Yes, though back when I was 14, going inside my PC was a harrowing experience! Don't want to break the expensive PC and catch a whooping from my father :)
Great to see you back. I think I got an overdrive Processor for my DX2-66 but I can't remember if it was a Pentium grade upgrade. Not sure if that was a thing but it did improve the performance.
Do you have an ISA video card? In my benchmarks the DX4/100 is about 40% faster than a DX2/66 in games. It's a speed difference you should definitely notice. If the difference is much more subtle, you are probably bottlenecked by your video card. VLB and PCI cards are much faster than ISA. Having said that, no 486 is fast enough for SVGA (640x480) you need a fast Pentium for that :) Even the 160mhz 486's are a slide show at that res.
Yes I have a cirrus ISA video card in this one. Unfortunately no PCI or VLB motherboards in my collection :) So many memories of trying to run games on my 486 with single digit frames back then! :D. Now we cry if we cant max out 144hz monitors!!! How time has progressed
haha, i have an all original Compaq Presario 4/33 that can only be upgraded with this Overdrive chip. I have one lying in wait for when I eventually have enough time to work on it.
These Compaqs are great machines! I recently put a CF card into this machine too as its probable last upgrade. However my PS/2 keyboard has randomly stopped working (G and H keys non responsive) so any videos are kinda on hold till I get that sorted!
I have a socket 3 (i think) dx 2 66 cpu, with a leaver/handle and i cannot seem to get the cpu out, would it just be something i can force up or should it be zero force for this type of socket as you mentioned in the video?
Hi mate, yeah if it has the lever then it should come off by itself. You don't want to pull it out in case you damage the socket or the cpu. That said, I struggled to get a cooler off a cpu and it pulled it out. However it still worked afterwards :D If you're not sure then try to join a retro computing facebook group and post a picture of the board (or the motherboard model number) and someone will be able to advise :D
