[MLB-WIRELESS] OT: Question for a Genuis (CPU Q)

[Matt Pearce]

Hi All,

I have a question with regards to installing a new CPU in a motherboard, the
mobo is a Gigabyte GA-6BXC with a BX440 chipset.  Now the FAQ on there
website says that the coppermine series of CPU is not supported on my mobo
revision (1.6), but it says after version 2.0 that the coppermine is
supported.  The FSB can be clocked to 133 and the online manual says that I
can run the frequency multiplier to 9.5 this gets a theoretical high of
1.26Ghz on a slot 1 mobo, which is pretty good if I can get it to run.

Now the question is, is the coppermine not supported cause the mobo is not
capable of lowering the voltage sufficiently(currently running a PIII
550Mhz@ 2v) to run say a PIII 1.26Ghz Tualatin(1.45v) CPU or is there
something else I am not seeing ??

If it is only the voltage I can get a converter card that is flexible enough
to lower the voltage so it should run, will this work ??

If this actually works it could have some very good implications for other
users to ramp up speed for very low cost :-)

Thanks in advance for any help and sorry for the off topic post.

Matt


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