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Need help identifying the right path. I'm running an IBM Intellistation M Pro (6889-14U) with Dual PII-400's. I want to upgrade to PIII-850's however I'm not sure how to correctly identify wether or not I need a converter board or not. Here's the information I can provide:
1. Manual say Power Supply provides 3.3-volt power for the Pentium II or Pentium III processors.
2. Has voltage regulator to convert 5.0V by power supply to core voltage required by microprocessor.
3. Last BIOS update(s) (5/12/2000) states the below:
NUKT/NUJT37A
Additional processor microcode updates
Add Pentium III 600MHz support
NUKT/NUJT43A:
Update CPU patch file
Support for addtional processor speed ratio bits
IBM says this box has only been testing under a Pentium III 600Mhz with 512k Cache, but won't comment beyond that. However the last line of the BIOS update states support for additional processor speed ratio bits, which leads me to believe that I can just pop in the Pentium III 850. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Jay Bivens
1. Manual say Power Supply provides 3.3-volt power for the Pentium II or Pentium III processors.
2. Has voltage regulator to convert 5.0V by power supply to core voltage required by microprocessor.
3. Last BIOS update(s) (5/12/2000) states the below:
NUKT/NUJT37A
Additional processor microcode updates
Add Pentium III 600MHz support
NUKT/NUJT43A:
Update CPU patch file
Support for addtional processor speed ratio bits
IBM says this box has only been testing under a Pentium III 600Mhz with 512k Cache, but won't comment beyond that. However the last line of the BIOS update states support for additional processor speed ratio bits, which leads me to believe that I can just pop in the Pentium III 850. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Jay Bivens