First post, by Lodge_
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I've had the ASUS VX97 v1.01 motherboard paired with Pentium MMX 233 and the latest MR BIOS (from 1999) for a while now. I'm quite satisfied with it, but a few games from 1998 seem a bit sluggish at times so it got me thinking of upgrading the CPU if that would make a difference.
Does anyone have first hand experience of using AMD K6-2 processors with this motherboard? The settings for the 2.2V voltage aren't documented.
The multiplier setting are 66 Mhz bus x6 (jumper set at 2x because the K6-2 processors treat a 2x multiplier setting as 6x). Am I right?
But what about the voltage?
I found this old newsgroup post below from the year 2000 with the exact same issue!
I thought that the solution for 2.2V should be as simple as VID1 1-2 closed? But then I compared the settings for 2.5V and 3.2V. 2.5V is the same as below but has extra jumper over VID1 2- 3. 3.2V is totally diffent so I'm not sure anymore?
>> I just solved the problem!!!! VX-97 and >>TX97 and TX97-e (someone confirm the tx's as >> I only have a vx97) supports all >> […]
>> I just solved the problem!!!! VX-97 and
>>TX97 and TX97-e (someone confirm the tx's as
>> I only have a vx97) supports all
>>voltages 2.0 - 3.5 in 0.1 volt increments. The may
>> include any Asus board with an HIP6008
>>voltage regulator.
>>
>> The vid block connected to HIP6008
>>regulator looks like:
>>
>> vid2 3 x 2
>> vid1 x x 1
>> vid0 x x 0
>>
>> And the voltages:
>> 2.0 No jumpers
>> 2.1 vid0 1-2 (no other jumpers needed)
>> 2.2 vid1 1-2
>> 2.3 vid0 1-2, vid1 1-2
>> 2.4 vid2 1-2
>> 2.5 vid0 1-2, vid2 1-2
>> 2.6 vid1 1-2, vid2 1-2
>> 2.7 vid0 1-2, vid1 1-2, vid2 1-2
>> 2.8 short the 3 to vid1:3 (ie: vid2:3 to
>>vid1:3)
>> 2.9 short 3 (see 2.😎, vid0 1-2
>> 3.0 short 3, vid1 1-2
>> 3.1 short 3, vid0 1-2, vid1 1-2
>> 3.2 short 3, vid2 1-2
>> 3.3 short 3, vid0 1-2, vid2 1-2
>> 3.4 short 3, vid1 1-2, vid2 1-2
>> 3.5 short 3, vid1 1-2, vid2 1-2, vid3
>>1-2
>>
>> Specs on the HIP6008 found at
>>www.intersil.com.
>> Enjoy! The world of vx97 overclocking is
>>open to the k6-2's now! Notice that Steve's
>> solution below for 2.5V included a
>>jumper on vid1 2- 3. It is optional equipment.
The was a similar thread about using the VX97 and the K-2+ (2.0V) processors, but that had to be about the rev 1.02. Rev 1.01 only supports 66 Mhz bus. Here:
K6-2+ 450, Asus VX97 Build - updated now to include some 430TX vs. 430VX benchmarks
You can find the datasheet for the voltage regulator here:
https://www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/data … P6008CB-pdf.php
