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Ancient history ? P5A and K6/2/III (+) chips any luck ?
Says it almost all...
What BIOS ? |
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"R. Asby Dragon" wrote in message
... Says it almost all... What BIOS ? The lastest bios (I think beta) detected my K6-2+ 550 without a hitch. I am now running a K6-III (not plus) and it detects it fine. I have several problems with the box: 1) The K6-2+ is a 2V part but it needed 2.1V to run. Not a big deal. 2) I seem to have memory problems durning th post. I have one memory stick (256M) that is detected as 512M. This causes crashes. Under Linux, I tell it what size the memory is so it is not a problem. 3) Don't forget to use the low-density memory. 4) There seems to be a bug in the some of the later boards. Check out this page: http://www.upgradeability.com/K6plus...ource=Overture for more information but I think it is that ... .... There is a big problem with the ALI V Chipset Rev G (built in P5A rev 1.05 and 1.06) and P5A-B rev 1.05. In these mobos the K6-2+ works like a 486 CPU. Nuz |
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In article , "Menuz2"
wrote: "R. Asby Dragon" wrote in message ... Says it almost all... What BIOS ? The lastest bios (I think beta) detected my K6-2+ 550 without a hitch. I am now running a K6-III (not plus) and it detects it fine. I have several problems with the box: 1) The K6-2+ is a 2V part but it needed 2.1V to run. Not a big deal. 2) I seem to have memory problems durning th post. I have one memory stick (256M) that is detected as 512M. This causes crashes. Under Linux, I tell it what size the memory is so it is not a problem. 3) Don't forget to use the low-density memory. 4) There seems to be a bug in the some of the later boards. Check out this page: http://www.upgradeability.com/K6plus...ource=Overture for more information but I think it is that ... ... There is a big problem with the ALI V Chipset Rev G (built in P5A rev 1.05 and 1.06) and P5A-B rev 1.05. In these mobos the K6-2+ works like a 486 CPU. Nuz This page also offers advice. http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm HTH, Paul |
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http://www-stud.uni-essen.de/~sw0729...lus/eindex.htm
Click the MB (motherboard) button on the left to get detailed info on MB compatibility list. -- Best regards, Kyle tired of spam, no email address "R. Asby Dragon" wrote in message ... | Says it almost all... | What BIOS ? | | |
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I have a P5A-B that I just upgraded to a K6II/500 and it works fine. Its
running Redhat 9. I had a K6II/333 in it before with no problems. I'm pretty sure it is running the latest BIOS. I'm anal-retentive about it. I know, big upgrade, right? Its just a toy. =) With a little luck its going to be running Freevo and hiding in my living room. "R. Asby Dragon" wrote in message ... Says it almost all... What BIOS ? |
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