I have an old motherboard with a AMD K6-2 with 3D NOW Technology. Since it is old I want to perform an upgrade. If I am not mistaken, its speed is 500MHZ and it either uses Socket 7 or Super Socket 7 with 321 pins. What I am looking for is a processor that is faster than 500MHZ that can fit into that slot.

I am not sure an Intel Pentium III can fit into this slot. So if you know any processors that fit into the above categories, please reply.

You cannot mix slots (let alone slots by different manufacturers). Furthermore, this combo is way too old to invest any money in an upgrade.

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You can try setting the 500MHz cpu multiplier to 2x instead of 5, now a work of caution if it works it should run at 600MHz, but it will run hot!

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Don't worry about the money... At this site: here it says that I can upgrade to a Pentium 3... Is this true? If not are there any processors as good as it?

How can I set the cpu multiplier? Can you give me more info on this? Can it overheat the motherboard or processor? If possible can someone tell me what processor I should upgrade to, higher than 500MHZ. I know this computer is very old. The upgrade may not be worth it. But that doesn't matter right now. All I need are processor names....

Thanks!

Also, Can someone give me specific instructions to overclock an AMD K6-2 500MHZ to 550 MHZ on an Acer V75M. First of all, is it even safe? Stability, overheating ... It also has 256MB of RAM.

Edited: 01/13/2009 at 06:19 PM by waterburn

On my epox ss7 board I could manually select the multiplier, 1 through 5.5 IIRC and then adjust the bus speed up to 120 or 133MHz.

it was neat for what it was.

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In my BIOS I can't seem to find an option to change these settings. Any ideas? Can someone please answer ... I need to know if there are any other processors ... Please answer soon.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE REPLY!!! ITS BEEN OVER A WEEK SINCE I LAST POSTED.

Please & Thanks!

Using the switches on the motherboard seen via this link you could try find a way, just like MD mentioned.

http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/acer/mb/v75m.htm

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Thanks! But does anyone have recommendations on what to set the CPU voltages to?

K6-II 500MHz seem be 2.2V for the core. For a stock K6-II 550MHz seem be 2.3V. So it may need some additional 0.1-0.2V to be stable.

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/...20AMD-K6-2-500AFX.html

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Before I do this, What should I set the Bus Clock Ratio to? Lastly, any advice at all? Any other info I need? Thanks!

go_for, on the site you gave to me, can you explain the CPU frequency? 100MHZ??... Thanks!

The 100MHz in this case represent the front side bus speed. See SW3 / CPU. This is then multiplied according to setting of SW1 switches 1-3.
Can't recall if the the k6-2 is multiplier locked by default.

Check also the links in this thread(last post) for more info.

http://forums.amd.com/forum/me...did=2388&enterthread=y

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So you mean my AMD K6-2 can be upgraded to an AMD-K6-III+. My motherboard is an Acer V75M. If you need any other information please tell me.

Generally yes, some boards could be upgraded to K-6-III processors.

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OK, (Sorry for all these questions) What are some good sites I can buy this processor, paypal would be nice... Specificly AMD K6-III+

Edited: 01/31/2009 at 04:10 PM by waterburn

http://www.spartantech.com

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Thanks but there isnt an AMD K6 III or AMD K6 III+ on that site.... Any other suggestions...anyone?

Edit: Check my reply on page 2

Edited: 02/09/2009 at 04:19 PM by waterburn

check ebay for a K6-2+, K6-III or K6-III+

without one of those there isnt much of a choice, yea 600mhz would be faster, but with your L2 cache @ 100mhz the speed bumb wont help much, its a mssive bottleneck. A K6-2+ even with 128k L2 will see at least a 50% boost in preformace

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