Q: I have one of these Tabor BX board a Gateway computer from my dad, and I was wondering what the highest multiplier on the chipset / board should be. I kinda figure 8 or would be 8.5
I kinda looked around at the gateway and Intel sites for an answer, but I really didnt specific answer I was looking for. The part number on this forum is 4000321. This is a rock stable board, which is the main reason I wanted this for him to use. I have a Celeron 1gig on the way for this mobo, although I think it will be only as a Celeron 850 or whatever the highest multiplier. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. thanks – Mark
Re:So the board's BIOS doesn't know the CPU model you've been throwing in. An incorrectly reported speed, on the other hand, wouldn't have been a problem (it's just a display, the CPU still runs at its preset multiplier) – but a CPU not properly IDed (and thus not properly initialized) by BIOS _is_ a problem.
Re:board recognized the cpu as "pentium pro 500mhz" so I just threw the CPU in an 6A815EPD I had laying around and It runs fine in there (at 1.5ghz in fact)
thanks all
Re:cpu didnt come in today
I think its just a generic slocket with no voltage options that I'm using :\
Re:Intel started locking multipliers on the PII around the time of the PII 350. Most slower processors needed the multiplier set. Celeron has always been multiplier locked. So the only thing you have to think about here is, if it has a VRM 8.2 (minimum 1.80v core) or VRM 8.4 (minimum 1.30v core) voltage regulator.
Even then you can overvolt a Coppermine PIII or Celeron to 1.80v using an adjustable slotket or wire tricks, just to get the thing working if it's the older VRM 8.2 version.
Re:thanks, peter, didnt know that
I guess I'll just see whats up when i plug the cpu in
Re:Boards don't have multiplying circuitry. The CPU does that all on its own.
(Way back in history, boards used to have a say on which of the CPU's internal multipliers should be used, but CPUs have long switched to ignoring this suggestion altogether. Instead, they're factory preset to one single multiplier, whatever the board may ask for.)
Re:There may be some stuff for you in this thread from Google groups. (http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=sG8S6.24040%24lP5.10835257%40news1.rdc2.pa .home.com&rnum=6&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dtabor%2B440bx%2Bceleron%26hl%3Den%26l r%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26scoring%3Dd%26selm%3DsG8S6.24040%2524lP5.10835 257%2540news1.rdc2.pa.home.com%26rnum%3D6)
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