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Processor Chip Identifier?

I realize this is a Linux question, but since I'll qualify myself as a newbie, and this forum is so large, perhaps you can point me to the proper search term or answer it here...

I have a working dual processor Pentium III Tyan 200t motherboard with one chip in it. I just got it, blanked the hard drive and loaded Redhat Core3, all working fine.

I only have one chip in this, a 1.13Mhz Pentium III, and me being the crazed glutton for punishment, I would like to try to match that chip and fill up that second Socket 370 with a second 1.13Mhz chip.

This machine started its life as a server, and that's its final destination, but it's sitting here humming away in my house now as I put it through its paces.
Aside from that, I know little about it.

Question: I assume there's a utility (within KDE?) that would identify exactly which flavor of Pentium III chip I have in there. I know there's several different P3 chips floating around, and while there's only several(?) that would fit in the Socket 370, I will invoke my paranoia card early and say since I don't know, I might kill everything by trying to put the wrong one in there.

Is there a utility for the Intel chip ID, and how do I get to it?
Will any P3 chip that fits in there blow up the machine? :)
I know from doing a quickie check on the motherboard BIOS that the chip core (the Vcore) is running at 1.51V for Core 1 and Core 2 (the second being empty but I'll assume I need to match it) so I THINK I'm limited to the "Tualatin" core.

Any help would be appreciated, including bouncing me to the proper forum.

Have you tried just doing a 'cat /proc/cpuinfo'? While this is not totally exhaustive, it does give you quite a bit of information. From my HT-enabled P4:

Code:

processor      : 0

vendor_id      : GenuineIntel

cpu family      : 15

model          : 2

model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz

stepping        : 5

cpu MHz        : 2799.390

cache size      : 512 KB

physical id    : 0

siblings        : 2

fdiv_bug        : no

hlt_bug        : no

f00f_bug        : no

coma_bug        : no

fpu            : yes

fpu_exception  : yes

cpuid level    : 2

wp              : yes

flags          : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr

bogomips        : 5521.40



processor      : 1

vendor_id      : GenuineIntel

cpu family      : 15

model          : 2

model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz

stepping        : 5

cpu MHz        : 2799.390

cache size      : 512 KB

physical id    : 0

siblings        : 2

fdiv_bug        : no

hlt_bug        : no

f00f_bug        : no

coma_bug        : no

fpu            : yes

fpu_exception  : yes

cpuid level    : 2

wp              : yes

flags          : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid xtpr

bogomips        : 5586.94

Okay, here's mine:

Code:

processor      : 0

vendor_id      : GenuineIntel

cpu family      : 6

model          : 11

model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU            1133MHz

stepping        : 1

cpu MHz        : 1130.756

cache size      : 256 KB

fdiv_bug        : no

hlt_bug        : no

f00f_bug        : no

coma_bug        : no

fpu            : yes

fpu_exception  : yes

cpuid level    : 2

wp              : yes

flags          : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov patpse36 mmx fxsr sse

bogomips        : 2236.41

So, is there enough information to make sure the next Pentium chip will match before I buy the thing?

Why don't you take a look at Intel's site? Look, I partially matched your processor at http://processorfinder.intel.com/scr...+on+selections
Also, see http://developer.intel.com/design/ar...mIII/index.htm and a processor identification utility at http://www.intel.com/support/process.../CS-015477.htm

Thanks! The "Stepping = 1"
and the intel "Stepping = tA1" was something I wasn't quite sure of, thinking there was some added information to that.

Looking at the guide at Intel, I'm confident now of the chip to add.

Thanks for your help!

You're most welcome! Glad to be of help. Don't forget about the identification utility, maybe just to make sure.
Pss...don't tell anyone, but to me, AMD's site seems better organized than Intel's one...and they're cheaper too.

1.13Mhz? Wow... I bet you got that with your 60Mb hard drive!

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Originally posted by DDoS YourseLF
1.13Mhz? Wow... I bet you got that with your 60Mb hard drive!

Much like your systems: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...33#post1764733

:)

Quote:

Originally posted by DDoS YourseLF
1.13Mhz? Wow... I bet you got that with your 60Mb hard drive!

Funny! (at least I hope you're being funny!)

Yes, this was an older system. The motherboard is old, too, along with the memory, which seems to be going UP in price I've recently noticed...

This was a used 1U server, and the price, as they say, was right. The only bugaboo was the chip heatsink that was thermal epoxied to the chip, and the old fashioned 1U case.

It came with a fully functioning floppy drive which I've ripped to make room for the second hard drive. Again, with me being a newbie and all, I haven't had to back up to a 2nd physical hard drive before, but with the hard drive that came with it (you were close, it was a 100Mb HD ATA) I would rather not have to worry about losing data with an unknown HD.

At this point, my biggest worry is filling the hole in the front of the 1U case where the floppy used to stick out!

Ahaha! Eek, I sure hit close to home! Anyways, remember its the 'go' not the 'show' most of my computers are absolutely hands-down fugly, but gotta good kick to 'em.