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Super Socket 7 CPU in a Socket 7 socket

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DatHak512

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okay, i'm about to buy a 500 mhz AMD cpu and put it into a MOBO that has a "socket 7" cpu socket. however, the chip on newegg says it's for Super Socket 7. the older AMD chip was a 266mhz k6. i'm not sure what the FSB speed of the MOBO was off the top of my head... but i certianly don't think it could have been any more than 100MHz. just wondering if this chip will work... thanks
 
hmm... it definatly ain't name-brand. or at least it's not anything that i've ever heard of. i had to take the board out the case to get to any writing at all, and all it says on the back is "Elpina" and a few numbers elsewhere... prob. the product / serial number of that individual board.

all i'm trying to determine is if the 'super socket 7' chip will fit/work in a socket 7, and that it will be at least backwards compatable with the board's lower speeds....
 
I won't say definitely that it won't work, but I doubt it will. The top FSB speed of the board is probably 66. At least probably the top stable speed. The CPU you're looking at runs on a 100mhz bus and dropping that down will kill the speed. Also, there is little chance that your board will support the 5x multiplier needed to run the new CPU.

In other words, more than likely you are SOL.

Get the board model number and everything and someone may be able to help you a bit more. But don't expect a miracle out of the board.
 
K6 = Super Socket 7

The FSB is your main concern.

Also, Super Socket 7 won't be printed on the board. It will still says Socket 7
 
hey, thanks for the information. i think it was only like 17 bucks, and since i'm ordering some more stuff from newegg anyway, i'll probably spring for it. i'm not sure it will work any faster than my present one does, but even at the old speed, the new proc. should run more 'efficiently,' right? and if it dosen't.... well... then i guess i have a $20 shot-glass coaster.... SmokeRngs + Vertigo - thanks for the info. i'll might post back when ever i get my stuff and let you all know if it worked or not, and if so how well it worked. anyway, that's all for now. thanks
 
Originally posted by Vertigo Acid
K6 = Super Socket 7

The FSB is your main concern.

Also, Super Socket 7 won't be printed on the board. It will still says Socket 7
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Not quite. The original Socket 7 was certified to a 66mhz fsb only, and the original K6, and the first K6-2 (266, 300, 333, 366) was a Socket 7 standard-matching cpu. It worked on the same boards as the Pentium. SS7 increased the bus speed to 100mhz, added AGP, and was for cpu's alternate to the PII.

Now, according to Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PC's, 12th Edition, the K6-266 was still a 66mhz cpu. The change was made at the 300mhz and 350mhz parts.

So, his mobo has a chance that it's Socket 7 standard only, and this won't work.
 
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