ASUS to offer Pentium M -> P4 adapter

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited March 2005 in Science & Tech
The world’s largest maker of mainboards ASUS announced on Thursday its plans to release an adapter that allows installation of Intel Pentium M and Intel Celeron M processors, originally developed for mobile computers, into desktops.
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ASUS Upgrade Kit CT-479 will allow installing Intel Pentium M and similar mobile chips into Socket 478 mainboards. The kit will be available as a standalone product bundled with a special cooler that is capable of cooling Intel Pentium M processors at up to 2.26GHz and Intel Celeron M processors at up to 1.70GHz frequencies. The adapter will not support Low Voltage or Ultra Low Voltage processors, but only typical versions of Intel’s mobile chips based on Banias or Dothan cores. It is unclear whether the CT-479 will allow overclocking. According an ASUS document, the cooler ASUS supplies has 3000rpm fan with maximum noise level of 30dB, which is rather a lot even for desktops.
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Submitted by: drasnor

Source: Xbit-Labs

Comments

  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Even if it doesn't allow for overclocking, it's a step in the right direction! So how come ASUS just doesn't make a desktop board for the chip? Does Intel forbid that, so they came up with this loophole?
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited March 2005
    Looks pretty nifty. I wonder how much it'll cost?
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    *listens to the sound of every s478 motherboard quietly getting a new BIOS*

    -drasnor :fold:
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited March 2005
    I can't wait for this im sure those intel dortheys overclock amasing
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited March 2005
    Heh, I started a thread on this 2 days ago in the motherboard forum . If some folks would just read our forums. :rolleyes:;D;D
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    muddocktor wrote:
    Heh, I started a thread on this 2 days ago in the motherboard forum . If some folks would just read our forums. :rolleyes:;D;D
    I actually saw that thread about 5 min after I submitted the news. Sorry for stealing your thunder :P

    -drasnor :fold:
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited March 2005
    No problem, drasnor. I'm just ribbing the news guys. ;D
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