On 16/12/05, Piers Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Have come across a GA-6BXE Slot 1 motherboard from someone and a Slot 1 > P3 666MHz at 133MHz FSB from someone else, and I want to use those 2 in > a frontend. Have found that the Slot 1 motherboard only does 66/100MHz > FSB and will support a maximum of a P3 650MHz at 100MHz FSB. I thought > I could use the 650MHz setting but I just realised 650MHz at 100MHz FSB > is a 6.5 multipiler setting, while 666MHz at 133MHz FSB is a 5 > multipiler setting - of course this might be due to my being outdated on > multipilers (not played with them for years) or being tired, but is it > safe to run the 666MHz/133MHz FSB processor at 650MHz/100MHz FSB at a > higher multipiler? Or is it best to run the processor at 500MHz/100MHz > FSB at 5 multipiler setting?
The spec at http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-6BXE.htm seems to suggest it may work with 133MHz CPUs, however most Intel CPUs were/are multiplier-locked (or may run slower with a lower multiplier). Assuming the board understands the new CPU microcode of the 133MHz P3 variants, I'd be tempted to give it a go, based on the age of the board (just board/CPU/memory/video). Otherwise, I'd check eBay for a 100MHz chip if you really want to use the board and the chip you have doesn't work. Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
