pIII coppermine?

[Rob]

Chris Maness wrote:
> I have an ABIT VP6 dual socket that I want to use as my FreeBSD server.  
> I only have one CPU installed, and I was told that if I were to add 
> another CPU that the serial numbers of the CPU had to be sequential.  Is 
> this true?  I see these processors on e-bay for $7 it would be nice to 

I assume you mean "BP6".  It's best that they be the same "stepping" 
number;  this is like an engineering revision level in Intelese. 
Usually looks like "SLQ7" or similar.  But it wasn't required on those 
boards.  Of course Intel never sanctioned Dual Celerons, which is what 
made it so cool :)  I still have one of those with very low hours that I 
keep thinking I should dust off and recommission for sumpthin'.

I hope you're not using this machine for any critical applications.  All 
the ABIT boards of that day (circa 1999) had really low quality 
electrolytic capacitors in the voltage regulators that are notorious for 
failing.  And the BP6 had one cap that got a totally wrong value 
installed on the board.  Google BP6 capacitors and you'll find lots. 
Also www.BP6.com  Have fun.

   -Rob  [don't cc me; this is a bit-bucket address]