Dual CPU question

[UserID]

Gigabyte GA-6VTXD Via 694D Dual CPU Motherboard.
Its says it supports Intel P3 and other CPU that will work in a SMP application.
Will Celerons work ? or do I have to use P3?

Thank You

 

[Guest]

they are old crappy processors. buy 2 Athlon MP 2000+ & a MSI K7D Master motherboard.

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[UserID]

I was after an anwser, I found it, I will share it with those who may be interested.

Thanks anyway
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This is a grey area I dont want to buy 2 (celeron)CPUs just to try
I would have no use for them if they did not work, So I will spend twice the amount $ on P3 CPU's
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Intel® Celeron® Processor
Dual Processor Support

While some motherboard manufacturers purportedly have designed motherboards for dual processing, the Intel® Celeron® processor, per our design specifications, is verified for uniprocessing only. Contact the motherboard manufacturer directly for support of these installations.

Users interested in dual processing or multiprocessing should use the Pentium® III processor or the Intel® Xeon™ processor.

 

[Crashman]

They actually blow some circuits on modern Celerons so they will never work in SMP.

<font color=blue>At least half of all problems are caused by an insufficient power supply!</font color=blue>

 

[lhgpoobaa]

how 'modern' is modern? is this with all tullatin celleries or before?

So I fixed my BIG PC problem by pressing the reset button. I'm not a moron am i? :lol:

 

[jclw]

Any 0.25 micron (ie: less than 533MHz) Celeron will work in SMP. Both the 0.18 or 0.13 cores are SMP "broken", as are the 256k L2 Tualatin PIIIs.

Search the forums at <A HREF="http://forums.2cpu.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=28" target="_new">www.2cpu.com</A> for more info.

- JW

 

[Crashman]

He's got it, basically any Celeron 533 FC-PGA or newer, and 256k Tualatin PIII's.

<font color=blue>At least half of all problems are caused by an insufficient power supply!</font color=blue>

 

[jclw]

PS: The Celeron-533s will work (as they are 0.25), but the Celeron 533As will NOT (as they are 0.18).

- JW

 

[Crashman]

He was asking how modern, in reply to me stating that the modern ones won't work.

<font color=blue>At least half of all problems are caused by an insufficient power supply!</font color=blue>