[RESOLVED] PIII installation on PII MB

[billmez]

Can anyone tell me if I ruined a PIII 850 , 100mhz FSB 1.65v cpu by plugging it into a MB with a voltage regulator that only handels a PII or PIII (600) with a 2.0 core voltage. Does Intel have a protection circuit on the chip?

Thanks for the help.

Bill

[AlienDyne]

There isn't any protection circuit on the processor. If it can't handle the voltage, it doesn't boot and you don't hear any beep.

I don't think you fried the processor, but you need to check it on another machine, just to be sure.

Good luck!

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[billmez]

Thanks, not only didn't it boot, it really didn't boot... I ordered a new board for it hoping that the voltage diff wasn't enough to damage it. Well at least the fan worked.

[AlienDyne]

Don't worry.
If you leave it for a few seconds, it won't be fried!

Good luck once again!

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[kennethstarrfp]

Hey dude, if it's a SLOT 1 you have a REALLY cool doorstop.

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[AlienDyne]

Hey Kennethstarrfp,
if you DO have such doorstops, send me one. You can't imagine how useful it would be to me!


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[milliamp]

I have a PIII 550E on a slocket adapter card. I also have a PII 400mhz slot1 Processor which i am currently using. I Want to upgrade to the PIII but when I do insert it, windows98 SE gives me fatal errors everywhere. When I boot to Win 2000 advanced server the changes are automatically made and the OS runs faster. Is windows 98 just not detecting that I upgraded? Are there some new drivers to install? Bios acknowledges that it is there and Windows 2000 works great with it. Please email me back anyone. [email protected]

[AlienDyne]

It should work on a Win98-based machine too.
Have you checked the processor's settings on the BIOS? Voltage and Frequency.

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[billmez]

Hello All, Just ot give an update... The processor is fine. I just installed it in an Abit BE-6 v2 MB and it screams. The MB is nice, slot 1, softmenu support for up to 1Ghz III, ATA-100 with IDE Raid. The softmenu bios allows settings of up to 200 Mhz FSB (for you overclockers).

As to the poster that said it is a really coll doorstop-- he probably has a BMW in is back yard that he uses to hand laundry on too.

Thanks for the responses.
Bill

[billmez]

Re: PIII-550E on slot 1...

Isn't the "E" processor a 133Mhz FSB? If so, I seriously doubt your slot 1 MB will support 133 Mhz. The problem could be in timing using 100Mhz memory, etc. You may have to manually set the parameters in your bios to adjust the bus timing.

[AlienDyne]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by billmez:
Hello All, Just ot give an update... The processor is fine. I just installed it in an Abit BE-6 v2 MB and it screams. The MB is nice, slot 1, softmenu support for up to 1Ghz III, ATA-100 with IDE Raid. The softmenu bios allows settings of up to 200 Mhz FSB (for you overclockers).

As to the poster that said it is a really coll doorstop-- he probably has a BMW in is back yard that he uses to hand laundry on too.

Thanks for the responses.
Bill</font>

Hehe.. told ya!

That's cool!


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