Jeff
Fri May 02 19:01:41 PDT 2008
Huh? Who mentioned AT or ATX?
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
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>> The changes required would be quite extensive. The speed of a CPU is the
>> maximum clock rate that it can run at, not the speed at which it actually
>> runs - that is determined by the motherboard it's plugged in to. You
>> need
>> to confirm that the motherboard you are using has the ability to run the
> CPU
>> at that rate, and that you can find the necessary documentation to change
>> the clock speed to whatever the new CPU can handle. On a machine of that
>> vintage there's probably several jumpers to change. Often, changing the
>> clock speed also changes the memory access speed, so you will need to
> ensure
>> that the memory can also cope.
>>
>> If you really want to upgrade it, it's probably easier to find a faster
>> motherboard with CPU installed and configured than to replace the CPU in
> the
>> existing motherboard. My local computer store has a bin of recycled
>> motherboards removed from working machines (not guaranteed, but very
> likely
>> OK) that sell for a few dollars each.
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>
> Hello:
>
> I work on a lot of vintage Packard Bells and the boards are proprietary
> so replacing the mobo with an AT or ATX type would not be possible. Most
> PB
> P1's
> are easily jumpered to 200mhz and no RAM changes are required...
> A good flashlight and reading glasses may be needed...but...
> It's an easy ten minute job...and for win98...going from 120 to 200 mhz
> makes sense to me>
>
>
> OTOH: If you walk out into the street, chances are there's a pitched out
> P-III sitting
> there that was tossed because the owner left a floppy in the drive ! <G>
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>