What processor upgrades are possible for my Gateway 486 system with a Micronics motherboard?
A2. First, if you have a Gateway / Micronics system that uses either a 25 MHz 80486-DX or a 50 MHz 80486-DX2, you may be able to change the motherboard switch settings to run the system with a 33 MHz system bus, rather than the current 25 Mhz. Refer to the motherboard table below to see which motherboards allow you to change the system bus frequency. All of the Micronics 486 motherboards known to have been used by Gateway were designed for 5 volt processors. We have also tested several other Micronics motherboards which we have on hand. Next, let’s start with the older 5 volt processors, ranked in order from slowest to fastest… • Intel 66 MHz 80486-DX2 OverDrive • Cyrix, IBM, or SGS-Thomson 66 MHz or 80 MHz Cx486DX2 • Intel 100 MHz 80486-DX4 OverDrive • Intel 83 MHz Pentium OverDrive Cyrix is a fabless (or without its own chip fabrication plants) semiconductor company, recently acquired by National Semiconductor. Cyrix designs processor chips, tests prototype chips, obtains patents o
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