how fast can an abit bh6 go?

[kurtzilla]

I currently have an abit bh6 motherboard with an intel celeron 300a overclocked to 374mhz. I would like to upgrade to a faster chip. What is the fastest chip supported with the latest bios?

 

[Goi]

The latest BIOS adds support for celeron ii 533 and 566, not sure about 600 and above, but I think they should be supported too.
Of course, P3s are also supported. Check out the abit BIOS download website for updates.

 

[dvch]

I have an Abit BH6 1.0, latest bios, running a Celery II 566 at 850.

 

[Marho48]

To dvch,

What sloket are you using?

 

[rigor]

asus slotket III (850 celery)

 

[robmc]

I need to find out what version my BH6 is. The Abit website didn't help me as there is no white sticker near the card slots nor is a version shown on boot up (that I can decipher).

I have a slocket and 2 new celermines to try out but I need to flash my old FL bios and need to know which version of the board I have.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

 

[Celstar]

there is something on the isa slot that tells you the version number either 1.0 or 1.1

 

[rigor]

FL is the 1.0 revision. DO NOT FLASH the 1.1 rev bios on to it!

 

[dvch]

To Marho48 None-is an Iwill card minus the clamshell. Is mounted in a retention system for the original Slot 1 Celeron's. Just a tad lose; but I don't shake it (well not TOO much} around.

 

[Celstar]

FL is not the latest revision for the BH6 1.0.

QN is.

http://www.abit-usa.com/bios/bh6/bh6qn.exe

 

[Drazi]

QN is a beta BIOS and I've seen a number of posts regarding problems after using it. I think NV is the latest official release and Abit's site says that a PIII600 is the fastest Katmai based compatible cpu. After flashing to the NV BIOS however, there is an option for 700mhz, so either Abit was anticipating a 700mhz Katmai or it just suggests the board may support cpu's in that range. I've heard that some of the Celeron II's work and/or that the celeron II 600a is the fastest supported chip.

I just bought a PIII-550 for mine (upgrading from c300A). On overclockers.com there is a listing showing that the 550 can be overclocked to 825 (though my overclocking days are over).

 

[CLL Sr]

I am using a BH6 version 1.o running a Celeron II 633@980mhz with an Abit SlotKetIII. I am using the turbo mode (103.3mhz) bus speed. It is not the latest bios and I'm to lazy to reboot since it has been on 24/7 for several weeks now.

It has been cracking rc5 since I first installed it. I have 3 Celeron II's all do the dance @100 mhz. I must be one of the lucky ones.

 

[Outfits]

Running a PIII 600e@800 QN bios,this is a final not the beta bios. Mb is now maxed out but its given me a couple years of use and most likely will give a couple more. I would think they will clock @ default multiplier X 133. Go for it.

 

[Elteor]

Mine is also running with the QN bios, revision 1.0, Cuppermine 650E@810 without any problems (installed it in just 2 minutes ...).

A friend of mine is running a PIII 700E, also revision 1.0, QN bios ..