At the beginning of March I started this thread:-
I have two BXM829D (Slot 1) boards both with 2.0v Pentiums on, there are no
jumpers and only the FSB is available through the BIOS. Will I be able to use
the later 1.65/1.7/1.8v models on this board ?
on these forums:-
forum, views, posts
bit-tech.net, 30, 0
PCTechBytes, 65, 1(vcirilo)
Tech Support Guy, 26, 0
Tech Forums, 22, 0
Xtreme PC Central, 32, 1(Mntsnow)
while I waited for a reply to my email to PC Partner. I got a prompt reply as
follows
"The BXA829D is only available for the Slot 1 type CPU, which is 100MHz FSB
with 512K level 2 cache. The CPU speed is up to Pentium III 600 (100MHz
FSB,512K L2). The high speed processors are inapplicable."
After rereading the manual I came across this part:-
VRM (Voltage Regulator Modules) on Board
• Flexible motherboard design with on-board VRM 8.2, easy to upgrade
with Intel’s® Future Overdrive® processors.
So I searched for "VRM 8.2" and found the following:-
http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentiumiii/sb/CS-007612.htm
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/FAQ-Rev-02-26-05-ftopict97744.html
and a search on "Pentium 3 Katmai" found this:
http://www.geek.com/procspec/intel/pentium3consumer.htm
all this coincided with the disappearance of 600MHz/2.0v parts from Ebay.
I think I will try and find a cheap 1.7v part.
This case is closed! I think
