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Article #20160P5 chip and upgrading to VESA motherboard
From: Morgan Stair
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:38
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:38
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I just got a new 486DX-33 ISA motherboard. The dealer I bought it from will let me upgrade it to a LocalBus motherboard for about $100 more, but he recommends that I stick with what I have because the Local Bus motherboards will NOT work with the P5 chip. It sounds like a bunch of crap to me, but I'd like to know for sure. Even if the P5 is 64bit, the VESA standard is upward compatable to 64bit. Are there VESA motherboards to stay away from because of this? Will the P5 plug and play in a 486DX-33 motherboard? If it will plug and play in a 486DX-33, why won't it work in a VESA? Has anyone heard / can anyone guess one way or another about this? Morgan -- ************************************************************************* * W. Morgan Stair Phone: (617) 552-8783 * * Boston College FAX: (617) 552-8778 * * Institute for Space Research Email: morgan@dl5000.bc.edu * * 4 Alfred Circle * * Bedford MA 01730 * *************************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!ukma!hsdndev!news.cs.umb.edu!morgan From: morgan@dl5000.bc.edu (Morgan Stair) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: P5 chip and upgrading to VESA motherboard Message-ID: <MORGAN.93Jan12163825@dl5000.bc.edu> Date: 12 Jan 93 21:38:25 GMT Sender: news@cs.umb.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: all Organization: Institute for Space Research, Boston College Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: dl5000.bc.edu