Problem with 'new' CPU (AMD K6-266)

Sean Fox · 16 Jan 2020 at 19:35

I took as many pics as I could this evening, it's a bit of a squeeze in there, but I managed to capture everything - http://imgur.com/a/20X6Oxf

paradigm · 16 Jan 2020 at 19:58

Lools like an Intel LT430TX board which was used in a lot of PCs in that era, including Dell I believe.

Also @Sean Fox as per your other thread, is the memory you are trying to upgrade to SDRAM? Because the board is designed for EDO.

Edit: See this link: http://www.uncreativelabs.de/th99/m/I-L/34285.htm

Sean Fox · 16 Jan 2020 at 20:43

paradigm said:
Lools like an Intel LT430TX board which was used in a lot of PCs in that era, including Dell I believe.

You're a star - that's really handy to know, thank you!!

paradigm said:
Also @Sean Fox as per your other thread, is the memory you are trying to upgrade to SDRAM? Because the board is designed for EDO.

Edit: See this link: http://www.uncreativelabs.de/th99/m/I-L/34285.htm

Aaaah....crap...yes! /facepalm
Oh well thanks for the info!! At least now I can get the right stuff!

paradigm · 16 Jan 2020 at 20:58

Fingers crossed that is the correct board and you can get as much info as you need from the web now!

GeX · 16 Jan 2020 at 23:20

Doesn't look like it's the right one, those RAM slots look like SD not EDO to me. Oh wait.. what EDO DIMMs, TIL.
The photo has a cache module to, but the link has onboard chips.

K.C. Leblanc · 18 Jan 2020 at 20:40

The lower voltage and higher multiplier of the K6-266 meant that it was not fully compatible with some Socket 7 motherboards, similar to the later K6-2 processors. The final iteration of the K6 design was released in May 1998, running at 300 MHz.

Found on Wikipedia. Given that it's an Intel motherboard I doubt they'd have supported the lower vcore since since it was not required for their own CPUs.