Question reg. Mobo's
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FlyingPenguin
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The adapter is for connecting a standard ATX PSU to a Dell mobo. I'm not aware of an adapter that will go the other way. You can do it yourself but it's not worth it.
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CPU-Z will give you the info you're looking for. Current Dell mobos will be identified as "Dell" branded, and some older ones will appear as "Intel" branded as they were manufactured for Dell by Intel.
"Now I cant find out or just dont know these things= The FSB of my CPU (i think it may just be 133?)"
You said that the RDRAM you are using is PC800, this would make your fsb 100 X 4 or 400 MHz fsb. If you had PC1066, your fsb would be 533 MHz or 133 X 4. Does your chipset show up as "Intel" or "SiS" as they both made RDRAM chipsets ( I have no idea what the SiS chipset model number was, but the intel one has already been mentioned). The asus board that was mentioned (P4T533-C) will support a 400 fsb or a 533 fsb processor (and PC800 or PC1066 respectively). I am not 100% sure but I think that if you have a 533 cpu, PC800 will not function with it and vise versa. I know it is true on my current board (Asus P4T533 , not the -C version) Stay away from this board as it uses "special" (232-pin, 32 bit, doesn't have to be installed in pairs, RIMM4200 (PC1066) RIMM3200 (PC800)) RDRAM and the thing sux ass. The -C version I believe is a better board. My first computer was RDRAM based (Abit TH7II - Raid, PC800) I then moved to this thing (with RIMM4200) and have had nothing but problems. I didn't want to go DDR but it seems it is the only way to go now. So soon i'll be moving to my new IC7-Max3 that I have had sitting around for like 5 months.
A friend of mine had a Dell, I think he traced the mobo back to be an Intel, or a DFI.
Hope that that helped a little bit ....
You said that the RDRAM you are using is PC800, this would make your fsb 100 X 4 or 400 MHz fsb. If you had PC1066, your fsb would be 533 MHz or 133 X 4. Does your chipset show up as "Intel" or "SiS" as they both made RDRAM chipsets ( I have no idea what the SiS chipset model number was, but the intel one has already been mentioned). The asus board that was mentioned (P4T533-C) will support a 400 fsb or a 533 fsb processor (and PC800 or PC1066 respectively). I am not 100% sure but I think that if you have a 533 cpu, PC800 will not function with it and vise versa. I know it is true on my current board (Asus P4T533 , not the -C version) Stay away from this board as it uses "special" (232-pin, 32 bit, doesn't have to be installed in pairs, RIMM4200 (PC1066) RIMM3200 (PC800)) RDRAM and the thing sux ass. The -C version I believe is a better board. My first computer was RDRAM based (Abit TH7II - Raid, PC800) I then moved to this thing (with RIMM4200) and have had nothing but problems. I didn't want to go DDR but it seems it is the only way to go now. So soon i'll be moving to my new IC7-Max3 that I have had sitting around for like 5 months.
A friend of mine had a Dell, I think he traced the mobo back to be an Intel, or a DFI.
Hope that that helped a little bit ....