Max CPU my Mobo will take

Hi,

Is there anyway to find out whats the Maximum CPU (Processor Speed) my motherboard will take, other than consulting the manual.

I have a Mercury KOB-810e-TFSX MoBo with a 566 Celeron thats been overclocked to 852 Mhz. (See my post in the overclocking section )

I'd like to upgrade the CPU on this to the Maximum it will take.

The manual says this

This mainboard has a Socket 370 supporting FCPGA Celeron, FCPGA Pentium III and Tualatin/Tualatin Celeron processors.

Do not support PPGA Celeron processor.

Do not try to install a Socket 7 processor in the Socket-370. A Socket 7 processor such as the Pentium-MMX, or the AMD K5/K6 does not fit in the Socket 370. Do not try to install PPGA Celeron processor in Socket-370.

The following list notes the processors that are currently supported by this mainboard.
FCPGA Celeron: 300~700 MHz, FSB: 66 MHz
FCPGA Pentium III: 500~1130MHz, FSB: 100MHz, 133MHz
Tualatin/Tualatin Celeron: up to 1.2GHz, FSB: 100MHz

But the last time I got a 1.1 Ghz Intel and Fitted it, it didnt work.
Any software that will determine the max processor it will take?
Pls advise.

Jason

 

"1.1 Ghz Intel"

that might've been a tualitin core P3, when the mobo only supports coppermine p3s(just a theory I don't know for sure.) You can check mercuries website for more details.

Also, weird things like that can happen when you overclock.

...but you're better off just replacing your whole system.