Goed nieuws voor de Abit BP6 bezitters onder ons. Via een bios update en een "socket to socket miniboard converter" zal deze plank geschikt worden voor FCPGA (Pentium IIIE) Coppermine processors. Onderstaande info is afkomstig van hardware-one:
Just received information from a reliable source that the Abit BP6 will be able to support the coming PCPGA Pentium III chips via the following updates, I quote my source saying:1) A BIOS upgrade
2) a socket to socket miniboard converterThe BIOS upgrade is to upgrade various sundry stuff... the socket to socket miniboard converter, is to upgrade the BP6 motherboard to support VRM 8.4 specification and to create a second reset pin. If you want more information about the differences between FCPGA and Socket 370, please refer to this hyperlink.