I'm an Ebay idiot: Mobile chips in Desktop boards

[ebayidiot]

Ok, it's official, I know I'm an idiot, I didn't read the specs carefully enough, I was swept up in the moment thinking of superfast processing speeds and no more overloaded cpu lags. I bought a pentium 4 mobile chip and all I have is a desktop mobo. Am I definitely going to fry my board and the chip like my toast in the morning? Let me give you the dirty details:

I bought a Pentium P4 3.06Ghz 1M 533Mhz Socket 478 Chip Here are all the other specs from the seller that I don't know what they mean:

CPUID String: 0f34h
Core Voltage: 1.25 - 1.400v
Thermal Guideline: 88.0W
Core Stepping: D0
Thermal Spec: 75 Degrees Celsius
Manufacturing Technology: 90nm
Bus/Core Ratio: 23

This is right from Intel. It also says it's a Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor 532 (typo?) with Hyper-Threading technology. I know I know, I guess the word mobile must have been selectively deleted from my perception, please no lectures I feel dumber than a rock already.

Ok, so now the other side of the equation, my Motherboard:

It's a Gigabyte 8IEX with an Intel 845E Chipset, socket 478 533Mhz FSB Currently running a terribly slow Celeron 1700.

So, how much of a risk am I taking plugging this thing in to my board? The seller says that it is possible to use it in a desktop, but he was selling it (stupid me...argh...).

I am appealing to the chip gods here, can one of you socket-soldering, pin bending, overclocking, heatsinking CPU geniuses help me? (Will flattery get me nowhere? )

[JAC]

hmm

[sammyc]

Can u post the link to the auction?

[Ebayidiot]

I sure can,

It's http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6843592881&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

I also had a look at the Gigabyte webpage and they say that the P4 Northwood 3.06 533 (HT) works on my board, but of course they won't tell you to shove a mobile chip into a desktop.

[sammyc]

Sorry, I think you'd be nuts to try it.

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specs from the CPU-World database:

sSpec SL7DT (Intel Mobile Pentium 4)
Processor type Intel Mobile Pentium 4
Processor number 532
Part number RK80546HE0831M
Package type 478-pin FC-mPGA4
Processor speed (GHz) 3.06
Bus speed (MHz) 533
L2 cache size (KB) 1024
Manufacturing technology (micron) 0.09
Core voltage (V) 1.25 - 1.4
Case temperature (°C) 75
Core stepping D0
CPUID 0F34h

[Guest]

Ok, just a little bit more information. I'm doing my own research here too, I'm not just looking for a handout (although I won't refuse one!). If you surf to http://web.uvic.ca/~jblas/cpuz.htm you will find all the information I can find on my specific current CPU, motherboard, etc. If that helps... thanks for taking an interest.

Cheers,

Ebayidiot/moron/doofus/self-deprecator

[ebayidiot]

I was afraid of that. What is it about the cpu that makes it incompatible? If it's a simple answer, no need for a 3000 word essay or anything...

[gshv]

It may not work because SL7DT is a Prescott CPU, but according to manufacturer's site your motherboard doesn't support Prescott processors:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/CPUSupportList/CPUSupportList_GA-8IEX%20(Rev%201.2).htm

Gennadiy