Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This AMD CPU will be a tough nut to crack! No, this CPU is not from the scrapyard - I bought this poor thing on eBay. It is one of the fastest 486 CPUs that is available for the socket 3 platform. In todays video, I will try to restore this CPU to complete the final tests of Tomb Raider in software mode, provided the CPU works.

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▬▬▬▬ *Timestamps* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Intro
00:57 Heating the pins?
01:45 Pins look bad
03:20 Reinforcement & Information
06:02 We have casualties
06:43 Making things better
08:14 A trick for success
08:51 Drop-in-socket test
09:14 First power on
09:56 Benchmarks 133 MHz
11:03 Tomb Raider 133 MHz
12:51 Overclocking
13:31 Benchmarks 160 MHz
14:11 Tomb Raider 160 MHz
15:58 Outlook