PPGA to Slot 1 adapter

[supa_dre]

I am currently running a Matsonic motherboard which was advertised as a 100MHz mainboard. It has two possibilities for processors, a Slot 1 and a Socket 370. Little did I know that only the Slot 1 had the 100MHz bus speed. The 370 side of it is only 66MHz. I at the same time purchased a Celeron 400 chip which was for a 370 socket. If I get the PPGA to Slot 1 adapter and put it in the Slot 1, should I get 100MHz bus speed performance?

[mjc]

Yes, no, maybe.....

Celerons have the multiplier locked so putting it a 100MHz bus speed MOBO automatically overclocks it, so then you have heat and voltage issues to contend with.

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mjc
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[supa_dre]

Thanks for the reply,mjc

Ok, there are some Celerons that advertise at 100MHz (bus speed) and some that dont say at all, i am wondering which mine is. It is 400MHz chip. Does anyone know of a website that could give me specs on my cpu?

[kenja]

You've got a 66MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) Celeron, supa_dre. Only the recently released 800MHz Celeron has the 100MHz FSB.

Certain motherboards allow running the memory bus at +/-33MHz from the system bus (FSB). This is not overclocking (the PCI bus remains at the standard 33MHz), but does enable the full use of PC100 memory for a standard Celeron. (Maybe not the full potential; I'm a little hazy about bus relationships.)

Intel Celeron Support (http://support.intel.com/support/processors/celeron/)

[supa_dre]

Hey, thanks for the responses!!

Especially kenja for that link. I just learned some stuff from that site. I actually tried(before) to put an adapter in my slot 1 to accommodate my 370 celeron, but my power supply was in the way when i went to reassemble. Its a damn good thing that it was too, because I just discovered from the site that i could have damaged something had I placed that 66mhz chip on to a 100mhz bus.