Someone gave me this old Pentium II motherboard. It's got built-in SCSI, (I only have IDE drives :mad: ), 3 ISA slots, 4 PCI slots, an AGP slot, dual processor support, (only have 1 compatible processor). It has 384mb SD-RAM, 2 CD-RW drives, a 1GB and a 60GB hard drive, 32mb TNT2 Riva video card, and a Creative Soundblaster AWE64 ISA. It's really cool and I enjoyed ripping out my other motherboard out of the case for this. I have only 1 problem though. The processor says 400MHz on it, but it's only going at 266MHz. The DIP switches are set correctly, according to the user manual. It's a GA-6BXDU motherboard. I don't really mind it too much, but it's just a minor gripe.

I fixed the clock thing. Apparently I set the jumper to 66MHz FSB instead of 100MHz. Now it reads the processor as 400MHz.

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Apparently I set the jumper to 66MHz FSB instead of 100MHz

Brings back memories.

I have another question about this mobo. It supports 200-633MHz processors... however I have a spare 700MHz SECC2 one that would fit in. What would happen if I put it in the 2nd slot? Would this be safe?

My very first computer had a motherboard with slot 1 and a socket 378.

According to the manual (In bold letters) - "Do not install two processors at the same time."

I didn't test fate so I have no idea what will happen if you installl both ^_^

It supports 2 processsors. There's a 2nd connector behind the first processor.

Running two processors that aren't matched is not advisable.

I have a spare 700MHz SECC2700MHz what?

That mobo is going to be limited to whatever the jumpers can handle. If it's a 66/100 FSB CPU with a multiplier that you can configure and if the core revision isn't too high for the poor BIOS, then you should be safe with that 700MHz CPU.

Otherwise, you're going to fry that CPU with a Vcore that could be as much as 50% more than nominal! :eek: Tread carefully... that's a PII-era mobo...

I tried it, but eventually everythng hung. I tried installing 2000 and it hung... so I'll leave it as 400MHz for now.

Actually, I like it on 400MHz. And I can slow it down to 200MHz if I wanted to via DIP switch.