Depends on the motherboard. Some motherboards have voltage and CPUID codes to handle anything up to a 1GHz chip, while others didn't support much past the low-end PIII's, or even past the PII 450's.
This is my computer+motherboard description. If it doesn't trouble you guys, can you tell me the best cpu upgrade I can get for my computer? It's an older Seanix and therefore is only compatible w/ Celeron+Pentium. Thanks. Item: TEAC400-BCB (TCO - TEAC400-B Custom) Serial Number: 744545 Y2K Compliant: Yes W2K Compliant: No Ship Date: 1/18/2000 (mm/dd/yy) Configuration Details: SKU Part Type Description 2012-0023 Motherboard MB 440BX SNX CBIII Snd Hm CBIII-B/A/H 2111-0031 Fan RET,UNIV.,SEPP,SECC2,PPG A, WURM-1A4BW2 2111-0032 Fan HTSINK,CEL W/FAN,PPGA, TP5-5020 2215-0005 CPU Intel Celeron 466Mhz 128K 66FSB 2312-0031 Memory Mem 64MB PC100 SDRAM DIMM 8Mx64 Seanix 2510-0144 Hard Drive HD,IDE,5400RPM,8.4G,512K ,MX,DMA/66,90871U2 2610-0115 CD Rom CD,48X,LG,CRD-8480B, 7037 2710-0016 Floppy Drive FD 1.44 Samsung FD-321B/KS grey 3011-0044 Video Cards VGA, 8MB ATI Xpert98 AGP 3031-0042 Network Cards NIC 10/100 3C9O5CTXNM BR PCI - 3COM with bootrom 3511-0016 Adapters ADAP,ASUS, 370-D, PPGA ADAP.CARD W/ LATCH 4051-0002 Chassis P-CASE/PACK,TCO ATX TOWER . 5110-0005 Mouse MOUSE, BALL 2 BUTTON+WH PS2- MS INTELLIMS #63618 5115-0022 Key Board KB Eng WIN 104 PS/2 SNX Chicony KB-3923US 5120-0030 Speakers SPK, CYBER ACOUSTICS CA-15 SEANIX 5210-1015 Operating Systems P-OS, WIN NT4.0 ENGLISH STI ROY Downloads available for this system: Category Type Title Motherboards Drivers Columbia III INF Drivers (WIN95) Network Cards Drivers 3COM Network card drivers (WIN9X, WINME, WINNT, WIN2K, WINXP) Network Cards Drivers Columbia III Onboard LAN Driver (WIN9X) Network Cards Drivers Columbia III Onboard LAN Driver (WINNT) Sound Cards Drivers Columbia III Onboard Sound Driver (WIN9X, WINNT) Video Cards Drivers ATI video card drivers (WIN9X) Video Cards Drivers ATI video card drivers (WINNT) Drivers Columbia III BIOS Update () Motherboards Manuals Columbia III Motherboard Manual (English) Motherboards Manuals Columbia III Motherboard Manual (French)
Hmm...google isn't giving me anything, nor is seanix site. I'd call them and see what that particular motherboard can handle, because I'm really not able to find jack.
I would think that a low end pentium III is right. I checked my motherboard manual - and it says "Slot 1 cpu support available for Intel cpus Celeron, Pentium II, and Pentium III to 1999." PIII 550MHz would be around the max i guess.
Besides checking eBay, you might see if some local shops have them. Slot 1 CPU's aren't exactly commonplace these days.
