Re: hardware question : P2B and PIII 800

[Hector Akamine <akamine@example.com>]

I've just found in the ASUS web site a "ASUS PIII 650/700/750/800 (100
MHz) Processor Support List "page, and the PIII 800 - P2B combination
is mentioned, so I think (I hope) it will work.

Thanks
Hector


On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:03:05 GMT
"Bryan Mark" <bryanmark@example.com> wrote:

> Well, this is more of a take your own chances kind of advice...
> 
> Theoretically is should work since the "Voltage Reglator Selection (VID) is 
> not needed for the Pentium II processor because it sends a VID signal 
> directly to the onboard power controller." - right from the Asus site.
> 
> On a P3BF board I've used a 2.0V 450P2, and a 1.65V 650P3 - it has the same 
> design (so I've heard) for the voltage regulator as the P2B series.
> 
> Worst it will do is fuse your CPU into molten slag. <smile>
> 
> >It's not linux related, but I think any of the gurus may know:
> >
> >I have an ASUS P2B motherboard with a Pentium II 450 Mhz, and I want to
> >replace the processor with a Pentium III 800 MHz. Would it work?
> >
> >I was looking at the specs and found that both use the same Slot 1
> >socket, but the P II works with 2.0V, while the P III 800 with 1.65 V,
> >
> >I went to the asus web page and found that the processors supported for
> >the P2B are "Single Slot 1 for Intel PentiumR II 233MHz ~ 450MHz and
> >PentiumR III 450MHz~600+MHz processors with 512KB integrated L2 Cache,"
> >but it doesn't mention about 800 MHz.
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >Hector
>