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> Did a quick search at ebay and looks like theyre still
> selling VRMs for <$20 (search for "pentium pro vrm")...
Cool. I see a bunch that auto-switch between 5V and 12V, with VXI
stamped, so hopefully I can grab one of these and it will work.
> MEMORY - The motherboards takes EDO DIMM UNBUFFERED
> (fairly hard to find)
yeah.. i found this out *after* I bought the machine. ohwell, the
computer itself was only $60 - and I was able to find a 128 meg edo
unbuffered dimm for about $40.
> FORM FACTOR - LPX,IBM Proprietary (you cant transfer
> to another case). Some (but not all) really old Aptiva
> minitowers can take it though--but with the correct riser
> card (both hard to find).
ohwell..
> CPU - it can take 2 PPro overdrives (to 333mhz)--(i wouldnt
> recommend this though due to the still high cost of PPro OD's).
yeah, i read on google groups, people recommending upgrading with a
pentium 2 overdrive-type cpu upgrade (one of those things from evergreen
technologies) but that seems wayyyy too expensive. I got my matching ppro
200s off ebay for $10 total, it looks like I'll be getting a vrm for about
$20, so for thirty bucks it looks like I'll have a nice upgrade to play
with.
thanks,
Kevin
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