Re: My badass Pentium Pro with Voodoo2 SLI

Posted on 2018-11-13, 13:52

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Almost all 200MHz PPro's can do 233MHz. I think many can do 245MHz as well. It's a tough challenge and a bit of luck to get to 266MHz. Not the 1995 versions, also not the one with 1MB cache from 1997. I might going to give a try to start the system at 266MHz than... :) Those 600nm PPro's were …

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-11-12, 18:00

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2007

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-11-12, 17:12

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2003

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-11-12, 14:24

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Albatross

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Re: Can't get an ATX Socket 8 board to POST

Posted on 2018-11-11, 21:15

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No beep codes. The fans, LEDs and floppy/HDD/CD drives all work/make noises when connected. The CPU does get hot. Unfortunately, I already replaced the mobo with the 430HX board, so I can't test any further. I have had exact same issue with Pentium Pro motherboard. I disconnected everything, …

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Re: My badass Pentium Pro with Voodoo2 SLI

Posted on 2018-11-11, 21:03

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Almost all 200MHz PPro's can do 233MHz. I think many can do 245MHz as well. It's a tough challenge and a bit of luck to get to 266MHz.

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133GP a unicorn?

Posted on 2018-10-18, 09:33

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Many retail boxes can be a kind of compacted to save space. I mean unglued and flattened. Some boxes have a lot of free space inside which can be utilised to store related parts.

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Re: Where to buy 128Kx8 SRAM cache 32pin DIPs?

Posted on 2018-10-11, 09:30

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Power consumption is excessive. The voltage increase improves performance a bit, though it isn't 10ns anyway. Maybe about 15ns. If I had an X-ray microscope, I could tell what were the original parts they relabelled.

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-10-10, 21:27

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I would have soldered the 2nd CPU socket for sure If I had such a mainboard. It's very likely not only the socket that is missing. I have a very similar board, and it also misses a whole bunch of passive components around the socket. Yep I know that. These parts are fairly common, so it's just a …

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Re: Where to buy 128Kx8 SRAM cache 32pin DIPs?

Posted on 2018-10-10, 21:24

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4 years have passed and the Chinese don't seem to run out of these fake 10ns chips. They have even dropped the price down to $1 each. Who cares that ISSI has rated the IS61C1024 part at 15ns mostly and the 12ns ones were somewhat uncommon. The fonts don't match, the date codes don't make sense, etc. …

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-10-09, 22:37

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It was fun to watch you guessing 😀 I would have soldered the 2nd CPU socket for sure If I had such a mainboard. BTW thanks liqmat for the CDs!

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Re: ALI Chipset vs AGP Card - K6-2 Commate S7AX

Posted on 2018-10-09, 22:26

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Does yours accept 512Mb Modules ? I haven't tried it because the cacheable range is 512Mb using internal tag and valid/dirty bits, no external tag bits and a single 512Kb PBSRAM cache chip. The memory controller itself supports up to 1Gb per slot according to the spec, so 512Mb double ranked SDRAM …

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Re: ALI Chipset vs AGP Card - K6-2 Commate S7AX

Posted on 2018-10-04, 12:24

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What comes to my S7AX, I have replaced the big caps near the CPU socket and have no issues with memory compatibility. There were 4 no-name STONE 1000uF caps and one empty place. Junk pretty much. Put in 5 Rubycon MBZ 2200uF/6.3V. That's 3 of them on Vcore and 2 on +3.5V which goes to Vdd, chipset, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-04, 11:41

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Have a "Rage 128 Pro" on the way :lol: rage_fury_maxx.jpg That's a Rage Fury MAXX. ATI didn't make it work with W2k, so W98/ME only :( I sold mine in 2001 when it became obvious ATI had forgotten about their short lived dual GPU flagship. Bought back for $20 a few years later. He knows. Thats why …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-04, 02:00

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cyclone3d wrote: Have a "Rage 128 Pro" on the way 🤣 rage_fury_maxx.jpg That's a Rage Fury MAXX. ATI didn't make it work with W2k, so W98/ME only 🙁 I sold mine in 2001 when it became obvious ATI had forgotten about their short lived dual GPU flagship. Bought back for $20 a few years later.

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-27, 10:12

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Yes, this copper Zalman with 3 heat pipes can get some real job done. I think it's even more powerful than my Zalman CNPS7500-Cu which isn't a toy cooler either.

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Re: Silicon Image Sil3112 PCI SATA Controller - looking for old BIOS

Posted on 2018-09-19, 14:26

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Here are the drivers for Tekram TR-822 v1.0.0.28. They work with Win 9x/NT4/2k/XP. Can be used with other Silicon Image 3112 based SATA controllers if you remove Tekram's SUBSYS 08221DE1 from the INF. Although if your controller is some noname, you can simply flash it to TR-822 using the …

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Re: Motherboard repair - Asus Socket A - Recapping?

Posted on 2018-09-19, 13:27

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There's a place for the missing 5th cap. If you have a spare one, solder it there.

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Re: NexGen Nx586-P90

Posted on 2018-09-17, 03:59

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Nx587 exists, but it's rather an engineering sample. None of the mainboards produced for Nx586 in large numbers had a coprocessor socket.

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Re: Motherboard repair - Asus Socket A - Recapping?

Posted on 2018-09-16, 13:44

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The capacitors linked below were the ones that were recommended to me, also I think with the temperature that most capacitors are rated at 105*C is quite a bit higher than what case temp is going to be at, my CPU isn't getting much above 60*C. And my plan is to change out the fans in the case for …

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