Asus P4PE Prescott Support

[DrCool]

I'm looking to upgrade my current system.

I have an ASUS P4PE Deluxe bios 1007
will my board work with an Intel P4 2.8E (prescott) processor?

I know the chip isn't listed on ASUS's supported CPUs for this board, but technically is it possible? Would this chip run at 1.50 volts instead of 1.40 volts?

From my research that would be the only reason why this board doesn't officially support prescott cpus. As it supports 800MHz FSB and HT.

thanks in advance

DrCool

 

[dc5]

your board might have a bios update for the prescott support. if not, just buy the 2.8 northwood, it's actually faster than the 2.8 prescott.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

My advice is invest in an new board as well. There are sub $100 boards that are much faster than it. Dual channel alone is worth it, and having had that board and being one of several members here who have had a compatibility issue with power hugry 8x AGP cards, I would move to a newer chipset.

 

[DrCool]

I did some more research and found that the prescott cpus actually run at 1.25 to 1.40 core volts. So chances are trying to run it at 1.50 volts would kill it.

Looks like the Northwood 2.8C would work just fine, as it operates at 1.55 core volts, and my board supports it.

I purposely purchased this board for specific features it has that some other boards don't have and it's been a solid performer. I just wanted to boost the processor performance, and since it still supports chips up to 3.06, i don't see the need to ditch it yet.

I'm currently running an P4 1.8GHz Northwood (L1 256Kb / 400MHz FSB) so I figure a 2.8C (L1 512Kb / 800MHz FSB) should be a huge speed boost.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Sure it'll be faster, but single channel will hold back it's potential, and as mentioned ou may find your vid card upgrade path limited as well. BTW, what features does the old P4PE have that newer boards do not? Other than that famous cold boot issue most including mine had

I see you have the old Personal Cinema I used to have so I guess the vid card issue is moot Does yours' have the audio issues with captured video?