David,

I have the exact same setup (right down to the overclocking).  The first
thing you need to find out is the maximum clock speed your BH6 will support.
If the revision on your board is v1.1 or above, it will support up to a PIII
800Mhz with a BIOS flash.  If the revision is 1.09 or lower the fastest PIII
you can run is 600Mhz, and the fastest Celeron is 700Mhz (again with the
flash).  You can find the revision by looking on the side of the last ISA
slot.  It should say something like "BH6 OK V1.XX".

As far as the "slocket" is concerned, I have heard that Abit makes one
especially for this board.  I would have a tendency to go with OEM on this
sort of item if possible.

On the RAM issue, if you are going to put a second 64MB DIMM in, you want it
to match the first one as closely as possible.  Windows 98SE won't appear to
have as much trouble with mismatched RAM as Win2k, but this is so
unpredictable that I wouldn't take any chances.  The best thing to do would
be to take advantage of the low memory prices now and buy a 128MB stick.
IMHO.

Hope this helps.

Kyle Elmblade
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From: "Nasser, David" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:19 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Upgrade etc for OC BH6


> 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

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