max.cpu possible in AST adventure 210, Intel 420VX chipset?

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Hi,
LF sites to check for CPU or other upgrades?
Here's the original spec:
<http://www.ari-service.com/blender/cache/503298-001.htm>
Thx
Mac
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If you can figure out the voltage jumpers, probably leaving JP21
"OFF", to get the right default voltage for a K6-2, it'd probably run
one, a 400MHz or higher part, at 400MHz with multiplier setting "2X",
which the CPU will interpret as 6X, on a 66MHz FSB. HOWEVER, it uses
a linear voltage regulator, so you'd need take great care to cool it,
that heatsink next to the CPU socket... would need a dedicated fan,
still might not be stable.

The easier choice would be a Pentium 1, 200/P233 MMX, (P55C), though
these days it may not be worth the effort, newer and faster boards are
being retired and might be had for cheap-to-free, and wouldn't lack
UDMA for the IDE channels or have only a 64MB cacheable memory
limit... It might make a decent router but isn't even suitable for a
fileserver due to low cacheable memory limit and the lack of UDMA, not
to mention lack of support for large, modern HDDs.
 
Thanks for the speedy reply. One more question - with this case (desktop)
and power supply, what mob/chipset can I use?
 
Thanks for the speedy reply. One more question - with this case (desktop)
and power supply, what mob/chipset can I use?
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It looks like an NLX or LPX board, with the single row of ports on
the rear... there probably isn't any replacement motherboard that
will work in that case. The power looks to be standard AT.

To be frank, it's pretty much at the end of it's useful lifespan even
though it may still work, for the time being.
 
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