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First post, by scorp

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Hi guys, just wanted to announce my voltage regulator module for Socket 5/7 mainboards with accordant Intel VRM header. In case you always wanted to convince a slow first generation Pentium mainboard to dance with an AMD K6-2/400. You can find the related information on the project site: https://github.com/necroware/s7-vrm

If you like to watch videos about retro hardware, you also can find the related topic here:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/CMiGVQbMC5U
Part 2: https://youtu.be/J0NLGfocviU
Part 3: https://youtu.be/kBPp9EAIC8I
Part 4: https://youtu.be/XV0b5Tvf5gY
Part 5: https://youtu.be/_w-_W6mnMzU

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Last edited by scorp on 2023-05-14, 09:16. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 3 of 10, by Pierre32

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Yep, followed these videos and it's great to see the end product.

I ended up getting my Necroware Gameport-USB adapter (and a Voltage Blaster too) from this Tindie store: https://www.tindie.com/stores/retrofletch/ Maybe he'll do these too.

Reply 4 of 10, by Joseph_Joestar

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Excellent work!

Your videos are very educational for someone like me who just started dabbling in retro hardware mods and repair. They are always fun to watch as well.

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Reply 5 of 10, by Repo Man11

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Thank you, I've been eagerly awaiting this! Do you have anything set up for single payment donations? I'd like show my appreciation for your work, but I'm not too keen on Patreon as I just want to do a one time thing.

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Reply 6 of 10, by scorp

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Thank you very much! Glad, that you guys like this project and the videos. Unfortunately I don't sell anything, since it is complicated to sell such stuff from Germany, sorry. However, I'm quite sure, that sooner or later someone will build and sell those parts, usually very overpriced, but it is as it is 😉 If you want it as cheap as possible, try to build it on your own. I always tend to design my projects in a way, so they can be easily soldered by hand. Also, may be here in the forum somebody can organize and build a bunch of those modules.

I don't want to give any commercial here, but just because you ask, if someone wants to support my channel, beside Patreon, there is also paypal link in the channel description and "thank you" buttons under the videos. If you want, you can use that, but please don't feel, that you need to, it's already a big reward, if I know that I could give you some fun 😉

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Reply 9 of 10, by feipoa

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I'm looking forward to the final revision of this VRM adaptor. It provides a nice alternative to the overpriced, and increasingly rare, socket5/7 upgrade adaptors (Kingston, Evergreen Spectra, etc).

Will you be providing a BOM specifying normally in-stock Mouser part numbers? I saw a general guide for part specs in the docs section, which is certainly helpful, but an exact BOM for the final revision I think would be helpful for most hobbyists. I realise you aren't at the final revision yet.

I also have an Asus P/I-P55TP4XEG I'd like to test your VRM on, but I'm even more anxious to test it on a socket 5 board I have, the Asus PCI/I-P54TP4. That board I tried tirelessly [and unsuccessfully] to upgrade to PB Burst SRAM, Anyone own an Asus PCI/I-P54TP4 with pipeline burst SRAM? Planning to mod direct-mapped SRAM to pipelineburst

Do you have any socket 5 boards to test the VRM on?

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Reply 10 of 10, by Sphere478

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Good job 😀 the videos were quite entertaining. Suggest testing the mainboard with on motherboard cache disabled btw.

Sphere's PCB projects.
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Sphere’s socket 5/7 cpu collection.
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SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod
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Tyan S1564S to S1564D single to dual processor conversion (also s1563 and s1562)