Special Report - X-Files

UnDocumented Settings on 
ELITEGROUP P6BX-A+
Reviewed by Jackie Lee Choon Yau (08/10/98)

Case 1 : Limited FrontSide Bus Settings

Case 2 : Support for Celeron 300A / 333 ???

Suspect Under Interrogation

ECS P6BX-A+

PCB Version 1.1A

Bios Version 2.4eM dated 08/12/1998

(Updated Bios to recognize Celeron 300A/333 not available worldwide yet)

Introduction

  I was swarmed by huge amount of emails from all over the world regarding whether there is an alternative to bypass the FSB (FrontSide Bus locks) on the ECS P6BX-A+. At the time of evaluation of the mainboard, I was also interested too because from my experience with the P6BX-A+, I felt that it is capable on much more without the bus speeds clips. In addition, questions on the compatiblity of this mainboard with the Intel Celeron 300A and 333 Mhz CPUs with 128K of L2 Cache   equipped. Thus, I decided to check it out. The Test Candidates/ Witnesses are as follows :

1. Intel Pentium II 450 Mhz (quarter micron)

2. Intel Pentium II 300 Mhz (quarter micron)

3. Intel Celeron 333 Mhz (quarter micron)

4. Intel Celeron 300A Mhz (quarter micron)

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