On 27 Oct 99, at 11:29, Hans Saul wrote:

> I would like to confirm some upgrade advice that was given to me.
> Ihave a QDI p6/440bx briliant mother board with a p2-300 on it,i
> was told that this board will handle a p-3 450 once the bus speed
> is set up from 66-to 100. and it may need a bios upgrade?With the
> price of the p-3,s dropping a bit i would like to upgrade,hope
> this can be done? thanks.....

  The 440BX chipset was the first for Slot 1 to support 100 MHz.
Your board should allow for this option.

  Without a BIOS update, your board may mistake the P3-450 for a P2-
450; this *might* even prevent programs from taking advantage of the
new instructions added in the P3.

  The one other issue to verify is that the board supplies the
correct CPU voltage for the P3 -- since the design pre-dates the P3,
this *could* be an issue.

David G

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