intel 1ghz compatability with se440bx2v board

[paun]

will an intel se440bx2v mobo support an intel 1ghz 100fsb slot1 secc2 processor? my mobo will support an 850mhz with no problem.But what about the 1ghz,will it support it?I currently have the p17 bios flashed.The board came with a p15 bios and supported a 800mhz processor

 

[Supergax]

Based on this chart 850Mhz is the highest it will go.

http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/se2/se2_proc.htm

 

[bachlaw]

Yes, but there is something funny about that chart -- the 1000/100 MUST be able to run in a BX-2 board. Why in the world would Intel release a 1000/100 otherwise?

I'm in the same situation: my BX-2 currently hosts a 600E and I am wondering if 850 is truly the ceiling. The real question, I think, is whether the BX-2 can handle the latest stepping of the Pentium III. If so, I would like to think there shouldn't be a problem.

Jonathan

 

[IronHammer]

I *THINK* that all Coppermines above 850 are 133FSB.. I've never heard of 900 or 950.. The gig should be 7.5x133, and that's why Intel's BX board doesn't support it.. It supports 66/100 FSB, no o/c whatsoever.. Anyway, i said I *THINK* it's the way i described..

 

[bachlaw]

That's what we thought too, except that the 1000/100 is on sale at a variety of distributors.

Jonathan

 

[SaturnX]

I too own the board, but it's a possibility that the board cannot use the 10x multiplier, seeing as the max is 850, it seems that max multiplier on the board is 8.5x

Bachlaw you can't make the assumption that Intel made the 1000/100 for the SE440BX-2V, nor can you assume that it will work. In theory if 8.5 is the highest multiplier then if you stick a 1Ghz in, you'll have it running at 850Mhz. Also Intel makes Server/Workstation/Desktop boards, have you checked out the supported processors on these boards? For example the Intel LG440GX+ Motherboard only supports 100Mhz FSB chips, and has support of upto and including the 1Ghz chip.

The multiplier is coded into the board, if the board has 8.5 then it has 8.5, you can't stick a cpu that requires 10 and expect it to work.

Sorry if that sounded harsh, didn't mean too, just that you completely excluded all server/workstation boards which use the 100Mhz FSB.


--Mark

Intel LG440GX+ Motherboard

 

[Von Ribbentrop]

OEM only

P3 900/100

 

[bachlaw]

Your point on server motherboards is well-taken -- I hadn't thought about that.

Still, I got the impression that the chip multiplier was dictated by the CPU itself, not just the motherboard. I would like to think that if the chip demands 10X, that is what it will get from the board. Given how well the BX-2 has responded to overclocking for many, it seems highly likely that 1000/100 is no big deal.

We'll see I guess. If it does work on BX-2, the trick will be to snatch it before it gets phased out in favor of a crappy 1GHz Celeron.

 

[SaturnX]

<<. Given how well the BX-2 has responded to overclocking for many, it seems highly likely that 1000/100 is no big deal.>>

Um, what do you mean how it has responded to overclocking? You can't overclock with any Intel made board, however, the BX chipset is known well for overclocking but not on Intel made boards.

Yes, the chip does demand the multiplier, however if the BIOS cannot recognize it, then you will get unexpected results. It's possible that in a future BIOS revision that Intel will add 1Ghz to the compatibility list, but even so that is highly unlikely. The SE440BX-2 is an old board, and Intel is now supporting their i8** chipsets, which I feel they shouldn't as the BX was one of the best chipsets made.

--Mark

 

[IronHammer]

A new BIOS revision would surely fix the problem. As the multiplier depends on the CPU and not on the mobo, I think that a 1000/100 would force 10x multiplier to a board that doesn't know 8.5x or above, but that could have peculiar results... Anyway what I wanted to add is that all mobos that can support coppermines support all multipliers (even if a BIOS upgrade is needed), because Intel recycles them.. I think that above 8.5x are the same as in the area of 2x-4.5x...

I'm sorry because this info is useless to you, unless Intel releases a new BIOS, but my point is that I'm pretty sure the board can support any XXX/100 CPU, just with a BIOS upgrade...

That's all
It's up to Intel now