P2B-F and PIII 667

  • Thread starter Thread starter gregnorz
  • Start date Start date
G

gregnorz

Is this proc even usable by this board? First, system specs :

P2B-F Rev 1.00
1013 BIOS
120 GB Seagate HDD
TDK CD-RW
3 - 128 MB RAM sticks
Trident 4MB Graphics Card (not sure which model)
DLink DFE-540 ethernet card

This machine had a Celeron 400 in it, but I though a PIII upgrade would
be nice. The web book that I downloaded (don't have the paper manual)
seems to indicated that 133 was an acceptable clock for this board.
I've tried all sorts of ways to get this proc to run and I can't even
get the system to POST properly.

The jumpers I currently have it set at should make it a PIII 600 (6 x
100MHz), but it detects as a PIII 500 instead.

So, anyone have luck with this combo of proc and board? Any suggestions
on getting it to work?

Thanks,
greg
 
The website doesnt mention any of the 133fsb cpu`s as being usable...its all
100fsb up to 800mhz!

Is your ram pc133 because if not you have no chance!
 
Ah, the RAM might be a problem. I think one of the sticks is indeed a
PC100 stick. I could probably rectify that, though.

If I were to clock this proc as a PIII 600 (6 x 100), would that work?
Or is the 667 just too much of a different beast (voltage, etc) to work
properly?

greg
 
Ah, the RAM might be a problem. I think one of the sticks is indeed a
PC100 stick. I could probably rectify that, though.

If I were to clock this proc as a PIII 600 (6 x 100), would that work?
Or is the 667 just too much of a different beast (voltage, etc) to
work properly?
Click to expand...

The processor multiplier is fixed at 5. You can only change system bus.
There is no official support for 133 Mhz bus due to inherent chipset
limitation, meaning that AGP speed will be 89 Mhz at 133 Mhz fsb. This may
or may not work out well depending on videocard.
I would not bother changing ram. I would just try to bump fsb up and see
what is stable. Good pc 100 ram often runs fine at 112 Mhz. At that speed,
pci bus should be fine too.
 
Is this proc even usable by this board? First, system specs :

P2B-F Rev 1.00
1013 BIOS
120 GB Seagate HDD
TDK CD-RW
3 - 128 MB RAM sticks
Trident 4MB Graphics Card (not sure which model)
DLink DFE-540 ethernet card

This machine had a Celeron 400 in it, but I though a PIII upgrade
would be nice. The web book that I downloaded (don't have the paper
manual) seems to indicated that 133 was an acceptable clock for this
board. I've tried all sorts of ways to get this proc to run and I
can't even get the system to POST properly.

The jumpers I currently have it set at should make it a PIII 600 (6 x
100MHz), but it detects as a PIII 500 instead.

So, anyone have luck with this combo of proc and board? Any
suggestions on getting it to work?
Click to expand...

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/rscheidegger/p2b_procupgrade_faq.html

All you need to know is here.
 
Egil,

Thanks for that link. Looks like the Coppermine 133 SEC chips are a no
go at the standard speed. But you think if I keep the processor clock
at 5 and just play with the FSB speed I'll be good?

Thanks for the help,
greg
 
Egil,

Thanks for that link. Looks like the Coppermine 133 SEC chips are a no
go at the standard speed. But you think if I keep the processor clock
at 5 and just play with the FSB speed I'll be good?
Click to expand...

Yes. Treat it as if it were a 500E, and try to o/c it accordingly.
 
Well, it seems that no matter how I try to clock this thing it just
won't post. Could it be the 1.65V on the chip that's causing the
problem?

greg
 
Back
Top