Want to upgrade old frikkin' comp

[mistled]

Hey, a couple of friends of mine were just given an old ass comp to do like bookwork and stuff on until they get around to buying a real one. It's like a 166.

Anywhat, I got what motherboard info I could from it and am wondering how I go about checking what this board can handle CPUwise. I don't know if they're stuck with 166 for the moment, or if I could kick it up to like a 333 or something (assuming I could pull a really really cheap one from somewhere of course).

Here's the info.

SiS - 5571 - 2A5IHG09C-00

From what I can tell, this is the SiS 5571 Chipset (I know, obvious), and that it's made by Giga-byte (I got that from the G0 in the name). It's board GA-5868 (got that off of a website), but I can't find anything about that board number. Any thoughts??

[NoSurrender]

umm i went 2 giga-bytes site and this is the mobo specs GA-586S PCI-ISA BUS
PENTIUM� PROCESSOR MAINBOARD

Specifications
PROCESSOR
�ZIF Socket 7 Supports
�Intel 75-200MHz PentiumR Processor, PentiumR� Processor with MMXTM technology, and Pentium� Overdrive Processor
�AMD� 5K86 Processor PR100-PR166 AMDR� K6?� Processor PR166-PR200
�Cyrix�/IBM�6x86 Processor P200+


CHIPSET
�SiS� 5571 PCIset
�UMC� 8663 I/O chip (500Kb/s)

Cache Memory
�256KB/512KB PB SRAM on board

System Memory
�4 x 72-pin SIMM sockets support 8MB to 256MB DRAM size
�Use 4/8/16/32/64/128MB SIMM module DRAM with Fast Page Mode or EDO DRAM

PCI IDE
�2 x PCI Bus Master IDE ports (up to 4 IDE Devices)
�Support PIO Mode 3,4 IDE & ATAPI CD-ROM

I/O Interface
�AT Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse support
�1 x Floppy port
�2 x Serial ports (16550 high-speed)
�1 x Parallel port (EPP/ECP)
�2 x USB ports (optional)
�IrDA TX/RX Header(optional)

Expansion Slot
�4 x PCI 32-bit slots
�2 x ISA 16-bit slots
�1 x PCI/ISA slot

BIOS
�128KB FLASH EEPROM
�Award� PCI BIOS with Green, Plug and Play Features support

Board Size
�2/3 AT Form Factor

and heres a link
http://www.giga-byte.com/english-web...cts/ga586s.htm just go 2 www.giga-byte.com and type in the serial code and ull recreate wut i got Good luck with the 200mhz Cpu deal
[edit i didnt know u knew the mobo type srry if this didnt help :/]

[NoSurrender]

also here is where i think u can update/flash the Bios http://www.giga-byte.com/english-web.../swdis_old.htm umm i didnt read to see if they'res any change in bios im a lil busy srry :/

[mistled]

Thanks man, that's a lot of help. Their entire search thing was down when I was there. I thought they were having bigger issues that what could be resolved quickly. I guess I was wrong since you got the site to work.

[AztecWarrior]

Why upgrade? It will clearly run PS!

[NoSurrender]

np it was easy... and i know that CPU is a FRICKIN SPEED DEMON