Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:17:20 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>, Edmund_L_Mulligan@armstrong.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Supported Hardware in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199807280718.AAA20487@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980727102349.2818C-100000@dsinw.com> References: <8625664E.004F5671.00@mailex01.Armstrong.com>
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At 10:32 AM 7/27/98 -0700, rick hamell wrote: > > >> There are versions of the Celeron on the way that do have some L2 cache on >> board, but only 128 instead of 512(?). > > I've had some pretty good luck with AMD chips. They're still a heck >of a lot cheaper then Celeron or PII chips, seem to run as well and >fast and in some cases better then PII, plus the motherboards are >cheaper too for the same quality! I agree here. Although I just saw some new CPU prices and the Celeron 300 (no cache version) costs the same as a K6-300, $149. > >> The Celeron uses the same socket, but a different support system. The chip will >> fit into the socket but may or may not be mechanically secure. It uses a > > The Celeron uses Intel's 'Slot II' technology, which is of course, >different enough from the 'inferior' Slot I technology. Er...No. The Celeron still uses Slot I technology. It can fit into any existing Pentium II board out there. It just doesn't have the plastic housing around the printed circuit board. That means the CPU can't lock into the socket like Pentium IIs can. I haven't seen how a CPU fan fits onto the Celeron. > As did I. What really stopped me from going Pentium II of any flavor >is the stupid ATX design. All the higher end Motherboards I'd use with >Pentium II only come in ATX style, as clumsy as I am I know I'd hit that >soft push power button and screw my system completly. :) Some of the BIOSes let you alter what the power switch does. Some make you hold it for four seconds or something like that. Besides, you can always leave the front power switch disconnected (and set the BIOS to turn-on-after-power-failure mode) as ATX power supplies have a master power switch in the back of them. --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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