OK i opened my case and my mother board says P2XBL REV.B1 I have a slot 1 350mhz intel, and 3 ram banks, w/ 64mb taking up one bank. Using Tweak-xp it tells me under system info PII/PII Xeon Genuine Intel. I need to know how much ram the pc can handle and the fastest processor I can install in the board. I have no books or boxs or anything on the board. I have a friend who installed a PIII 1.0Ghz slot 1 processor in his PII 450Mhz Dell board. I'm really looking to install a 400-500 Mhz processor and install at least 256mb of ram Any help I would appreciate it Thanks AJ [email protected]
That's a tricky question to answer, because some boards can and others can't. If it can, it may simply need a BIOS update, otherwise you're SOL. I'm not sure who made your computer, but if it's something like Dell, Gateway, etc., they can tell you exactly how high you can go. You should be able to put at least a 450MHz Pentium II in. After that, it's really dependent on the motherboard. Just because your friends PC can accept a 1GHz chip doesn't mean yours will.
Is this the motherboard, does it look the same? Click Here If So here is the bios update page, Bios Update Also this page shows which CPU's it can take, CPU's The Board Can Take
DFI P2XBL Slot 1 Motherboard Processor Intel Celeron® Processor 266MHz-333MHz (66Mhz). Intel Pentium® II Processor 233MHz-366MHz (66Mhz). Intel Pentium® II Processor 350MHz-450MHz (100Mhz) Slot 1 Socket for Future Expansion. Chipset Intel 82440 BX AGPset Cache memory CPU Built-in 128KB/512KB L2 cache for Celeron/Pentium II Processor System Memory 3 x 168-pin 3.3v DIMM sockets support Supports 8/16/32/64/128 MB DIMM Module Supports SDRAM PC66 & 100(Supports ECC, 72 bit) Supports 8MB to 384MB DRAM Size Supports 66/75/83/100/103/112/133 MHz System Clock Speed Setting Supports 1.5-8.0 Multiplier Setting PCI IDE 2 X PCI Bus Master UDMA/33 IDE ports (up to 4 ATAPI Devices) Supports for PIO Mode 3, 4, UDMA/33 IDE & ATAPI CD-ROM I/O Interface 1x floppy port (360KB-2.88MB) 2x serial ports (16550 high-speed) 1x parallel port (SPP/EPP/ECP) PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse 2x USB Expansion slot 4 x PCI 32-bit slots, PCI 2.1 compliant 3 x ISA 16-bit slots 1x AGP (1x & 2x Mode,66/133MHz) slot Supports Creative PCI Sound Card SB-Link™. Power Management Power On by LAN, RTC Alarm, Modem ring on, Keyboard & Mouse & Soft-Power Switch Power Off by Windows® 95 Shut down & Soft-Power Switch Supports 3 Level ACPI LED Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 4 layer PCB Fits in Regular ATX Case (30.48 x 19cm) ATX Connector on Board Double Deck ATX Back Panel BIOS 2 Mbit (256KB) FLASH RAM Award PCI BIOS with Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (HD>8.4)and Anti-Virus Functions LS120, ZIP, ATAPI CD-ROM, IDE #1, #2, #3, #4 Bootable
Thanks Everyone Hey all u guys really helped, big b need more ppl like u in the world, see u try and help out everyone in all the forums. Sniper -that web page was correct thats my board, im doing the bios update and Im going to put a pIII 500 mhz chip in since it said it would support it. Thanks for taking the time to research it syngod - also thanks for taking ur time too, to look around post that info thanks All AJ
