Abit BE6-II Motherboard, Pentium III 700 Mhz

[austinkl]

I need some recommendation on what to do. Whenever I run the Winbond Hardware Doctor, my Vcore reading will always be reported as below the safe limit, reading = 1.65 whereas the safety limit is set at 1.85. When I check this against the BIOS reading, Vcore also reads in the region of 1.65. Is there any cause for concern or should I just ignore this?

My System Specs

 

[MCS]

It probably means the safe MAX vcore, because the P3-700 is SUPPOSED to run at 1.65V.

 

[austinkl]

Great to know, thanks ! Just wanted to eloborate a little:

Winbond's Vcore limits:
MINIMUM limit is set at: 1.86
Maximum limit is set at: 2.26

whereas my Vcore reading is 1.65

So, why are the limits off-scale if P3-700 is supposed to be 1.65? Worst case scenario, I will just ignore this and diable the beeps, but any insight will be greatly appreciated.

 

[AndyHui]

The Pentium III 700 (cA2 and cB0 stepping) run at a default voltage of 1.65 volts.

You should upgrade your motherboard's BIOS, or Winbond Hardware Doctor, or both.

 

[austinkl]

Thanks ! I have adjusted Winbond's Vcore limits.

Now, getting the right BIOS upgrade. I have a CPU Card (Asus S370-DL). In the Abit website, I am given 2 choices of upgrade to download: one's for BE6-II and the other says: " BE6-II Rev. 1.2
with the HPT 370 controller chip ONLY! ".

Question: Is my CPU Card the same as the HPT 370 controller chip, therefore requiring download option 2? Slightly confused here.

 

[AndyHui]

The HPT Controller chip is the IDE Controller for the additional IDE ports. It has nothing to do with your processor.

 

[AkumaX]

there are 2 versions of the be6-II, one w/ hpt366 (ata/66) and one w/ hpt370(ata/100+raid)

depending on which your computer has, you should update your bios to your specific IDE controller