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 Post subject: a cpu question
PostPosted: Fri 07-23-2004 12:16PM 


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hey, i manages to get a hold of some old stuff. can i stick a k6-2 into a socket that had a k6? I know its the same size and everything but im wondering about the voltages.


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It depends. You'll have to look up the specs on your motherboard. Look over the manual if you can find it. Most motherboards of that era used jumpers or toggles for voltage selection, so be sure to pay very close attention to that. Newer jumperless boards do voltage autodetection, but I'd double check before blindly plugging in a processor.

Your only other obstacle is the bus speed and clock multiplier. For example, some motherboards don't have the higher 83/100 MHz bus speeds some K6-2s needed. Others don't have a clock multiplier that will reach the rated speed. Unless you're into overclocking (which I personally don't reccommend), I wouldn't go above either the bus speed or the multiplier for a given chip. Again, many jumperless boards do this themselves or are adjustable through the BIOS.

Since you're already running a K6, you already have a dual-voltage board. You need to set the voltage jumpers to the appropriate levels and set the bus/multiplier appropriately to avoid baking the chip. After that, it should work.

What's your motherboard make/model, the K6 speed, and the K6-2 speed?


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Castorite wrote:
It depends. You'll have to look up the specs on your motherboard. Look over the manual if you can find it. Most motherboards of that era used jumpers or toggles for voltage selection, so be sure to pay very close attention to that. Newer jumperless boards do voltage autodetection, but I'd double check before blindly plugging in a processor.

Your only other obstacle is the bus speed and clock multiplier. For example, some motherboards don't have the higher 83/100 MHz bus speeds some K6-2s needed. Others don't have a clock multiplier that will reach the rated speed. Unless you're into overclocking (which I personally don't reccommend), I wouldn't go above either the bus speed or the multiplier for a given chip. Again, many jumperless boards do this themselves or are adjustable through the BIOS.

Since you're already running a K6, you already have a dual-voltage board. You need to set the voltage jumpers to the appropriate levels and set the bus/multiplier appropriately to avoid baking the chip. After that, it should work.

What's your motherboard make/model, the K6 speed, and the K6-2 speed?



Clock multiplier isn't really a problem. IIRC, certain CPUs would recognize a 2x multiplier as 5x (or something like that).

Voltage and FSB limitations are more of a concern.


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PostPosted: Fri 07-23-2004 2:04PM 
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Anonymous wrote:
hey, i manages to get a hold of some old stuff. can i stick a k6-2 into a socket that had a k6? I know its the same size and everything but im wondering about the voltages.

the much simpler way to figure this out is to ask is it a socket 7 (not 5). It will most likely say so on the socket Image
if yes then you are safe to try the K6-2 in its place.
You will need to look up the motherboard to check/change your jumpers.
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If you have a socket 5 you may read this for help http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20010212/


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PostPosted: Fri 07-23-2004 2:58PM 
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Mr. Trunks wrote:
the much simpler way to figure this out is to ask is it a socket 7 (not 5). It will most likely say so on the socket
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if yes then you are safe to try the K6-2 in its place.
You're forgetting early Socket 7s didn't have split voltages. If the AC's board is one of these (which I doubt, but hey), that chip is a goner.


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Castorite wrote:
Mr. Trunks wrote:
the much simpler way to figure this out is to ask is it a socket 7 (not 5). It will most likely say so on the socket
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if yes then you are safe to try the K6-2 in its place.
You're forgetting early Socket 7s didn't have split voltages. If the AC's board is one of these (which I doubt, but hey), that chip is a goner.
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Yeah, it will have to be a Super Socket 7 instead of just a plain ole socket 7.


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