SPDragoo
02-13-2001, 02:50 PM
My computer uses Biostar's M5ATB motherboard. I've never had any problems with it (aside from when it started locking up for a month, but that turned out to be due to bad ventilation and lack of cleaning on my part http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif ). However, I'm running into some upgrade issues that I'm not too sure about.
First of all, I'd like to upgrade the CPU in it (currently using the AMD K6 300 MHz, with 66 MHz FSB and 4.5 clock multiplier). However, the motherboard seems to be only able to go up to about 386 MHz on the processor using the jumpers (choice of FSB speeds of up to 85 MHz, with clock multiplier of 4.5). This kind of sucks, as my dad acquired from work an AMD K6-2 450 MHz, which would mean that it would run at a much slower speed than normal. Worse, I'm not sure if I'll be able to change the jumpers to increase the core voltage correctly or not. Any suggestions on this?
The second problem concerns memory. The computer was advertised as being able to go up to 256 MB of RAM (we're talking late 1998 here http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif ). However, in practice you can't: the memory area has 4 SIMM slots (32 MB per slot = 128 MB) and 2 DIMM slots (manual lists 64 MB per slot for 128 MB max). That works out to 256 MB, but the manual also says not to mix SIMM's and DIMM's together. My question, then, is this: is the manual correct in saying I can only put chips up to 64 MB in size in the DIMM slots (due to limitations on the mobo), or was that the listed maximum because that was the largest DIMM size manufactured in 1998?
First of all, I'd like to upgrade the CPU in it (currently using the AMD K6 300 MHz, with 66 MHz FSB and 4.5 clock multiplier). However, the motherboard seems to be only able to go up to about 386 MHz on the processor using the jumpers (choice of FSB speeds of up to 85 MHz, with clock multiplier of 4.5). This kind of sucks, as my dad acquired from work an AMD K6-2 450 MHz, which would mean that it would run at a much slower speed than normal. Worse, I'm not sure if I'll be able to change the jumpers to increase the core voltage correctly or not. Any suggestions on this?
The second problem concerns memory. The computer was advertised as being able to go up to 256 MB of RAM (we're talking late 1998 here http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif ). However, in practice you can't: the memory area has 4 SIMM slots (32 MB per slot = 128 MB) and 2 DIMM slots (manual lists 64 MB per slot for 128 MB max). That works out to 256 MB, but the manual also says not to mix SIMM's and DIMM's together. My question, then, is this: is the manual correct in saying I can only put chips up to 64 MB in size in the DIMM slots (due to limitations on the mobo), or was that the listed maximum because that was the largest DIMM size manufactured in 1998?