Upgrade to Socket 7 for improved compatibility and performance.
Upgrade to Socket 7 for improved compatibility and performance.
Your Socket 7 laptop is compatible with a wide range of CPUs, including the AMD K6-2 at 380MHz and even the 500MHz K6-2 you're considering. You won’t need to modify anything significant—just a few DIP switches might be enough. No BIOS updates are required for this compatibility.
So this is SUPER socket 7? As long as bios supports 100 FSB, should be able to run just about anything you want. Here's a support list pulled from CpuWorld. AMD K5 (75 MHz - 200 MHz) AMD K6 (166 MHz - 300 MHz) AMD K6-2 (200 MHz - 570 MHz, often requires 100 MHz bus support) AMD K6-III (333 MHz - 550 MHz, often requires 100 MHz bus support) Cyrix 6x86, 6x86L and 6x86MX (90 MHz - 266 MHz) Cyrix MII (233 MHz - 433 MHz) IBM 6x86, 6x86L and 6x86MX (90 MHz - 300 MHz) IDT Winchip C6 (180 MHz - 240 MHz) IDT Winchip 2 (200 MHz - 240 MHz) Intel Pentium (non-MMX) (75 MHz - 200 MHz) Intel Pentium MMX (166 MHz - 233 MHz) Rise Technology MP6 (150 MHz - 366 MHz) ST 6x86 (90 MHz - 166 MHz)