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| 7363.1 |  | PCBUOA::KRATZ |  | Mon Feb 24 1997 12:43 | 5 | 
|  |     The Celebris GL 5xxx can't use Pentium with MMX technology
    until Intel comes out with a Overdrive solution.  You can
    bump up to a "regular" 200Mhz Pentium, however (even tho
    there never really was a Celebris GL 5200).
    K
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| 7363.2 | more info ... | LEXS01::lexser8.lex.dec.com::lombardi | PCBU Technical Support | Tue Feb 25 1997 06:50 | 5 | 
|  | Is there a part # for the 200 mhz CPU (e.g. DT-xxxxx). And also, what jumpers need to be changed 
on the motherboard to allow you to realize the 200 mhz clock speed.
Thanks in advance,
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| 7363.3 |  | WRKSYS::mccasa.eng.pko.dec.com::DUTTON | There once was a note, pure and easy... | Mon Apr 14 1997 13:26 | 4 | 
|  | Can an AMD K6 be installed in a Celebrix 5xxx series,
or is this another "need an overdrive version" case?
(or maybe "need a new bios?" :)
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| 7363.4 |  | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Mon Apr 14 1997 13:29 | 4 | 
|  | AMD does not suggest the use of the K6 as a "Pentium upgrade".  It requires
specific BIOS support, which I'm sure the Celebris 5xxx series doesn't have.
				Steve
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| 7363.5 |  | DABEAN::REAUME | http://www.dreamscape.com/johnrea | Wed Apr 16 1997 16:38 | 19 | 
|  |       The main concern with CPU upgrade (besides pin compatibility) is the
    voltage issue and the system clock speed coupled with the core/bus
    ratio. Even though the GL came with the P7 socket, it was designed
    before the MMX Pentium (which has a 2.8 v core voltage and 3.3 v I/O).
     
     As far as I can see the P5 200 Pentium should work if:
    
      1) set sys clock to  66.6 MHZ - jumper J36 and J40 both ON  
    	
      2) set core/bus freq to 3/1 - jumper J41 off and J48 ON 
    
     Obviously an upgrade from P133 or less to a P200 would show some
    improvement, but you have to keep in mind that it would not be a 50%
    increase as clock speed would lead you to believe. Too many other
    factors come into play. I would still say that adding memory is the
    cheapest way to boost perfomance.
    
    							-John R
    
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