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Posted: **Thu Jul 24, 2003 10:05 pm**

Hello

I have recently upgraded my PII to a PIII, it is a i440BX motherboard, the old chip was a PII 350, the new one is a PIII 500, I put in the new chip and on boot up it is displayed as a PII 500,

The BIOS string is

07/23/1998-i440BX-ITE867-2A69KV3FC-00

I can't find an update for this anywhere !!

Windows XP reports the processor as being a PII 500, is the processor running with PIII capabilities or not ???

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks in Advance

Richard

Posted: **Fri Jul 25, 2003 1:23 am**

PIII support wasn't included until ca. 1/1999, so that's why it's recognized as the former PII, and yes, the BIOS isn't optimizing the PIII's performance.
You have a PCPARTNER board. http://www.pcpartner.com.hk

Posted: **Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:23 am**

Hi

Thanks for the quick reply, I will try having another look on the web site, I haven't managed to find any update that matches my board when I have looked already, I will try and have another look

Posted: **Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:56 am**

First look for the 35-xxxx-xx number on the board.

Posted: **Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:00 pm**

Just one match:

BXA828D with DMI function 2Mbits ATX 35-8828-XX

Posted: **Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:53 pm**

Just a sidenote.... All the PCPARTNER motherboard manuals I've seen include the 35-xxxx-xx code in the index pages.

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