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The 600 MHz Intel® Pentium® III processor was released on August 2, 1999. These processors are supported by Baseboard
Management Controller and Hot Swap Controller firmware update [57BMC730.EXE] and BIOS NIGHTS0.86B.0083.P11 [BIOS_112.EXE].
Both are posted on Intel's site at Software,
Drivers and Utilities section.
The Intel® Pentium® III processor is supported only on Intel® N440BX server boards shipped from Intel since
September 1998. Some of these boards will require a BIOS and firmware upgrade for Pentium III processor support.
Use the following matrix to determine the capability of your board.
Note: The AA or PBA number can be found on a small sticker located next to the N440BX server board's ISA slot.
| PBA number |
Revision level |
Notes |
| 681234 |
Prior to -507 |
Does not support Pentium® III processors |
| -507 |
Supports Pentium® III processors with upgrade to
BIOS 9 or later and BMC53 or later |
| -508 |
| -509 |
| -520 and later |
Supports Pentium III processors as shipped from Intel |
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| AA number |
Revision level |
Notes |
694708
(TA 694709) |
Prior to -207 |
Does not support Pentium® III processors |
| -207 |
Supports Pentium® III processors with upgrade to
BIOS 9 or later and BMC53 or later |
| -208 |
| -209 |
| -220 and later |
Supports Pentium® III processors as shipped from Intel |
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| PBA number |
Revision level |
Notes |
| 703861 |
Prior to -207 |
Does not support Pentium III processors |
| -207 |
Supports Pentium III processors with upgrade to
BIOS 9 or later and BMC53 or later |
| -208 |
| -209 |
| -220 and later |
Supports Pentium III processors as shipped from Intel |
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| AA number |
Revision level |
Notes |
| 717043 |
Prior to -207 |
Does not support Pentium III processors |
| -207 |
Supports Pentium III processors with upgrade to
BIOS 9 or later and BMC53 or later |
| -208 |
| -209 |
| -220 and later |
Supports Pentium III processors as shipped from Intel |
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N440BX server boards support Intel® Pentium® II processors with a 100
MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
running at 350 MHz, 400 MHz, or 450 MHz with 512 KB of integrated L2 cache.
The 450 MHz Intel® Pentium® II processor requires BIOS 6.2 or later.
The N440BX also can be used with the 266, 300 and 333 MHz Pentium II processors, which have a 66 MHz system bus,
but has not been fully tested in these configurations.
For optimal performance, Intel strongly recommends using Pentium II processors with ECC L2 cache in the
server environment.
This applies to:
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