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Do I need BIOS upgrade ?

I want to use an FC-PPGA processor in my 9 months old 6BTM Chaintech m/board,
which is slot 1. So I need a slocket II
As the IWill Slocket which I have has voltage adjustment from 1.3v to 3.5v is using this set to 1.6v enough ? -or do I need a BIOS upgrade as well ?

PC is windows 98SE, BIOS is Award 4.51

Dan.

sorgie

If your motherboard supports the processor you want to use you shouldn't need a Bios upgrade.
If you are going to use a plastic pin grid array you will need a adapter board
that is appropriate for the type of processor you are using
The board would be like the ones used for Celeron processors.

SysExpert

You can normally download a BIOS upgrade, and it is no big deal to do it. It certainly can't hurt. I hope this helps.

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danM

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RE: dew assoc answer --

I have the IWill slotket adapter which can indeed be set to 1.6v. But it has, as far as I can see, no built in VRM. So does setting the IWill adapter to 1.6v make the Chaintech m/board correctly supply the same 1.6v ? - when at present it supplies 2.0v to my Celeron ?

Dan

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danM, look in the intro section of the manual. The motherboard has its own switching module that regulates voltages in 0.1v increments from 1.8v to 3.5v. Th Slotket, presuming that you have checked this on the Chaintech site, should reduce the voltage to the necessary 1.6v.