Slot 1 Intel - spec only on heatsink?

[Holzmann]

I got this Slot 1 Intel (there was no heatsink on it)

I was searching for the spec as usual on the cache chip. But there is no spec on the whole CPU...are there ones, that had its numbers only on heatsink?

[frag_]

It is Pentium III Coppermine with on-die cache =)

[Holzmann]

is there any chance to find out the spec no?

[frag_]

Probably no.
But you can test it and reveal the core stepping and limit the list of possible sspecs to a few.

[Chook]

Slot P2 and P3 are impossible to tell what they are without the plastic casing. You can narrow it down to a range, but that's about it. The spec on the cache chip (if it has one) as far as I know is no indicator of the speed of the chip.

[hardwarecop]

And you may get an even more exact range of SSpecs if you read their revision with CPU-Z/ or similar programs.

That's how I get a more exact SSpec:

E.g. I have a Pentium II Deschutes 400 MHz (without knowing it before)
After BIOS POST check I know that it is a 400 MHz CPU. And 400 MHz can only be Deschutes, not sth. else.
Then I try to find it on CPU-World.


Possible SSpecs:
Q561 Q562 Q724 Q739
SL2U5 SL2U6 SL2VW SL357 SL37G SL38N SL3D5 SL3EE SL3F9

Okay, that's alot. Bad example

Now I open CPU-Z to detect the revision of this CPU. -> dB0 is the revision. So it can only be Q562, SL2U5, SL2U6, SL357, SL37G, SL3EE, SL3F9)

On other CPUs it works better

[Holzmann]

My P1 and PPro system comes first, then I want to build up a P3 system but up to then, I'll put it back to the " Will test it someday" box

It is very interesting to hear that the specs can be indirectly seen.

CPU-Z is a nice progrm. so far

thanks for all your good advice

[hardwarecop]

PPro? o.O nice (y)