Socket 370 P3 on P6BAT-A+

[stopvirus]

I have an ECS P6BAT-A+ board that is designed for a Slot-1 PII/PIII or a Socket 370 PPGA Celeron.

Performance is a bit limited (my daughter has bought Sims 2!) and I was thinking of getting a second-hand 800MHz Socket 370 PIII with 100Mhz FSB (the board doesn't support 133MHz FSB, unfortunately).

The board's manual explicitly says that it supports "FC-PGA P-III processors", "except for 133MHz FC-PGA in the 370 socket". Is an 800/100 P-III a "FC-PGA" chip ? Ought this setup (probably) to work ?

Thanks for any input
Nick in France

[ajzchips]

If it's a socket370 P3-800, then it's FCPGA.

It should work.

[Denniss]

FCPGA support depends on motherboard revision .

Rev 1.x do support SECC"/FCPGA only in Slot-1 (FCPGA via Slocket) - Socket370 is PPGA Celeron only

Rev 2.x is FCPGA-compatible in Slot-1 and socket-370

[stopvirus]

I'm away from the PC right now, but I have the mainboard manual and it has plenty of "Version 2.x" writing on it, so I presume at least one of those refers to the board itself

Thanks for the tips !