fc-pga adapter

[upgrader1]

I'm using an fc-pga 10 fc-pga2 adapter in my mobo and my processor only shows as P111 700 100 fsb even though it is a pIII 933 133 fsb. I am using the proper jumpers on the adapter and it still doesn't read right. Does anyone know anything about these adapters and how they work? Sandra shows the same as computer properties.

[Amd4ever]

P3 933 is not fcpga2 (Tualatin) so you don't need the adapter.

Unless you meant that you have a ppga board and you are using a ppga-to-fcpga adapter. You probably need the latest BIOS update for it to detect the right speed. Also you may need to manually set the fsb and multiplier.

[upgrader1]

uh. Yes it is. It was bought as such. Unless your telling me that the ebay seller mis-represented the processor. Anyway look here.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3403664820

[omega31]

Yeah, that is a Tualatin, by the s-spec SL5U3.

What is the motherboard being used? You may need a BIOS update, as Amd4ever indicated.

[upgrader1]

I am using an intel D815EEA mobo designed for fc-pga processor. The 815 chipset allows for 133 fsb and a expandability to pIII 933. which is what I have. I have updated the system bios to latest version.

[omega31]

It may say that it allows for up to PIII 933mhz, but that may be just for Coppermine. The board just may not be able to read the microcode from the Tualatin properly.

BTW, do you happen to have the jumper settings for that adapter handy?

[Cee-W]

It may say that it allows for up to PIII 933mhz, but that may be just for Coppermine

Omega is correct. PIII 933mhz/133 only comes as a Coppermine.
It must be a typo in the ebay info.

I run a Dual workstation with two of these cpus. See spec. below.

Acorp 6A815EPD\ Dual P-III 933 @980mhz(140x7)\GF ti-500\AHA-2940u\3com905c\Cyrstal 4-channel snd.\512mb PC-150 2-5/7-2-2.

[omega31]

Cee-W, check my earlier post. I confirmed that upgrader1's processor is indeed a Tualatin. I was just referring to the motherboard support, that it may take a P3 933, but only Coppermine. A fcpga2 adapter may not give the motherboard the ability to run a Tualatin properly if the microcode support is not there.

[Cee-W]

I stand corrected .

[Amd4ever]

upgrader1:

The seller tricked you.

I looked at the eBay item and this is what it states:

Intel PIII / P3 933MHz 933/256/133 FCPGA2 Tualatin SL5U3
sSpec Number SL5U3
Processor Frequency 933 MHz
Package Type FC-PGA2
Core Voltage 1.75V
Bus Speed 133 MHz
L2 Cache Size 256K
Die Size 0.13 micron
L2 Cache Speed 933 MHz

Then I checked the Intel site and this is what it states:

Pentium III processor at 933 MHz
sSpec Number SL5U3
Processor Frequency 933 MHz
Package Type FC-PGA2
Core Voltage 1.75V
Bus Speed 133 MHz
L2 Cache Size 256K
Die Size 0.18 micron
L2 Cache Speed 933 MHz
Core Stepping cD0

The info in red are lies.

The info in green is the key part that he left out on purpose.

cD0 means Coppermine. tA1 means Tualatin.

Anyway, your Intel D815EEA should take that CPU without the adapter.

[omega31]

Strange. I thought I saw that the SL5U3 was Tualatin. I don't know what I was smoking.
I should have remembered that true Tualatin PIII's had 512k cache.

Well, this cD0 is an oddity. It is relatively rare, as it is a Coppermine on FC-PGA2 package and is pin compatible with Tualatin. So the SL5U3 is not a Tualatin, but is a Coppermine that is pin compatible with the Tualatin.

A lie is still a lie. Get after that seller.

[causticVapor]

For the record, the lowliest desktop tualatin release was at 1GHz.