On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 13:55, Pigeon wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:59:50PM -0500, Bob Paige wrote: > > Bill wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >FYI Those MSI boards can go up to a 2600 with a BIOS Update. Gotta love > > >MSI! > > > > As far as a bios update for more speed, doesn't that require a faster > > CPU chip also? > > Yeah, I interpret Bill's post as "with a BIOS update, you can use a > CPU up to 2600". The question is, does that mean "a CPU that AMD call > 2600" or "a CPU that you clock at 2600MHz"? Are we talking real units, > or AMD's silly "we think it's as good as this fast an Intel" marketing > thing? > > > And how do you install the BIOS update if you have a > > 'pure' system (no M$ installation)? > > I haven't tried this, but wouldn't a freedos boot floppy be the > easiest? (Or even an MSDOS one?) Unless the installer's now > Windoze-only, of course. > > Pigeon Nah - it means that the system will be about as accomplished as an Atari 2600 game console ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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