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| Thread ID: 46804 | 2004-07-06 02:59:00 | k62 - worthy pentium upgrade? | bRaZZiN (2228) | Press F1 |
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| 250164 | 2004-07-06 02:59:00 | Hi you lot - been a while... but now I've actually come across a real problem. I need to know if a K62 will fit (or more specifically, fit and be compatible with) my mother's Pentium 166 motherboard. I heard that they were socket 7 cpu's - as are pentiums, so theoretically they should work... but an upgrade from 166Mhz to 500Mhz seems like a quantum leap in speed, which to mee seems a bit much for the poor old thing to handle. Any pearls of wisdom? I'll probably do an upgrade of RAM as well, but that's a different story. And I know what I'm doing there. Now you can skip the mocking... I know - I should be shot for even thinking about upgrading this, but mother seems reluctant to part with the computer entirely - don't ask. The other thing, which serves as a bit of a consolidation, is that parts are dirt cheap off trademe, so $40 and I'll be twice the speed (3x maybe). Thanks. |
bRaZZiN (2228) | ||
| 250165 | 2004-07-06 03:06:00 | You would need to find out if the motherboard can handle the K6-2-500 CPU as they are a different voltage to the Pentium 166 CPU and also use the 100MHz FSB as opposed to 66MHz | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 250166 | 2004-07-06 03:23:00 | voltage is the big problem. if your motherboard cant do 100FSB thats not the end of the world, i have a K6II 500 chip running at 333 on a 66FSB and it is a nice speed up from the pentium 200 that was in the system. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 250167 | 2004-07-06 03:28:00 | so is 333Mhz the most I can squeeze out of a K6-2 on the motherboard? (provided the mobo only supports 66Mhz)? | bRaZZiN (2228) | ||
| 250168 | 2004-07-06 03:42:00 | We would need to know your make & model of your Motherboard. Anything else is guessing and could cause a failure in motherboard and CPU if wrong. If you do not know, use either Belarc (www.belarc.com) or Everest (www.lavalys.com) |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 250169 | 2004-07-06 03:50:00 | aha. That's handy - never thought that there were programs that did that. thanks. | bRaZZiN (2228) | ||
| 250170 | 2004-07-06 04:19:00 | I'd bet my bottom dollar that your mothers PC is AT, which would in theory then be using EDO ram. If this is the case you've got no chance of gettin the K6-2 to work and if you do it wont be running at full speed. I could be wrong you really need to post details of the motherboard. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 250171 | 2004-07-06 04:21:00 | I have an old mobo like that. It will only run pentium1 up to 233mhz, and and the same with an amdK-6. Google reveals that the K-6 and K-6-2 use diff voltage and sockets, so it won't work | Megaman (344) | ||
| 250172 | 2004-07-06 05:08:00 | K6 11 uses super socket 7 or socket 8 Ziff sockets AFAIK. I don't think it will work. The lowest CPU my old super 7 supported was a 266 or 300 IIRC. Derek you probaly have a super socket 7 board. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 250173 | 2004-07-06 05:56:00 | Why waste your money on such a minor upgrade. Buy a whole new computer. You could make up a really powerful computer for under $2000. Even if it did work, 370Mhz upgrade is an absolute pittance and would make no real world difference at all. Time to get up with the play I think. |
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