Upgradeware 370GU

[routehero]

http://www.upgradeware.com/english/product/370gu/370gu.htm

I'm getting one of these soon for my ASUS CUV4X. I picked up a Celeron 1.3GHz and am going to upgrade it from 733 to 1.3.

The unit got a good review at tom's hardware. Hopefully it works without a hitch.

Running FreeBSD 5.0 so I don't see any major OS problems.

[routehero]

Well, the upgrade went relatively well. Fitting the Celeron 1.3 GHz in to the Upgradeware 370GU took a bit of 'force', but once it was in there there were no problems.

The system POSTs only at a Pentium-II 1200 MHz. I've flashed the BIOS to the latest (1009) non-beta. However, FreeBSD detects the proper speed with no problems (see below).

It's a cheap way to upgrade an older system up to 1.4GHz. Thumbs up.

CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (1302.97-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6b1 Stepping = 1
Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MC A,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
real memory = 536788992 (524208K bytes)
avail memory = 517177344 (505056K bytes)
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
Using $PIR table, 7 entries at 0xc00f1270
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
acpi0: <ASUS CUV4X > on motherboard

[routehero]

Hmm.

Turns out one of my sticks of ram decided to stop working. The system is also not very stable at all. I emailed the Upgradware tech-support folks, but the only thing I haven't done is flash the bios to a beta version.

So, tomorrow I'm going to pick up an ASUS TUSI-M and just be done with the hassle.

$60 down the drain? Yep.

[DaGooch]

:(

[bcn]

maybe it is not stable of the voltage regulators on your board not able to get enough amperage for your processor - they chew up more power than the previous ones.