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More info?)
Not all cpus are capable of SMP. Check before buying.
"Nico" <bougon666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Zsqqc.60$PY2.28@charlie.risq.qc.ca...
> Hmmm... I once had a aOpen board that supported both P II and P III Slot 1
> (AX64 pro)... I already have a PIII 550 (100 x 5.5) and wonder if, with a
> matching pair (I'll find another one on eBay), I can do something with
this
> ASUS motherboard.
>
> I fear that P II will be too "Slow" for the app. I wish to use with this
> Mobo. For sure I won't run Windows Server 2003 on that machine (this will
> probably be a little Linux file server) but I want to hane some
> responsiveness from it. I'm asking the question because I have this board
> with all the SCSI kit (and it is working) and this could avoid me to buy
> another board.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Adam S" <as538nospam@eng.cam.ac.uk> a écrit dans le message de
> news:c8d6mj$6fe$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk...
> >
> > "Nico" <bougon666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:lFoqc.56$PY2.50@charlie.risq.qc.ca...
> > > Does ASUS P2L97-DS supports Intel Pentium III and if yes, what about
the
> > > frequency jumpers on board? Can I put a CPU that have more than 5.5 as
> > > multiplier? OR, is there a sort of tweak I can use to make this board
go
> > > further than 100MHz FSB / 5.5 Multiplier?
> > >
> >
> > I would say that you can't put a P3 chip in a P2 socket.
> >
> > Download some specs from Asus here:
> >
http://uk.asus.com/products/mb/mb_archives.htm
> >
> > From that it looks like a P2 - 333Mhz or Celeron 466Mhz is the max
> >
> > Adam S
> >
> >
>
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