eightbit Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 My God it has been a long time since I have looked into this stuff. SHort story is that I have a Gateway P5-120 coming soon and I was just wondering about CPU upgrade options for the fun of it. Information is sparse, but I am assuming the P5-120 is a socket 5 CPU....I already know it is a Pentium 120mhz. I saw this on ebay and am wondering if it is socket 5 or socket 7, and wondering if it will work in a socket 5 system: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-SL2RM-Pentium-Overdrive-Processor/291779894829?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649 One website is telling me that this upgraded all socket 5 Pentium 1 CPUs to their max. Another website states that this is a socket 7 configuration. I wish I had my 90's tech brain but I just can't remember. I think socket 5 was 320 pin if I remember....I dunno. Does anyone know if this particular overdrive would work in a socket 5 machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Socket 7 was backward-compatible with the earlier Pentiums designed for Socket 5 (like your 120MHz chip), but also added support for MMX processors, which operated at a lower voltage. As I recall, the Pentium OverDrive upgrades were just regular MMX processors, with external voltage regulators and other components to make them compatible with older Socket 5 motherboards. So yes, this upgrade should work in your motherboard, although you may have to set the bus speed to 66MHz and the clock multiplier to 3 in order to get the full 200MHz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 Very cool! Thank you for that information! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Actually I found out today that this will NOT work in a socket 5 system. This is because it apparently *requires* a 66Mhz FSB, and the P5-120 is 60Mhz and I doubt that can be changed. Oh well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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