Hey! Can a Pre-BX board handle more than 333MHz?

[bluemax]

Yeah, I know. Old junk. But I've built a system for a family member out of old parts, a pre-BX board with a maximum of 83MHz FSB. (66 overclocked.)

Can this board accept the 66FSB Celerons like 433? 533? 733? Is there a core restriction?
I know it'll need a slot-1 converter, but if I can do it, I can upgrade them super-cheap. I gave them a PII-333 which overclocked to almost 400 but the system may have burnt out from that. (luckily I have a spare 333!)

Thanks AT!

 

[formulav8]

I have a few P2's, Celeron 300a, and P3 450, and 550 and 600mhz P3's. If you want one of these cpu's, LMK. I also have a Slocket to use with the 550mhz P3 or 600mhz P3.

The BX board I have officially supports up to 1ghz P3's. It is a ABIT BH6 v1.1 mobo. It supports 133mhz fsb but not officially. You should not have a problem though using the cpu you listed.

EDIT: I just re-read and saw that you said it was a pre-bx not a bx. So I am not sure on the cpu support. If you want a BX board, LMK.



Jason

 

[KpocAlypse]

My dad's running at 433 Celly on a Intel LX board. If its Intel, it was limited to 433, but abit/asus/etc (which it seems to be if you can hit 83mhz) might be able to hit 733.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Could depend on the motherboard and BIOS -- I have a ZX (mATX version of LX) gathering dust that uses jumpers and only has settings for up to 333. My old Abit LX-6 had software settings and I think it allowed up to at least 466.

 

[redbeard1]

It all depends on your bios. A number of LX motherboards supported up to 533 celerons. They did not go above that however, because of the cpu voltage changes in the coppermine based celerons.

 

[bluemax]

Originally posted by: redbeard1
It all depends on your bios. A number of LX motherboards supported up to 533 celerons. They did not go above that however, because of the cpu voltage changes in the coppermine based celerons.

There's the magic number!
Hmm... if I can't find a cheap-as-free BX board, I'll have to start looking for a Celly 533 + slotket.

 

[redbeard1]

That needs to be a 533 ppga. A 533a is coppermine based.