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First post, by envagyok

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I read AMD K5 cpu's are s5/s7 socket compatible processors, but when i try to run it with s5 intel zappa board, that isnt boot up.
Which socket 5 motherboards work with AMD K5?
Or maybe is any bios source, which support AMD cpu's?

Reply 1 of 4, by dionb

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A lot of boards support it but not all, just check the manual of any board you are considering.

Intel is notorious for not letting non-Intel CPUs work on their OEM motherboards (BIOS limitation), so no surprise that this CPU won't work on Zappa.

Reply 2 of 4, by Horun

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As Dionb said most non-Intel 430FX based boards (like the Zappa) do support AMD K5.. like Asus P54TP4, P55TP4, GA-586AT series, Micron 54HI, etc.
Got to the TheRetroweb and look at the boards with Intel 430fx chipset.... https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/?chipset … 74&showImages=1
BTW: Intel boards were their reference designs for others and also sold them, but were not as good as most of the other OEMs that used those ref designs and improved them (much like IBM boards, it took other OEMs to make them good ;p)

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 3 of 4, by Babasha

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envagyok wrote on 2024-01-17, 19:13:

I read AMD K5 cpu's are s5/s7 socket compatible processors, but when i try to run it with s5 intel zappa board, that isnt boot up.
Which socket 5 motherboards work with AMD K5?
Or maybe is any bios source, which support AMD cpu's?

You can reflash your Zappa with Mr.BIOS and use it with K5

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