Need Help with a Dead CPU and celeron CPUs in general...

[letian]

I bought a celeron 600@950 april of last year from the for sale forum here and it has been working fine until today.
It died on me I think, anyways, I am wondering how to identify if it is a retail CPU or OEM, and if it is retail, how do I find out
how much time does it have left on its warranty?

The next question is about CPUs in general, I have a BE6 working with the now dead celeron600, now i need to find a replacement. Can anyone tell me what is the highest cpu that the MSI master sloket will support?

 

[AndyHui]

If it's retail, it would have come with an Intel HSF.

You can check the S-Spec as well, although over the last 18 months or so, Intel has been using the same s-specs for both retail and OEM processors for certain speeds.

 

[letian]

i bought it with a golden orb, but still it could be retail right? i am not sure how to check the s spec
it show sl4pb if that is anything

 

[AndyHui]

Yup, that's the S-Spec.

 

[Buk]

It could be either - Here's a link for ya to Intel's info for your processor.