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Upgrading an old PIII

post #1 of 12
2/19/04 at 8:12am
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So I'm just out for a simple upgrade, right now it's a 500 mhz P3 with 192 megs (upped from 64) of ram. A bit slow.

If I just want to upgrade the processor, I'm just going to assume I have to stay in the P3 family. Anything I should know, really? If I were to go out and find an old 1 ghz P3, could I just snap it in there and it'll work?

Thanks in advance.
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post #2 of 12
2/19/04 at 10:10am
Depends, if my memory serves me correctly there was a "slot one" type of P3-50 and then the chip type. If it is the chip type you should be OK.
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post #3 of 12
2/19/04 at 10:22am
I have a 633mhz p3 chip lying around... $25 bucks maybe?
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post #4 of 12
2/19/04 at 12:11pm
I have a 800mhz P3 processor out of a Sager 8560 if your interested.. i bought a couple laptops from our forum friend MARQUISDARQUIS and one of them i scrapped for parts.. so, if your intereseted in the processor.. Email me.. (Ebay_is_Evil@hotmail.com).. would take like 35$ for it.

-Evil Juggalo
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post #5 of 12
2/19/04 at 1:51pm
You are upgrading a PIII? Be careful! There are literally dozens of variants of this chip, and some of them require different chipsets and packages, especially at the higher frequencies. A list of all the PIIIs out there: http://www.intel.com/design/pentiumiii/qit/update.pdf

Depending on your system's FSB (100/133), packaging (SECC2/FC-PGA2/FC-PGA), motherboard voltage specs, you will only be limited to a few of these processors.
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post #6 of 12
2/19/04 at 2:01pm
You may also need to update the BIOS to support the increased speed.
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post #7 of 12
2/20/04 at 5:39pm
i have a P3 600 mhz woot it owns with my sd ram$
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post #8 of 12
2/21/04 at 3:32am
Thread Starter 
Cool, thanks for the link delta. Now uhh ... how do I figure out which one mine is? =P

Depending on which one I've got I'll be happy to take on some of those offers.
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post #9 of 12
2/21/04 at 12:47pm
Remember, you can overclock P3's so much.. they don't heat up as much as AMD's
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post #10 of 12
2/21/04 at 12:52pm
I am not exactly sure how to find out which PIII one has. Intel isn't making our life very easy. Even within the same series, such as the Coppermine series, and using the same socket, FC-PGA, there are two different batches of chips with different voltage requirements, which means that one's motherboard supports one but not the other. How do you find out which chips one's motherboard support? I have no clue.
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post #11 of 12
3/14/04 at 2:22am
you might want to download aida32 (google it) that will tell you everything you need to know about your comp.
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post #12 of 12
3/14/04 at 2:26pm
Denkc

Try this handy link @ Intel:

http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/p3p.htm

They follow the other links.

Happy Hunting
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