How can I upgade my old stuff: ABit BP6

There is in fact a problem with running dual PIII's on that board. It seems the board was modified by Abit to run dual Celeron "Mendicino" processors. Some people have rewired it to work. See <A HREF="http://bp6.gamesquad.net/PIII.phtml" target="_new">http://bp6.gamesquad.net/PIII.phtml&lt;/A>

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If you want to keep the mainboard, I'm afraid that the fastest CPU that could certainly run, is Celeron 533MHz (Mendocino core).
At the same price you may buy Duron & a cheap board for it. Sell your old board, CPUs and RAM sticks and buy faster RAM, and probably a new videocard.
It is important to have a relevant PSU - at least 250W (if it's brand) but preferably => 300W for future CPU upgrade.
If you work generally with application that may utilize the 2-CPU usage at the highest degree, either change the mobo, or buy 533MHz Celerons and overclock the FSB (at least at 75 MHz). Also, buy more RAM and get a newer video card.
Anyway, it's possible to be supported faster CPUs, I don't know.
Ask Crashman.


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For NOW..change ur FSB speed from 66Mhz to 100Mhz.......almsot ALL 366 Celery's run 100% stabel at 100Mhz FSB speed......try it, i gauratee ull notice a big difference, therefore if it works..see if its good enough to last u a whiel longer before u REALLY need to upgrade....it also avoids u from buyign 2 533 Celery's, cuz not only in MHz would the 366's be faster at 550, but ur FSB bandwidth is SOOO much bigger also........

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Unfortunatelly, there are lots of Cel366 that are not running at 100 MHz system bus - no matter what HSF and voltage settings you use. Perhaps, the reason is because of the L2 cache which is not alway quit good.

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Well i wouldnt say lots...i remember readign a review at Anandtech like years ago about it...i believe there were 2 specific batch steppings that wouldnt do it out of like a WHOLE bunch they testest......which means the majority would do it.......hell its worth a shot isnt it ?

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