Re: HP Vectra 486 - looking for BIOS update

Posted on 2024-02-22, 12:58

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I am also looking of this file as I just rescued a HP Vectra M2 4/50 desktop with an older bios revision that updates to this, but the old HP FTP server no longer exist and both the internet archive and the mirrored backup I found on zx.net don't have this bios exe saved sadly. Here Thanks, I'll …

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Re: HP Vectra 486 - looking for BIOS update

Posted on 2024-02-21, 01:27

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I am also looking of this file as I just rescued a HP Vectra M2 4/50 desktop with an older bios revision that updates to this, but the old HP FTP server no longer exist and both the internet archive and the mirrored backup I found on zx.net don't have this bios exe saved sadly.

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Compaq Presario 2286 Looking for OEM Quick Restore Disk

Posted on 2023-01-10, 17:22

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by jm764

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Hello everyone. I am looking for anyone who might have the CD or an image of the recover partition for a CP-2286 system. I had saved this system from being recycled a few years back and while it had a recovery partition it didn't include the original CD for it. I did have an old image backup of the …

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Re: Has any one delidded a Pentium 3 Tualatin?

Posted on 2021-09-24, 04:06

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I recently delidded a broken Tualatin Celeron 1300 I have, and if it weren't for the fact the pins were broken underneath before, I definitely would of destroyed it from how harshly I "scraped" the IHS glue off. ^_^; Regardless, it's definitely worth it for both temps and cooler compatibility as it …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2021-09-24, 02:14

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Are those 2gb modules still available? I tried to look on aliexpress and ebay, but I didn't find them. Thanks! Yeah I found these here, though this result turns up for all the different speeds so you'll have to find the proper matching sticks. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw= …

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Re: 3.11 drivers for SiS chip 5595

Posted on 2021-09-15, 18:05

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I tried both the 530 and 620 drivers and all I got was a black screen. They did install and let me change the settings. However, after changing to 256colors and rebooted, Windows wfw 3.11 was running in the background just no picture. This was the same result after trying 7 SiS drivers I had found …

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Re: upgrading a PC with GA-7IXE motherboard and need help choosing CPU and other components

Posted on 2020-10-16, 13:09

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... I have BIOS F7 02/29/2000, a 750MHz AMD Athlon M2 (Pluto) + 640MB of memory. ... I also have the "Slot-A" version of this board, but with the F3 02/29/2000 bios, so I was wondering if you could upload your bios version as the official GA site download for F7 seems to be the "Socket A", and …

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Acer Aspire 5120SB- Upgrade and hardware problems

Posted on 2018-10-07, 17:26

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I recently found a complete and fully functional Acer Aspire 5120SB mini-tower system from 1995 with it's accompanying CRT monitor and mouse + keyboard being thrown out last week, and I decided to restore it to working condition. Sadly, while the machine itself seems perfectly fine, it seems I'm …

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Asus M4A89GTD Pro/Usb3 Upgrade Question

Posted on 2016-10-21, 05:19

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I know it's a bit new compared to most of the systems compared here in the fourms, but I have an Asus M4A89GTD Pro/Usb3 mobo with the following specs: Cpu: Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition (OC'ed at 4.0ghz) with last beta bios update. Gpu: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost Edition (Stock Speed) …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2016-09-29, 16:20

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20160928_205418.jpg 20160928_195613.jpg Well after a bit of tweaking I got the ram to 400 Mhz stable. Sadly my system locks up in "Normal" mode as there seems to be a problem with my Sound Blaster X-Fi Pci sound card as it's totally fine when the system runs in "Diagnostic Startup" mode in Windows …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2016-09-11, 22:03

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Filename 8GB_DDR.jpg File size 567.33 KiB Views 2570 views File comment CPU-Z Results It took a bit of fighting but I got the ram running stable now after a couple of bad memory settings in the bios. Sadly it seems that the only way it will work (at least for me) is on auto so no overclocking (not …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2016-09-11, 02:46

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https://youtu.be/g8IVI0sZ6F8 "Good News Everyone"! :D The company that hosted the ebay listing I bought the sticks from was kind enough to freely send another set of two "200639" and "200349" modules to me and I am glad to say all 4 sticks boot and run fine on my ASUS A8N-SLI Premium just fine. It …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2016-09-08, 13:25

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The numbers you mentioned are date codes. I looked at a bunch of Micron memory that I have and they all have 6 digit date codes like that down to some SDRAM memory that was made in 2001. I found a few older SDRAM modules with Micron's older logo (an M without any circle behind it) and on those the …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2016-09-08, 00:57

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Well the Micron MT36VDDF25672Y-40BF3 ram I ordered came in today and with it brought a 2GB DDR1 ram revelation with it for my Asus A8n-SLI Premium. As it turns out not all "MT36" are made equal. To be specific I got 4 modules with 2 different models and 2 similar ones. The modules that worked were …

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Re: AOpen AX34 and Geforce FX 5900XT won't post together.

Posted on 2016-09-04, 13:45

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Well I made a few modifications, by replacing the ram with three 512mb sticks at 133mhz, and updating the bios to the newest one available. Sadly neither of these things effected the FX 5900XT and the ram is too unstable to allow the cpu to run overclocked on by increasing the fbs so it can only run …

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Re: AOpen AX34 and Geforce FX 5900XT won't post together.

Posted on 2016-09-02, 00:11

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I wouldn't recommend running the 5900xt on anything older then a KT266. Don't get me wrong, the card should work with that motherboard, but even if the machine posts, you might have driver issues. Well I pulled the card from working at 2X AGP mode on a old slot 1 Techram P6Pro-A+ mobo, without any …

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Re: AOpen AX34 and Geforce FX 5900XT won't post together.

Posted on 2016-09-01, 12:13

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Sometimes on these older computer part's, I've had to have the card installed at a certain angle for it to even get detected. I've had that problem with other GPUs and cards too, but this one works fine at any angle as far as I can tell. Have you tried un OCing the P3 in the AOpen system? Using …

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AOpen AX34 and Geforce FX 5900XT won't post together.

Posted on 2016-09-01, 02:25

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I managed to get my hands on a near perfect condition AOpen AX34 based system with an AOpen Case (Idk what the model is) and an AOpen 250 Watt PSU (FSP250-60GTA). After a few upgrades it now has a Pentium 3 933MHZ (OC'ed to ~1.06GHz), 786MB of SDRAM installed, and WinME (don't laugh it works well …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2016-09-01, 01:56

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Will either of these work on my Asus A8N-SLI Premium with my overclocked Athlon 64 X2 4400+? http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3ycAAOSwZd1Vdv8U/s-l1600.jpg http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/H4oAAOSwubRXK1YH/s-l1600.jpg

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Potable Retro ATX Case

Posted on 2016-08-12, 02:43

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Note: I edited this from a post I made on the MSFN Fourms here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/175901-looking-for-travel-sizex-full-atx-pc-case/ Well I've gone and done something crazy... I put a 2K - 4K gaming grade PC I built over the last 4 years... into a small ATX case from an ancient HP 8756C …

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