Intel 486I What Socket.

SleepstalkerSleepstalker
edited June 2003 in Hardware
What socket did the 486I go into. Socket Seven?

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  • dydxdydx Cymru, UK
    edited June 2003
    Depends on what 486 it is.

    Can be Socket 3, 4, hard wired, over drive socket.

    Wont work in socket 7.


    mD
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited June 2003
    uh... just outta curiosity, why? I mean it's a 486- why not just burn it?
  • SleepstalkerSleepstalker
    edited June 2003
    We have a board at work with parts on it. Each part is labeled with the name and description so people can see what all the parts of a pc look like. The processor on the board was the 486 and in the description it said socket a. I pointed out that it was obviously very wrong and suddenly it became my obligation to correct the board. I should have seen that coming.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited June 2003
    it should say on the socket itself what it is...
  • dydxdydx Cymru, UK
    edited June 2003
    Some 486 sockets are not ZIF, just a black square that you shove the chip in.

    Been a while since ive seen the innards of a 486. One is still in service as a print server, even though the printer attached to it probably has more procesing power.

    All my other aincent hardware is in the garage.


    mD
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
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  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
    Isn't 486 a socket 5?
    Originally posted by Sleepstalker
    What socket did the 486I go into. Socket Seven?

    Wont work in a Socket 7 because that was for 586 and 686 generation CPUs

    These were all Socket 7 CPU's
    AMD K5 (.50-.35µ), K6 (.30-.25µ), K6-2 (.25µ), and K6-III (.25µ)
    Centaur/IDT WinChip (.35µ), Centaur/IDT WinChip2 (.35-.25µ), Centaur/IDT WinChip3 (.25µ)
    Cyrix MediaGX, 5x86 (.65µ), 6x86 (M1 .65µ, M1L .35µ), 6x86MX (M2 .35µ), MII (M2 .35-.25µ)
    Intel P5 (.80µ), P54C (.50µ, .35µ), P55C (.28µ Pentium MMX)
    NexGn Nx586 (.50-.44µ), Nx586FP (.44µ), Nx686 (.50µ)
    Rise mP6 (.25-.18µ)

    I don't know how useful it is to you, just that it shows you what processors were on the Socket 7 system
  • dydxdydx Cymru, UK
    edited June 2003
    Socket 5 was for the original Pentiums. Some of the very early pentiums were in a different socket though.


    mD
  • SleepstalkerSleepstalker
    edited June 2003
    So it's either socket 3 or 4? I'm just gonna label it ZIF socket. Seeing as how it had been up on the board labeled socket a for like half a year I don't think it really matters anyway. The main lesson here is to not point out mistakes at work unless you really want to fix it yourself.
  • dydxdydx Cymru, UK
    edited June 2003
    It aint socket 5.


    mD
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