>> Hello, >> Just had a thought. I wonder if socket 370 boards with LinuxBIOS >> (i810) would support Tualatin (FC-PGA2) processors as long as the >> FSB was compatable. You would probibly need a FC-PGA to FC-PGA2 >> converter because of the voltage differences, but this would allow >> much faster processors, up to 1.4Ghz :-) >> >> Thanks - Joe
Quoting popkonserve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > most boards are incompatible because intel chose a different pinout for > fcpga-ii cpus on purpose. a hardware modification (or an expensive > adapter) is needed to run a tualatin cpu on such boards. the cpu > voltage is one of the minor problems. > anyway, we should support all processors and their microcode updates. > the processor support in general needs some rework as most cpus are > completely unsupported. the generic functions are mostly useless and > only control general parameters (if anything at all). > Holger I beg to differ Holger, I have bought these on ebay cheap, and they work just fine on boards that support them. http://cgi.ebay.com/New-370-CPU-Celeron-3-Converter-Socket-for-Tualatin_W0QQitemZ230192200737QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230192200737 Here is one for 15$ Thanks - Joe -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
