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C3 and Slotket

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First post, by MKT_Gundam

Posted on 2019-02-24, 17:33

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So the VIA c3 Erza would be compatible with a SLOT 1 board with VIA Appolo pro chipset? I found one but i dont have a slotket. I have a Asus one with Appolo pro and P3b-f with Bx.

Retro rig 1: Asus CUV4X, VIA c3 800, Voodoo Banshee (Diamond fusion) and SB32 ct3670.
Retro rig 2: Intel DX2 66, SB16 Ct1740 and Cirrus Logic VLB.

Reply 1 of 10, by meljor

Posted on 2019-02-24, 19:47

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Got my own C3 cpu's a few weeks back and need to test them still. But from what I understand A Samuel(2) and Ezra do not need Tualatin support, The Ezra-T and Nehemia cores do.

Whether or not you can get it working depends on the bios support and or the used slotket I guess. I don't think the cheap pga (celeron) slotkets work, you probably need at least coppermine supporting slotkets.

Here is a thread about C3 cpu's: via c3 nehemiah motherboard compatability

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asus p5a, k6-3+ @ 550mhz, voodoo2 12mb sli, gf2 gts, awe32
asus p3b-f, p3-700, voodoo3 3500TV agp, awe64
asus tusl2-c, p3-S 1,4ghz, voodoo5 5500, live!
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Reply 2 of 10, by MKT_Gundam

Posted on 2019-02-24, 22:29

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meljor wrote:
Got my own C3 cpu's a few weeks back and need to test them still. But from what I understand A Samuel(2) and Ezra do not need Tualatin support, The Ezra-T and Nehemia cores do.

Whether or not you can get it working depends on the bios support and or the used slotket I guess. I don't think the cheap pga (celeron) slotkets work, you probably need at least coppermine supporting slotkets.

Here is a thread about C3 cpu's: via c3 nehemiah motherboard compatability

I have a Tu4vx S370 ( compatible) but the lack of ISA slot makes useless for old games. I fount the c3 from a mATX board but all caps in bad shape. and motherboard with physical damage. With luck i would use my vortrex 1 but the sb music is pretty bad.

Retro rig 1: Asus CUV4X, VIA c3 800, Voodoo Banshee (Diamond fusion) and SB32 ct3670.
Retro rig 2: Intel DX2 66, SB16 Ct1740 and Cirrus Logic VLB.

Reply 3 of 10, by Nprod

Posted on 2019-02-24, 22:40

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I always called them "slockets". You can try with a Yamaha YMF724 pci card, i read they had pretty good DOS compatibility.

Reply 4 of 10, by MKT_Gundam

Posted on 2019-02-24, 23:22

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Nprod wrote:
I always called them "slockets". You can try with a Yamaha YMF724 pci card, i read they had pretty good DOS compatibility.

For me the Yamaha card are rare to find . Also i find a c3 600 mHZ 1.9v (100 x 6) but with bent pins. The 800 mhz one is 1.39v and 133x6.

Retro rig 1: Asus CUV4X, VIA c3 800, Voodoo Banshee (Diamond fusion) and SB32 ct3670.
Retro rig 2: Intel DX2 66, SB16 Ct1740 and Cirrus Logic VLB.

Reply 5 of 10, by appiah4

Posted on 2019-02-25, 06:13

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I think it depends on the slotket in question, I have slotkets that have jumpers to be set for C3 CPUs, and others that can only be used for Intel Celeron/Coppermines or Coppermine/Tualatins.

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Reply 6 of 10, by MKT_Gundam

Posted on 2019-03-03, 01:24

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I suprised how the c3 800 tdp is very lower than a P1. In term of power is more or less a P2 266. The setmul still useful for DOS games with the 200mhz bug Even with the vortex 1 ( the sound card minimum cpu is a p100). I would build for a "cooler" P1-P2 speed machine with a banshee to cover win95 era games.

Retro rig 1: Asus CUV4X, VIA c3 800, Voodoo Banshee (Diamond fusion) and SB32 ct3670.
Retro rig 2: Intel DX2 66, SB16 Ct1740 and Cirrus Logic VLB.

Reply 7 of 10, by tpowell.ca

Posted on 2019-03-03, 03:23

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appiah4 wrote:
I think it depends on the slotket in question, I have slotkets that have jumpers to be set for C3 CPUs, and others that can only be used for Intel Celeron/Coppermines or Coppermine/Tualatins.

Which slotkets have jumpers for C3 CPUs?

Merlin: MS-4144, AMD5x86-160 32MB, 16GB CF, ZIP100, Orpheus, GUS, S3 VirgeGX 2MB
Tesla: GA-6BXC, VIA C3 Ezra-T, 256MB, 120GB SATA, YMF744, GUSpnp, Quadro2
Newton: K6XV3+/66, AMD K6-III+500, 256MB, 32GB SSD, AWE32, Voodoo3

Reply 8 of 10, by appiah4

Posted on 2019-03-03, 08:06

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Cyrix/VIA jumper on these for example:

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Reply 9 of 10, by MKT_Gundam

Posted on 2019-03-03, 21:45

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appiah4 wrote:
Cyrix/VIA jumper on these for example: […]
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Cyrix/VIA jumper on these for example:

I found one but the dont have good pics
He said that the adpatdor has adjustment for 133fsb

Retro rig 1: Asus CUV4X, VIA c3 800, Voodoo Banshee (Diamond fusion) and SB32 ct3670.
Retro rig 2: Intel DX2 66, SB16 Ct1740 and Cirrus Logic VLB.

Reply 10 of 10, by appiah4

Posted on 2019-03-03, 22:00

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What really matters more is the voltage, not FSB I would think.. For Joshua/Samuel you need 1.6V, for Ezra onwards you need 1.4V and below..

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