E3 00 80 0B 00 00 00 03 00 22 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00


USB bus controller
vendor ID 0x8086 (Intel)
device ID 0x7112
revision 0x0001
sub vendor ID 0x0000 (unknown)
sub device ID 0x0000
class code 0x0C
sub class code 0x03
bus 0, device 7, function 2

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 86 80 12 71 05 00 80 02 01 00 03 0C 00 40 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 01 E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 04 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00


Bridge
vendor ID 0x8086 (Intel)
device ID 0x7113
revision 0x0002
sub vendor ID 0x0000 (unknown)
sub device ID 0x0000
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x80
bus 0, device 7, function 3

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 86 80 13 71 03 00 80 02 02 00 80 06 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 01 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 58 1F 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 02 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 01 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00


Communication device
vendor ID 0x127A (Communication device)
device ID 0x1004
revision 0x0001
sub vendor ID 0x1048 (unknown)
sub device ID 0x1500
class code 0x07
sub class code 0x80
bus 0, device F, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 7A 12 04 10 07 00 90 02 01 00 80 07 00 40 00 00
10 00 00 00 E9 01 E4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 10 00 15
30 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B 01 00 00
40 01 00 22 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Audio controller
vendor ID 0x1102 (Creative Labs)
device ID 0x0004
revision 0x0003
sub vendor ID 0x1102 (Creative Labs)
sub device ID 0x0051
class code 0x04
sub class code 0x01
bus 0, device 13, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 11 04 00 05 00 90 02 03 00 01 04 00 40 80 00
10 01 E8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 11 51 00
30 00 00 00 00 DC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 02 14
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 82 00 00
50 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 22 06
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Input controller
vendor ID 0x1102 (Creative Labs)
device ID 0x7003
revision 0x0003
sub vendor ID 0x1102 (Creative Labs)
sub device ID 0x0040
class code 0x09
sub class code 0x80
bus 0, device 13, function 1

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 11 03 70 05 00 90 02 03 00 80 09 00 40 80 00
10 01 EC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 11 40 00
30 00 00 00 00 DC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 22 06
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Firewire bus controller
vendor ID 0x1102 (Creative Labs)
device ID 0x4001
revision 0x0000
sub vendor ID 0x1102 (Creative Labs)
sub device ID 0x0010
class code 0x0C
sub class code 0x00
bus 0, device 13, function 2

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 11 01 40 06 00 10 02 00 10 00 0C 08 40 80 00
10 00 40 01 E9 00 00 01 E9 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 11 10 00
30 00 00 00 00 44 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 02 02 04
40 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 7E 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 10 00 00 00 84 10 00 00 02 11 10 00 00 00 00 00


VGA display controller
vendor ID 0x102B (Matrox)
device ID 0x0521
revision 0x0003
sub vendor ID 0x102B (Matrox)
sub device ID 0xFF03
class code 0x03
sub class code 0x00
bus 1, device 0, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 2B 10 21 05 07 00 90 02 03 00 00 03 08 40 00 00
10 08 00 00 E8 00 00 00 E4 00 00 00 E5 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2B 10 03 FF
30 00 00 00 00 DC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B 01 10 20
40 31 95 1D 40 08 3C 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 F0 21 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 02 00 10 00 03 02 00 1F 02 03 00 1F 00 00 00 00


DMI
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Software
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Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 8.1b

[RJ]

Hello and welcome to PC Mech,

whatever mainboard it is, you won't be able to use the entire space of your hard drive, the limit will be 128 GB unless there is a BIOS update, but I doubt that. What you can do to use the entire space, is to get a controller card. You'll also need a controller card if the hard drive is SATA, your mainboard can only handle PATA.

The DVD burner will work fine.

RJ

[CRMDude]

Thanks RJ,

Do you think I should upgrade my processor and how?

Cheers,

PK

[RJ]

Do you think I should upgrade my processor and how?

Without knowing what you wanna do with your PC I can't tell you. I once had a PII 333, and it was a really great and powerful CPU back then. If I wouldn't do anything that requires a faster CPU, it'd still be great. It really depends on your needs.

The "how" part . .well. . for that we have to know what board exactly it is. I had the Abit BH-6, and it was one of the first that came out without jumpers. Many other boards had jumpers to set the CPU parameters. Look at the board itself. There should be the brand name and model number somewhere. Usually there is a sticker on the last ISA slot that also reveals the model number.

RJ

[CRMDude]

Right, I'll have a look then update you.

In reagrds to what I want to do. Not anything too fancy as I have a P4 laptop for work purposes so the PC is just for storing/playing music, pics and generally surfing the net, no gaming needs.

Cheers,

PK

[Cricket]

That's a Slot 1 processor, they went up to 1GHz in speed...but whether or not you can even find one or if your motherboard supports it is questionable.

Open up the case and try to find the make and model of the motherboard. Once you provide that information we'll be able to help you figure out what your motherboard supports.

What do you do with your computer most of the time?

If you need to upgrade the computer, how much are you able to spend?

What operating system are you using?

Have you considered building a totally new computer? A new computer would open up a lot of new options to you, not to mention way more speed.

Cricket

[Pounder]

being a P2 board the bus speed would be 100mhz wich would limit the cpu speed to 450mhz which could be found online for under 15.00 dollars

[HAL9000]

Not true... 100Mhz FSB PII and PIII processors were commonly found up to 850Mhz, there were also the difficult to find 900Mhz and 1Ghz.

The chipset listed on your board is a BX, so you are limited to a 100Mhz FSB processor, now the fun part will be determining what voltages it supports. This will determine whether it can support a Coppermine CPU which if I remember correctly started at 500 or 550Mhz. If you find a socket 370 CPU, you can probably get away with using a Coppermine if you use a slot adapter with voltage regulation where you can set the voltage manually to the correct level for the Coppermine. Multiplier support is a moot point really as Intel CPU's are multiplier locked and even if the board were to say only officially support a 4.5x multiplier on a 100Mhz FSB, you can slam a 850 in there and it will run at 8.5x100. My QDI only supports 8.5, but is running a Celeron 1100.

Look closely on the board.... are there ANY markings that could signify a model number?

Do you happen to have a digital camera in which you could take a picture of the board and post?

[Pounder]

have not seen or heard of a P2 higher than 450, also I was generalizing if it was a P2 board which might not support a P3 or adapter card

[HAL9000]

PII only goes to 450 is right, but he is running a BX chipset which can run the PIII provided there is appropriate voltage regulation as I had stated.

[CRMDude]

I have read somewhere that you can upgrade a socket 1 board to a PIII 600MHZ but there seems to be a mixture of opinions.

Here are some quick pics of the board, you may recognise it. I will look at the board closer tonight - any ideas where I would find the make & model???

@ Cricket - I have thought about building a new one, I already have a new 160GB HDD, New DVD writer and a fairly good matrox 2000 graphics card which I like. I also have a SB Audigy (sb1394) card. What else would I need, I haven't built one before but am prepared too??? Running XP Prof at present.







Cheers,

PK

[Cricket]

Sorry, can't tell what motherboard you're using from those pictures...too dark and not close enough.

You're running WinXP Pro on a PII 350MHz with only 256MB of RAM? Wow.

For a new build all you would need are the motherboard, CPU, RAM and higher wattage P4 ready power supply.

Check out this computer building tutorial too.

What kind of budget are you working with and do you want Intel or AMD? The guys here can help you pick out compatible parts with that information. You'll be totally awestruck once you see how fast todays computers are compared to a PII 350MHz system.

Cricket

[CRMDude]

Ok this is what I found...

Power supply label states - 100-120/200-240V~,7/4A,60...Can't see any further as there is a panel in the way.

as far as the motherboard info goes, I found a number above the copyright - 980930. When searching google, I found an interesting thread - check it out

http://www.tech-forums.net/showthrea...threadid=23577

This chap's motherboard sounds like the one I have except the info next to the fan (which he/she calls the big black thing ) reads: M103 94V-0 5298 and there also a logo before this - pic attached.



Any ideas?

@Cricket - I would like to build another but would like to keep budget as low as poss thats why I thought maybe urgrading existing chip would be cheaper. Intel is my pref and would like to spend £300 max as I already have HDD, video card, sound card, speakers, DVD writer, zip drive, modem etc.

Cheers

[RJ]

Take out the board and look on the label on the last ISA slot. What does it say there ?

RJ

[CRMDude]

Sorry RJ, where is the last ISA slot?

[RJ]

At the bottom.

RJ

[Jolyonekenobi]

I don't know if it will help or your kit will be a bit too old for it but this programme identified my monitor for me where no other has been able to do so:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...RSS,RSS,00.asp

Ignore all the programmes below and just go for Belarc Advisor 6.1

It only takes a second to install and run - you never know.

J