Processor questions

[Hermskii]

I've always been an AMD guy so I don't know squat about Intel processors. I'm working on 2 machines for a friend right now. One is the HP Omnibook 6000 laptop and the other is a HP Pavilion XE748 desktop.

Each of these have a Pentium III chip-set. One runs a Pentium 700 and the other runs a Celeron 700. I'm assuming that each one would be upgradable as far as the processor goes up to the fastest Pentium III. If that is right, what is the fastest PIII keeping in mind that the desktop has a socket 370 processor. I'm assuming the laptop is simply a mobile processor. AMD has charts that say what the model number is, processor speed, foot-print, voltage and all of that stuff. I can't find one for Intel chips. Thanks in advance.

 

[Aluvus]

It does not necessarily follow that they both support all physically-compatible Pentium III processors. In particular, many Pentium III-compatible motherboards do not support Tualatin.

HP identifies the Pavilion xe748 as Socket 370 with an Intel 810 chipset, which only supports processors with a 66 or 100 MHz Front Side Bus. From what I have on PIII Celeron models, the Celeron it could have shipped with must have been a Coppermine (Socket 370, 100 MHz RAM, and 128 KB of L2 cache). Most likely a Coppermine Pentium III is fine, provided it has the same 100 MHz FSB and is Socket 370. Tualatin I'm not so sure about; I get the impression you would need the 810E chipset. The fastest Coppermine PIII was 1.1 GHz.

The Omnibook 6000 was available with Mobile Pentium IIIs up to 700 MHz, and with 256 KB of L2 cache that would be a Coppermine. Fastest I have record of was 1 GHz. The Mobile Celeron it was also available with was, I'm guessing, another Coppermine. Again, I'm doubting Tualatin compatibility.

 

[Hermskii]

Perfect. Thank you.