On Mon, 10 May 1999, Sandy Harris wrote:
> I'm seeing cheap boards that hold a socket 370 Celeron and plug
> into slot one. Most have jumpers that claim to enable SMP support.
The only Slot1/Socket370 adapter I'm aware of with an SMP enable jumper is
Micro-Star's new 6905 (v1.1 which is not yet available here in the states).
Though, from looking at Kikumaru's site, several of the newest adapters do
seem to come SMP enabled out of the box...
Many of the adapters can be modified to support SMP, and they can even be
bought pre-modified for about $20US.
To see what these jumpers and mods are doing to enable SMP on celerons, see
http://www.kikumaru.com/pc/celeron/index_e.html
and
http://www.ars-technica.com/cpu/1q99/dualceleron-1.html
> Can anyone report relevant experience for Linux? My main question
> is whether the adapter boards work, but any input would be welcome.
I'm running SMP Linux on 6 dual celeron systems (including my workstation)
at present - all with PPGA (Socket 370) celerons in Slot1 adapters. They
work quite nicely.
The quality of the adapter cards varies. Some are unable to run a 100MHz
FSB (unable as in unstable). That may not be an issue yet for
non-overclockers, but if Intel starts making 100MHz FBS Celerons it will be
an issue. I have found that the MSI MS-6905 is quite stable at 100MHz
FSB. I have some others (such as those made my PC Chips) that simply cannot
run 100MHz FSB at all.
-Andy
Global Auctions
http://www.globalauctions.com
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