BIOS update and new CPU...

[Guest]

Hi...
Question- awhile ago, I made my own system with an ABIT BH6 and a PII300 O/C'ed to 450. I seem to recall that I loaded the BIOS for the revision 1.1 BH6 to get the volts to stay at at certain lever (real iffy on this- I seem to recall doing it but too many beers between then and now to be certain)

My question is this- if the board really is the BH6 original, and it has the BH6 1.1 revision BIOS loaded, can I continue to use it as a revision 1.1? The highest CPU the original supports is a PIII-700. The 1.1 will do a PIII-850

I'm looking at upgrading, and this might make the diff between just adding a new CPU or replacing the MB and CPU altogether. I want to go at LEAST 850, so if I am limited to 700 then the MB goes.

I looked on the board, and all I can find stamped on it is BH6- the webiste for Abit says to look for a sticker near the last ISA slot but I see none. I'm assuming that if it has BH6 silkscreened on and NOT BH6 v1.1 then I have the original with the 1.1 BIOS (the bios on startup shows a 1.1 code)

confused yet? I sure as heck am!! help...
Jim

 

[Guest]

I don't know that board at all, but I have a suggestion for the finding the version. I have an Asus board (P3V4X) and spent hours looking for the serial number that was supposed to be by or on the singe ISA slot connector. The slot was the last on my motherboard, on the bottom of my tower case. I finally stuck a thin mirror in the bottom of the case. Sure enough, there was the sticker...on the "bottom" of the slot.

Mike

 

[Guest]

Ahaa.... on the side of the slot itself! THAT makes sense- duhhhhhhh now all I have to do is find a mirror small enough to work! haha.. thanks for the idea