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First post, by jasa1063

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I was lucky enough to find a complete Super 7 system in great shape on Craigslist for only $50. Here is the original config:

K6-2 500 Mhz CPU (with a 2.2 core voltage)
Shuttle HOT-597 motherboard (VIA MVP3 chipset)
256 MB PC100 memory (2 x 128 MB)
Matrox G400 16MB AGP graphics card
Sound Blaster Live! sound card
3COM 3C905-TX 10/100 network card
80 GB IDE Hard Drive
32X CDRW Drive
1.44 MB floppy
200 Watt ATX power Supply
Standard ATX Mid Tower Case

I made several changes with parts I had laying around. Here is the new config (only changes listed):

K6-III+ 450 Mhz CPU (clocked to 550 Mhz with a 2.1 core voltage)
512 MB PC133 memory (2 x 256 MB)
Geforce2 MX 400 AGP graphics card
Sound Blaster 16 CT2800 (for better DOS compatibility)
Realtek RTL8169 Gigabit PCI network card
USB 2.0 PCI card with 4 USB ports
120 GB SATA SSD (connected with a Startech IDE to SATA adapter)
Iomega ZIP100 IDE drive

The system runs perfectly with Windows 98 SE and I have had no AGP problems so far running at AGP 2x and a 128MB AGP aperture size . I used the AGP driver from the VIA 4in1 package version 4.41. I have not been able to get the CPU to clock to 600 Mhz, but this a minor detail. My previous K6-III+ build used an PC-Chips M599LMR board and that had several challenges to work around to get it running properly. I am a lot happier with this build. I would say for $50 and parts laying around things came out pretty good:)

Reply 1 of 3, by ibmapc

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jasa1063 wrote on 2020-04-25, 02:17:

... I have not been able to get the CPU to clock to 600 Mhz, ...

Have you tried SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6+7+8 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86? Or are you just setting the multiplier with the motherboard jumpers?

Reply 2 of 3, by jasa1063

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ibmapc wrote on 2020-04-25, 04:19:
jasa1063 wrote on 2020-04-25, 02:17:

... I have not been able to get the CPU to clock to 600 Mhz, ...

Have you tried SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6+7+8 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86? Or are you just setting the multiplier with the motherboard jumpers?

I have tried both with no luck and even went up to 2.2 volts. The system is totally unstable at 600 Mhz. The K6-III+ in my PC Chips M599LMR motherboard runs at 600 Mhz with no issues. Could be a marginal CPU. I might try the one from M599LMR board just to verify, but at this point I am happy with 550 Mhz.

Reply 3 of 3, by jasa1063

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I swapped the K6-III+ from my PC Chips M599LMR motherboard and it clocks to 600 Mhz with no problem. It was a marginal CPU after all. Glad I took the time to figure it out:)