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catocom said:Oh yes, that wiiill be a very nice jump.
I've got an old cirrus M300 chip around here somewhere that was in a old comp. They were OK in their day, but not quite like the k62s, or PIIs though.
M300 is rquivalent to a P233 or was it PII233 either way its way slow,a buddy of mine has a Packard Bell with an Cyrix M300.I knew he was in trouble when I asked him what kind of computer he got and his reply was "it kind of grey,but the saleman at the Brick (where he bought it) has one and he really likes it". {the Brick is a Value Furniture store}.
Inkara1
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I'll mention that I've got a motherboard sitting around in an anti-static bag with a 1200MHz T-bird and 512MB of PC-100 RAM (I had to cut costs somewhere during that upgrade) just begging to be used. But, to be fair, I'll also mention that the fan on top of the processor sounds like a vacuum and is as loud. It's a Global Win WBK-38 HSF unit, I believe, with the fan at 7000 RPM.
catocom
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If the old mobo is trashed, don't just throw it away.
I'll give salvage price for it, $10 of someting.
I might be able to use some caps off of it, or maybe replace some,
and refurb it. If not I'll just put it with the growing pile of dead AMD
mobos i've been adding up lately.
I'll give salvage price for it, $10 of someting.
I might be able to use some caps off of it, or maybe replace some,
and refurb it. If not I'll just put it with the growing pile of dead AMD
mobos i've been adding up lately.
catocom
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I've had very bad luck with AMD mobos, aand chips as of late 
I think I've got 4 dead "sets" now.
Is why I've switch over to intel mostly. At least for the time being.
All the stuff was heavily abused though, so it's really not all AMDs fault,
and it is all older stuff TBirds, and Durons. I haven't had any problems
with the xp line ....yet (knock on wood)
I think the problem with mine was I know one was a bad chip, and messed a mobo up. Then the mobo messed another chip up. Then I had a mem stick
go out (I think) and messed up another "set".
Just bad luck I guess, mostly.
I'll probably come back to AMD shortly though when the XPs get really dirt cheap.
I think I've got 4 dead "sets" now.
Is why I've switch over to intel mostly. At least for the time being.
All the stuff was heavily abused though, so it's really not all AMDs fault,
and it is all older stuff TBirds, and Durons. I haven't had any problems
with the xp line ....yet (knock on wood)
I think the problem with mine was I know one was a bad chip, and messed a mobo up. Then the mobo messed another chip up. Then I had a mem stick
go out (I think) and messed up another "set".
Just bad luck I guess, mostly.
I'll probably come back to AMD shortly though when the XPs get really dirt cheap.