ASUS mobo / slocket question

[jptoews]

I realize this isn't strictly within the realm of overclocking, but I'm running out of places to ask this question. Apologies in advance...

I've got an ASUS P2B-F mobo w/Celeron 400 CPU. I recently acquired an ASUS S370-L Slot 1 to 370 adapter "slocket," and I'm planning to upgrade my CPU to... something faster! Duh.

Question is: What are the limitations on the CPU I can use? Mobo manual seems to indicate that CPU must have 100Mhz bus speed. But the scant documentation I can find for the S370-L seems to indicate that the adapter will allow me to use CPU's with a bus speed of up to133Mhz. Anyone know if this is true or not? The mobo manual says the mobo is compatible with PII / PII / Celeron. Does the use of the S370-L change that? Any ideas where to look or who to contact for further info? The techref and user forum areas on the ASUS site seem to be down, and I've been searching all over more info, with little luck.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Jason

[klosters64a]

Welcome to the BBS, Jason. The Asus Slocket you ask about works just fine at 133 Mhz, FSB. In my experience, the Asus Slocket works fine with the original Celerons in PPGA form factor(socket 370) as well as P3E's and P3EB's. I think that you would be SOL with the Tualatin P3's as well as the 1.2 Ghz "Tualacelly."

I suggest searching for old info about the Asus Slocket, here. I just gave my last one away, and can't remember the details of how to set the jumpers. Be aware that the guide that comes with it might be wrong about at least one setting. If I remember right, it's best to set everything to "default," so that Core Voltage and FSB are set by the mainboard.

[Snarkey]

I've got the p2b-f and am running a cel566@952. 112 fsb. I can go higher (set it , that is) but in my case it isn't stable. I held 115 for 4 hours of sandra and thought I was home free but then started to lock up out of the blue so I stayed with 112. Core can be set on the slocket and the bus is set on the board. Had some trouble with a floppy mounting (in my opinion) but it has been great for 6 months. Could never get cpu temps even though the specs say it should so I got a diode from Radio Shack (there's info in the "How to" section) and that works fine. I've always had trouble getting to Asus/America. The Taiwan link worked right away though. They got back to me within an hour. Don't have to tell you to be careful how you word your question. I let it slip that I was overclocking and it was like I had tried to stick pins in their eyes. Never heard from them again.

[Yodums]

Originally posted by jptoews
I realize this isn't strictly within the realm of overclocking, but I'm running out of places to ask this question. Apologies in advance...

I've got an ASUS P2B-F mobo w/Celeron 400 CPU. I recently acquired an ASUS S370-L Slot 1 to 370 adapter "slocket," and I'm planning to upgrade my CPU to... something faster! Duh.

Question is: What are the limitations on the CPU I can use? Mobo manual seems to indicate that CPU must have 100Mhz bus speed. But the scant documentation I can find for the S370-L seems to indicate that the adapter will allow me to use CPU's with a bus speed of up to133Mhz. Anyone know if this is true or not? The mobo manual says the mobo is compatible with PII / PII / Celeron. Does the use of the S370-L change that? Any ideas where to look or who to contact for further info? The techref and user forum areas on the ASUS site seem to be down, and I've been searching all over more info, with little luck.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Jason

Basically that slotket will get any chip in to P3 1.1gig or Celeron 1.1 gig assuming you have 11 multipliers.

Your motherboard in this case doesn't really have anything with the bus speeds its the slotket and yes the slotket will provide you with the 133fsb. The slotket is mean for your motherboard to be compatible from slot to a socket 370 so with the lastest bios update it should be support everything that the slotket is being thrown at. Although the Asus site only provide you with the DL outline try the Asus site and check for the DL since L is Rev 1.01 and DL is rev 1.01 so they're quite about the same.

I have the slotket you have and it is a very easy setup. The jumpers for the voltage should be on auto and it gets it from the vid pins from your computer in the slotket. The only problem is the heatsink. Modern Socket 370 heatsinks are very wide and its most likely if you put a heatsink on here that is Socket 370 it will come in contact with the North Bridge.

So you will need heatsink designed for a slotket, ie: Alpha PEPT66.

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[jptoews]

Thanks so much to all for your responses! They have been been extremely helpful.

Just a couple of things I need clarified:

1. "assuming you have 11 multipliers..." What exactly does this mean? I have a very *general* understanding of bus-to-cpu multiplier, but some of the information I've read seems to indicate that these settings are no longer relevant, that the chip now determines this... Can someone help me to understand this a bit better?

2. "...and it gets it from the vid pins from your computer in the slotket" I've seen references to VID pins, but I don't quite get it. Can someone elaborate?

Again, thanks to everyone for the help!

Jason