highest multiplier on a 440bx P2 board?

[327]

I have one of these Tabor BX board from a Gateway for my dad's computer, and I was wondering what the highest multiplier on the chipset/board might be. I kinda figure it would be 8 or 8.5
I kinda looked around on the Gateway and Intel sites for an answer, but I didnt really find the specific answer I was looking for. The part number on this board is 4000321. This is a rock stable board, and thats the main reason I wanted to use this one for him. I have a 1gig Celeron on the way for this mobo, Although I think it will just run as a Celeron 850 or whatever the highest multiplier is. Any help or comments would be appreciated. thanks - Mark

 

[Linflas]

There may be some stuff for you in this thread from Google groups.

 

[Peter]

Boards don't have multiplying circuitry. The CPU does that all on its own.

(Way back in history, boards used to have a say on which of the CPU's internal multipliers should be used, but CPUs have long switched to ignoring this suggestion altogether. Instead, they're factory preset to one single multiplier, whatever the board may ask for.)

 

[327]

thanks, peter, didnt know that

I guess I'll just see whats up when i plug the cpu in

 

[Crashman]

Intel started locking multipliers on the PII around the time of the PII 350. Most slower processors needed the multiplier set. Celeron has always been multiplier locked. So the only thing you have to think about here is, if it has a VRM 8.2 (minimum 1.80v core) or VRM 8.4 (minimum 1.30v core) voltage regulator.

Even then you can overvolt a Coppermine PIII or Celeron to 1.80v using an adjustable slotket or wire tricks, just to get the thing working if it's the older VRM 8.2 version.

 

[327]

cpu didnt come in today

I think its just a generic slocket with no voltage options that I'm using :\

 

[327]

board recognized the cpu as "pentium pro 500mhz" so I just threw the CPU in an 6A815EPD I had laying around and It runs fine in there (at 1.5ghz in fact)
thanks all

 

[Peter]

So the board's BIOS doesn't know the CPU model you've been throwing in. An incorrectly reported speed, on the other hand, wouldn't have been a problem (it's just a display, the CPU still runs at its preset multiplier) - but a CPU not properly IDed (and thus not properly initialized) by BIOS _is_ a problem.