help me upgrade this old computer

[mystere79]

i'm trying to upgrade p166mhz to p200mhz mmx
When i insert the 200mhz chip, it still post as p166mhz.
I need to change multiplier but I don't know how with this old mobo.
How can i do it?

 

[chiwawa626]

look at the bios when it boots, coppy all the numbers and letters (usualy the boards name and model)
also, pop open the case and look for model and serial numebrs on the board its self....if its a brand name computer lets say IBM, go to their site and check up on it and find more bout the mobo, then goto the mobo manufaturers site, and look for info bout mulitplyer settings

 

[MulLa]

The instructions on the fsb and multiplier may also be silkscreened on the board itself? Try looking for them under the fine layer of dust that must have been collecting on that PC 🙂 Well assuming that you haven't already looked.

 

[Danlz]

In addition to Chiwawa's suggestion, you can find information about your mobo by running Sandra:SiSoftware 2000

 

[nickburns]

just a question.....what prompted you to "upgrade" from a 166 to a 200?

 

[mystere79]

thanks it's post 200mhs now
but now how do I make it post "MMX"?

 

[Danlz]

Whoa, have we entered new territory here? MMX cpu's and non-MMX cpu's are not interchangeable because one uses a single core voltage and the other used a split core voltage. Your mobo must be able to support both types (P54 & P55 family)to be interchangeable and jumpered accordingly.

 

[Tominator]

You've got us really confused if the 166 was not MMX and the 200 is....different voltage requirements...???

 

[nickburns]

did they make a 166mmx or did it start at 200?

 

[Dennis Travis]

They for sure made a 166MMX. I installed one in my roomates old MSI board a couple of years ago now. It's for sure a 166 MMX and says it on the CPU and when it boots/posts.

 

[Workin']

Hmmm, I know they made a 166 MMX and a 233 MMX, but I don't recall ever seeing a 200 MMX or even a "classic" 200. Maybe I slept through that week....

 

[Oblique]

Yeah, they did make 200 MMX, not sure about the 200 classic tho...

 

[chiwawa626]

I remember 200 Non-mmx, and it was specified so clearly "Non-mmx" so theres probably an mmx version too

 

[Workin']

Guess I was sleeping.

Hey, I learned something today! 😉

 

[RubberDuckie]

hee hee

They had
Pentium 60, 90, 75, 100, 120, 133, 150, 166, 200
Pentium MMX 166, 200, 233

Heck, Im at work on my Pentium 200 (as you call "Classic&quot😉 right now.

oops

 

[nickburns]

hey, you forgot the pentium 75...i had that one for a long time

 

[RubberDuckie]

make me feel old....
I had an 8086, then upgraded to the monster:
286-16mhz, 1meg ram, 2 meg HDD

GAWD THAT THING ROCKED...and it got me thru college.
I first discovered BBS with that rig 🙂

 

[RubberDuckie]

OOPS...Double

 

[cheetoden]

Just what are you going to do with your new, blazing speed?