Hey people, after working long and hard ive finaly managed to get myself back on with a fully working Zenith 486 Matchine!
Woooo!
The computer itself is labled the 486/SX20E.. (20) being a 20mhz i presume, after flicking through the manual for the matchine, i found that this isnt the case, the computer was actuly a 33mhz origonaly, however now its fitted with a 50mhz chip on a rizer from the socket... hard to explain, ive never seen anything like it realy..
The Socket that would normaly seat the CPU has a board slotted into it, then the chip sits on top of that, ive checked to see its an overdrive and thats not the case.. it just rises it up, that and the chip has been upgraded from the SX33 to the SX50 intel... so any information reguarding this particular unit, id greatley appreciate.
My Questions are...
1- Does the SX50 Generation CPU require any form of cooling? the chip itself is bare, i knew the SX25's and 33's didnt require cooling, but the DX66's and above did, im not so sure on this 50 tho... any thaughts?
2- The unit has an offboard IDE controller.. and it the system itself does not have a post screen, just literley boots right into DOS.. did these come with any form of BIOS interface? or was it more basic like the realy old IBM units?
i think thats about it realy... any information reguarding the unit would be greatley appreciated.
thanks a bunch
-mark-
Woooo!
The computer itself is labled the 486/SX20E.. (20) being a 20mhz i presume, after flicking through the manual for the matchine, i found that this isnt the case, the computer was actuly a 33mhz origonaly, however now its fitted with a 50mhz chip on a rizer from the socket... hard to explain, ive never seen anything like it realy..
The Socket that would normaly seat the CPU has a board slotted into it, then the chip sits on top of that, ive checked to see its an overdrive and thats not the case.. it just rises it up, that and the chip has been upgraded from the SX33 to the SX50 intel... so any information reguarding this particular unit, id greatley appreciate.
My Questions are...
1- Does the SX50 Generation CPU require any form of cooling? the chip itself is bare, i knew the SX25's and 33's didnt require cooling, but the DX66's and above did, im not so sure on this 50 tho... any thaughts?
2- The unit has an offboard IDE controller.. and it the system itself does not have a post screen, just literley boots right into DOS.. did these come with any form of BIOS interface? or was it more basic like the realy old IBM units?
i think thats about it realy... any information reguarding the unit would be greatley appreciated.
thanks a bunch
-mark-
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