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Need a Suggestion for Celeron Mobo

Thanks2C

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I have a Intel Celeron 1.3GHz Socket 370. I need a good motherboard for it. Preferebly one with the following I/O matchup:

http://www.theantitrust.net/pics/faceplate.jpg

You see, my case is a proprietary Gateway case which you can't remove the faceplate on, so I'd like to salvage the case. If you can find a good motherboard that will support it with that I/O matchup great. If not, all other suggestions are welcome because I may end up cutting holes in the back.

So, if anybody has any good suggestions on a motherboard for the Celeron, lemme hear them :)
Also, I have PC133 RAM.
 

RalfHutter

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1)That's a standard ATX I/O pattern so you're OK there except that most MoBos have some sort of onboard audio or extra ports that add stuff on to the right-hand side of the I/O panel.

2)Good luck finding Socket 370 boards (at least decent ones) any more. Of the few that you can actually get nowadays I'd suggest the Soyo SY-TISU. It's an Intel 815 chipset and a pretty decent board. Newegg has it for $65 shipped. Look at the pictures though, and you'll see the extra onboard ports on the right side. That's pretty typical though.

This Tyan board, $75 shipped from Newegg, has the exact I/O configuration that you need. It doesn't appear to support Tualtins or Tualerons though. Bummer. Do you already have the 1.3 Celeron, or could you just get a non-Tualatin Celeron instead?
 

Thanks2C

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I would get that mobo assuming it supports my RAM.

It says it supports ECC unbuffered RAM.

The RAM I have is: KINGSTON 256MB PC133 168-pin SDRAM VALUERAM 32x64 Chip RAM7ns Speed Clock 3, Model# KVR133X64C3/256

If I'm correct that is non-ECC RAM. Will that still work in this motherboard?
 

Thanks2C

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Then I go to Soyo's website and on the product link it says that it is 168-pin PC133/PC100 non-ECC, unbuffered SDRAM memory

Who do I believe? Soyo or NewEgg? I *REALLY* need this to work. I can't be doing RMAs again :D
 

RalfHutter

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1)Your RAM is non-EEC. Scroll down this page until you find your model number.

2)I'd believe Soyo and figure the board takes non-EEC RAM. It's just a basic MoBo, there's doesn't seem to be a reason for it to require EEC RAM.