Finding a motherboard that supports my non existant cpu

hey
i have an intel pentium 4 3.6GHz socket 478 processor which i got bundled with a motherboard. this mother board isnt great which is why i was looking to upgrade it...

but...when i checked online for motheroards that fully suport a 3.6 gig p4 socket 478...i found that this processor doesnt even exist really. it isnt even on the intel website, but it is definately a socket 478 running at 3.6 GHz, iv even checked the writing on the processor itself

I then bought an msi mother board which in some places said it supports up to 3.6 GHz proceessor and in others said it supports up to only 3.4. this wouldn't even post.

soooo, does anyone have any ideas on what i should do now? i have a processor which shouldn't even exist and i cant even find a mother board for it

 

Use EVEREST Home (free):

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181

Expand mobo and clik on CPU! Generate a .txt report and post back

 

This is even more confusing???

--------[ CPU ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU Properties:
CPU Type Intel Celeron, 1700 MHz (17 x 100)
CPU Alias Willamette-128
CPU Stepping E0
Instruction Set x86, MMX, SSE, SSE2
Original Clock 1700 MHz
Engineering Sample No
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 8 KB
L2 Cache 128 KB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)

CPU Physical Info:
Package Type 478 Pin uPGA
Package Size 3.50 cm x 3.50 cm
Transistors 42 million
Process Technology 6M, 0.18 um, CMOS
Die Size 217 mm2
Core Voltage 1.75 V
I/O Voltage 1.75 V
Typical Power 63.5 - 66.1 W (depending on clock speed)
Maximum Power 84 - 88 W (depending on clock speed)

CPU Manufacturer:
Company Name Intel Corporation
Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/processor.htm

CPU Utilization:
CPU #1 6 %



Heres a screen shot of system window:

 

Well do one final comparitive assessment and DL CPU-z:

If this confirms 1.7Ghz, have to ask were'd you get 3.6GHz from??? The data is indicating otherwise?

 

howd i do that?

 

btw thats a screen shot of my system window i took at the same time...that says its a pentium 4 3.6GHz?
could it be coming up as a 1.7 Ghz cos the crappy motherboards underclocked it?

 

I would think most Asus motherboards that have a 478 socket would fit any processor.

 

hey thanks for the reply, yeh they would fit, its just that the processor wont run at all or at its full potential in a motherboard whose chipset isnt designed for that sort of speed

 

On the system that is showing it as a 1.7, go to start/control panel/power optitions/and set it to home/office desk, and see if it wont show the correct speed. You may need to restart. ed

 

its alredi set as home office desk

 

I have never seen this happen, most times when the fsb dont match the mother board it will show up as a lesser cpu, let us know if you figure it out. ed

 

It's really strange isn't it? I cant find anything on the net about intel making a 3.6 ghz socket 478 processor, th only other ones around are lga 775.

im completely stumped thats y im on here, if any 1 knows anything, id be grateful for your help

 

anyone?

 

Your confusion seems very valid but at the end of the day you have a 478 socket CPU (as do I PC2) and thus any socket 478 mobo should suffice as a replacement. Personally I would look at this mobo (I almost bought it myself but just built PC1) as it will allow you to have PCI-e X16 vid cards plus many other features:

http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/mb/specification.asp?pro_id=148