Upgrade Intel 440LX motherboard- from 233 Mhz Pentium2

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hi all,

I have a PC with Pentium II 233 Mhz/ Intel 440LX motherboard.
Running windows 98, and after we have installed wifi in our house, and
upgraded this pc to
a Wifi PCI card, it became ubearably slow after about 30 minutes from
boot. (the mouse cursor hardly moves).

I know there is one sure upgrade option- put in a 333Mhz Pentium II but
I'm not sure its worth the hassle. (From what I remember, 40%
additional CPU speed does not always return a 40% system performance
increase).

I read Bill Selk's 440LX web site-
http://home.earthlink.net/~billselk/al440lx/slockets2.html
He mentions there that it is possible to run a 100Mhz FSB CPU into my
66Mhz motherboard, and it will work albeit at a lower speed:

"You can put a 100 MHz FSB CPU in your system, but it will only run at
66 MHz. So, if you buy a 800 MHz Celeron 2 processor, it will only run
at 533 MHz (the clock multiplier multiplied by the front side bus
speed, or 8 times 66 MHz). "


I have tried to find his recommended upgrade, the POWERLEAP PL-IP3/T
"slocket 2" upgrade, on E-bay, with a 66Mhz cpu but the only one I find
Is one with a 1.4GHz 100 Mhz CPu. I would like to know any opinions
whether this is worth a try and will simply work as he suggests (but at
what speed?), at a slower speed or not work at all,
and is the item below a Celeron 2 at all?

POWERLEAP PL-IP3/T CELERON 1.4GHZ 1.4 1400 CPU

Thank you!!


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/POWERLEAP-PL-...ryZ14292QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



Also... Is this a Celeron 2 or 1?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Celeron...ryZ16180QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

will it match the POWERLEAP PL-IP3/T ?
 
hi all,

I have a PC with Pentium II 233 Mhz/ Intel 440LX motherboard.
Running windows 98, and after we have installed wifi in our house, and
upgraded this pc to
a Wifi PCI card, it became ubearably slow after about 30 minutes from
boot. (the mouse cursor hardly moves).

I know there is one sure upgrade option- put in a 333Mhz Pentium II but
I'm not sure its worth the hassle. (From what I remember, 40%
additional CPU speed does not always return a 40% system performance
increase).

I read Bill Selk's 440LX web site-
http://home.earthlink.net/~billselk/al440lx/slockets2.html
He mentions there that it is possible to run a 100Mhz FSB CPU into my
66Mhz motherboard, and it will work albeit at a lower speed:

"You can put a 100 MHz FSB CPU in your system, but it will only run at
66 MHz. So, if you buy a 800 MHz Celeron 2 processor, it will only run
at 533 MHz (the clock multiplier multiplied by the front side bus
speed, or 8 times 66 MHz). "


I have tried to find his recommended upgrade, the POWERLEAP PL-IP3/T
"slocket 2" upgrade, on E-bay, with a 66Mhz cpu but the only one I find
Is one with a 1.4GHz 100 Mhz CPu. I would like to know any opinions
whether this is worth a try and will simply work as he suggests (but at
what speed?), at a slower speed or not work at all,
and is the item below a Celeron 2 at all?

POWERLEAP PL-IP3/T CELERON 1.4GHZ 1.4 1400 CPU

Thank you!!


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/POWERLEAP-PL-...ryZ14292QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



Also... Is this a Celeron 2 or 1?
Click to expand...

Well, is not as simple as Celeron 1, 2, 3, etc. There are many CPU cores
sold under the name Celeron. The one in the link is actually a fourth
generation Celeron (1st the ones without L2 cache, 2nd Mendocino, 3rd
Coppermine and 4th Tualatin). For your system, i would recomend a
Mendocino. I runs up to 533 mhz with 66 mhz bus and 2.0 - 2.2 v vcore. With
a Slot 1 adapter, it will definitly fit in your LX board. The Tualatin
might require a newer BIOS, and it might not be avaiable for your board.
Second, running something at 933 mhz with a 66 mhz FSB sucks.

That, or just get a newer board. $109 plus shipping can buy a quite
powerfull 2nd hand computer.
 
This computer goes on sale for 150 bucks sometimes. check out outpost
everyday for a coupkle weeks . don't upgrade when you can buy a new
bottom of the line model including mouse and keyboard for 150 bucks, I
bought one of these when I was looking for a new motherboard a year
ago,(slightly slower Sempron ) cause 100 bucks for a motherboard and
100 bucks for a new cpu then you need new memory cause its all ddr or
ddrq2 memory, this is just to cheap at 149.95
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4881650?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

emailis guer at kwtacts dot com
 
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