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Re: Upgrade etc for OC BH6
Good folks,
In 2/99 I built a little deskside system for home use
around an Abit BH6 board and a Celeron 300A cpu. It has
been running great at 450 mhz/2.3 v. core since then.
Now it is getting a bit "Long in the Tooth".
Two things to consider ...
1.) Cpu-level upgrade. It _appears_ that it might be
practical to replace the 300A with a .18 micron
Celeron FC-PGA on a slocket and, with sufficient
cooling, run it with 100 mhz FSB. So a Celeron 566
would be running at about 850 mhz.
I would expect to have to flash the bios a time or
2 to get the range of core voltage that I would
need (not even sure what it would be).
How much risk is involved with such a planned upgrade?
Costs? Benefits? Ways in which I could shoot my po'
self in the foot? <grin>
If advisable, which slocket (Imiss, Abit, Evercool)?
What cpu-cooling unit?
And has anyone seen a step-by-step description of
the nuts 'n bolts of such a BH6 cpu upgrade on the
web or <wherever>??
2.) On the BH6 I've been running 1 stick of Mushkin 64 mb
PC100 SDRAM with Samsung GH cas2 chips. The cas
latency time is set to 2 in the bios. Its long
overdue for a second 64 mb board. Should I try to
get another "like the other" (which ain't cheap)?
Any cas2? Any PC100?
Any/all info/recommendations would be much appreciated.
Zalut,
David
"Its all my fault ...
I musta Done Somebody Wrong!"
- Elmore James
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