I'm working on an old computer for my sister, it has an i430TX chipset with a K6 300 on board, now I also have a K6-2 300 sitting in an old dead board from awhile back and want to know if the K6-2 offeres better improvement, I have a K6-2 500 also but with the FSB faster than 75 the system lockups so i can't use the K6-2 500 as it needs the 100mhz FSB.

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Hi there,

Which motherboard (make and model version) and RAM do you have?

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mobo is Lite-On and it doesnt actully exist, the ram is 4x32mb of EDO gonna upgrade to 4x64mb EDO

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If the board locks up on anything faster than 66 MHz, the most you can get out of it then with a K6 is 400 MHz (6 x 66 MHz). If the board will take a + series CPU, that would be better than running a plain K6 or K6-2.

You can run your 500 at 6 x 66 MHz and all should be fine...assuming the motherboard can power the thing properly.

i430TX can run both 16 and 64 Mbit Technology chips, 6 rows for 256 MB Maximum RAM (FPM, EDO, or SDRAM).

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KachiWachi

Moderator - Wim's BIOS

CPU #1 - DFI 586IPVG, K6-2/+ 450 (Cyrix MII 433), 128MB EDO. BIOS patched by Jan Steunebrink.
CPU #2 - Amptron PM-7900 (M520), i200 non-MMX, 128MB EDO
CPU #3 - HP8766C, PIII-667, 768MB SDRAM
CPU #4 - ASUS P3V4X, PIII-733, 256MB SDRAM
CPU #5 - ??? ;)

I've found that applying a chipset cooler (active/passive) can assist stability significantly, in my case allowing an Intel chipset motherboard to run a CeleronA @ 500Mhz (6x83fsb) instead if it's regular 6x66fsb, from memory I used a cutdown SS7 heatsink & 40mm fan

BTW definitely go with the K62 series processor 400Mhz or better as these had the CXT core which had integrated 'write combining' effectively a more efficient chip

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finally after searching thought chinesse sites translated to english and figured it out, its a Shuttle HOT-569, I gave it a bios update and have it running at 83x6 with 96mb of PC100, i have acquired a K6-III+ but this board only goes to 2.0Vcore can the K6-III+ run that high, i do have a custom bios that recogizes the K6-2+ and III+. I found this chip for 2 bucks at the local comp shop.

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K6-III+ ACZ Specifications:

VCore - 2.0V (1.9V~2.1V), 2.2V Max.
8.5A Max.
VI/O - 3.3V (3.135V~3.6V), 3.6V Max.
0.68A Max.
Power Dissipation - 12.6W, 16W Max.
Case Temperature - 85° C Max.

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KachiWachi

Moderator - Wim's BIOS

CPU #1 - DFI 586IPVG, K6-2/+ 450 (Cyrix MII 433), 128MB EDO. BIOS patched by Jan Steunebrink.
CPU #2 - Amptron PM-7900 (M520), i200 non-MMX, 128MB EDO
CPU #3 - HP8766C, PIII-667, 768MB SDRAM
CPU #4 - ASUS P3V4X, PIII-733, 256MB SDRAM
CPU #5 - ??? ;)

hmm mine says 1.8/3.3
its a 400 K6-III+

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You have one of the "low power" ones then.

It will run at 2.0V, but make sure you have a good cooler.

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KachiWachi

Moderator - Wim's BIOS

CPU #1 - DFI 586IPVG, K6-2/+ 450 (Cyrix MII 433), 128MB EDO. BIOS patched by Jan Steunebrink.
CPU #2 - Amptron PM-7900 (M520), i200 non-MMX, 128MB EDO
CPU #3 - HP8766C, PIII-667, 768MB SDRAM
CPU #4 - ASUS P3V4X, PIII-733, 256MB SDRAM
CPU #5 - ??? ;)

Will the stock cooler for an XP3200 work?

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On the VX and TX chipsets, what impact is there with only having the first 64MB cached? How much slower is memoyr access above 64MB?

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That will vary due to the specifics of the machine in question.

You can certainly test this using the various utilities that are around.

Note that once you install a K6 CPU that has a built-in L2 cache, all of your RAM will be cached. Your motherboard cache will then become a third-level cache...still subject to the 64 MB limitation however.

Some testing on my own machine has shown a slight slowdown (writing only) with the motherboard cache enabled...but not much. See the DFI results posted below.



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KachiWachi

Moderator - Wim's BIOS

CPU #1 - DFI 586IPVG, K6-2/+ 450 (Cyrix MII 433), 128MB EDO. BIOS patched by Jan Steunebrink.
CPU #2 - Amptron PM-7900 (M520), i200 non-MMX, 128MB EDO
CPU #3 - HP8766C, PIII-667, 768MB SDRAM
CPU #4 - ASUS P3V4X, PIII-733, 256MB SDRAM
CPU #5 - ??? ;)

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Originally posted by: Zero_hour
Will the stock cooler for an XP3200 work?

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If you can get it to fit (allowing for clearance around the CPU socket), I use Palomino & Throroughbred coolers on SS7 & s370 motherboards with great results... yours should be as good or better (with it's copper slug base)


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