Intel Pent 3 EB upgrading...

[defzeppelin]

Ya I know, my Computer is really old and trashy. But I want to be able to play Shadowbane, and my CPU is only clocked at 733mhz...

I used CPU Wizard and it says that my Motherboard supprts Socket 370 FC-PGA.

My question is:

Can I get any Socket 370? Does it have to be FC-PGA? Can my Motherboard support a 1.3 - 1.4 Ghz comp?

MB:
Manufacturer : Compaq
Mainboard : Compaq
Bios : Compaq
Chipset : VIA Apollo Pro
Physical Memory : 128 MB
ISA Bus : Yes
PCI Bus : Yes
AGP Bus : Yes
USB Bus : Yes
SMBus/i2c Bus : Yes
Bus HyperTransport : No
Bus CardBus : No
Bus FireWire : Yes


Chipset:
Processor : Intel Pentium III EB
Frequency : 733 MHz - (current : 733.05 MHz)
Support : Socket 370 FC-PGA
Cache L1 : 32 KB
Cache L2 : 256 KB
Voltage : 2.996 V
Processor Temperature : 108.3 °C
Processor Fan : 661 rpm
FPU Coprocessor : Present
Processor activity : : 1%

 

[defzeppelin]

Can I buy this ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-CELERON-1...859735756QQcategoryZ16180QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[aliasaid]

Processor Temperature : 108.3 °C

lol i hope thats farenheit.


that cpu on ebay should fit! doesn't come with heatsink/fan but the one you have should fit it. you'd just need some thermal paste. also, you GOTTA upgrade your ram.

 

[Brtnboarder495]

Yea ... true but the older CPUs got hot real fast and easily.

 

[defzeppelin]

ty dudes.

Btw, I don't think that is my real CPU temp. My comp is cool to the touch, and I had this Computer for 6 years, it would have been dead by now. It probably isn't reading it correctly.

I just bought this for my new Ram: =)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6859828798&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1

I would have 716mbs of ram after that.

 

[Martin]

PIIIs run nowhere near as hot as the current P4s.......... that is either most likely a typo or just a farenheit reading.

By the looks of your specs, you are stuck using the Coppermine-based CPUs (which max out at 1.13 GHz). The only VIA chipset that was known to support the Tualatin CPUs (<=1.4-1.53 GHz) was the Apollo Pro 133T. However, there is a way around it. The voltage changes in the Tualatin CPUs (from the Coppermine) required chipset manufacturers to revamp their chipsets.

However, there is a loophole around this, but it's not 100% guaranteed to work (an FC-PGA2 to FC-PGA adapter, similar concept to the Slotket adapters used for running FC-PGA Socket 370 CPUs on SECC2 Slot 1 motherboards):

http://www.hardwarecooling.com/prod...C-PGA2_Tualatin_Adapter_for_Socket_370_FC-PGA

 

[Apokalipse]

can you tell us what FSB it is running at?
you can find out by running CPU-Z

 

[Martin]

Since the processor was noted as a Pentium III EB, the FSB is most likely 133 MHz (and for the PIII, it's only possible to attain a frequency of 733 MHz from a 133 MHz FSB when using multipliers in increments of 0.5).

There are 3 designations (excluding the PIII-S Tualatin):

Pentium III B - 100 MHz FSB, Katmai core (512K L2 cache at 1/2 - 1/3 operating frequency)

Pentium III E - 100 MHz FSB, Coppermine core (256K L2 cache - full operating frequency)

Pentium III EB - 133 MHz FSB, Coppermine core

 

[Apokalipse]

yeah, it would probabbly be 133 x 5.5