Socket 479 to 478 adapter

[W1zzard]

X86-Secret has information that ASUS will be offering an adapter called CT-479 to run Socket 479 CPUs (Pentium-M) in normal Socket 478 motherboards.

Since some i915 chipset boards support socket 478 you will be able to have PCI-Express too.

The adapter will be able to run at 400 MHz and 533 MHz FSB, selectable via jumper. Both Dothan and Banias CPUs are supported.

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[wazzledoozle]

How will the socket latch down onto that? From the pics ive seen the socket 479 has a metal latch that comes down over the cpu... correct me if im wrong.

 

[W1zzard]

just insert it and the heatsink on top will hold it down? or maybe that black screw on the socket is used for something

 

[wazzledoozle]

I got mixed up with another type of socket that I read about recently-
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2275&p=3

 

[Deleted member 3]

The screwthingie is used in all laptops I've seen, its the same as the handle on other sockets.

Though if this converter is affordable and you can get your hands on a cheap banias/dothan it can be interesting, they OC quite far.

 

[ati.bob]

How do you fit a cooler onto it then?

 

[15th Warlock]

How do you fit a cooler onto it then?

The socket has its own retention mechanism, just like all the sockets before the P4 era, this is because Pentium-M processors don't need very large coolers to keep them at safe temps.
This sorta reminds me of the old slot-1 to socket 370 bridge era

 

[Urlyin]

The socket has its own retention mechanism, just like all the sockets before the P4 era, this is because Pentium-M processors don't need very large coolers to keep them at safe temps.
This sorta reminds me of the old slot-1 to socket 370 bridge era

... still have one those slot1 adapter boards on my parts shelf, was looking at it yesterday and thought it was time to send it to the Great Computer in the sky

... on sort of the same note I was thinking of buying a Athlon XP Mobile chip to go on a ECS K7S5a Pro board someone gave me ... here

Wazz... would that be faster than what you have now?

 

[wazzledoozle]

... still have one those slot1 adapter boards on my parts shelf, was looking at it yesterday and thought it was time to send it to the Great Computer in the sky

... on sort of the same note I was thinking of buying a Athlon XP Mobile chip to go on a ECS K7S5a Pro board someone gave me ... here

Wazz... would that be faster than what you have now?

It would OC much further due to 3 factors-
-Operates at a lower voltage at higher speeds
-unlocked multiplier
-best of the barton cores are selected to be mobiles, factors into high OC potential.
You dont have to get a mobile xp that expensive, a 2400+ will do. But with the higher model number, the higher frequency AMD has detected it can run at lower voltages so it will probably OC further than a mobile 2400.

Or were you being sarcastic....

 

[Breit]

must be some kind of an early april joke or something...

the pentium-m has a completely different architecture and i don't think it will run in any p4 mainboard.
with most of the mainboards you'll need to update the microcode in your bios only to run the newer p4's and i'll bet none of the motherboard makers will offer a pentium-m microcode update to their actual p4-mainboards...

so maybe it is for some mysterious mainboard that can handle both, p4 and p-m, but definitely not for all the p4-mainboards out there!

my 2 cents

breit

 

[wazzledoozle]

Im no tech expert, but wouldnt those chips on the adapter board convert the signals to make the mainbaord think it was a P4. Thats what adapters do..

 

[Urlyin]

It would OC much further due to 3 factors-
-Operates at a lower voltage at higher speeds
-unlocked multiplier
-best of the barton cores are selected to be mobiles, factors into high OC potential.
You dont have to get a mobile xp that expensive, a 2400+ will do. But with the higher model number, the higher frequency AMD has detected it can run at lower voltages so it will probably OC further than a mobile 2400.

Or were you being sarcastic....

No, actually I really don't have a use for the board and would only be to mess with... I had thought if the board and CPU was faster than what you had I would send to you after I was done goofing... I flashed it with a Honey X BIOS which gives it some more options. I'll send you the link when I get a chance ..... Sorry W1z for high jacking the thread...

 

[//mAr]

 

[Breit]

AnandTech has it in a review: link