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Help with Socket 7 MB DIP switches - undocumented?

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First post, by keenmaster486

Posted on 2016-02-29, 19:10

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Hi all -
I have this eMachines Delhi-III Socket 7 motherboard from the late 90's.
I cannot find ANY documentation whatsoever on the Internet for it, but
I need to know how to configure the bus speed and cpu speed so I can use
it with my Pentium/100. It works fine with an AMD K6-II and a Cyrix 686, but
not the Pentium, so I assume I have to use those DIP switches and/or various
jumpers to configure the speed, multiplier, and voltage. Have any ideas? Thanks!

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Reply 1 of 5, by Skyscraper

Posted on 2016-02-29, 19:21

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Here is the manual.

The attachment Delhi_3.pdf is no longer available

It was the first hit on Google.

I searched for: delhi-III socket 7 motherboard.

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Reply 2 of 5, by keenmaster486

Posted on 2016-02-29, 19:25

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😮 😮 😮 😮 😁
WOW! How did you do that? You guys are awesome...
Thank you.
EDIT: saw the rest of your post...
Dang. In all my searches for "delhi motherboard", "emachines delhi manual", "emachines delhi-iii",
that link never came up. I guess you have to have the magic touch... 😀

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Reply 3 of 5, by Skyscraper

Posted on 2016-02-29, 19:30

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keenmaster486 wrote:
8-o 8-o 8-o 8-o :-D WOW! How did you do that? You guys are awesome... Thank you. EDIT: saw the rest of your post... Dang. I […]
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😮 😮 😮 😮 😁
WOW! How did you do that? You guys are awesome...
Thank you.
EDIT: saw the rest of your post...
Dang. In all my searches for "delhi motherboard", "emachines delhi manual", "emachines delhi-iii",
that link never came up. I guess you have to have the magic touch... 😀

You are welcome 😀

It seems to be a nice little motherboard with support for most Socket-7 CPUs.

Reply 4 of 5, by keenmaster486

Posted on 2016-02-29, 21:15

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Tried it out using the instructions - now it works perfectly. Thanks again! Do you know if I can flash the BIOS on this thing to something more normal? Right now it has the old eMachines bios which hardly lets you do anything. I think it's an award bios.

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Reply 5 of 5, by Imperious

Posted on 2016-02-29, 23:36

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Try the bios I have attached, it has support for k62+ and k63+ as well as most hidden options unhidden.
This AMIBIOS, not Award, so You need a AMI bios flashing tool obviously, an old one too.

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