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First post, by SuperHanSolo

Posted on 2016-03-04, 22:13

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Does anybody here know much about the Pentium 2 mobile ?

I have a 233Mhz here, it uses a proprietry intel socket (ive got the whole system). Is this a multiplier unlocked setup ? Or can it be overclocked ? The variant i had came in 3 versions, 233mhz, 266mhz and 300Mhz.

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Reply 1 of 3, by havli

Posted on 2016-03-04, 23:17

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Mobile PII usually use MMC-1 or MMC-2 package. On rather small PCB (about half size of Slot 1 PII) there are soldered several components - the PII CPU, external L2 cache, i440BX northbridge and some kind of VRM. MMC-2 supports AGP interface, while MMC-1 doesn't. Of course MMC-1 laptop only supports MMC-1 CPU... and the same applies for MMC-2.

As far as I know, multiplier is locked and overclocking is impossible.... at least without performing difficult HW modifications. It might be possible to upgrade your laptop to PII Dixon - they have 256 KB full speed L2 cache and frequency up to 400 MHz.

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Reply 2 of 3, by SuperHanSolo

Posted on 2016-03-05, 10:16

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Thanks for the info, i looked at the chip and it didnt seem it was possible.

Reply 3 of 3, by Gamecollector

Posted on 2016-03-05, 11:30

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havli wrote:

Mobile PII usually use MMC-1 or MMC-2 package.

There was the 3rd variant. Mobile Cartridge Assembly (MCA). Example.

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Voodoo2 12 MB SLI, Win2k drivers 1.02.00 (XpProSp3).

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