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Acer V50LA motherboard with a P233 Mmx CPU

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First post, by bunta714

Posted on 2023-02-28, 19:43

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Hi all,

I have an Acer V50LA socket 7 motherboard that currently has a 180mhz Pentium Overdrive CPU in it. It seems to be running fine, but I also have a P233 MMX CPU that I was thinking of swapping in.

The motherboard manual only lists jumper settings for 66/166 CPUs.
There are also settings for p55c core/bus clocks for 3/1 or 2/1.

The available voltage settings are for 3.3825V VR, or 3.525V VRE CPUs.

Will the bus/core settings limitations make the faster CPU pointless?
If I use the VRE setting with the P233 MMX, will this end up toasting the chip?

Thank you for the help!

Reply 1 of 2, by LewisRaz

Posted on 2023-02-28, 22:52

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That board does not appear to support the split voltages of the MMX so you will end up potentially damaging it. Seems the best it can handle would be a 200mhz non MMX (3x66mhz)

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Reply 2 of 2, by bunta714

Posted on 2023-03-01, 16:10

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LewisRaz wrote on 2023-02-28, 22:52:

That board does not appear to support the split voltages of the MMX so you will end up potentially damaging it. Seems the best it can handle would be a 200mhz non MMX (3x66mhz)

Thank you for the tips! I will just keep the Pentium Overdrive in there then and use the P233 MMX for another project.

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