Abit BL7 help / question....

**sordidmesh** · December 3rd, 2004, 06:39 PM

Hi,

I have Abit BL7 Motherboard 400MHz FSB....

Currently have a 1.4Ghz P4 in it, was wondering if I could go up to a 2.8Ghz P4 (the 400Mhz FSB) version.

Detailed specs for the board are here: http://www.eteckusa.com/abit-bl7.html

Does anyone see why I could not use the 2.8Ghz chip in the board?

Many sites have stated 2.4GHz would be the max, but I assume that could be dated.

THank you for your help.

**originel** · December 3rd, 2004, 07:01 PM

Actually i don't think it will work. There are actually two socket types for the P4. A friend of mine has the old socket type and it's a 1.7, so i would bet that yours is too. Now i don't remember the exact changes in the socket, it might have just been how the heatsink attaches and not the pinout, so that's something you will need to verify.

**HeadBand** · December 3rd, 2004, 07:06 PM

no that is a s 478 board, imo the money would be better spent on a 800mhz capable board and a 2.4c

EDIT: nevermind i just realized its sd ram

**sordidmesh** · December 9th, 2004, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by HeadBand

no that is a s 478 board, imo the money would be better spent on a 800mhz capable board and a 2.4c

EDIT: nevermind i just realized its sd ram

Yeah,

I know what I have is a 478 pin socket on my motherboard. But, apparently Intel makes a 2.8GHz 400MHz FSB CPU for the 478 boards.

Check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...726851186&rd=1

What ya think?

**sordidmesh** · December 9th, 2004, 03:29 PM

They also show the CPU I am talking about on Intel's page:

Model: SL7EY

http://processorfinder.intel.com/scr...ALL&CorSpd=ALL

I think if I got this chip, it would work just fine.