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I got a 1 ghz p3 and about 700meg of pc133 to dump into a mobo. I'm leaning towards the VIA Pro266 chipset as opposed to the i815 since the i815 can only support about 512 meg. I can't seem to find any reviews or benchmarks of the new VIA boards. Any recommendations?

Hey thanks for the link. looks like this thing is an old p3 600 (100mhz bus, 512k cache and 2.05v). I read the .pdf manual from their site and it seems like the board completly supports this cpu.. So, where do I go from here?

That sounds most likely to be the problem here but I can't find any info on the processor. The only thing that stands out are two cache chips on the right that say 300mhz on them. Any other ways to find out if this thing is an E, EB, or standard?

I'm pretty sure it's just the normal p3 600. Either that or it's the E. It's OEM so it's hard to say.

Hey, I'm trying to upgrade a comp from a celeron 400 to a p3 600. It seems to detect the cpu just fine but a few seconds into the boot it starts making strange beeping noises. The beeps continue until i shut the comp off. I remember dealing with this problem a while back but don't remember how i...