Abit BE6 running with 1Ghz or 1.1Ghz slot1 processor?

[sn00p]

Does the Abit BE6 motherboard support running with an 1Ghz or 1.1Ghz slot1 processor (100Mhz fsb). In the BIOS you can set it to run 850(100) and that's what abit says is the maximum, but i could set the values manually to multiplyer 10/11 and the fsb to 100 and so on. Would that work or are the 1Ghz or 1.1Ghz slot1 processors different from the 850Mhz so it wouldn't work at all?

My computer:
Abit BE6 BIOS TH(final release)
P3 500 Mhz slot 1
Creative TNT2 Ultra
Creative Soundblaster 1024
Adaptec AVA 2904
3Com 905-B 10/100
30GB WD Caviar
40GB WD Caviar
Sony 52x cdrom
Yamaha 2100S 16/10/40 SCSI burner

 

[DaveSimmons]

check the AT FAQs, but a couple of notes: (a) it's probably cheaper to get a Celeron and a slotket adapter (b) if you do, get a coppermine Celeron with 128K cache NOT a tulatin ("A" model / 256K cache). Celeron 1.0 OEM is $60 at newegg, used slotket here in FS/FT or on eBay is $15-20 shipped.

 

[mike9390]

I had a PIII 850 (100Mhz) with a slotket adapter but gave up on the BE6 as there was no upgrade path. I couldn't find any 1G 100Mhz FSB CPU's. It might be better to keep your money and do a whole system upgrade. Even if you can find a 1G CPU the 100Mhz bus will be a bottleneck.

Mike

 

[ShinSa]

Last time i cheked the BE-6 supported 133Mhz chip through a BIOS update.

You might want to check that out first.

 

[Big8oy]

I have a 1ghz (100mhz) P3 running it on the BE6. No probs. I use a slocket adapter. Been running it for a year now and no probs. I know that the Abit website said only up to 850Mhz but the 1ghz is ok as long as u get the 1ghz with the 100mhz bus. I dont think abit made another bios update to support 133mhz 1gigs but i could be wrong. I am running the TH bios update, as far as i know i think it's the most up to date (well as of last year). I think the 100mhz 1 gigs are hard to come by. I happened t get lucky and found a place. Not sure about now. I would concur and say just upgrade whole system to p4. That's what i'm planning to do, just to be up to date . But my trusty BE6 with 1ghz is still running strong and stable. So up to u and how much u wanna spend.

 

[Jhhnn]

The 128k cache 1gig and 1.1gig celeron2's on slotkets are the best and easiest upgrade path for BX chipset boards, imho. They're cheap and easy, you'll notice a real improvement over your 500mhz Pentium. It's a perfectly reasonable way to push back the inevitable purchase of a new machine. 1gig P3's are still available, but they're twice the money and maybe 15% faster overall. I think Computergeeks have some.

I really can't speak to compatibility with a BE6- you'll need to run a search here and on some of the other tech forums. I know that models BH6 and BF6 are compatible, though, so you're probably OK.

Intel processors from about 350 on up are multiplier locked, they ignore any setting in the bios. Set it any way you want, no difference.....

And, for a variety of reasons, forget 133fsb....

 

[emjem]

Here's a source for a 1gig p3 100fsb:

100fsb

Your BE6 will handle it just fine. You'll also need the $9 sloket at the bottom of that link.

 

[ShinSa]

I agree with the previous posts, If you do want to sink more than $100 bux into it, hold off on it and look for a whole upgrade.

Right now an AMD system can be had for under 200 bones.

XP1600+ at newegg: $60
Refurbished KT266A board at newegg: $60
256MB PC2100 DDR at Circuit City : $30
SVC GC68 : $7
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TOTAL: ~ $160

 

[Jhhnn]

No slotket required for a SECC2 processor....