On 30 Mar 99, at 15:34, Harvey Morris wrote:

> I have a Pc-100 bx pro pII mb. MB suppose to be jumperless.
>
> Question is , when I go into bios the cpu shows celron 233; on
> startup screens reads celron 333 mhz.  How can I be sure that I
> bought a celron 333 mhz cpu, besides the package that it came in. I'm
> not certain on how to read the markings on the chip.

  Odds are reasonably good that the "333" on the startup screen is an
actual measurement, while the "233" in the BIOS is just a label -- the
closest match in the BIOS's list of known CPUs, which could be out of
date.  [There may be a newer BIOS you can download from the
manufacturer to fix this.]

  Somewhere on the Celeron "board" is a stencilled code consisting of 5
or 6 letters and digits, beginning with "S".  This code number can be
looked up on Intel's web site to find the specs of this particular chip
revision.  [I recall that it was hard to find on my 300A; unfortunatel,
I've forgotten most of the detail.  I believe it was near one of the
"top" corners, but I couldn't seem to find it until someone else
described it....]



David G

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