Northwood to Prescott

[Raptor]

Have been searching for a Northwood P4C800 3.4 to replace my 3.0ghz Northwood which resides on a Asus P4C800 Deluxe mobo. There are plenty of Prescott processors at 3.4 available but the Northwood part (non EE) seems to have left the planet.. Can I use the Prescott on my Asus P4C800 Deluxe? The bios number on the board is 1011.007 and it's a version 2.0. Anyone? tia

 

[RBM]

Have been searching for a Northwood P4C800 3.4 to replace my 3.0ghz Northwood which resides on a Asus P4C800 Deluxe mobo. There are plenty of Prescott processors at 3.4 available but the Northwood part (non EE) seems to have left the planet.. Can I use the Prescott on my Asus P4C800 Deluxe? The bios number on the board is 1011.007 and it's a version 2.0. Anyone? tia

 

[Paul]

Have been searching for a Northwood P4C800 3.4 to replace my 3.0ghz =
Northwood which resides on a Asus P4C800 Deluxe mobo. There are =
plenty of Prescott processors at 3.4 available but the Northwood part =
(non EE) seems to have left the planet.. Can I use the Prescott on my =
Asus P4C800 Deluxe? The bios number on the board is 1011.007 and it's =
a version 2.0. Anyone? tia

Using your favorite search engine, have a look for BX80532PG3400D .
I think that is the order code for a SL793 3.4GHz Northwood.
There's gotta be one around somewhere.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/sc...Fam=483&PkgType=6544&SysBusSpd=ALL&CorSpd=ALL

The main Pentium4 list is here. Just click "Go", then package
type 478, then filter on selection. The Northwoods are the 0.13u
entries.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/default.asp?CHRID=483

If you check here, your P4C800 Deluxe supports 3.4C, 3.4E,
and 3.4EE - Northwood, Prescott, and Extreme Edition.

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

HTH,
Paul

 

[Bob Knowlden]

Vist the Asus CPU compatibility page:

http://www.asus.com/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

(I'd give a URL for the P4C800 D., but the page isn't set up to permit
that.)

It appears that BIOS 1017 or newer is needed for the Prescott CPUs. (The
latest firmware is 1019.)

As another poster remarked, make sure that you get a Socket 478 CPU (not LGA
775).

HTH.

Bob Knowlden

Address may be scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

Have been searching for a Northwood P4C800 3.4 to replace my 3.0ghz
Northwood which resides on a Asus P4C800 Deluxe mobo. There are plenty of
Prescott processors at 3.4 available but the Northwood part (non EE) seems
to have left the planet.. Can I use the Prescott on my Asus P4C800 Deluxe?
The bios number on the board is 1011.007 and it's a version 2.0. Anyone?
tia

 

[aj]

Have been searching for a Northwood P4C800 3.4 to replace my 3.0ghz
Northwood which resides on a Asus P4C800 Deluxe mobo. There are
plenty of Prescott processors at 3.4 available but the Northwood part
(non EE) seems to have left the planet.. Can I use the Prescott on
my Asus P4C800 Deluxe? The bios number on the board is 1011.007 and
it's a version 2.0. Anyone? tia

I've got the same board and a P4 Pressy 3.2E Bios 1019. Just
Beautiful!!!

 

[John]

I've got the same board and a P4 Pressy 3.2E Bios 1019. Just
Beautiful!!!

The antonym for Beautiful is Prescott.

 

[Raptor]

Wow, this is getting complicated. If I screw up the bios update I'm hoosed
right? Think I'll continue my search for the Northwood part.
Ok, I'm a wuss

 

[aj]

The antonym for Beautiful is Prescott.

You mean "synonym"

 

[Bob Knowlden]

Oh, don't be a wuss.

While there's a potential for trouble with a BIOS flash, I've never had one
go bad. I tend to do it the old fashioned way, off a DOS boot floppy (or
whatever facsimile XP creates). I guess the main point is to avoid
interrupting power to the PC while the flash is in progress. (This isn't a
problem for me, as I jhave no small children or large dogs.)

Even if the flash gets messed up, the BIOS chip is usually socketed and
replaceable. (I'm under the impression that Asus charges $25US for a BIOS
chip replacement. You'd have to swap it in, or find a shop to do it.)

On the other hand, the Northwood may have slightly better performance on
average, if you can turn one up. I don't know how the current crop of
Prescotts is running, but the initial models were famous for running hot.
(The sad part is that it was due to leakage current, so they were supposed
to run warm at idle.)

Bob Kn.

 

[Paul]

Wow, this is getting complicated. If I screw up the bios update I'm hoosed
right? Think I'll continue my search for the Northwood part.
Ok, I'm a wuss

Badflash.com or several of the other flash chip companies can
bail you out for about $25 or so. If you want to bullet-proof
your system, a "BIOS Savior" from ioss.com.tw , which costs
about the same price ($25), can be installed in the system
before you attempt to flash upgrade. The BIOS Savior
contains a second BIOS chip, so you can practice flashing
your beta BIOS into the second chip, and if the flash upgrade
fails, flip a switch and return to the original primary BIOS
chip.

Basically if you've got $25 or so kicking around, you can
afford to live dangerously Considering the money you plan
on spending on the new processor, that should not be a problem.

Paul

 

[jime]

If your bios needs to be upgrade for the cpu; How can you run the system to
upgrade the bios? Seems like a catch 22 to me??

Jim