Quoting popkonserve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> 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$ > > THOSE adapters only reroute some signals. they leave the vcore > generation completely untouched and you can easily burn your board's > regulators.
How? I thought FC-PGA2's have a lower voltage requirment than FC-PGA's. > that's why they are so cheap. additionally those adapters > don't change voltage levels of some important signals esp. PWRGOOD. this > signal needs a level of 2.0V according to intel's specs. on some boards > it is just connected to vcore. with vcore way below 2.0V the cpu will > never start, not even with this adapter. > everyone with medicore soldering skills could rework a S370 to achieve > the same within 5 minutes. > > but apart from all this: the bios (not even linuxbios) can distinguish > between a fcpga/fcpga-ii board and a ppga only board. That's a good thing right? This way you can do some things you normally wouldn't be able to do. Like, the wiki home page says "Various non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket)" > only if all boards > were handtested by someone. this leads me back to my first thought: all > slot1 and s370 boards get support for all slot1 and s370 cpus. the bios > picks the correct handling routine during runtime like current bioses > do,too. > Holger > Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't it ok if the LB processor code is a bit generic. All it needs to do is get Linux going and as long as the Linux kernel is able to detect the processor (vender/device id, etc) it can take over and unleash the processors full capabilities? Thanks - Joe -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
