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- From: sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne)
- Subject: Re: Overdrive for the 486/50??
- Organization: Wimsey Information Services
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 07:56:07 GMT
- Message-ID: <Bz8opK.Fo2@wimsey.bc.ca>
- References: <Yf7rijy00WB7RVXdRW@andrew.cmu.edu> <1fumfqINNedv@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> <8f9__KS00WB5Qu_ogq@andrew.cmu.edu>
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- In article <8f9__KS00WB5Qu_ogq@andrew.cmu.edu> Faisal Nameer Jawdat <fj05+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >msimmons@ec.uwa.oz.au (Michael Simmons - mgmt_staff) writes:
- >> Why shouldn't this also work for 486DX/50 (50Mhz clock) -> 486DX2/66 (33Mhz
- >> clock)
- >
- >Well for one thing, the dx50 and the dx2/66 are different chips
- >needing different motherboards, so it's quite possible that to switch
- >chips like that could be hazardous...
-
- Most 486 boards you can buy today will run just about anything you can
- find a socket on it for.
-
- E.g. a EISA-486SI from Main Board owners manual:
-
- i486DX-33 and 50Mhz
- i486SX -16, 20 and 25Mhz
- i487SX -16, 20 and 25Mhz
- i486DX2 - full series
-
- Also takes a WeitekWTL-4167. It's based on SIS chip set.
-
- The 486EW User's Manual shows basically the same except for the 487SX. It
- is based on the Opti Chip set.
-
- Your friendly clone dealer will be more than happy to deliver the board
- with appropriate crystal for the CPU you order.
-
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