On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:54:12 -0000, justin.tierney@gmail.com
wrote:

>except that it was actually a slot 2 for p3's...most p3's were put
>into slot 1's which were designed for the p2

There is no slot 2.
Slot 1 works equally well for P3, but intel deliberately
changed the pinout because of a (GTL?) voltage change, they
didn't "want" you to reuse your old board for Tualatins, nor
even P3 coppermine for that matter but they only have so
much control over what a 3rd party (mobo manufacturer) sees
as value-added support for their customer base.


>originally....however a
>bios flash would allow you to run the p3 in the slot 1....your best
>bet would be to get a pentium pro...

Pentium Pro is not a slot 1 CPU.

>it was much faster throughput
>than a p2 or a p3......

No, it was barely faster than a Pentium 1. Maybe you're
thinking of Xeon?

>there was even an overclock made for the
>pentium pro of course THAT is a rare find as well


It's just not applicable.

There are some hardware hacks that could get a Tualatin to
run but at this late date, it's not worth the bother. If
performance really mattered it'd be time to replace the
system.