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- From: parag@netcom.com (Parag Patel)
- Subject: Re: Does a 487sx shut down the 486sx??
- Message-ID: <26#n0bc.parag@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 22:31:02 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <IeYSMJK00Voz8Vf8ZN@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Aug19.155448.18248@ilinx.wimsey.bc.ca> <1992Aug19.231651.12970@wam.umd.edu>
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- mts@wam.umd.edu writes:
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- > Thats why you save your money and buy an overdrive chip instead of the
- >487sx. Should plug into the same socket on most so you not only get the full
- >486DX, you get it at double the speed.
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- And possibly melt your motherboard and/or CPU, which is what someone did
- who plugged in the 486DX2 into a notebook designed for a 486SX (I
- believe it was one of the nice Toshiba notebooks - an expensive lesson).
- Check your power supply's rating, what sort of cooling you have, and
- most importantly check with the motherboard's manufacturer. Apparently
- some of the lighter notebooks use thinner (mylar?) PC boards that can't
- quite provide the necessary power safely without melting. Desktop PCs
- should probably be OK but check to be sure.
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- -- Parag
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