Abit BX6 Ver. 2.0, up to what speed Celeron II can it accept(overclocked)?

[Landwaster]

I currently am running the BX6 2.0 with a Celeron 300A running at 450mhz. I would like to purchase one of the new celerons with SSE as they seem very overclockable, but I don't want to have replace my motherboard (otherwise, I would just get an AMD Duron). What speeds can my board accept? Thanks!

 

[MegaManX]

From the Abit website -> Upgrading your BIOS for BX6-2

Filename: BXRQR.EXE
Date: 05/08/2000
ID: QR

NOTE:
Fixes the incorrect memory capacity issue under Linux.
Fixes the ACPI issue under W2K.
Improves the Power On function by mouse right/left botton after shutting down the system under Win98SE.
Supports Celeron 566(66) and 600(66) MHz CPUs.

 

[Landwaster]

Thank you very much!

 

[MooseKnuckle]

Landwaster,
Look here, http://forums1.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=194995. Good Luck.

 

[Bill L.]

"What speeds can my board accept?"

AFAIK the BX6r2 will run any of the new Celerons. If you don't update the BIOS the CPU will be reported as something strange, but it will still run.

For overclocking the 533A or the 566 are your best bets.

Bill

 

[Ulfwald]

Lookup Compuwiz, he seems to know a lot about the celerons.