o/c problems using IWill Slocket II

[kaborka]

I decided it was time to upgrade my trusty old Celery 300A@450. I got a nice deal on a P3-700 (retail) and slocket combo, and put it in my Abit BE6-II. All worked quite well. The combo was pulled from another BX system, and was not overclocked. The voltage jumpers on the slocket are set for 1.65V

Has anyone used the IWill Slocket II for overclocking? I'm not convinced it is reporting the CPU temp back to the mobo. Motherboard Monitor does not seem to have a readout of the internal CPU sensor. I found HMonitor, which claims to, but the temp differs from what's shown in the Abit BIOS. HMonitor reports 30C and the BIOS shows 38C after the system has been running a while. Both temps rise a few degrees from the cold power-on values, so maybe it's working.

The other thing is the CPU Type jumpers. The silkscreen on the Slocket says JP9 is for CPU Type: Intel vs. Cyrix. The only remaining Doc on the IWill site says JP9 is for chipset type. The Slocket-II version # on the silkscreen is 1.1.

The board will not POST @ FSB=133 PCI=1/4. I'm using a new Radeon 8500 retail, and Micron PC133 SDRAM, set back to 3-3-3 for testing. The setup runs WinXP perfectly at FSB=115 PCI=1/3. If I set the memory to 2-2-2, however, it POSTs, but hangs during the boot process (before it gets to my BootMagic screen). I've tried it at the 1.65 core voltage setting the slocket came with, and with it bumped to 1.70V.

Intel's site claims there are compatibility problems with this slocket. Does anyone have personal experience with it? I would like to know the following:

1. Does this slocket pass the cpu internal temp signal correctly?
2. Is the core voltage controlled only by the jumpers, ignoring the BIOS settings?
3. Can anyone explain the discrepancy in the documentation of the JP9 jumper?
4. Any advice about the max safe voltage for overclocking the P3-700?

 

[Bartman39]

A voltage increase to 1.85 volts w/good cooling is not a problem also this is what it takes for some P3 700`s to make the 133fsb... Also it its possible for some other componet to be holding you back...?

As for the J9 according to the doc it is for single or dual with either a BX or VIA chipset... (which I think is the correct one)

I would put all the jumpers to "auto" for fsb & voltage and let the board do its thing...

Oh and yes from what I have seen the slocket does pass the correct cpu temp via the internal diode...


BTW I`m using my BE6II right now with Celeron II 566 @850 no problem just remember the BX chipset does not support 133fsb but will run a cpu at that speed with the correct configuration...

 

[kaborka]

Thanks for the useful info! Now I will feel safer hiking up Vcore to see if it'll fly at 133. If I still have problems at a higher voltage, I'll pull the Radeon and put in a VGA card for testing. SiSoft Sandra is reporting the temp at 31C. I'll watch as I increase the voltage.

I saw that JP9 was labeled as "chipset selection" in the doc on the IWill site. However, on my v1.1 Slocket-II, it's labeled as "CPU Selection" on the card itself. It's in the "Intel" position now, so that's where I'll leave it.

There is no "Auto" jumper setting for Vcore, only for FSB. It looks like Vcore must be set by the jumpers.

 

[Bartman39]

In the case of the Vcore I would set it to 1.65 or higher then use the bios to up it... BTW most and I say most not all 700e`s will do the 933mhz kick... Whats sad I had a 700e that ran 1Ghz at default voltage... Yep sold it...