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What socket is this?

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First post, by Kahenraz

Posted on 2017-03-17, 22:33

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The auction says Socket 3 but I'm not familiar enough with pre-socket 7 to confirm. There is a 486 in it but there are unslotted pins around it.

Would someone explain why there are free pins surrounding the 486?

Reply 1 of 2, by Ampera

Posted on 2017-03-17, 22:39

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Because those pins are intended for larger chips. I think some POD chips used them, possibly some 5x86 chips. If they have those extra pins, it's a Socket 3 socket, and if the auction says it's Socket 3, it's socket 3 and will accept any 486 chip (MAKE SURE TO SET THE VOLTAGE RIGHT, DX4 USES 3.3 DX-DX2 USES 5)

Reply 2 of 2, by Tetrium

Posted on 2017-03-18, 00:08

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The extra row of pins is for POD (Pentium Overdrive). All the other s3 chips (including the non-Pentium regular Intel Overdrives) don't use the outermost row.

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