Abit BM6 and Tualatin Adapter

[Slaimus]

Has anyone tried using the generic Tualatin adapter(like so) on an Abit BM6?
Powerleap has the BM6 in their compatibility list for their S370-T v2.1 adapter, but Upgradeware does not for theirs. Those are expensive, but the generic is dirt cheap.

 

[Doh!]

Excerpts from the link you've posted:

# Adapts Socket 370 motherboards made for FC-PGA processors for use with. . .
# . . .FC-PGA2 (Tualatin) processors.
# Also adapts Socket 370 motherboards made for PPGA processors for use with. . .
# . . .FC-PGA (Coppermine) processors.

Abit BM6 is a socket 370 board made for PPGA processors. According to the above description, this socket you've linked will not allow you to use a Tualatin processor but only a Coppermine processor.

 

[Slaimus]

The board runs coppermine Celerons though. And the powerleap Adapter says the same thing and it works. Has someone tried it?

 

[KF]

As a mod, a lot of people have done what this adapter probably does. Often they do a mod to a sloket that adapts socketed chips to a slot stlyle mobos. It generally works because all it does is rewire some pins. The CPU bus is run at voltage levels out of spec, but it is close enough to work.

Over 25 pages on this.

Tualatin on Coppermine mobo

Tualatin in a BX

Some guy did this to his BX motherboard on Anantech, and it stlll sometimes comes to the top ot the topic list.

 

[Slaimus]

The Powerleap adapter has an extra power connector compared to the generic one. I assume that is for building the 1.25v GTL+ line. I am not sure if the generic will work as well without it. Anyone have a BM6 and actually tried one of the adapters?