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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (1290)	6/11/1998 7:55:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>>The 32 bit bus can create a bottleneck? If I just get a 586 chip for now it won't matter will it?<< A 586 chip will work with a 32 bit bus. It is pretty hard to find 586 chips. The only advertisement I found for a 586 chip was on page 586 of Computer Shopper. Upgrades International's advertisement says 486 to 586 for 5V systems. Get P-75 performance from your old 486. Simple installation. Fan, manual extraction tool, AMD 5x86-133....$89.00. Upgrades International has a web site at rampages.onramp.net If Upgrades International advertisement is truthful it sounds like you won't have to set any jumpers. I have never done business with Upgrades International so treat everything said here as information. Otherwise you might have to go to a flea market to find 586 chips. >>PS To change the cpu would I have to remove the mother board?<< It depends upon what type of case you have and whether any drive bays interfere with your access to the CPU. But even with out seeing your case I think the probability of you having to remove the motherboard to replace the CPU is better than 80%