Can a 900MHz celeron work on a 66MHz Slot1 mobo w/Socket 370?

[DWF]

It's all in the message title.

 

[The_Lurker]

Yes, what would be happening however is ur Celeron 900mhz running at normally 9x100mhz FSB will now be running at 9x66mhz FSB (so 600mhz essentially). SO it will work, just possibly n ot at 100mhz. Who knows, maybe ur slot 1 mobo can oc to 100mhz?

 

[Branded]

Some socket 370 mobos top out a 533 mhz and can only use ppga chips, not fcpga chips. They may burn out an fcpga chip. You had better look closely at the documentation for your board.

 

[DWF]

thanks for the information, folks.

Actually, I only have a slot1 motherboard with a socket 370 adapter (not a socket 370 mobo). Well, I guess I won't be upgrading my machine. Currently, it's a 533MHz Celeron, 224MB, V3 3000 video card. Yeah, it's getting long in the tooth. I'm just going to use it until it gives up on me or I suddenly have some extra cash to get a new one 😀 It's still working great for me, but of course....I'm not exactly playing the latest games.

cheers,
DWF

 

[Branded]

DWF, a slot 1 can use any celeron as long as you have the right adapter card. Do an ebay search for slot 1 to socket 370 adapters that can use fcpga chips. Of course, your bus speed may be limited to 66 mhz, but you won't burn out your chip.

 

[DWF]

Well, I've decided that I won't be putting anymore money into this machine. I bought it in 1997 originally as a Dell PII233 and have upgraded it's components a few times. I remember that I paid $2200 for it. (Geez....feels like a rip off now) With the cheap prices of PC's these days, I'll just get a brand new one 😀

 

[oldfart]

DWF, a slot 1 can use any celeron as long as you have the right adapter card.

Not really. The slot 1 board must support the Vcore of the Coppermine CPU. The Slocket does not do this. It only signals the mobo as to which voltage to supply.

DWF, you call it a 66 MHz mobo. Is it an LX chipset? Most wont support CuMine CPU's. If it did, the fastest you could get would be a C733 or C766. Not worth the bother. Upgrade to a better system.

 

[DWF]

My system being a PII233........yeah, definitely an LX mobo. (I'm sure you would've known this already; it's just that your post was 2 minutes after my previous one 😀 )

But yeah....definitely getting a new system within the next 6 months. I really have no need for anything really fast and modern these days as I don't have time for games (yet). The 533MHz is doing the job for now.

Thanks for the comments though.

 

[fxsts]

Slot1 motherboard that old may not be able to provide voltage low enough for Cuppermine.

Even with a slocket with voltage adjustment, if the motherboard's voltage generator (I forgot the right term) cannot give voltage lower than, say, 1.75V or so, it will fly the chip.