Processor upgrade for Tabor 2 Gateway part #...

The part I seem to read as these papers are notes is Gateway Part
#850298240000321 on the GW motherboard reference sitesystem seeems
extremely stable but don`t want to lose a processor but do not want to waste
it.Thanks...Peace...Harry...still if I understand the VID process correctly
as I read it it should be no problemWhat do you think?

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what's the part number for your board?
When i upgraded my bios to P21, the BIOS could support CPU speeds upto
800Mhz (if i recall correctly).. But alot of people say the board can only
support upto a PIII450 due to voltage issues.

...Pritesh

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Have you measured that the board is delivering 1.7V to the core?
The issue with these boards is that although the processor may
request 1.7V, the board's voltage regulator can't deliver it - you may
be driving 2.0V though the core (in which case the processor will probably
run just fine - until it burns out from overvoltage).

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| After doing some research and upgradeing to a P3 450
| I found an interesting issue about the motherboard.
| A 450 processor uses 2 volts.The processor uses VID pins to
automaticially
| program motherboard to the required motherboard voltage.
| A 700 processor (Intel OEM 700) uses 1.7 volts.
| I dropped in the 700 and it seems to be extremely stable.
| Intel says the board supports a 450.Gateway tech said the 700 should pose
| no problem.
| MB 4M4PBOX1bios up to P21
| Gateway will not sell me a new board..
| Any issues I should look for.All hardware running great.
| Thanks...Harry
| So if I understand correctly the processor will tell the motherboard that
it
| needs 1.7 volts and not 2 volts through the VID pins
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