FCPGA2 Processor in a FCPGA Motherboard?

[Jesta]

Ran into a situation where I have a Celeron 1.3 FCPGA2, but have a mainboard that has a FCPGA socket. Both are listed at Socket 370 compatible. Would it be at all possible to run this processor in this board or are there voltage differences to worry about. Thanks.

 

[oldfart]

What exact model mobo do you have?

 

[Jesta]

I don't have the exact make and model handy at the moment but I do have this information about the board:

It is a new generation INTEL Celeron/FC-PGA Pentium III main board

designed based on VIA VT82C694X chipset.

It is an ATX Form Factor board.

Supports 2X/4X AGP.

Has 3 SDRAM 168-pin DIMM slots.

The board accepts Intel Pentium II Celeron (66 MHz) and

Pentium III (100/133 MHz) processors.


I thought I remebered that the only difference was that the regular FCPGA did not have the heat spreader like the FCPGA2 does. Both are 370 pin if I remember right. Thanks for your help.

 

[Jesta]

Bump for an answer, running short on time. THanks.

 

[Jesta]

Bump one last time for the evening crowd.

 

[DaveSimmons]

No, there are pin signal differences between coppermine and tualatin, though you can mod a tuli to work in some BX chipset motherboards, not sure about VIA. I do know that some recent VIA-based motherboards offer "native" tualatin support just like the last generation of i815e/ep.

I think you'll need to find us the mobo model number, and/or use search / google to find articles on modding FCPGA2.

 

[compudog]

Yeah, need the mobo model #. Celery should work, but you don't want to risk frying the chip. You gotta take the cover off to pop it in. Mobo model #'s are usually silk-screened right out in the open.