Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2024-12-07, 22:59

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by GeorgeMan

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Thank you both for the suggestions, I'm happy with the 300MHz since this board is really not meant to work with K6-2 and Tillamook and there's no need to push it harder IMO. After all, if I want more performance, there are dirt cheap Pentium IIIs and Celerons out there. :) https://www.anandtech.com/ …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2024-11-29, 07:56

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by GeorgeMan

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Hi, tried my Tillamook on a Shuttle HOT-579 which has jumper settings to set 2,1v lowest voltage. So I set it to 2.1v, measured the output of the power transistor just to make sure I won't fry it, installed and voila. Bios said Tillamook-MMX and then froze. So I did the yellow and blue mods (not the …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-11-21, 16:17

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by GeorgeMan

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I never found any comment that the issue was resolved before VT8237S which fixed it by supporting SATA II and I own a ECS KV2 Extreme (S939) which has the bug behavior (can't say which exact version sits on the board). It isn't said that the other versions/revisions have no issues with SATA II HDDs …

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Re: Error code 0B0A on diagnostic card - socket 7 motherboard. Suggestions please?

Posted on 2024-10-24, 10:39

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by GeorgeMan

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Yes it seems unstable even at the most relaxed settings but maybe the culprit is the old RAM DIMM I used. I'll have to fiddle more with hardware and settings, but that's fun now that the board is back to life! Oh and thank you for making this possible in the first place due to BIOS modding! Now …

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Re: Error code 0B0A on diagnostic card - socket 7 motherboard. Suggestions please?

Posted on 2024-10-23, 17:02

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Success! Thanks to everyone who helped or even tried to help! :D I installed an ISA GPU, shorted the last 2 data pins of the soldered small BIOS chip while powering up the system, and I was able to see the bootblock screen! So the whole analysis was spot on! I then loaded a boot floppy, reflashed …

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Re: Error code 0B0A on diagnostic card - socket 7 motherboard. Suggestions please?

Posted on 2024-10-15, 19:40

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by GeorgeMan

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I've been thoroughly reading your replies and enjoying your knowledge. There is no rush, we 'll do whatever we can to solve it. :) But I definitely cannot desolder the BIOS chip and/or program it or another one externally. I also want to add that the "no signal" occured right after the last time it …

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Re: Error code 0B0A on diagnostic card - socket 7 motherboard. Suggestions please?

Posted on 2024-10-07, 06:55

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mkarcher wrote on 2024-10-07, 06:25: GeorgeMan wrote on 2024-10-06, 15:27: Test CMOS RAM Checksum if bad or Insert key depressed; load defaults. "if insert key depressed" might be a hint: This requires communication with the keyboard controller. If your keyboard controller is socketed, re-seat it. …

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Re: Error code 0B0A on diagnostic card - socket 7 motherboard. Suggestions please?

Posted on 2024-10-07, 06:54

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According to this it's probably Award 4.51G https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/qdi-p5i430tx-matxb-titanium-iiib#bios And the 4.51 table here - https://blog.theretroweb.com/2024/01/20/award-bios-beep-and-post-codes-list/ indicates 0B is "Test CMOS RAM checksum" and further down the Test sequence …

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Error code 0B0A on diagnostic card - socket 7 motherboard. Suggestions please?

Posted on 2024-10-06, 15:27

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by GeorgeMan

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Hello forum! I have a QDI Titanium IIIB socket 7 motherboard. It suddenly stopped working (no signal after POST screen, never turned on again). I installed only barebones (CPU, RAM, GPU) and the PCI analyzer card shows me error code 0b0a. From what I've found first 2 digits are where it hung and …

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Re: VGA KVM with Professional video quality

Posted on 2024-09-27, 07:25

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by GeorgeMan

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I have very good experience with ATEN KVM-Switches. Very good quality build, robust and reliable. No problems since 2 years usage. ATEN has different models also ones which switch audio as well. You should be able to find one for your needs. I can confirm this, but it seems that the two Aten kvms …

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Re: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Audigy cards (version 3.1)

Posted on 2024-09-24, 13:41

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Actually I can't tell if that is SB0358 or SB0353. The 8s and the 3s are printed very weirdly on that sticker and are basically identical even with magnification Retail cards from Creative have just a SB0350 in the serial number. OEM cards from Dell have SB0358 instead, while OEM cards from HP have …

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Re: Trying to get Hercules Monochrome working with Windows 3.1 to 95 upgrade install

Posted on 2024-09-22, 22:19

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by GeorgeMan

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I can confirm that the installation run fine while upgrading from windows 3.1 using the already installed EGA driver. But it didn't work if using Hercules driver. And I've not seen any proof that someone managed to get 9x working with Hercules graphics. Also, it's amazing how slowly the GUI is drawn …

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Re: Informal 430TX board survey in comparison with other Intel Triton, do they do 83Mhz (or better) as well/often???

Posted on 2024-09-20, 07:24

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by GeorgeMan

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Hi, I have a QDi Titanium IIIB. It has a completely jumperless design, everything is handled by the SpeedEasy menu in BIOS. Originally it only had up to 75MHz support, but after some work from Jan Steunebrink we were able to include support also for 83MHz FSB among other things. Since then I'm …

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Re: Trying to get Hercules Monochrome working with Windows 3.1 to 95 upgrade install

Posted on 2024-09-18, 09:54

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Just a quick update. Windows 95 cannot work with hercules graphics at all. But it does work with EGA graphics, which is converted on hardware level to digital (TTL) out by the ATI VGA Wonder+ card. I read a couple of references that it's "painful", but honestly it's workable and definitely not more …

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Re: Elitegroup P4VXASD2+ dont boot on FSB133

Posted on 2024-09-18, 08:18

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by GeorgeMan

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Oh thank you, but these are for choosing which of the RAM type DIMMs you have installed, SDR or DDR. They shouldn't affect FSB speed and the computer shouldn't work when wrong RAM selection is jumpered. Or am I mistaking something here? Anyway, I've checked again, they are correct in my case.

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Re: Elitegroup P4VXASD2+ dont boot on FSB133

Posted on 2024-09-17, 21:13

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I have the same motherboard and the same problem. It also doesn't want to work with DDR at 133 (266) mhz while at 100 FSB. I ended up buying a Pentium 4 2,6/"400" and called it a day. It's rock solid with that combo and a Radeon AIW 9000 though on Windows 98SE and XP. So I'm surprised to see that …

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Re: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Audigy cards (version 3.1)

Posted on 2024-08-19, 07:42

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by GeorgeMan

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Hi. I tried it on my setup and it worked properly. I had to force uninstall a couple of already installed drivers and software by the official driver and after that it was a success! On step 3.3 it hung a couple of times. After that, it prompted me to point to the driver, which I did point to the …

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Re: SoftGPU: OpenGL + DirectX + Glide driver for Windows 95/98/Me

Posted on 2024-08-03, 16:01

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Amazing work, keep it up! Will try is as soon as possible because I'm kinda lost in my other projects...

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Re: Siemens Nixdorf PCD-3Bsx not POSTing

Posted on 2024-07-30, 08:09

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by GeorgeMan

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As you can see it's a real mess... 🙁 Filename IMG20240629174646.jpg File size 344.05 KiB Views 381 views File license Public domain Filename IMG20240629174632.jpg File size 356.94 KiB Views 381 views File license Public domain Tomek TRV wrote on 2024-07-26, 20:43: It's a pity that it is so badly …

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Re: Siemens Nixdorf PCD-3Bsx not POSTing

Posted on 2024-07-26, 19:18

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by GeorgeMan

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It would be good to have diagnostic card. Then You could see is there any activity. At Your place I would disconect everything what is possible, all connectors but also pull out BIOS chips and assembly everything again. After so long time there may be some oxidation and, like in my case, take care …

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