[Gllug] socket 4

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 08 Feb, Ian Norton wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 05:23:46PM +0000, Christian Smith wrote:
>  
> > Socket 4 is the origional Pentium socket, used for P60 and P66 processors.
> > I believe these processors were 5v parts at release. Socket 5 processors
> > started the move towards lower voltage processors.
> > 
> > The overdrive chip you have will be a later Pentium adapted to run in the
> > old Socket 4 sockets. It probably also has a voltage regulator just under
> > the heatsink?
> > 
> 
> hmm, cool, thanks, im waiting for the hardware to totally dry out before i see
> if any of it works :-) ill let everyone know in a few days if i caused a fire
> or not 
> 
> bredroll

   I picked up a stack of old small Elonex boxes from 386 to 486DX2 from the
roadside, and after washing and drying, and swapping bits around, have so
far managed to fire up 3 or 4 486DX2's with around 10GB drives. They are low
power, so don't run hot, yet fast enough for several odd jobs. The PSU's are
fitted with ball bearing fans and a remote control similar to the modern ATX
types. Two of the PSU's had failed, but the rest are still going strong.
   The main problems have been with edge connector contacts spread apart or
breaking off. The card edge can be cleaned with an eraser designed for ball
pen ink (the old green ones are not too abrasive on gold flashing, and don't
leave a deposit, but some solvents don't evaporate at all, or vapourise so
quickly that they blow off the gold).
   If your socket 4 box is as well made, and not totally dead, it should be
fine.
   I am still watching a domestic TV found by the roadside about 15 years
ago with the boards covered in grime. I sprayed washing up liquid on
everything except the cardboard speaker cone, hosed it down and left it to
dry for a month, and it is only now starting to show colour and registration
errors.

-- 
Chris Bell


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