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Hey, I'm a self-proclaimed Pentium III expert. :P I did most of my PC work during the P3 days.
That top picture is a socketed Pentium III, designed to go into the newer Socket 370 (mostly i815-based)Pentium III boards. They're called FC-PGA chips, and come in either the Coppermine or Tualatin versions of the Pentium III
The bottom picture is a slotted Pentium III, designed to go into older Slot 1(mostly 440BX-based) boards that were originally made for Pentium IIs of the same cartridge form-factor. The slotted P3s come in Katmai (external cache) or Coppermine (integrated cache) versions.
Of course, you can use a socketed Pentium III in an older Slot 1 motherboard, using a Slot 1 to Socket 370 converter (aka a Slocket).
Just make sure that the new P3 is of the same bus speed as the older P3 (I'm guessing 100MHz, since your PC is quite old). Many of the socketed P3s have133MHz bus speeds.
so that is a slot? is that what is in it exept for theprocessor?You need to find one of these,
im acctuallly using one right now with a 1ghz celeron
Random__Guy
so that is a slot? is that what is in it exept for theprocessor? queenfan66
I"m too sure what your trying to say but if you have a slot like this on your mothereboard (for cpu)
And you want to use one of these
you need one of these
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