help with processor upgrade......

hi i am new here

i have a msi 6168 bora pro(in a packard i think pulsar 300) i belive to be a slot 1 p3 and i want to upgrade
the processor speed it`s running at is 450mhz at the moment with 512 mb sdram
can any one tell me what is the maxium i can go up to or what is the best speed for this board and would i need to make any changes to the bios or board to upgrade or can i just plug and play sorry pray with new processor.

cheers
Fister69

 

This is taking me back a bit but as its a PIII over a Celeron specific, you may be in luck by using a Slotket convertor which may allow you to put in anything up to a 1.2 or 1.3 Celeron 370 socketed CPU.

I have the Slot A equivalent of that board and I can put any Slot A Athlon up to 1Ghz at least without any problems and I know that there is a Slot to Socket convertor for the board which means I can run a socket A 462 pinned Duron or Athlon.

If speed is not a requirement then a second hand 1.4 Athlon and cheap 266Mhz Socket A Board would cost about the same as a SlotKet and CPU, a bonus also with Thunderbird Athlons is that they are so easily unlocked and overclock faster than many of their XP cousins simply by bridging using a graphite pencil on a bridge and setting the BIOS multipliers to one of your choice and many people have managed to attain 2Ghz or above (PR rating) from one of these old clunkers

AO

 

I found this that pertains to the M/B you are asking about.
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/borapro.htm