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I have a Gateway G6-450 that I want to upgrade the CPU on, but I am not sure what my options are, much less what I need to make it work. I have spoke with Gateway Support and Gateway Add-On Sales and received conflicting information from both parties. The last thing I want to do is to "fry" my system. I have seen several CPU upgrade posts on this web site, but none that seem to address this particular situation because of the motherboard. To do this upgrade, I don't want to replace the motherboard because of the design of the tower case and its built in LS 120 support. Here is what I have:
-- Gateway Tower Case
-- 200 Watt OEM Power Supply
-- Intel PII 450 MHz
-- Intel Tabor Motherboard MP440BX
-- Bios 4M4PB0X1.15A.0033.21
-- Front Side Buss 100 MHz
-- 256 Ram
-- Promise Ultra 66 Card
-- LS 120
-- 2 Hard Drives
-- CDRW
-- DVD
-- HP Colorado 14 GB Tape Backup
In searching Gateway's web site, I looked up the motherboard (Gateway # 4000321) and came across to items of information:
-- The processor's Voltage Identification (VID) pins automatically program the voltage regulator on the motherboard to the required procesor voltage.
-- The motherboard can be upgraded with PII processors that run at higher speeds by using the configure mode in CMOS.
This is what has confused me. Gateway Support said I could only go with a PII 450 MHz, but Gateway Add-On Sales said I could go with a PIII 850 MHz with a FSB 100 MHz. Neither would elaborate more than that. I have also seen several posts referencing a "slotket," but I am not familar with them.
I realize a new power supply would help, but the Gateway case will only work with power supplies with the fan built into the bottom of the unit and I have not been able to find one outside of Gateway. I faced this problem a couple weeks ago when mine went out (two weeks after the warranty ran out, of course).
Any help (as well as instructions) on what I can do about my CPU dilema would be greatly appreciated.
PS I also plan on upgrading to Windows XP.
Thanks!
-- Gateway Tower Case
-- 200 Watt OEM Power Supply
-- Intel PII 450 MHz
-- Intel Tabor Motherboard MP440BX
-- Bios 4M4PB0X1.15A.0033.21
-- Front Side Buss 100 MHz
-- 256 Ram
-- Promise Ultra 66 Card
-- LS 120
-- 2 Hard Drives
-- CDRW
-- DVD
-- HP Colorado 14 GB Tape Backup
In searching Gateway's web site, I looked up the motherboard (Gateway # 4000321) and came across to items of information:
-- The processor's Voltage Identification (VID) pins automatically program the voltage regulator on the motherboard to the required procesor voltage.
-- The motherboard can be upgraded with PII processors that run at higher speeds by using the configure mode in CMOS.
This is what has confused me. Gateway Support said I could only go with a PII 450 MHz, but Gateway Add-On Sales said I could go with a PIII 850 MHz with a FSB 100 MHz. Neither would elaborate more than that. I have also seen several posts referencing a "slotket," but I am not familar with them.
I realize a new power supply would help, but the Gateway case will only work with power supplies with the fan built into the bottom of the unit and I have not been able to find one outside of Gateway. I faced this problem a couple weeks ago when mine went out (two weeks after the warranty ran out, of course).
Any help (as well as instructions) on what I can do about my CPU dilema would be greatly appreciated.
PS I also plan on upgrading to Windows XP.
Thanks!