440 BX upgrade?

[Felonious]

My sister has a PII 333 on a 440 BX Mobo
We built it out of scraps mostly

What PIII chip will it take? Slot 1 right?

Or do I have to get a new mobo?

 

[MSNY]

Check the Abit website.

Abit website link

If her's is not Abit then you need to get the brand/model.

 

[toph99]

check the manufacturer's website to see what the board supports. if it can get a core voltage of 1.65(i think thats what the coppermines run on) and can handle a 100mhz fsb, then you should be able to put in a new PIII, slot 1(unless you get a slotket and put a Socket370 PIII in it)

 

[Felonious]

Here's the thing, I dont know the manufacturer. I looked at the board but didn't see. How else can I tell?

 

[SaturnX]

Examine the board carefully, all manufacturers place the model and their name on the board, you may have to look between the PCI slots.

--Mark

 

[CalebTG]

Yep, between PCI slots, on the BIOS chip, or on a sticker on the bottom PCI/ISA slot

In order to run a p3, it will probably need a bios update.

 

[Felonious]

Thanks guys, guess I'm going back in.

 

[Andrex]

The Sandra utilities can usually tell you the manufacturer's name. You can use the freeware part. Download it from http://www.3bsoftware.com, install and use the "System summary" and "Mainboard information" modules. They'll probably give you both the manufacturer and model number.

 

[subhuman]

With a Slotket with voltage control, you can run a P3 more than likely... I had success running a 700E flip-chip on an ASUS-133 slotket @ 1008mhz on an ABIT BX6r2 board.

Good advice here already -- you'll probably have to flash your BIOS to the latest version to get the higher multipliers -- but a BX board is still a great solution.