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Nick Herbers <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 10 Oct 1999 18:50:05 GMT
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 06:48:27 -0500, Bill J McMilleon <[log in to unmask]>
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> My plan is to build a dual processor system using Celeron 433 Mhz with
> the Abit BP-6 mb. About a month ago I read an article where it said that
> the rumor was that Intel was going to make the Celeron so that it could
> not be used in a dual processor system. Because of the rumor I ordered my
> Celerons a couple of weeks ago. Upon receiving my processors I noticed a
> line on the box which read, "FOR UNIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS". Is this just
> Intel hype or have they already started producing Celerons that are
> disabled for dual processing? Has this statement always been on boxed
> Celeron processors?

The "FOR UNIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS" line is on the box of my 400MHz celerons.  They
run just fine in a dual configuration Abit BP-6 mb.

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