First post, by kahuna
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Hello everyone,
I've been reading a lot in this forum, but this is my first post here.
I have a Soyo SY-5EMA PRO with a K6-2 running at 500Mhz (2.2V).
I just got an AMD K6-2+/533ACZM that works at 2V. However, my motherboard doesn't seem to have the 2V option.
Does anyone know the proper configuration in regards to voltage on this board to support this CPU?
The BIOS I have flashed is the latest one, I was able to retrieve it using the "wayback machine" from archive.org.
I cannot find the manual, so I'm basically reading what it says on the mobo as well as manuals from the SY-5EMA+ and similar versions. If anyone has the manual, please share it away 😉
In the voltage-sel.jpg pic you can see the options I have.
Unknown.jpg is basically a jumper (JP11) that I don't know what it does, I couldn't find any documentation about it. It located really close to the CPU.
Also, I'd like to ask about cached memory limits. Per https://www.amd-k6.com/cacheable-ram-on-socket-7-platforms/ the VIA MVP3 that this board comes with only caches 64MB of RAM in write back cache mode. I will test it and play with it but, what difference should I expect with the K6-2+ CPU (providing that it works) compared to the current K6-2? Will it be even different if I had a K6-III+?
I'm asking this because of the L2 cache the K6 plus versions have. Since I'll have L2 CPU cache, the mobo cache will be L3, so I'm not sure about the performance penalty if I decide to go with something like 128MB or 256MB of RAM.
Thank you!
Be free!