Has anyone used this adapter?

[Riprorin]

FC-PGA2 Tualatin Converter for Socket370 FC-PGA Motherboards

Think it's okay or can you suggest a better option?

I'm currenly running a Cel633@950 on an Abit BX6 board.

I'd like to upgrade to a 1.4 Tualatin.

 

[WarpSpeed]

Save your money for a real computer. The newer P4's and Athlons with much greater memory bandwidth and other faster subsystems like harddrives will make you a lot happier.
On the other hand, if your present system meets your needs, don't waste any more money on it.
Incidentally, I still have a box running a C667@1000 on an old Tyan slot 1 motherboard. Does the light stuff just fine.

 

[KF]

It does work on some motherboards, according to many people. But be sure to get the latest BIOS possible. Award BIOSes below some date refused to continue when they saw a CPU stepping for which the BIOS had no microcode.

On the motherboard I tried it with (Emachines/Trigems Cognag+) it did not work. The more expensive Powerleap adapter is also known not to work with this mobo, so that doesn't reflect on the adapters capability.

The instructions are practically incomprehensible. I found some better info about it on the web.

The mini jumpers set the voltage ID and FSB ID to the motherboard when you use it with a FCPGA2 (Tualatin). For FCPGA (Coppermines), the jumpers are set to pass the IDs through.

 

[Riprorin]

Thanks for the info. Where did you find more info on the adapter?

 

[zephyrprime]

Didn't work for me. Plus the one that compgeeks sent me was scorched and they wouldn't give me an exchange! B@stards.

 

[KF]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
Thanks for the info. Where did you find more info on the adapter?

I don't recall. I think it was in a customer comment at another place that sold the same item (for more than Compugeeks.) It is often called the Lin-Lin adapter. Look up "lin-lin adapter" on Google. I see a few links.
Lin-Lin links

Maybe there are some more links at the links.

Pics with some guy using one

IAC I printed out the comments and I have a copy. All it really is is a table for what the jumpers do. Without a diagram, it will seem complicated, but it really isn't. There are 6 sets of jumper pins. Each set is 3 pins. The instructions that come with the adapater are confusing because the diagram labels the pins A1 to A9 and B1 to B9, but on the adapater itself they are labeled more sensibly (in groups of three) as J1 to J6. Let stick with J1 to J6.

J1 to J4 set the voltage. J5 and J6 set the buss speed. The way Intel- style mobos work, the setting of these pins tells the mobo how to set the voltage regulator and FSB clock. Naturally after the mobo boots, ABIT mobos can overide the voltage and FSB to whatever you want.

Assuming you use a FCPGA2/Tualatin, you will always be using pins 1 and 2 of each jumper set, and the jumper will be on or off.

buss speed
100 J6 on
66 J5 and J6 on
133 none

To get the voltage, start with 1.3 volts and add the following for each jumper on
J1 0.1
J2 0.2
J3 0.05
J4 0.4

So to get 1.5 volts, which I believe is the correct voltage, put a jumper on J2. 1.3 + 0.2 = 1.5

For some reason the instructions recommend setting the voltage to 1.45 on mobos with a VIA chipset. That's J1 and J3.

If you use a FCPGA/Coppermine, they tell you to set all the jumpers to pins 2 and 3 (but they only include 4 mini-jumpers!) What that does is pass the CPU pins straight to the mobo. However, it seems to me you could set the voltage and FSB if you prefer.