Chaintech 6BTM w/ PWM IC AIC1569CS - Celeron 1300 possible?

[GermanKraut77]

Hi

My first posting on your board!

Hardware specs:
- P2 400
- 392 MB RAM
- HighPoint Rocket133 ATA Controller
- Samsung hdds (4x)
- Chaintech 6btm-0
- Voodoo 3 3000
- Windows 2000

I want to upgrade my server. My idea is to put in a Celeron 1300 (FSB100) und upgrade RAM to 512 MB. Why Celeron 1300? My focus is on a silent pc system and low heat dissipation. The typical power dissipation is around 34.8 W. I think thats a good value compared to 27.6 W on my ol' PII 400. I expect to have low heat development w/out implementing a lot of coolers.

To setup the new cpu i want to purchase a SLOT-T adapter of Upgradeware.

Checking my prolly ourdated manual about Vcore it reads 1.8 ~ 3.5V.

I contacted Upgradeware about that issue and received the following statement:


Hi



Thank you for the PWM IC number. AIC1569CS (1.3V~3.5V) could support the lower voltages that a Tualatin needs.



Here are the general upgrade tips:



1) Pleaes update to the latest BIOS for your motherboard before CPU upgrade. (http://www.chaintech.com.tw/tw/eng/Download/)

2) Suggest to clear CMOS because the previous settings might not be suitable for a Tualatin processor

3) The Celeron Tualatin 1.0GHz/1.1GHz/1.2GHz/1.3GHz/1.4GHz (0.13micron, FC-PGA2, FSB 100MHz, L2 cache 256K) are your upgrade choice.

Best regards

Tech Support



Sounds good. So it should be possible to run the Celeron 1300 w/ the help of a bios upgrade and a SLOT-T adapter.

Unfortunately i got another message of Upgradeware which is confusing me:


Hi



6BTM0 has different versions – C,D,E, F,G, H….etc – we believe that version C& D only support Vcore 1.8V~3.5V.

Because the Vcore of Coppermine processor ranges from 1.50V~1.75V, version C&D do not support it.

Yours should not be version C&D. You can adjust Vcore from Jumper on SLOT-T in order to change Vcore value.



My PWM IC seems to be the "good" one. The guy from Upgradeware judged i don't have rev. C or D cause of the implemented PWM IC. I opened up my case to be certain and it reads: "6BTM0-D100A".
What a mess?!?

Maybe some1 around here has a 6btm w/ similar rev.? If so please share your experience.

I contacted Chaintech btw but havent received an answer so far. Seems they want me to buy a new mobo to increase their profits :(

Hoping for helpfull replies.

Thanks in advance.


Greetings
GermanKraut77

[OuchToo]

Hi, I just signed up because I think I can help. [This is also my first post.]
If you want to run a Tualatin CPU on a slot 1 or motherboard that doesn't support Tualatin or the low voltage it is actually pretty easy.
You will need a slot 1 to socket 370 adapter [Super Slocket III is good], a Lin-Lin FC-PGA socket 370 adapter , the cpu & heatsink\fan .
Set the slot 1 adapter so it "auto detects" the cpu FSB AND VOLTAGE.
Put the Lin-Lin adapter on the slot one adapter.
Set the jumpers on the Lin-Lin adapter to the FSB & voltage you want.
Install the CPU on the Lin-Lin adapter.
Install the heatsink & fan [DON'T forget to apply heatsink "grease" to the CPU BEFORE installing the heatsink!]
Install the finished unit on the motherboard.
Plug in the fan.
Turn on the computer.
If you use this method and have trouble figuring out how to set the jumpers on the Lin-Lin adapter post back.The jumper settings on the Lin-Lin box aren't too clear but I have a VERY clear list.
My current machine [the one I'm on now] has a Tualatin 1000A/256/100/1.475 Cpu I used a Lin-Lin adapter to make it work.
What caught my interest abot your post is that I just aquired the exact same typy of motherboard you have and plan to use my Tualatin CPU on it by doing exactly what I just described, [IT WORKS!!!]