can i put a higher cpu then 600 on soyo IV

[smokewarlock]

WONDER WHAT is the highest cpu i can put into this board...it says up to pen 3 600...is that the highest it can handle?? and what is the best cpu as far as overclocking and upgrading on this board??? and will the ms6095 converter work on with the flip

 

[Parsec]

go to www.soyousa.com and find your product, then check for any available BIOS updates.

 

[Lmandrake]

You can if you have revision D or E board. Unfortunately, the only way to check this is to take the board out of your case, flip it over and look on the backside in the vicinity of the lowest ISA slot. You will need to use a very bright light to find the letter which is printed several layers down in the board itself. The letter is all alone, no other characters near it.

You need not upgrade the bios if you have a D or E board, but the latest bios, which was released in the last week or two, fixes the misreporting of higher speed cpus when you boot.

BTW, there is a good soyo USENET newsgroup - find it and use it.

 

[Assimilator1]

I have a Soyo 6BA+III ,ther previous model to yours(only difference is yours has ATA66).In the recent past I had a good look around Soyo's site for coppermine compatibilty.
Other than the bios upgrade I had to do ,our boards should run coppermine cpu's right up to 800MHz (850 too ,if avialable).They make no distiction as to which revision the board is to run these faster cpu's.
Check this out

http://www.soyo.com.tw/cgi-bin/prodinfo.exe?track=regular&board686=6BA+Family&bios=1&board586=&board486=&notebook=

Damn! they've removed the older bios & it's description saying it added support for the coppermine 'microcode'.
I'll see if I can dig it up somewhere ,I'll e mail them too (or you could)