Reply 50880 of 52813, by ChrisK
Trashbytes wrote on 2023-11-12, 08:29:Saw this odd little Socket 370 CPU on the bay and decided to grab it, at its core its a VIA C3 Samuel 2 running at 533 but normally its a BGA chip for embedded systems. This one has been mounted to a interposer and will run in any socket 370 board that supports the VIA C3, The seller had some info about it and only a few thousand were ever made for socket 370.
Normally I wouldn't bother with a VIA C3 but I do have a baby AT socket 370 board that supports the C3 and was thinking this little chip would make for an interesting low power DOS/Windows box, this CPU operates between 2.8 to 5 watts of power so with a Voodoo3 and a SSD it would be pretty much silent. (I have a passive MX400 that would also be a good fit)
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I've seen this offering some time before and also read his arcticle description... yet I'm still wondering if this will really work on any Socket 370 having C3 support.
Reason is the very low voltage these CPUs require going down to 1.05V for a Eden ESP 3000.
I havent' checked in detail but I wonder if there are any regular Socket 370 boards beeing able to suppply such a low Vcore.
If you can confirm that this works any time soon it'd be really nice to know.