Re: HP Vectra VL420 with Celeron D possible?

Whether or not the Celeron D 330 works at all depends on the inner workings of
the BIOS. IMHO, going in this direction is a total crapshoot.

I think you would be better off finding a used old 400MHz FSB Celeron or, as
others have suggested, a used old 400MHz FSB Pentium 4... Ben Myers

On 28 Dec 2005 18:12:51 -0800, "Square Chris" <fongchris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Thanks Ben.
>
>As "old" Celeron (400MHz FSB) is quite difficult to be found in retail
>market, Celeron D is the only cost-effective option for upgrade. FSB
>of this board has no option but 400MHz only, so it will not run in full
>speed (e.g. Celeron D 330 2.66GHz running @ 2GHz) for sure, and the
>BIOS is not expected to be supported.
>
>Without BIOS support and running at slower FSB, do you think it still
>works?
>
>Thanks again. Chris
>

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