Re: Asus p4b266

Well, I don't have that motherboard or processor any longer, having gotten
rid of it about six months ago when I switched over to an AMD platform
(again!).

Anyhow, I had owned the 2.6-MHz version of the P4 (400-MHz FSB) for at least
a year, probably closer to a year-and-a-half actually. At the time I
upgraded to the 2.6, I was running a 2.4 like you. My daughter was overdue
for an upgrade, so instead of just buying another 2.4, I found a 2.6 for
myself at a good price, and then I put the existing 2.4 into the box I built
for her.

I knew that I would be keeping my P4B266 for at least another year, so I
figured that since my daughter needed an upgrade anyhow, I may as well get
the fastest processor available for my own motherboard and let her have my
old processor.


"MixMasterJ" <tata@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Fwotf.85249$aS5.83388@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am running it with my processor at 2.4ghz, but I bought it about 3 years
>ago. It is confusing that Asus updated its bios to support 3.0 processors,
>isn't it? But the Asus site does say you can go up only to 2.4ghz.
>
> Can I ask how long you had yours? If you bought it recently, I am
> wondering why you bought this one?
>
>
> "Hackworth" <NoSpam4Me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:HtSdnYhtILd8YijenZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> "SR" <sranauta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:dUgtf.23848$m05.14089@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> What's the highest speed CPU anyone is running with this board? I know
>>> 2.6 is possible , anyone runing a higher speed one?
>>>
>>
>> You can't run anything higher than a 2.6-GHz P4 (400-MHz FSB version) on
>> that motherboard. That chip is pretty hard to find, too... and you'll
>> have to settle for a used one. BTW, it is an OEM-only processor... Intel
>> never marketed a retail box version.
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>> I found only one on eBay:
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>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Pentium-4-P4-2-6Ghz-2-6-478-CPU-512KB-400Mhz-FAN_W0QQitemZ6835046976QQcategoryZ14293QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>>
>> You can also find one at StarMicro:
>>
>> http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=115
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