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More info?)
Thanks for the reply. I acquired the GW board free and I have a couple PL
adapters w/K6 laying around. Just looking to get it fast enough to give
away. It's quite crippled the way it is (Intel 200MMX max) compared to what
you can pay for now (as you point out).
I'm not aware of PL supplying a BIOS upgrade. I'll have to look into that.
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:41028485.6729715@news.charter.net...
> Does PowerLeap have a BIOS modification? My (imperfect?) understanding of
> PowerLeap's K6-2/400 package was that it included a somewhat generic BIOS
> modification to support non-Intel processors.
>
> Unicore has never had a great track record for tech support, which makes
one
> wonder how they even manage to sell BIOS upgrades. eSupport is a new name
for
> the same old Unicore. The web site continues to be a mish-mash of
> not-too-useful information, in contrast to MicroFirmware (R.I.P.) who
provided a
> wealth of technical info about its own products, pricing, and all manner
of
> useful related stuff. Must be a message here. Good tech support does not
pay
> over the long haul?
>
> As attractive as an AMD K6-2 upgrade may seem, especially of you already
have
> most of the parts in hand, you might be better off swapping in a
motherboard
> with fewer limitations, especially maximum memory capacity, which a BIOS
upgrade
> cannot change. May I suggest replacing the board with a low-end Pentium
III or
> fast Celeron ATX board, at minimum? Board, CPU and memory should run no
more
> than $50 at today's prices. There are only two technical issues with a
mobo
> replacement. First, you'd need an I/O shield with the replacement
motherboard,
> and the shield needs to fit your gw2k case. Second, inevitably some
adjustment
> of motherboard drivers would be necessary, because the replacement board
would
> have a different chipset, and Windows gets VERY confused with different
chipsets
> unless (and even if) one take precautions when doing the replacement. Or
reload
> Windows from scratch. Unless you are running Linux, which handles chipset
> changes very nicely and almost automatically... Ben Myers
>
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 04:00:45 GMT, "mdp" <markdpend@spambegone.aol.com>
wrote:
>
> >I have a GW Hitman motherboard made by Intel, marked as MBDSAC057AAWW and
is
> >described here:
> >
> >http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/INTEL/SAC057AA/MC057Anv.shtml
> >
> >The BIOS in there now is 1.00.07.DQOT U. I understand Unicore, who is
now
> >eSupport, wrote an aftermarket BIOS that will allow the use of an AMD
CPU.
> >I'd like to use a Powerleap adapter and a K6-II/III 400 CPU. I emailed
> >eSupport but have not gotten back a response. Does anyone have this BIOS?
> >
> >Tx
> >
> >
>
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