How to tell the 815EP chip stepping of my mobo ?

[Philip]

Hi,

As far as I'm aware for a mobo to support the up coming Tualatin CPU it would require a 815EP chip with "B" stepping. My mobo uses the 815EP chip but how can I tell what stepping it is?

[e_storm]

Philip (Jun 13, 2001 03:41 a.m.):
Hi,

As far as I'm aware for a mobo to support the up coming Tualatin CPU it would require a 815EP chip with "B" stepping. My mobo uses the 815EP chip but how can I tell what stepping it is?

Not sure I understand what you're asking... the chips have steppings, not mobos...are you talking about the board supporting the 815EP chipset? Maybe I'm wrong, but I've not heard of a stepping for the chipset. What board do you have?

[Philip]

Yes, I'm really asking about how to tell the stepping of the i815EP chip that is on my mobo. I read somewhere that the up coming Tualatin processor requires i815EP stepping "B" to work.

[Sohryu Asuka Langley]

Check mobo web sites

(I want a Asus TUSL2-C!)

[Philip]

Okay, now I remember where I read the article, it was from Tomshardware,

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q2/010612/tualatin-01.html

My mobo is FIC FS39 I purchased 2 weeks ago. I hope that this one could have longer life span but it is almost like a tradition from Intel that every new CPU would require a new motherboard to work with. That is socket 7 -> slot 1 -> PPGA -> FCPGA ->FCPGA-2 -> socket 423 -> socket 478