Wow, thanks for all the good info. This board is version 1.05. I was thinking about going with the 8 x 100 PIII. But did not realize that the voltage limit would bite me. It was sort of an attractive way to go for me since I have about 700 mg lying around. But I wanted to with at least 1 gig hz on each cpu. I actually built this server originally for a company and has run 24 x 7 for nearly 8 years. Sort of aggravated to find out the Adaptec does not provide drivers for XP for the AAA-131U2. Was and expensive card way back when.
Considering the obstacles, the cost of the processors, the age etc I think I will just pick up an MSI ATI 200 express m/b and 939 processor. But I appreciate all your input - btw - I had upgraded the bios to 14.003 while I was playing around with it. Thanks again, Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Cohane Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:37 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Old Asus p2bd - should/could I use it? At 06:32 04/15/05, Bill Cohane wrote: >Also, P2B-D boards before revision 1.06 don't all work at 133 MHz. >FAB (front side bus). If you have one of these boards, you'd be limited >to 800 MHz. (8X100) Coppermines. Oops. You could do 8.5X100. Or even 10X100 MHz if you can find a pair of 1 GHz PIII that run at 100 FSB. Of course, you don't need to bother with multiplier jumper settings since PIII ignore them. Just the FSB jumper. Regards, Bill
