P3 option......................

[tenchimuyo93]

i was bumming around on ebay the other day and found some socket 370 adapters for p3 install {not the neo s370's}. turns out they are from powerleap but was wondering what everyones take on them.



http://www.powerleap.ca/acatalog/Powerleap_Catalog_PL_Neo_T__18.html


they even have a package deal with processor {differnat adapter and say not SMP}

[Dave Rave]

you will still need the other adpater too
you need the piii to celeron adapter before the tualatin adapter will get the piii working

think it's been done, with patience and much ec10 capacitor upgrade
do the search, I'm watching tv

[davd_bob]

The discription pretty much sums the thing up. It will hold a Tully level P-III or Celeron, AKA FCPGA-2 cpu. I think those run up to 1.4GHz.

That chip and the convertor will plug into the older socket designed for 370 FC-PGA that ranges 533a through 1.1GHz or so. The VP6 uses that design.

I don't believe it will work on the oldest socket 370 PGA, which is on the BP6, without the NEOs as Davd Rave said. I don't remember anyone reporting a BP6 actually running dually tually configuration.

IMO- if you already have the Tully-for the $65 you should just get a mobo designed for DDR and a Tualitin and skip all the hassel. Or if you have a FCPGA mobo complete with ram and drivers then maybe its worth the money.

[kuun]

hey guys..

i've actually been able to aquire a p3 CPU...

it says

1000/256/133 1.7v
3101a380-0082 SL4C8

i HAVE 2 of the neo s370 adapters..

i am contemplating putting the bp6 back into operation with this cpu.. where is it that i can get the caps and the voltage regulator repalced?

[InactiveX]

I replaced an old Celeron II PC with exactly that same chip a couple of months ago. It gave it quite a shot in the arm.

Bear in mind that you don't stand much chance of running the PIII at 133MHz FSB on a BP6, so you would be clocking it lower than 1GHz.

Were you thinking of doing all the fancy mods and adding a second PIII to it?

[tenchimuyo93]

not really sure what i wanna do with the BP6 right now. just getting ideas with what easily findable.

[kuun]

I replaced an old Celeron II PC with exactly that same chip a couple of months ago. It gave it quite a shot in the arm.

Bear in mind that you don't stand much chance of running the PIII at 133MHz FSB on a BP6, so you would be clocking it lower than 1GHz.

Were you thinking of doing all the fancy mods and adding a second PIII to it?

no.. IIRC only one person has actually sucessfully performed a dual p3 setup..

nah i just want to bring the BP6 back online.. i miss my old machine.. was a very good mobo

[davd_bob]

tenchimuyo93,
Have you run the board with the native cellys since re-caping it? How did it do. I expect you could handle 100FSB if they were 366s or slower.

kuun,
I hate the idea of giving up my BP6. I learned more about the effective relationship between FSB and various componants then on any other board.

But still, I don't really have a use for it since I have two Athlons over 2GHz with DDR and ATA133.

[tenchimuyo93]

i havent finished recapping it completly yet {just cant get the time} so im not sure if it will hold 100 fsb. and at the moment i have 433s in it {even though its not together right now}.