I have two BXM829D boards both with 2.0V Pentiums on, there are no jumpers and only the FSB is available through the BIOS. Will I be able to use the later 1.65/1.7/1.8v models on this board ?
At the beginning of March I started this thread:- I have two BXM829D (Slot 1) boards both with 2.0v Pentiums on, there are no jumpers and only the FSB is available through the BIOS. Will I be able to use the later 1.65/1.7/1.8v models on this board ? on these forums:- forum, views, posts bit-tech.net, 30, 0 PCTechBytes, 65, 1(vcirilo) Tech Support Guy, 26, 0 Tech Forums, 22, 0 Xtreme PC Central, 32, 1(Mntsnow) while I waited for a reply to my email to PC Partner. I got a prompt reply as follows "The BXA829D is only available for the Slot 1 type CPU, which is 100MHz FSB with 512K level 2 cache. The CPU speed is up to Pentium III 600 (100MHz FSB,512K L2). The high speed processors are inapplicable." After rereading the manual I came across this part:- VRM (Voltage Regulator Modules) on Board • Flexible motherboard design with on-board VRM 8.2, easy to upgrade with Intel’s® Future Overdrive® processors. So I searched for "VRM 8.2" and found the following:- http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentiumiii/sb/CS-007612.htm http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/FAQ-Rev-02-26-05-ftopict97744.html and a search on "Pentium 3 Katmai" found this: http://www.geek.com/procspec/intel/pentium3consumer.htm all this coincided with the disappearance of 600MHz/2.0v parts from Ebay. I think I will try and find a cheap 1.7v part. This case is closed! I think