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05-28-2000, 05:08 PM
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A friend of mine asked me if I would help him update an old PCI Pentium. When we looked into the tower and the manual, we find we are looking for a processor labeled as P54C..... What does that mean?? I have been shopping for a processor on the web and haven't seen a single one mentioned. Is it the socket?? and is anything else compatible to it?? Thanks for any help..
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05-28-2000, 07:15 PM
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PC Tinkerer
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The P54C pentiums are NOT MMX. The P55C Pentium MMXs are dual voltage, and it sounds like this motherboard won't support them. I think all of the retail places are only offering the 233MMX as their bottom end pentium right now. A place called Compgeeks (www.compgeeks.com) has the 166 and 200 mhz non-MMX chips, but I'm sure you can get one cheaper somplace else.
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05-28-2000, 07:43 PM
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The Wheeler Dealer
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P54C is just the p75 to p200 chip version. Intel then went to P55C (duh). They were used in socket-5 and socket-7 boards.
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05-29-2000, 06:00 AM
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Thanks WJW;
So if I get a P166, socket 7, it will work, (after I set the jumpers), right?? BTW, what is a ZIF socket. [This message has been edited by rvking57 (edited 05-29-2000).] |
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05-29-2000, 10:16 AM
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The Wheeler Dealer
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Zif socket is where the chip goes.. it has the little lever on the side to lock the chip in place.
About the only place to find the older/smaller chips any more are computer shows or independent shops. Most all you can hope to find will be pulls. ------------------ "Be what you is, cause if you be what you ain't, then you ain't what you is." |
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05-29-2000, 01:10 PM
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The board MIGHT be able to run an MMX processor, what board is it?
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