[RESOLVED] AMD 200 K-6 w/ MMX extensions

[jazzdpb]

Hey guys,

I have an IBM Aptiva-2137/E24 with the above mentioned processor. I was wondering up to what speed I may upgrade the processor to? Also, If I could buy a Pentium processor instead of the AMD. Excuse my ignorance on this matter, I'm a newbie at this and thanks in advance.

Daniel

[BAD.IRON]

There are a few things you can do to see if your motherboard can take a faster CPU. First you have a socket 7 motherboard, that means that the best Pentium you can install is a 233. I am not formilor with your computer; most computers post their bios I.D. numbers at start up. It's a very long set of numbers and letters. Write the number down and look up your board on Windrivers. Some motherboards have the jumper information printed right on the motherboard.

[stevet]

Oxymoron of the day:

"Upgradable Aptiva"

Bad.Iron is right that you can probably only upgrade to a 233. And, being an IBM, you may not be able to upgrade at all. And besides, a 200 to 233MHz upgrade would not be worth the trouble.

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[jazzdpb]

I forgot to list the reason why I wanted to "upgrade" or change processors. I was running Win98 a while back and my system started to freeze up every 8-10 minutes for about a 6-7 second duration. My explorer was crashing also. So, I decided to format my hard drive and instead install Windows 2000. My system NEVER froze up once while using this O/S. However, I wanted to use my 3-D cards that somebody hooked me up with and since Win2K is not meant for gaming, I decided to go the safe route and install Win95 C. When I did the clean install, the O/S was running perfectly fine, when I started to install programs, the freezing up symptoms were starting to occur again. Just to let you know, I didn't install that many programs...only the essentials. What can be causing this? The processor itself? Is the fan too old? What should I do???

Daniel

P.S. If you know of any good internet sites where they sell processors, let me know.

P.P.S Sorry for the long-winded message.

[kannibul]

sounds like you could have either a bad ram (take it and get it tested at a local tech shop) your processor (borrow a different one) or mobo (unlikly but possible)