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Kay,

I would again check to see if the chipset on your motherboard had a BIOS
update available that would support an AMD K6-2 or AMD K6-3.  The 66 MHz bus with
the 2.0 multiplier will give you 6.0 times your bus speed or 66 x 6 = 396 MHz
processor speed.  For twenty dollars there is nothing you can add to your
present machine to make it faster for less.  Information must be managed  by the
chipset and manipulated by your CPU and a slow CPU means a slow machine.

You need to know what motherboard you have and if it supports 2.0 to 2.4 CPU
voltage.  Most boards made from 1996 to 1999 do have this feature.  The
aftermarket BIOS updates are available from several sites on the web without charge.

Regards,
Mike Scott

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