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Pentium III speed

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by gpomeroy7

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I would like to increase the speed of my Pentium III computer. As you know,the original purchase speed is 133mhz.

What do you advise?

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by thechas

Please double check your system.
If memory serves me correctly, the slowest PIII is 450 MHz.
The slowest PII is 233MHz
The slowest Pentium MMX is 166MHz.

You can run a utility such as Belarc advisor www.belarc.com
or Sandra from sisoft to identify your system hardware.

What you need to do, is identify the exact motherboard that you have, and what CPU options it supports.
There are tools and guides at www.motherboards.org and www.wimsbios.com
Once you identify the motherboard, you can download a manual that will list the CPU options.

If you indeed have a 133MHz CPU, you best bet is a whole new system. A new motherboard will require a different power supply, CPU, and RAM.

Chas

by gilesguthrie

The speed of the bus to which the Pentium is connected is 133MHz, not the processor itself.

You can therefore replace the processor with a faster one, or you can 'overclock' the motherboard, which is where, by resetting the jumpers on the board, you can run it at faster speeds. This is, however, not recommended.

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