How fast with Abit ZM-6

[Kiza]

I have Cely 300A O/C 450 on Abit ZM-6 S370 which is working fine, but I would like to go faster. Can you people, please, explain to me can I reach on this m'board 700-800Mhz. I have latest BIOS installed (ZM_SU). I heard of processor adaptors, can that help. TNX
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[Supradude]

do you mean 700~800 with your 300a? or a newer chip, seems like from the abit site and bios DL page, your mobo can take up to a celeron 600(66 bus), but if it's FC-PGA flip chip then you'll need an adapter like the Powerleap... i don't think you'll be able to make 700~800 with your 300a unless with exotic cooling methods, .... but celeron II 566's on average will make 850 pretty easy... does this help?

 

[Killrose]

NO POWERLEAP ADAPTOR IS NEEDED FOR THE BM6 or ZM6 when running the Celeron II's !!! If you try to run a FC-PGA PIII then yes.
See My sig. I do not have a powerleap adaptor!!! Forget trying to get anything other than what you are now getting with your 300a. Best get a 533-600 CII will do 100mhz or above bus speed, but remember you will be limmited in your core voltage adjustment so get one that is guranteed to do the dance at below 1.7volts. I have seen a post many months ago that claimed by the owner that the ZM6 would allow for a higher than 1.7volt core limmit than the BM6, but I don't know what bios version was used.

 

[tweakr]

ZM6 runs Celeron FCPGAs just fine - indeed, I was running the configuration below with a ZM6 until only a few weeks ago, and only replaced it because it physically blew up! (don't ask....). If you want more than 1.7v, you can either try the "flash bios" trick, or short out a coupl've pins on the processor to get you 1.65 or 1.9v as the new "standard" voltage. See this page for more info on this.

cheers
tweakr

 

[Kiza]

I want to change existing processor, but what I would like to know is, can I stick Cely 2 566Mhz 0.18 into my m'board. If "yes" what else do I need apart of new processor to be able to do that (what kind of adapter, if any)

My configuration is:
300 O/C 450
128 mb Kingmax
Prophet SE 16 mb
Quantum LM 20 GB
Creative 48 X CD-Rom
Abit ZM-6

 

[tweakr]

YES, with no extra bits needed apart from (maybe) a new heatsink

You don't even need a different heatsink if the current one is effective, and you are careful with it.

cheers
tweakr

 

[Kiza]

TNX,
but can You explain in short difference between PPGA slot (my m'board) and FC-PGA (Celeron 2)

 

[tweakr]

PPGA cpus are the older (533 and below) Celerons, and FCPGA are the newer CPUS (566+) which have the smaller blueish core rather than the larger metal core. The pinout is identical (AFAIK - i stand ready to be corrected), but FC-PGA uses some of the pins which PPGA cpus did not, and as such not all motherboard manufacturers had activated these pins.

Best of luck to ya

tweakr

 

[Kiza]

Cheers "tweakr"-Good People