Originally posted by: blackcatak
As far as a faster processor it might just be a moot issue. I opened the case and only found settings for a 300. Hmmmmm I am looking for settings now but am still unsure if this board is just to old. Thanks for everyones help and opinions on this matter. I learned alot about the K6 chips.
At some point the K6s transitioned from socket 7 to super socket 7. Super socket 7 could use 95 and 100 Mhz FSB (external buss frequency), and had multipliers that went up to 5.5. Socket 7 had 66 Mhz (and usually also 75 and 83), with multipliers up to 3.5
Since your computer says it is 262, it is probably a 75MHz buss with a 3.5 multiplier, since this is the only combo that comes out right. It may be that that computer does not have 100MHz frequency availlable. Then 6x 75 =450 would be as far as you could go.
Later K6s, like the ones you would probably buy, could use a 6x multiplier. AMD reused one of the old multipliers settings, and it would run at 6x when that was set. It slips my mind which that was. Possibly 2x. K6+s were intended for mobile use and had an interesting feature : they could be software set to different multipliers by running a little program. I have mine set to 500 by jumpers (5x 100) for convenience, and I run the little program to put put if up to 550. It will not run reliably at 600. (If I recall, it is marked as a 450.) In your case what that means is that regardless of the mobo jumpers, you can set it to any multiplier by running the little program. The program I have is for Windows (98) of course, but I'd be surprised if some linux guy didn't do one for linux.
K6+s ran at a lower voltage too. 2 volts, if I recall. Not many socket 7 boards could go below 2.5 volts, although maybe mobile ones did. I don't think you would want to overvolt a K6+ past 2.2V, although a lot of people have.
If you can get the heatsink off your CPU, it will say on the CPU what voltage it is supposed to be, and that is probably what the mobo is now set to. It also has the frequency and buss info.