PIII SMP operation on the Abit BP6?

[tontod]

I still havent been able to figure out if dual PIII's with the correct stepping will work on an abit bp6. I checked bp6.com but they dont seem to have updated their info on this in quite a while. Has anyone here tried this? Maybe the latest bios allows this?

 

[Noriaki]

The BP6 is PPGA only (original Celerons), no FC-PGA (Cel2, P3).

 

[Rand]

The latter revisions of the Bp6 could utilize a Pentium 3 or FCPGA Celeron processor in a uniprocessor configuartion. It cannot run them in SMP however.

 

[thorin]

Noriaki
"The BP6 is PPGA only (original Celerons), no FC-PGA (Cel2, P3)."

Sorry dude but you're wrong you can get a PPGA to FCPGA converter and use Celeron 2s and Coppermines.

Check these links:
? PowerLeap Neo S370
Quote directly from powerleap's site:
"Dual-CPU operation with the Intel FC-PGA Pentium-III cB0 stepping is still in question, due to reports from multiple users and testers who have tried running the cB0 step in the Abit BP6 motherboard with dual Neo-S370 adapters. R&D is looking at this very closely - the BP6 had been running fine with the 500 MHz cB0 samples we tried, and the dual 550 MHz samples tested at Abit, so we are groping in the dark trying to figure out what is going on! It's just a matter of time, however, before the full story is dragged (kicking and screaming, if Intel has their way) into the light."
? Neo S370 Page
? bp6.com Neo S370 Page

Thorin

 

[tontod]

Yeah, the only way to have dual p3 is to modify the mobo which I'm not willing to do. Looks like its the end of the road for the bp6. Probably just going to go with an iwill kk266 + 1ghz axia.

 

[thorin]

Check this link too.

Thorin

 

[Noriaki]

Oh yeah I forgot about the Neo 370-370 adapter...

The board itself is only PPGA, but those adapters should work

 

[tontod]

Does powerleap have a phone number? I couldnt find it on their site.

 

[office boy]

I'd like to chime in with my opinion that the BP6 is a POS in dual operation. (that?s just been my experience)

and
Call us at 1-952-646-5371.
(thats powerleap)

 

[office boy]

All the contact info is here.

 

[Gatsby]

Don't make me Kick you OB..
And you know I will.

I like my dual C400 on the BP6 but yes its reached its end.
YOu can have dual PIII but that requires some major rewiring of the mobo and Powerleap adaptor and a resoldering of a different capacitator. Also it only works if you have revision 1.1.

Its just not worht the time

Gatsby

 

[Hardware]

<< Sorry dude but you're wrong you can get a PPGA to FCPGA converter and use Celeron 2s and Coppermines. >>


And you are wrong too
Just forget any fcpga-smp with the bp6 and get a new mb!

 

[thorin]

Wow Hardware that's a very convincing arguement, way to back yourself up.

&quot;And you are wrong too.
Just forget any fcpga-smp with the bp6 and get a new mb!&quot;

Translation:

&quot;Uhhhh I'd like to say you're wrong too but I really don't know if you are or not and have nothing to back my statement up. So why don't you forget FCPGA-SMP and go spead some money replacing the perfectly good MB you already have. Because I said so!&quot;

Thorin

 

[borealiss]

tontod

i would just forget about the bp6 supporting dual coppermines. there have been a few isolated incidences where perhaps people have gotten them to work, but not without a major caveat. if you really want to run dual coppermines, some of the asus p2b-d series of boards are pretty good from what i hear. and they're about 99 dollars for some variants. the bp6 is an ok enthusiast's board for smp celerons, but if you're going to invest in 2 p3's, get a good board. the bp6 imo is a pos.

 

[OS]

There are people out there who have gotten dual P3s to work on the BP6, but it almost always required ALOT of modifications to the motherboard, including soldering various wires, capacitors and resistors all over the board. Heck, I'm an electrical engineering student and after seeing all the stuff those guys went through, I'd say don't bother, just get a new motherboard.

 

[Lord Gwynz]

As a BP6 enthusiast myself, I looked into the possibility of running a pair of PIII Cu's but bottomline it appears the board just can't deliver enough juice to run them stable. I think even Powerleap gave up trying to support SMP on the BP6 using their Neo socket adapters for the same reason.

 

[Lord Gwynz]

As a BP6 enthusiast myself, I looked into the possibility of running a pair of PIII Cu's but bottomline it appears the board just can't deliver enough juice to run them stable. I think even Powerleap gave up trying to support SMP on the BP6 using their Neo socket adapters for the same reason.