Benjamin Gawert (bgawert@gmx.de) states:

There seem to be a lot of wrong informations around, so I´ll try to clarify: You can push *every* 320 up to 1GHz and beyond. You do *not* need Board rev. 007 or newer, even the old 006J does the job. There are some limitatations, though: First, You need PROM 1.1005 (actually the latest, and I doubt there will be a newer release) because it´s the only PROM that contains Coppermine support. Second, if You want Dual-CPU You´re limited to 2xPIII 1GHZ in Slot1 version (SECC2). These are the only CPU´s working in Dual configuration. If You don´t need SMP You can use an Slot adapter (slotket) and are able to use FCPGA PIII´s up to 1,1GHZ in single CPU configuration (be sure to get a 100MHz FSB CPU as most 133MHz FSB CPU´s simply refuse to boot, and since the 320 only gives 100MHz FSB You´d loose performance with 133MHz chips). If You want more You can use an Tualatin slotadapter and use an Tualatin Celeron with 1,3GHz. They´re cheap, and they´re pretty fast... All this is doable with even 006J mobo´s, I had my PIII-1,1GHZ running on a 006J until I replaced it with a 007A, and I know a lot of machines with 006J and CPU´s over 1GHz. If a FCPGA won´t run in a machine with 006J mobo and latest PROM it´s mostly a shitty slot adapter, not all of them work (especially the noname adapters seem to cause some problems, not only in SGI 320´s)... So don´t be afraid of mobo changes or something like that... Benjamin


I think he is right, but keep in mind that an old VRM might not ne able to power your voltage-hungry
p3 - coppermine CPU's.

Tualatin is the name of the Intel core built into the new celerons.


PowerLeap produces a celeron adapter (single cpu only), which allows
the use of 1.2 and 1.4 (not heard from working 1.4 , anyone ? ) gigahertz celerons.
http://www.powerleap.com/Products/iP3T.htm