ASUS P3C-D Motherboard and PIII-S (Tualatin)

[stmok]

I'm currently using an ASUS P3C-D mobo with 512MB RDRAM
PC800 and a pair of SLOT 1 PIII 1Ghz (100Mhz FSB)...

I was wondering if anyone has tried that Powerleap Slocket
that is capable with Tualatin CPUs.

I know intel maybe planning on one last PIII-S at 1.5Ghz
and I'm planning on using the Powerleap adaptors on this
mobo. (I'll use the PIII 1Ghz on a GX chipset mobo)

How reliable is the Powerleap adaptor?
I heard one or two horror stories resulting in total loss
of motherboard, CPU and the Slocket.

 

[girish]

the <A HREF="http://www.friendtech.com" target="_new">powerleap site</A> does list the P3C-D motherboard as one compatible with the adapter!

There are one or two horror stories about total loss with the adapter, but its a very small percentage. There are many more sucess stories with the IP3/T than horror ones.

I suggest you should go for it. Make sure the processor gets a 133 MHz FSB which the P3C-D might be able to provide, and that the RDRAM clock works asynchronously at 100 MHz, RDRAM doesnt overclock too well, and certainly not 100->133 straight. Check your board docs for that else you will end up running the P-III 1.2GHz at 900 MHz!

girish

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