MSI 6163 and Coppermine CPU questions...

External Since: Jun 14, 2005 Posts: 1

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For what it's worth, I put a PIII 600/133 Coppermine in a non-blue
sticker board. It "shouldn't" support that core/FSB, but it's been
plugging away for 5 years or so.

Kevin

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:27:51 -0400, Ryan <User.RemoveThis@domain.tld> wrote:

>Hello all, I recently received a used MSI6163 Slot 1 board from a
>friend. It currently has a PII at 400Mhz on it, but after poking
>around on the web and in this group, it seems the board supports most
>of the coppermine chips.
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>The board does have the blue 'c' sticker, and the label about support
>for future 1.3v cpus.
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>The website indicates that the 750 and 850Mhz coppermines with 100Mhz
>FSB are not compatible, although the 1Ghz/100 is.
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>My question is, has anybody had any sucess running a PIII 750 or 850
>on this board? I would think that if the board's fsb and cpu voltage
>are compatible, that it would work, but I would like to know for sure
>before ordering a CPU.
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>Thanks
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