> Now I note that the "built in" memory is actually in a DIMM slot on the
> bottom of the Mobo
> So I wonder, IF I replace that with PC100 RAM, can I put a P3 500, or maybe
> a faster Celeron?
Hmmm....Well, you can damned try and see if it works. Although heat
build-up in the 770Z chassis is gonna be a problem.
> BTW, I have an A20M C550
> It came with a P3 700 installed, but only ran/recognized as Celeron 550
> I assume this is because of the non-speedstep BIOS, it only ran at the
> slower speed?
Hmmm...I'm not sure. The A20M is supposed to be a Speedstep okay
version...so there should be a BIOS flash utility option to do that.
> The BIOS update is the same for the Celeron and P3 versions, it chooses the
> appropriate file on it's own, so I assume there is no way to force the flash
> to the P3 model (which would be neat).
Well, I do know that phlash, the Phoenix BIOS utility, have functions that
allow you to define your own platform.bin and bios.rom files to flash the
BIOS with. Technically, you can use the /ro=file option to "suck" the
settings off a 700Mhz machine and then /b=file option to force-flash it
back into a 550Mhz machine, but this is a theoretical suggestion. YMMV
and this advice is to be taken as-is.
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