W. Chris Shank on Fri, 1 Mar 2002 19:33:03 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] VRM?


i have a 64M edo dimm from a dual PPro. I have no use for it. It's yours if 
you can use it. 



On Friday 01 March 2002 05:01 pm, you wrote:
> > 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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