a CPU upgrading using PowerLeap SLOTKET CONVERTER

Kurt

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Dec 15, 2001, 1:17:57 PM12/15/01

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Hi

I have an A-Trend 6240M 440BX board... it does not have Manual CPU Core
Voltage Adjustment, and the lowest Voltage it can Automatically detect and
set to is 1.8 Volts for the CPU Core. Its FSB is adjustable up to and beyond
133mhz though....The Official Spec from A-Trend says it Officially supports
a Max of 600mhz Katmai 2.0 Volt CPU Core Pentium 3 Processor, Which is Very
Hard to find.

Now I am wondering. Is it possible to Use an FC-PGA Socket 370 to Slot 1
Converter Card which HAS Independant CPU Core Voltage Adjustment down to
1.65 Volts. Then Plug say a COPPERMINE 1.65volt Pentium 3 800E CPU(Which
runs at 100mhz FSB) into the Converter Card, set the Card for 1.65 Volts.
Slap on a Socket370 Heatsink and Fan, Then Plug it all into my A-Trend 6240M
Motherboard which is older and does not officially support anything above a
600mhz Katmai Pentium 3.

I hope you guys can tell me if this will Work... and Perhaps IF it is
possible What is the Maximum Speed PIII Coppermine CPU that can be used in
this Mannor.

Kurt

Shaun

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Dec 23, 2001, 4:43:16 AM12/23/01

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Hi,

You can use the Slot1 converters that have onboard Voltage Regulators. These
are different to once that simply have voltage jumpers.

The powerleap ones change the 2 or 1.8V that the motherboard is giving into
the lower voltage required, so these things work in old boards. Most if not
all other Slockets will not work, they merely tell the motherboard what
voltage to give it.

There is however, the issue of the BIOS not supporting the new core as far
as microcode updates or configuration. Mostly it will work though.

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ECM

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Jan 5, 2002, 2:05:40 AM1/5/02

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"Kurt" <ku...@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:<ptMS7.6874$cv4.1...@news1.calgary.shaw.ca>...

Check to see whether the clock multipliers on your MB will support the
new CPU - the 800MHZ PIII will require, I believe, 8.0 X 100mhz FSB or
6.0 X 133MHz FSB(or something like that - anyone actually know for
sure?). A LOT of older MB's don't support the multiplier you'd need
for an 800 MHz CPU.... You can run SOME processors at slower speeds
than they are designed for but, what's the point? You should check at
the manufacturer's site or in your manual for the maximum clock
multiplier, and plan accordingly. BIOS updates might help here, too.

Good Luck!
ECM

Ice Cap

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Jan 11, 2002, 7:41:15 PM1/11/02

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My board is the al440lx with p14bios. It has a pl-pi3 rev.2 on it with a
celeronII 533mhz with SSE and new MMX. It works right, but the board doesnt
fully support the SSE and the cpu itself. Altought it doesnt directly
support this chip windows reconizes it right and runs at 533mhz and uses the
SSE and new mmx. It just doesnt work perfect.

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Wayne

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Jan 12, 2002, 4:20:28 AM1/12/02

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IIRC, the LX chipset is limited to 500 Mhz CPU's maximum.
And some won't even do that fast.

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Ice Cap

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Jan 12, 2002, 11:36:53 PM1/12/02

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With a pl-ip3 I can use a 766mhz cpu on my al440lx with windows98. Its when
I want to use win2k or winxp that I run into problems.

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