Abit BM6 and fc-pga PIII

[steverama]

Anyone think that a PIII 550 coppermine FC-PGA would work on an ABIT BM6, knowing that the BM6 natively supports the Celeron II FC-PGA @ 566 - 600 MHZ? The pinouts on the FC-PGA format being the same (I assume) on both the PIII & Celeron II, what would prevent me from using the PIII on this board? Thanks for any & all help.

 

[Killrose]

Good question, hope you get an answer on this from somebody who has tried! Though as far as I know this is going to take a "neo" adaptor to work.

 

[Sesopedalian]

Nobody knows why the C2's work on the BM6 and the P3's don't. The posts I have read all say the Neo adapter is needed on the BM6 with the P3. I am still waiting to hear if anyone can overclock a C2 566 - 600 on a BM6 with the original bios. One would want this, because the original bios for this board has voltage from 1.3 to 2.3. The lastest bios high is set at 1.7.

 

[Drakkhen]

Well, with the latest bios, my 533A runs at 840 at 1.7 without any problems. Sure would be nice to have a higher range in temp, though.