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- From: tamu@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Henderson)
- Subject: Re: 486sx questions
- References: <1992Jul27.135047.13578@nstn.ns.ca> <76814@ut-emx.uucp>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:03:31 GMT
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- ifaq570@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Kitchen) writes:
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- > Sorry bud, but to upgrade from the 486SX to the 486DX, you will
- >need to buy an entire new motherboard. Reason for this is that the SX is
- >a 16 bit memory bus, just like the 386. The DX is a 32 bit part, meaning
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- Buzzz. Wrong, try again. The SX is a 32 bit part also. It does not
- have the math coprocessor(sp?) However, I'm not sure about the upgrade.
- Did they use a different pin configuration for the SX's?
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- >the memory is set up to be 32 bits wide. Since the memory width is not
- >changable, you will need a new motherboard. Save your memory though. You
- >can never have too much memory, or disk space.
- > A good analogy would be 'how do I upgrade my 4 cylinder engine to 8
- >cylinders ?'.
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- >allen
- >ifaq570@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
- ^^^^^^ this explains it! :):)
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- Todd
- tamu@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
- TAMU 87
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