Pentium 300 mhz MMX

[cmangle]

Is there such a thing ?

I'll tell you my situation . . . I've got an older IBM Aptiva 21400 series "L", that has a 233 mhz MMX. The elderly couple (meaning that they don't have a lot of bucks to buy a new computer) added DSL to their existing computer and the Verizon (dsl provider) software requires a CPU speed of 300 mhz or faster.
I'm fairly sure that the motherboard and/or Bios will not support the AMD K5 or K6 CPU's. (Please correct me here) I'm under the impression that the AMD K5/6 2.2 volt core won't play nice in this older Aptiva, ( bios date of 1997-98 ) with the P MMX running at 2.8v !
I don't have the manual for the motherboard and I looked and didn't see any CPU jumpers (there may be, I just didn't see them) to adjust core volts.

So is/was there a Pentium MMX 300mhz CPU or maybe an AMD Socket 7 CPU that is 300 mhz or above that is 2.8v core compliant ?

Thanks all and if there is a Pentium MMX 300mhz, does any one want to part with one ?

 

[evilr00t]

PMMX 300, doesn't exist for Socket 7... but you can safely ignore the CPU speed requirements, it doesn't really matter. The CPU speed requirement is more of a recommendation.

 

[randomizer]

Well you wont be able to use an AMD K6/K7 cpu on that motherboard anyway since its a different socket.

EDIT: You know, you can build really cheap computers these days, and it may only cost them $200 to upgrade motherboard cpu and ram; if they only got 512mb.

 

[evilr00t]

If you're fortunate to be near a surplus warehouse, go pick up a P3 for $20-30. That's the price of a P3 Coppermine 667 at my local university surplus.

 

[cmangle]

Is a p3 coppermine a socket 7 ?

 

[evilr00t]

A socketed P3 is a Socket 370 chip.

Sorry, should have elaborated. At my local university surplus, I picked up a P3 *COMPUTER* (Everything except hard drive) for $25.

 

[cmangle]

and a socket 370 is not a socket 7 correct?

is there an adapter ?

I realize I'm pushing a chain uphill here but . . .

 

[dasickninja]

Sorry, should have elaborated. At my local university surplus, I picked up a P3 *COMPUTER* (Everything except hard drive) for $25.

Ho.Ly Shit.
WhereTF do you go to school?

 

[evilr00t]

I think the keyword here is "I picked up a P3 *COMPUTER* (Everything except hard drive) for $25". Obsolete systems come cheap.

Forget about upgrading, it's not possible with your Socket 7 motherboard. The PMMX 233 is the HIGHEST END Pentium MMX you can get.

Ho.Ly ****.
WhereTF do you go to school?

For privacy interests, a "state-funded university"

Surplus shopping is delicious. Government surplus, like state-funded university surplus or state government surplus, is typically a goldmine of supercheap goods.

Police-seized (ie. stolen, and thus expensive) property shows up at my local state government surplus regularly.

I'm sure you could find P3s for $25 at almost any surplus warehouse, though government surplus is tasty because a lot of government agencies are chucking out Dell P3s for newer computers.

 

[dasickninja]

Is it best to buy without the HD's from the police seized? you know, just in case there ae some "Easter eggs" or just go on ahead?

 

[glockman]

Here's the thing with the hardware requirement for DSL or cable.. it don't mean anything. As long as the computer has or can support ethernet - that is all you need. If the computer is fast enough for the user to be happy browsing the web or reading e-mail on that old computer then the speed requirement they quote is meaningless. I frequently browse the net and check e-mail on an old 300Mhz laptop - it is slow but it gets the job done. Now, if you need to connect to the DSL modem with USB and the machine only has Win95 then you have a problem.

 

[evilr00t]

Amen,

The CPU speed requirement is more of a recommendation.

 

[schiba]

Tere is even a Pentium333 mmx for mobile devices(low voltage)
k5 is weaker than pentium mmx, the first k6 166 and 200 MHz are 2.9 V and are as
"fast" the mmx, all the cyrix 686mmx are 2.9 v, I think they top at PR333 and are as "fast" as the mmx, and the cyrix mII is also running at 2.9 V PENTIUM2RTING 233-333(little faster).
You should buy a new pc, last year I bought for 70 E a athlon 1900+,768 mb ram, 40gb hdd,combo drive,Fx 5200 128 mb

 

[uguv]

I'd assume, since you necro'd this thread after about 2.5 years, that the OP has already found a resolution.

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Nice bump there.

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Nice edit there Uguv

 

[uguv]

Yeah I was thinking we were still in 2008 not 2009. Must be getting old!

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Apart from that the original thread is actually from 09-15-2006 lol