Socket 5?

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

Forgive me I am new to this, mainly just learning from reading the posts here and this is my question:
I recently got an old case/mobo/CPU from where I work that we don't need there anymore.

the Pent 100mhz in it is labled a socket 5?? I hear a lot about socket 7 around here and I am getting confused now.. can the socket 7 chip fit in a socket 5 mobo? I want to upgrade the CPU but not sure how far it will go (speed wise) or even now what type to buy or find somewhere.

I looked for the manufacturer but I can not find it on the board, there is a couple Intel chips on it but from what I am told that doesn't necessarily mean that it is an Intel mobo. All I know is the it was built sometime in the mid 1990's and here is the "MB" on the board if it helps: MB-55298027 Rev A2.. not sure if that is even going to help describe what board it is... hmm... there are a few PCI slots and I have 64 MB of (72 pin) RAM in it.

Even if you don't have a clue as to what mobo this could possibly be, could someone please explain the socket5 vs. socket7 thing? they look the same to me...

thank you http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Eli]

Socket 5 is pre-socket 7. They are physically the same, but socket 5 is older. It normally tops out at 133MHz, although I have heard of 166 and 200MHz non-mmx chips being used on socket 5 boards. A socket 5 chip will work in a socket 7 motherboard, but not vice-versa without some kind of adaptor.


[This message has been edited by Eli (edited 06-06-2000).]

[Covenant]

It's Eli says, plus also socket 5 mobos usually (but not always) support only single voltage Intel cpus.
Are there any jumper settings marked on the board for things like bus speed (50, 60 66)
or cpu (75, 90, 100,)
Covenant