Pentium III slot 1 133 Mhz FSB in a 100 FSB mobo?

[Qix]

Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to use a Pentium III slot 1 cpu that supports a 133 Mhz FSB in a 100 Mhz FSB mobo, i.e. use a lower bus speed, but higher multiplier? Or would the multiplier be locked? I'd like to upgrade an older pentium system of mine, without having to buy one of the pricier, uncommon >= 750Mhz (100Mhz FSB) cpus.

 

[Toro 45]

Yes, the multiplier is locked but check in you bios and see if you can raise the fsb to 133. What mobo are you using?

 

[LeaDxPainT]

Depends on what motherboard you have really. I remember using an ASUS P2B-F or something that the company said only supported 100 FSB but by chaning the jumper settings it could accept 133fbs cpus

 

[Qix]

I have two potential computers, actually. One uses an old, plain Asus P2B board (440BX chipset), another one uses the 440ZX chipset I believe (an old HP Vectra VLi 8 computer). I don't know offhand if they can set the FSB to 133Mhz, but the ram in either can easily support that FSB. Assuming I can set it to that, should I be ok?