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Lee
03-18-01, 10:43 PM
Very Confused?!?
OK here goes I am doing an Upgrade to my computer. I recently ended a 7 year career as a Mercedes Benz technician to do the A+ and MCSE. I haven't kept up on the new Pentium socket 370. Here is what I have....

Abit BX6 rev.2
2-256MB PC 133

I have been reading a lot of the posts here, great info.. But I am confused about the P III socket 370 "flip chip". I have read that the Slotket adapter works on the mobo. I have also read about people reccomending the Abit or Iwill 370 adapter for slot 1 motherboards. But what is the difference between the PIII 700e and the PIII 700eb? From what I have read the PIII 700e supports a 100Mhz FSB. Is this the one I will use to reach 933Mhz? Or do I have to use a PIII 700 that has a 133Mhz FSB? or is there even a PIII 700 that supports 133? From what I have seen it only supports 100Mhz. I am guessing that all I need to do is get the QZ BIOS update for the Board to recognize the 700 and be able to change the voltage to support over clocking the processor. I am also guessing that its only the Softmenu changes I make in BIOS for "User Defined" for processor that will change the FSB to 133Mhz. Please feel FREE to correct me as this is a very NEW subject to me. Also what exactly is "Burn in" ? I guess its like breaking a new engine? How long should I break in the new chip before over clocking it?If I am forgetting ANYTHING let me know!

Thanks!!

batboy
03-19-01, 06:36 AM
The better slotket adapters have voltage and other settings. Use the coppermine setting to get the right configuration for the flip chip (FC-PGA). Sometimes you don't even have to upgrade the BIOS, but that's a good idea anyway, if you're comfortable doing that.

Chips that are "e" are 100 fsb and the "eb" are 133 fsb. The best overclockers are the ones that default at 100 MHz bus speed. Set that 700 chip at 133 instead of 100 and you have an instant 933 chip. You may need better cooling and a slight bump in CPU core voltage to be completely stable.