Slotket and Coppermine for BX MB

[dokir]

I know it wouldn't be officially approved by any motherboard manufacturer but will a new Slotket by Iwill or Abit (or any others) allow the use of a Coppermine FC-PGA processor in a Slot 1 BX (or ZX) motherboard that wasn't designed for one? I have an FIC VB-601 and an Asus P2-99 (both Slot 1) that will supposedly support up to P3 600 with a BIOS update. Is the Coppermine support just a matter of different voltages, which the slotket is able to change I think, or is there more fundamental differences in the chipset or BIOS that the Slotket would not be able to handle? Most of the descriptions of the Slotkets merely say they allow the use of a Coppermine in a Slot 1 BX MB but aren't really specific as to whether the MB has to be able to support the Coppermine.

 

[Lumbee799]

I have the Soyo 6BA-IV 440Bx, an Abit slocket, and a FCPGA 700Mhz PIII overclocked to 933Mhz. This has been an absolutely solid setup with no problems at all.

 

[AndyHui]

The ASUS P2-99 will support Coppermine processors, both Slot 1 and FC-PGA with a slotket, as long as you have the latest BIOS update. In this case, there should be no problem.

 

[Rahn924]

i have bx board--soyo6ba-III, running old cellron 400@540and tried my son's coppermine 533@800 in Iwill slotket, ran just fine...I have new coppemine on order now with MSI 6905 master slotket...this has voltage adjustmet on slotket ....some bx boards donot have correct volt for coppermine cpu..ie use slotket with volt adj....good luck.

 

[kponds]

I pretest c2's and PIII FCPGA on the soyo BA-IV abd the Soyo 6VCA (both slot 1 boards - BX and VIA). I have ran both of them quite well with Abit, MSI, and Asus slockets. My order of preference is MSI, Asus and Abit.