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12-23-2001, 08:53 PM
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Abit BM6 (intel 440 bx) Question for Hal9000/Toaster
Hi I have a new Abit 440 Bx motherboard.
My question is this. I know this board will support a 400mgz Celleron PPGA but will it support a Celleron 700mgz FCPGA? The board does have soft menu and supports 66/100 mgz FSB My problem is this I cant get it to boot with the 700 mgz chip but I know it will boot right up with the 400mgz chip because I just built the same system a month ago from the same vendor. From a lot of posts I have read this puppy will run almost anything you throw at it. Am I right? What do I have to do? Upgrade the bios with a 400mgz chip? |
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12-23-2001, 10:03 PM
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This is what BM6 latest(almost) bios update supports:
Supports Celeron 566(66) and 600(66) MHz CPUs. BM6 bios updates |
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12-23-2001, 10:08 PM
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I don't have any specs on the Abit boards as I haven't used them for a while. They're good boards, but our supplier uses ASUS. If it can do a FC-PGA Celeron, it should be able to run just about any of the coppermine core Celerons. You may need a BIOS update for it to function properly though. When the Celeron A chips came out, I kept a Celeron 266 just for that purpose. Still haven't sold that chip either, it will do a 150Mhz FSB and run at 600Mhz!
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12-23-2001, 10:16 PM
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Looks like the bios is the road to go. Thanks for the responces.
I'll have to do a little homework. In the meantime maybe Toaster will jump in with a good little something. |
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12-24-2001, 11:17 AM
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Howdy,
In most instances, that particular board supports "flip-chip" CPUs and their needed voltages. However, there seems to be a rev of that board that DOES NOT. Make sure that you find the rev of the board and explore the BIOS update options. I primarily use ASUS but have used ABIT boards. While the ABIT is a fine board, I liked the old school jumpers on the ASUS P2B-P2B/F system boards. I'd like to explore the BX-133 board but havn't as yet. Rumors suggest that this board will support anything in the Cel-mine/PIII class but this is conjecture.
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12-24-2001, 04:34 PM
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Thanks everybody!
I'm going to go down the bios route and see where it leads me. First I have to get a PPGA Celeron CPU in order to get a system post then I will take it from there. I'll let you know how I fare. |
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