ABIT BH-6 motherboard Question

[Soulo]

On abit's website, when I check the mobo's specs it specifically says, "Supports PentiumIII/Celeron 450~700 MHz processor cartridge."

From that it looks like it will, but when I checked their BIOS drivers, one of their later drivers says, "Supports the PIII 600Mhz(100Mhz FSB) CPU. " And ther wasn't any other bios update that said anything about supporting anything higher than the PIII 600.

Can this mobo support a PIII 700+ mhz? If so, what's the highest cpu it can support?

 

[Jhhnn]

Unless it's an extremely early revision, it will support all 100fsb coppermines on late model slotkets, and will support 100fsb tualatins as well on special slotkets. Do a search here and at the Ars Technica forums- there's been a lot of discussion on this topic....

 

[Wind]

Chk ur mobo rev on the sticker @ the last PCI slots.

 

[vailr]

The maximum "User select" multiplier in the BH6 bios (1.01 version) is 10.5. Using a $20 Tualatin-ready slocket, the fastest cpu would be a 1.4 GHz 133 FSB PIII, but underclocked to 10.5 x 112 MHz= 1176 MHz. A better value would be the less expensive 1.4 GHz Celeron-Tualatin, which should(?) be able to run at 1.4 GHz, 100 MHz FSB, and possibly overclocked to 14 x 112 MHz = 1568 MHz.
As an alternative, this $39.99 PC-Chips, SiS 635T chipset, 5 PCI slot motherboard is tualatin-ready, and also has ATA100 & AGP 4X support.
http://www.pcdirect.com/product.asp?Sku=MBPC700
(Don't own, so can't comment on the quality or reliability).

 

[oldfart]

Originally posted by: vailr
The maximum "User select" multiplier in the BH6 bios (1.01 version) is 10.5. Using a $20 Tualatin-ready slocket, the fastest cpu would be a 1.4 GHz 133 FSB PIII, but underclocked to 10.5 x 112 MHz= 1176 MHz. A better value would be the less expensive 1.4 GHz Celeron-Tualatin, which should(?) be able to run at 1.4 GHz, 100 MHz FSB, and possibly overclocked to 14 x 112 MHz = 1568 MHz.
As an alternative, this $39.99 PC-Chips, SiS 635T chipset, 5 PCI slot motherboard is tualatin-ready, and also has ATA100 & AGP 4X support.
http://www.pcdirect.com/product.asp?Sku=MBPC700
(Don't own, so can't comment on the quality or reliability).

The max multiplier is 12 x, not 10.5 x. Multiplier is locked anmd can not be changed, so it does not really matter. PC Chips SiS board? I'd stick with the BX IMHO.

Take a look at the long post I started in the CPU/overclocking forum for lots of info.

 

[Jhhnn]

Gotta go with the Oldfart, multiplier settings in the bios are as useless as teats on a boar- deliberately setting it wrong has no effect at all. And the max operating multiplier is at least 14, judging from the success of the slot-t adapters and 1400 tualatins.

I personally wouldn't trade a bh6 for any pcchips board, but that's just me. upgrading the processor has the very real advantage of not requiring any tricky registry wipes or reinstallation of software- flashing the bios is the trickiest part, after that, strictly plug&play....