PC Partner BXM829D mobo

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  1. RichardBX

    RichardBX What's a Dremel?

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    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 ?
     
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    RichardBX What's a Dremel?

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    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
     

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