pentium 3 question, whats the deal with EB ? what does it mean ?

[ZL1]

Hi

guys got a question, some P3s have EB, I used to know what it means, but I forgot and now it bothers me that I forgot 🙂

help me out 🙂


Thanks
Dan

 

[boyRacer]

I think it means 133MHz FSB

 

[WarpSpeed]

And a consequential diminished tolerance for overclocking.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: WarpSpeed
And a consequential diminished tolerance for overclocking.

It always amazes me how someone whos been a member of thse forums for nearly 4 years has such few posts, and the posts i do see are so basic 😕

 

[Wingznut]

E = Built on the .18µ process.
B = Uses a 133mhz FSB.

 

[MrFluffy]

Originally posted by: Wingznut
E = Built on the .18µ process.
B = Uses a 133mhz FSB.

^^^^^^
I have an old 800EB laying around (actually it is used for playing movies/music on a home entertainment system). It's a nice system I find it "crisper" when poping up widows graphics and programs than my XP1800+, but for games....
Anyway it's a very solid chip (never had any issus with it) and does a SETI WU in 6-7hours.

 

[ZL1]

Thanks guys !

 

[cow123]

thing to note.....

E = smaller process AND on-die 256k cache
B = Bus

(edit: 133mhz bus that is 😛)

 

[WT]

Thats weird ... I just put a PIII 1 ghz FCPGA (100 fsb version) in a spare PC, using a PC Chips 726MRT board. I previously had a Celeron 566@850 in it.
But due to the dated BIOS and its missing microcode for either chip, both are misreported at bootup.
The 566@850 shows up as: 800E
The PIII 1ghz shows up as: 800EB

Sandra obviously correctly reports both chips for what they are, an 850 and a 1,000 from within Windows, but at bootup that EB after the PIII threw me for a loop.