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December 23rd, 2003 12:00

Precision 410 CPU Upgrade

I've read the previous threads on CPU upgrade and am not sure what would apply to me.  Hope someone can help.  I have a system that was shipped in Jan. 1999.  It has the following information:

Processor module, 80523, 350M, 512K, SLOT1, A1

Planar (motherboard), 440BX, 64MBytes DIMM, Terminator Card, processor, power Edge.

I recently added a 120GB 7200 RMP hard drive with 8 MB cache, added 256MB memory, and upgrade to XP and the performance is awful.  I noticed in the task manager that the physical memory usage and peak usage never exceeded 250M.  So for now, I do not think the performance problem is due to not enough memory. 

There seems to be a question in the previous threads about older/newer mother board.  I don't know what I have.  How can I tell, and what are my options to upgrading the CPU?  Thanks.

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January 6th, 2004 22:00

Try dual PIII 1.10 100fsb chips. I found them at axiontech.com and I used slot1 - socket370 converter cards with voltage regulartors found at powerleap.com

January 8th, 2004 15:00

Thanks for the suggestion.  I will try it.

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January 31st, 2004 05:00

If you do try it, let me know what you find out. I have just recently had some problems with this upgrade. I posted the following:

These adapters come with lines that will connect to the typical power adapter (i.e. what powers the harddrives). However, after a few weeks of testing with these, I have concluded the following:

The system just keep freezing after a couple of days of continued uptime. I tried increasing the voltage (as stated in the guide that came with the slotkets), I tried running in single proc. mode with terminator. I tried running each chip on a diff. slotket on diff. occasions. I added some heatsink compound to the 1100mhz chips, but the system would still freeze (lock up). The heatsinks were NOT scorching hot when it would lock up, so, i was going to rule out overheating. Only other things I can think of are that the slots weren´t always inserted in a fasion that was for optimal conductivity. I say this because sometimes when they would be removed and reinserted, the system would not boot. Taking them out and reinsertion would sometimes work. Another theory is that the proc. are somewhat damaged from trials from the last slotkets I tried to get working. The sheet also commented on SoundBlaster cards causing conflicts when upgrading from PII to PIII. I had uninstalled the SB (as well as physically removed), and reinstalled it after the PIIIs were inserted. I have addressed all the "lockup issues" that came with Powerleap´s slotkets. If anyone has any ideas that could remedy this, please let me know. Has anyone else tried these adapters? They do give the impression of working flawlessly until repeated use. I figured the first freezeup, which occured about 4 days after insertion, was just some M$ messup. I have since put back in the dual P400s and the system is very stable.

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February 20th, 2005 14:00

I've upgraded to the powerleap iP3/T v2 but recently I get infrequent hangs? I've upgraded my videocard to a nVidia GeForce FX 5700 (AGP 8x, 256 MB, etc.) I've added a 150GB harddrive and two 20 GB harddrives using a Maxtor SATA/150 PCI Card. 

 I've tried everything except a clean install of XP. Do I need to re-install XP? Could the hangs come from the power connection to CD-power and not the main power supply?

I read in another forum about increasing the voltage settings on the powerleap cpu from 1.6 to 1.7. I've done this and still issues? I've verified L2 cache in enabled and working. The pc works great, fast but then something just causes it to hang?

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February 21st, 2005 00:00

The system has AGP2X slot. Could Be That it doesnt like the nvidia card and or you need more power to run that configuration.

The problem with more power of course is that the supply is proprietary.

I run mine with DUAL P3 coppermine 800mhz and the original Radeon 9800 pro and have
no lockups or other problems.

I did add additional cooling to the case and slot cooler to vent heat out the back.

800mhz I believe is the max Coppermine supported but the Tualatins work because they
arent recognized as a Coppermine and therefore it doesnt halt with unsupported cpu.

The Dual Setup is Not supported with IP3-T Slotkets. They make a more precise Slotket
setup for Dual using 1.4Ghz Tulatin Pentium3's that have 133mhz FSB but run at 1.1Ghz in the 410. The SMP Kit is for the Power Edge 2300. 11 x 133 = 1.46ghz

In either case I dont think that Dual 1.1ghz is supported due to excessive power issues.

I have no problem using a single 1.4Ghz cpu with terminator and the IP3-T
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