BCM/GVC motherboard What model??

Recommended by Wim's BIOS...

I have a mobo, I know its a BCM/GVC motherboard, but neither site has a motherboard like mine on it. The bios string is as followed, i440LX-W83977-2A69JG5LC-00 It says it can go up to a 433 Celeron, but I wanted to know model number to see if the jumper settings could go to a 533 celeron. Thanks for any help. Also it came in a Gobi (company that gave you a PC if you bought internet access for like 3 years, they went out of business).

[Rainbow]

Does your board have Slot 1 or Socket 370? Check the LX and EX chipset based boards at http://www.bcmcom.com/support.htm

It is a Slot 1, Neither of the slot 1 lx boards on there look anything like mine. Mine looks more like the IN440EX but it doesn't have a 440EX chipset it has s 440LX chipset and black memory slots instead of white. Everything else looks the same though.

[Rainbow]

The LX and EX chipsets are the same, so it should be similar board. Celeron 533 should work (not 533A) - you can leave jumpers as they are because most P2/Celeron/P3 CPUs have locked multiplier (multiplier set by jumpers on board is ignored) and FSB frequency is the same - 66MHz.

Thanks for the info. I think I will get the 533. I know I will need a slocket, That will work right?

Also how do I tell the 533a from the regular 533? On the websites that I want to buy from it only says INTEL CELERON 533 PPGA is that what I am looking for? Thanks for any help.

[ajzchips]

IIRC, Celerons upto 533 are PPGA.
Celerons 533A and above are FCPGA.
Newer Celerons 1000A, 1100A, 1200 and above are FCPGA2.

Thanks for the info. gonna order a celeron 533 for it. Appreciate all the help.

[ajzchips]

But beware... some people still call fast Celerons (above 533) PPGA, because they use the term to distinguish them from the Slot-1 types.

[Rainbow]

PPGA Celerons are black with silver metal square. FCPGA are green with small CPU core in the middle (usually blue).