installing P-III - Tech Support Forums

blackie · August 24th, 2003, 01:23 AM

Hows it going all.

Im planning on chucking this new cpu i scored, into my pc..
Its a pentium 3 600, i believe it is the coppermine, as WCPUID reports it as having 256k L2 cache, and i think its run 100fsb, ie. PIII-600E.

Anyway, im trying to install it into my ABIT BH-6, which currently houses a P-II 450..

Do i need to change voltages and stuff in the bios before i install or will like it auto-detect or something??

Cuz my p2 has around 2.05v running into it, but coppermines run at 1.65v.. im thinking the extra voltage might fry the thing

Anyone know?

jmebonner · August 24th, 2003, 01:32 AM

Looks like it should.

It probably auto determines the fsb and voltage.
Thanks to prexaspes I have a little info on all that junk.
It looks to be the same chipset I'm running.

The 450 is probably running at 100 fsb also.

this may be of a little help:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherb.../440bx-03.html

It just says at what the fsb can be run.

John Prophet · August 24th, 2003, 01:43 AM

evidently its auto everything on that board.....

http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Reviews/MBs/Abit/bh6.htm

theres a review and it has this quote "The jumperless CPU installation makes installing this board as simple as a single sentence"

Here is the link for Abits page http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...ies=1&model=98

Abit was the real innovator as far as jumperless motherboards.

So I think you just slap that cpu in.

JP

John Prophet · August 24th, 2003, 01:45 AM

Manuals http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...ies=1&model=98

they list two manuals..one for bh6, one for bh6 ver 1.1

JP

blackie · August 25th, 2003, 12:45 AM

uh, what the..

I pull out my P-II, and its a mammoth black case covered thing which was stuck in a large slot, which of course, is slot 1..

But the p3 is socket370!?

can i just take off the cover of the p2 and replace the chip, or what?? Because i know people have used p3's on an Abit BH-6 board..

*confused*

**EvilRick** · August 25th, 2003, 01:21 AM

You would need a 'slocket' converter.

Only $5 in most places. http://www.pricewatch.com/1/239/2143-1.htm

gino X · August 25th, 2003, 01:22 AM

Your chipset supports P3 so what you need is a Slot 1 > Socket 370 converter.

I haven't seen many of these converters in the local computer shops because it's old hat, with the Pentium 4 taking over.

Look on eBay, I saw a few the last time I was on...

Edit: too late

**EvilRick** · August 25th, 2003, 01:32 AM

Click on the Super Slocket Converter Card at the bottom of this page.

blackie · August 25th, 2003, 01:37 AM

cheers dudes, i live in New Zealand, so i'll have to see if theres any lying around here.

other than that, i have some crappy Socket370 mobo made by MSI.. but its micro-atx, and has a pitiful 3 PCI slots, and only 2x memory slots..

which do you think would be better to go with?

Abit BH-6 with 320MB SD-RAM using socket370 converter.. with tnt2 ultra running @ 2x AGP, and hdd at ATA-33

or MSI with 256MB SD-RAM, tnt2 ultra @ 4x AGP, and hdd at ATA-66

The bottom kinda sounds better.. but its got **** all slots, and i cant be bothered fully installing that mobo

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Darthgary · August 25th, 2003, 01:40 AM

Yeah I agree, definetly the MSI board for one it has AGP 2.0 and ATA 66 and 2 because MSI anything rulez.