Intel BI440ZX & Celeron 800mhz?

[Guest]

Im wanting to know if the motherboard i have now "BI440ZX" will hold a Celeron 800 mhz processor, i curently have a celeron 400 mhz mmx and wanting to upgrade but not sure if i can go with the celeron 800mhz.
Thanks

 

[Ron_Jeremy]

Is that an Intel mobo? If it is infact Intel's BL440ZX mobo, check this link out:

http://support.intel.com/design/motherbd/bl/bl_ds.htm

Although it doesn't give specific cpu speeds that are supported, you may want to search for a BIOS update that may/may not include the chip you plan on installing.

If you loan a friend $20 & never see them again, it was worth it.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Ron Jeremy just what i needed.
yea its a intel bi440zx and it can only goto 533mhz processor 🙁 .

 

[Crashman]

It can't even handle 100MHz bus speeds, can it?

Suicide is painless...........

 

[NickM]

No, it doesn’t. Of course, it’s history now, but I'm amazed with Intel’s motherboards again. I’ve just checked their site including spec update (2000). No 100 MHz mentioned.
Couple days ago I answered on similar question related to possibility to speeding up another Intel’s motherboard. And my concern was about Intel’s motherboards in general: they have never being good performers. That’s why it’s difficult to expect much improvement from their upgrade or predict that the upgrade will be possible at all.
By the way, the Intel 82440ZX chipset followed the famous i440BX as a simplified version.
Let’s compare with other manufacturers, for example, what they achieved on the same generation chipset:
http://www.procompusainc.com/products/biz1a.html
Model #B1Z1A Intel82440ZX:
Slot 1 Intel Celeron and Pentium II & Pentium III processors up to~600 MHz and higher,
Clock generator: 66.8, 68.5, 83.3, 100, 103*, 112*, and 133* (*not recommended/for your reference)

http://www.dfi.com
PB50-ZX Intel440ZX-100:
Slot 1 …. up to Pentium III/100 processors up to~500 MHz and higher.