Hi Michael,

I'm afraid the answer on this is the short one.  The P5-133 was a single
voltage chip.  The AMD K6-III is a dual voltage chip.  There are rumors that
a 233Mhz single voltage chip was made, but I've never been able to track one
down.  The best you would be able to do is the 200Mhz chip you mention, but
you have to make DARN sure that you get a single-voltage, non-MMX chip.  A
dual-voltage chip simply won't work.

I would question the fact that you're motherboard is an ATX board.  While
not impossible, I have never seen an ATX connector on a socket 5 board, and
rarely on a socket 7, though they were pretty common on the super-socket
7's.  Somebody may need to correct me on this.

If it is indeed an ATX board, I would suggest upgrading to a new board and
chip.  You probably have SIMM memory, so you would need to look for a board
that would have SIMM slots, but you should be able to find both board and
chip for under $100, including shipping.

Good luck.

Kyle Elmblade
Distinct Computer Solutions
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From: "Michael Bratkowski" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 7:19 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] AMD K6-III


> Hey:
>
> Has anyone ever put an AMD K6-III/333 in a socket 7, p5-133, ATX mobo?
I've thinking of upgrading, but I'm not sure whether the cpu will mate with
the mobo alright.  Do I need to change the BIOS?  If so, and I
> need to get back to the original BIOS and Pentium set up, is there a way
to save the current BIOS settings with out writing them down manually?
Also, if my jumpers are all used for setting mHz and not voltage,
> how do I set the voltage for the AMD (the manual says the voltage
regulator is set at the factory and shouldn't be messed with.  I've tried
gateway and they weren't much help (its a Gateway system).  In a
> Gateway P5-133, ATX are the mHz jumpers just listed as that (so the user
can make sense of their settings), but actually tell the voltage regulator
what vdc to use?  How do I check the current (Pentium) voltage
> set-up?  The AMD is rated at 2.2 v.  Will my current sound card and modem
work with the AMD?  If I turn the voltage reg down, will that affect the
rest of the mobo and the other boards?  If I exceed the cache
> amount and the processor bus speed, will it slow the computer down?
Should I just go with a 200 Mhz Pentium off of ebay, instead of all this(the
max size cpu allowed in the manual)?  So much to think about.
> Thanks for any and all info.  You guys are the best.
>
> Michael Bratkowski

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