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First post, by Cyrix200+

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A while back I got this Evergreen Spectra 233MHz Processor Upgrade. I got around to looking at it today, and I have some questions. It was sold as a Processor Upgrade kit for socket 5 (I think).

Mine has corrosion, it had a CPU pin stuck in the socket, and came with a Intel Pentium MXX 233MHz. The kit was sold with an IDT WinChip 2 as well, but I think they switched to Intel later on? My box has stickers over any mentions of the IDT WinChip 2, but the manual still states it uses an IDT WinChip 2.

Not the original CPU I think, or it was the original one and the pin in the socket belonged to another CPU.

There are 2 jumpers (labeled A/B/C/D) and a header (labeled RED and BLK). The manual does not mention these.

There is a MOSFET on the interposer, and a voltage regulator voltage controller IC on the other side.

Does anybody have a more detailed manual, or information on the jumpers?

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Last edited by Cyrix200+ on 2020-06-18, 14:13. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 1 of 2, by The Serpent Rider

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voltage regulator IC on the other side.

Voltage regulator right under CPU core? On boi.

I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.

Reply 2 of 2, by Cyrix200+

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-06-18, 14:01:

voltage regulator IC on the other side.

Voltage regulator right under CPU core? On boi.

Yeah so the MOSFET is right underneath the CPU (that might be a little toasty), and there is a voltage controller IC (MIC5158BM) on the underside.

1982 to 2001