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I have a P4 Mainboard model P4S5MG/GL+ and i would like to know if i put a P4 3.06GHz 533 FSB 512KB can the board handle it? when i bought the board back in 2002 the 3.06GHz was not out. The user's guide says it can support 1.4GHz to 2.2GHz, FSB 400/533MHz.. Will this cpu work? thanks
What are you upgrading from and have you already purchased the Pentium 4 3.06G - 3.06GHz (133x23) that you are asking about?
The answer to that will help you get a more articulated response.
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I'm up grading from a p4 1.80 and yes i have bought it on ebay and its on the way i just happen to see where it said 1.4GHz to 2.2GHz and was not sure if the board could handle it..
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If the board supports cpus with the 533MHz bus, then yes, the 3.06/533 will work.
You may need to update the BIOS to take advantage of the new chip's hyperthreading capabilities.
My Super P3:
Pentium III-S 1.4GHz @ 1.58GHz, 512K L2
X800XT All-in-wonder, overclocked to 580/600.
250GB HD
2 gigs of PC2100 RAM
QDI Advance 12 mobo, this baby rocks!
SB Audigy 2
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The move may have been worth it, considering you are going from the (S478) 1.8GHz to a 3.06GHz - depending on how much you actually paid for the 3.06GHz & provided everything goes according to plan.
Now while you are waiting on the 3.06GHz to arrive, this would be the time & a nice opportunity to upgrade your BIOS to the latest available for that motherboard, especially since the 3.06GHz is not on the supported list of CPU, but my guess is, it ought to work.
Goodluck!
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Thanks guys that makes me feel alittle bit better now i need to know how to upgrade my BIOS to the latest availble and where can i get the upgrade from.... i'm taking baby steps...LOL
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Ok now I feel really dumb... all the info you guys gave me was great.. if i would have given you the right info first. i changed my motherboard two years ago the info i gave was for a old motherboard. now i need to find out the model # of this one i think its a MSI motherboard can someone tell me where to look i dont have the box or the manual anymore thanks..
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Ha! A little Duyba moment - heh..........LOL
Download CPU-Z, it *should* disclose the motherboard details without your needing to pop the side cover.
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Ok Sabertooth thanks for all your help really....thank you.. now this is my MB MSI Ms-6544E it looks like the same info 533fsb and i'm running 1GB of ram the board can handle up to 2GB first question do i need to upgrade the bios on this board or is it ok... second Question should i add one more GB to max out the boards ram to go along with my new 3.06 cpu? i'm using it for video and as my server for all my other rooms in my house? trying to get over my Dubya moments..lol
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I am unable to answer your first question because I could not find anything on the MS-6544E from MSI.
On the second part - I support the memory upgrade plan.
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Well, the MS-6566E does support the 400/533MHz FSB, so all earlier responses (including the BIOS comment) remain valid.
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Ok great now on the bios...i did look on the msi download page and looked at the motherboard upgrades and i didn't see anything that looked like it was for my use. so i'm not sure what upgrade i'm looking for and i dont want to download the wrong thing so in saying that could you lead me in the right direction plz.. i don't want anymore uh ho moments...
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845E Max (MS-6566E) v6.1 BIOS Date - 9/24/2004
The BIOS update suggestion was made as a precautionary measure, you don'r have to if you don't want to.
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