Nothing revolutionary, just some info.
I was always curious as to if the mobile P4 (not the DTR) chips were directly compatible with the 865 chipset. I wouldn't want to take a step backward to get an 845 board which is known to be compatible just to screw around. I have read alot about the Celerons (most through Karaktu's threads) that some of the Asus boards were directly compatible with the Celerons, but with many of the 865/875 boards (including Abit boards), you either had to bend or remove processor pins which is not my cup of tea.
Curiosity got the best of me about the mobile P4s so I took the plung for $50. The chip was a 1.6 P4 as spec'ed here. All seems fine. Bootup was normal. The multiplier defaulted to 12x as it should. Cranked in 200 fsb and booted right up at 2400. Seems like 2600-2700 is the max, but not bad for $50. No HT, but oh well. About all that I do not like, is the voltage does not go down to the 1.3v as spec'ed. It's lower limit is 1.575v on this particular mobo. I was really considering building a custom cased low noise comp (but not the cramped SFF) for the living room, and 1.3v would have helped. Anyone know of a hacked bios for an AI7 that remedies this?
I was always curious as to if the mobile P4 (not the DTR) chips were directly compatible with the 865 chipset. I wouldn't want to take a step backward to get an 845 board which is known to be compatible just to screw around. I have read alot about the Celerons (most through Karaktu's threads) that some of the Asus boards were directly compatible with the Celerons, but with many of the 865/875 boards (including Abit boards), you either had to bend or remove processor pins which is not my cup of tea.
Curiosity got the best of me about the mobile P4s so I took the plung for $50. The chip was a 1.6 P4 as spec'ed here. All seems fine. Bootup was normal. The multiplier defaulted to 12x as it should. Cranked in 200 fsb and booted right up at 2400. Seems like 2600-2700 is the max, but not bad for $50. No HT, but oh well. About all that I do not like, is the voltage does not go down to the 1.3v as spec'ed. It's lower limit is 1.575v on this particular mobo. I was really considering building a custom cased low noise comp (but not the cramped SFF) for the living room, and 1.3v would have helped. Anyone know of a hacked bios for an AI7 that remedies this?
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