Can I upgrade my 366Mhz Celeron to a Pentium III?

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I have an eMachine eTower 366i2 PC with a 366 MHz Celeron and 4 gigs of memory. I've installed more ram giving me a total of 160 altogether. I run 4 to 6 programs at a time & often have several web page windows open (I have a cable modem) & I listen to music, plus I use a cable TV card the majority of the time. My processor is working overtime and it is slow after I get going. I want it to run faster.

Is it possible to replace my processor with a Pentium III? I plan to add an external hard drive for more memory. But I don't know if I can do this simply or if it's going to be like brain surgery. If I can, is it very complicated to do for a novice like me?

http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gifThanks! Rick

[xor_chad]

Howdy
I dont own an eMachine but i know their rep - limited upgrade.

Your particular model i am familiar with and i must say unfortunately 'no'.
You have a socket370 PPGA CPU and it will not work with the new flip-chip sockets...unless there are now adapters.

There is a way to rewire the socket, but i recommend it only for experts. Plus you prob dont have the ablity to change the bus to 100 and etc. Sorry. Laters...

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[Paleo Pete]

You might try installing more RAM, that might help the resources a bit.

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[kenja]

Well, I'm don't know if "Katmai" Pentium IIIs would work; the newer "Coppermine" series of Pentiums (and Celerons) will definitely NOT work. They have a lower core voltage, and your TriGem motherboard's voltage regulator won't go there. The power supply will shut itself down immediately. Besides, a Pentium III would be a waste because I'm quite sure the motherboard is limited to the Celeron's memory bus frequency of 66MHz.

What DOES work: a "Mendocino" 500MHz Celeron. I pulled one out of my Compaq Presario and installed it in my 366i2 (after kludging a fan onto the permanately attached heatsink). Fortunately, the BIOS self-adjusts; benchmarks confirm that I am indeed running at 500MHz.

"Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good."

Unfortunately, I don't think this upgrade would be enough to meet your performance demands. I'm running with 192Mb of RAM, but I'd be real hesitant to max it out to 256Mb because of the puny power supply.

Side note: While hard drives are indeed memory, they are usually referred to as "storage". "Memory" usually refers to the RAM.