Upgrade

[delta770]

HI

Here's my question

I have a 300MHZ computer with 64MB RAM.
I want to upgrade the computer speed to about 500MHZ or better.

(I know how to upgrade RAM *just buy a new stick of ram*)
but how do i upgrade from 300MHZ to better.

Do i need to replace the mother board, or should i just think about buying a new computer??

--770

[Vlatko]

Read tour motherboard manual and see what kind of processors are supported by it. If 500mhz are supported buy one and stick it in.

[chrisjk]

I seem to remember you cannot go any higher than 450 (maybe 400) if you have a 300 orginally. To do so required a mobo upgrade. I wanted to upgrade my 350 once, but I found out it could only go to 400 or 450 so I didn't bother. Best bet; buy a new one!

[zmerlinz]

i had a 300Mhz in mine and the manual said that is all that i could have in my motherboard but when i looked at the core frequencies and the multipliers i realised that my motherboard could handle a 500Mhz so i upgraded the bios (very tricky make sure that you know what you are doing and BACKUP the information !!) and i wacked in my K6-2 500 and it works like a dream

[delta770]

can you give me more info on how you did that??
is there a site, and what do i have to buy??

[zmerlinz]

right, what is the make of your motherboard and model number as well, this is what we need first of all, then i will look for you and check what you can have in your motherboard

[delta770]

ok...give me a few min and i'll tell you the number

if you have icq..contact me at 82521480

--770

[HarryW]

In general, it's usually not really worth upgrading a CPU unless you're going to replace it with something that's, say, twice as fast. You might upgrade and find yourself in the same position as you're in now within a couple of months if you only upgrade a little.

Well anyway, assuming you want to upgrade, if you can give some information about your motherboard that would be a good start. Best of all is if you can give the make & model of your motherboard, but if you can't find that out then if you could find out what kind of chipset you have on the motherboard that would be useful, along with what kind of slot/socket the processor is sitting in. There was a period where CPUs were made into cartridges that fit into slots, instead of just large chips that fit into square sockets, so you need to know which it is to know what kind of processors will fit