A k6-2 remapped from a 2x to a 6x question

[oblivion]

I have a chance to get this comp below for a frigging song(under 100$)

And what I want to know is,can I put a k6-2 400/450 in it,and use the 2x multiplier to make the chip remap it to 6x? I know that the chip can and does do this with a 2x multiplier.........but I am not to sure about the possible compatibility issues with this type of setup.....it is an intel based MB,and I believe the model is one Lawmen that is used by gateway...........

Is hoping to put the k6 in there and having it remapped to 6x a pretty sure bet or no?

Pentium (P55c) 166Mhz w/ MMX
> > 16MB PC-66 RAM
> > 2.1 GB Harddrive
> > Motherboard
> > case
> > CD-ROM (6x)
> > Floppy 3.5"
> > Windows 95'

[oblivion]

note......I put this in this forum because it falls into a few more categories other then just CPUs........and I know all the geeks will see it.

[Brydon]

You would need to get the win95 patch from amd for amd cpus greater than 350mhz as win95 can't see them otherwise apart from that I don't see any problems with it http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[krusty]

Voltage will be the main question. Can the board supply 2.2V(I think it is). You can go up a little i.e. up to about 2.4, but you do need to have a motherboard that will go close.

Gook luck

K.

[grandslammer]

the chip WILL see it as 6x. Just set it to 2x and forget it.

Like said above, the core voltage is most likely 2.2volts. BUT, you can see this stamped on the top cap of the processor.

In order to overclock it, you'll almost certainly have to raise the voltage.

Oh sorry, I just now realized you were a senior member, so I won't go into all the little ins and outs, but the redirection is in the chip itself.

Worst possible thing is you may have to flash you bios to work with the faster chip, depending on make of bios.

Good Luck

Mike
www.bigfoot.com/~MikePrettyman (http://www.bigfoot.com/~MikePrettyman)

[oblivion]

Doh I forgot to consider the fact that the pentium uses 2.8 volts(if I am not mistaken)...................

[alpha]

Slap on an Alpha and some copper grease.

[CMonster]

The 2x to 6x overclock will work but BIOS will usually misreport the speed on older socket 7 boards. Depending on the BIOS and chipset you may run into some problems, moderate to severe. Usually a BIOS that can recognize a K6 will be okay, but there are some baords that have tremendous problems, like the "Shutdown/restart" feature in Windows does not restart, also sometimes (rare) the you may not even be able to enter BIOS setup with the new chip running in there.

Most importantly, these older BIOS do not enable the write allocate feature of the newer K6-2 core - you can use the powerleap CPU control panel software to do this available at www.powerleap.com (http://www.powerleap.com) listed under "Free Stuff" - there is not a direct link. If the write allocate feature is not enabled even at 400mhz it will write to memory slower than a P100.

Good luck with it.

~edit fixed link

[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 03-31-2000).]

[Romulus2]

Thanks for the reminder about write allocation, CMonster. I had overlooked that but just downloaded for my own K6-2/400.
www.powerleap.com (http://www.powerleap.com)

[grandslammer]

CPUIdle will do that also. I used the powerleap control panel for months, but now I use CPUIdle. 6 of one, half a dozen of another, huh?

M

[Smokey]

What exactly does the wrtie allocate feature do?

We just flashed the BIOS of my friend's ASUS P5A and it added a wrote allocate feature to the bios menus. We set it to enabled, because I've heard all this talk about, but I've never known what it actually does?