<s>
The	O
ABIT	B-Operating_System
BP6	I-Operating_System
was	O
an	O
ATX	B-Language
motherboard	B-Device
released	O
by	O
ABIT	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
motherboard	B-Device
to	O
allow	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
two	O
unmodified	O
Intel	O
Celeron	O
processors	O
in	O
dual	O
Symmetric	B-Operating_System
multiprocessing	I-Operating_System
(	O
SMP	O
)	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
combined	O
with	O
its	O
overclocking	B-Application
capabilities	O
made	O
it	O
a	O
popular	O
option	O
among	O
computer	O
enthusiasts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BP6	B-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
credited	O
as	O
the	O
product	O
that	O
made	O
multi-processor	O
systems	O
affordable	O
for	O
mainstream	O
users	O
,	O
as	O
prior	O
the	O
expense	O
of	O
any	O
multi-processor	O
configuration	O
made	O
it	O
a	O
feature	O
only	O
to	O
be	O
considered	O
for	O
workstation-class	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BP6	B-Operating_System
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Seattle	I-Device
440BX	I-Device
chipset	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
the	O
82443BX	O
Northbridge	B-Device
and	O
the	O
82371AB	O
Southbridge	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Processors	O
that	O
were	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
BP6	B-Operating_System
in	O
SMP	O
configuration	O
were	O
the	O
PPGA	B-Algorithm
Socket	B-Device
370	I-Device
Celeron	O
processors	O
(	O
300	O
–	O
533MHz	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
III	I-General_Concept
and	O
Celeron	O
Coppermine	O
models	O
could	O
also	O
operate	O
on	O
the	O
BP6	B-Operating_System
,	O
albeit	O
only	O
in	O
single	O
processor	O
configuration	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
aftermarket	O
socket	O
adaptors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
never	O
intended	O
the	O
Celeron	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
operate	O
in	O
SMP	O
,	O
and	O
later-generation	O
Celeron	O
processors	O
had	O
their	O
SMP	O
interface	O
disabled	O
,	O
restricting	O
the	O
feature	O
to	O
the	O
higher-end	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
III	I-General_Concept
and	O
Xeon	B-Device
product	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
motherboard	B-Device
also	O
featured	O
two	O
extra	O
HDD	B-Device
ports	O
,	O
one	O
with	O
the	O
HPT366	O
Ultra	B-Protocol
DMA/66	I-Protocol
adapter	O
fitted	O
on	O
the	O
mainboard	B-Device
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
up	O
to	O
eight	O
IDE	B-Protocol
compatible	O
drives	O
to	O
operate	O
at	O
the	O
interface	O
's	O
maximum	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
motherboard	B-Device
featured	O
ABIT	O
SoftMenu	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
extension	O
which	O
allowed	O
for	O
jumper-less	O
adjustment	O
of	O
system	O
parameters	O
such	O
as	O
system	O
bus	O
speed	O
,	O
CPU	O
&	O
AGP	B-Architecture
bridge	O
multipliers	O
,	O
voltages	O
from	O
inside	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
PC-99	O
coloring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BP6	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
of	O
ABIT	O
's	O
motherboards	B-Device
produced	O
between	O
1999	O
and	O
2005	O
,	O
were	O
victims	O
of	O
the	O
capacitor	O
plague	O
.	O
</s>
