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To: Elmer who wrote (106654)	8/1/2000 10:30:47 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 186894

Elmer - RE: "One possibility is the BIOS he got (from ASUS, not Intel) doesn't recognize the new configuration bits. Any number of other things could be wrong as well. However, I believe Intel's CPU testing methodology is exhaustive and includes an in system step. It is highly unlikely they shipped a defective CPU." What I fine VERY interesting is that in Tom's picture of his 1.13GHz PIII, the casing of the processor clearly states the processors requires 1.75v to run. But in Intel's data sheets, the 1.13GHz is spec'd to run with 1.8v. Seems this processor needed a last minute jack-up in voltage. Maybe the motherboards are confused and aren't giving the processor enough juice to run properly? But that is a small possibility since Tom says two other reviewers said the motherboard was actually giving 1.8 volts. The 1.13GHz PIII consumes 7.5% more power than the 1GHz PIII, but the Athlon consumes practically double that amount, so power consumption shouldn't be a problem.