In trying to get a little more life out of my system I invested $50 in this new chip.
Just booted on my Matsonic 6260S with 64Meg PC100. It has an old bios (Matsonic doesn't post a newer one, do I need a newer one, if so where do I find it?). Recognized the chip as k6-3+, but only to 550mhz. However, SiSift and WinTune recognize it up to 600Mhz.
Running at 600 (6x100) and 2.0v, it crashed a couple of times on "spool 32" when trying to print. Maybe the board can't handle 600Mhz ????
I've slowed it to 550Mhz (5.5x100) and it is very stable. Should I try 2.1v and 600Mh again?
ps I just order 128M PC133. Settings on this board only go to 100mhz. I supppose that is as high as it will go?
ps According to SiSoft I went from 825MIPS, 471 MFLOPS with my K6-2 350 (@400) to 1451MIPS, 737MFLOPS with the new chip. Nice boost for $50. ANd, it should be much better with the new RAM I have coming - I think.
Any comments or suggestions.
Just booted on my Matsonic 6260S with 64Meg PC100. It has an old bios (Matsonic doesn't post a newer one, do I need a newer one, if so where do I find it?). Recognized the chip as k6-3+, but only to 550mhz. However, SiSift and WinTune recognize it up to 600Mhz.
Running at 600 (6x100) and 2.0v, it crashed a couple of times on "spool 32" when trying to print. Maybe the board can't handle 600Mhz ????
I've slowed it to 550Mhz (5.5x100) and it is very stable. Should I try 2.1v and 600Mh again?
ps I just order 128M PC133. Settings on this board only go to 100mhz. I supppose that is as high as it will go?
ps According to SiSoft I went from 825MIPS, 471 MFLOPS with my K6-2 350 (@400) to 1451MIPS, 737MFLOPS with the new chip. Nice boost for $50. ANd, it should be much better with the new RAM I have coming - I think.
Any comments or suggestions.