From: Bill J McMilleon : Subject: [PCBUILD] Abit BE-6


> To All,
>
> Just recently attended computer sale at Civic Center in Peoria, IL and
> saw an Abit BE-6 mobo. The specs said that it could handle the PIII 500.
> Intel has come out with the PIII 600 mhz cpu and I asked the vendor if
> the board could handle that processor. He said that it could if I
> upgraded to the latest BIOS.
>
> Can anyone confirm this? Will upgrading the bios allow the board to
> facilitate faster cpu's?
>
> Does anyone know how this board performs with a Celeron (using the
> adapter for the 370 socket)?
>
> Thanx
>
> Bill McMilleon, Sr.

Bill,

I have the Abit BE-6 motherboard with a Celeron 366 (using the 370 socket
adapter)  and have no problems.  The board will definitely support CPU's
higher then 500 MHz, as my Celeron is overclocked and running at 550 Mhz
with no problems at all.  I am very pleased with the setup.

Mary Wolden
A+

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