Problem with BM6 & Celery 633

[PsychoCrazy]

I just got my Celeron 633 from Onvia today. I tried it out on an Asus P3B-F motherboard with a Iwill Slocket II, and it did 950 at 1.7v with stock heatsink/fan. Woohoo, I thought. I was using the the Asus MB to just to see if the chip could do 950 at 1.7v or less (because I heard the BM6 won't do more than 1.7v with the CeleryII). I decided to try the C633 on my board, which is the Abit BM6, rev 1.02. I pulled my C366 out and popped in the CII633. I powered on, and nothing posted to the screen. The fans and the hard drive started spinning, but nothing else happened. I pulled the CII633 out and put my C366 back in. I upgraded to the latest bios (TZ), using /CC (clear cmos). I put the CII back in. Still nothing. I know other people have gotten CeleryIIs to work in the BM6, even with revision 1.02, as long as they had the latest bios. But I am stuck. If anybody has any suggestions, please let me know.

 

[rigor3]

you need the latest bios dude on the bm6 dude.

 

[PsychoCrazy]

Dude,

<< I upgraded to the latest bios (TZ), using /CC (clear cmos). >>

Is there a bios newer than TZ? I guess I might have to go with a Neo adapter. Does anyone know if wiring pins Vss, VID0, and VID1 together to increase the voltage will still work on a Neo adapter?

 

[rigor2]

633's run at 1.65v default. the wiring trick may not apply to this chip, or may produce different results. just a notice. old celerons run at 1.5v

 

[PsychoCrazy]

rigor2,

Thanks for the tip. I forgot about that.

 

[Coolie]

I dunno. I have the same motherboard (BM6 r.1.02) and the TZ bios and am running a C2 566 with no probs. You might want to try clearing the cmos with the jumper before powering up the system with the new cpu. (All I can think of).

 

[PsychoCrazy]

Coolie,

I tried that too. Still nothing. Looks like I'm going to have to get a Neo adapter.

 

[Killrose]

Did you go into the bios and recheck your settings for the cpu? If you left them at &quot;user defined&quot; and left them at the same settings for your 366mhz, you could have some problems. A &quot;NEO&quot; adaptor is NOT NEEDED!

 

[PsychoCrazy]

Killrose,

Thanks for the input. However, I did not have it set to User Define in the SoftMenu setup. And I reset the CMOS, both when I flashed the new bios, and when I cleared it using the jumper on the mobo. Maybe I have to wait for a new bios update. TZ only supports up to 600mhz. Maybe I have to wait for an update to support 633mhz.

 

[Killrose]

Yeah maybe thats it, I'm not sure that bios supports the multiplier needed for 633mhz. I would assume the board still needs to support the multiplier even though the cpu is &quot;locked&quot; hmmm..dunno.