max chip speed??

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SEEMS TO BE MORE ACTIVE.

I have an Intel D865PERL motherboard that has a 2.8 GHz chip installed. I
wish to upgrade to a faster chip but am confused. My manual that came with
the motherboard says that the board will support a 3,0 GHz chip while on
Intel's site it says my board will support a 3.4 GHz chip at max. Which is
correct?? I don't want to blow my motherboard with the wrong chip and hav
found a 3.4 GHz for a little over a $100 bucks. Can someone help?

jimrx4 wrote:
> I'M AWARE THAT I HAVE POSTED THIS QUERY IN ANOTHER NEWSGROUP BUT THIS ONE
> SEEMS TO BE MORE ACTIVE.
>
> I have an Intel D865PERL motherboard that has a 2.8 GHz chip installed. I
> wish to upgrade to a faster chip but am confused. My manual that came with
> the motherboard says that the board will support a 3,0 GHz chip while on
> Intel's site it says my board will support a 3.4 GHz chip at max. Which is
> correct?? I don't want to blow my motherboard with the wrong chip and hav
> found a 3.4 GHz for a little over a $100 bucks. Can someone help?
>
>
My guess is that Intel knows what it will do, and that 3.0 was the
fastest shipping when the manual was printed. I would look to see if
there was a newer BIOS *before* updating the CPU.

The chances of hurting the m/b are small, usually it just won't work, or
runs the CPU underclocked. That's *not* a promise that your experience
will not damage something, just that it shouldn't.

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