bios needed for Aopen Vi9 p/n 92136-1

Posted on 2021-07-31, 06:13

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by algernon

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Hi to all, i can't find a bios dump for this motherboard: Aopen Vi9 p/n 92136-1 any help is appreciated!! thanks in advance....you are my only hope.. http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/169

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how to recognize how many kb the sram L2 cache chips correspond.

Posted on 2021-03-12, 20:48

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by algernon

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Hi to all, first of all excuse my horrible english. I would know how to recognize the size of the L2 sram chips from numbers and letters writed on it. In general i would know where to find a source of information about settings and combination of sram chips.. the use of the tag ram...etc... Thanks …

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Looking for Drivers: S3 Aurora64V+ video card on Compaq Presario 3020 All in One

Posted on 2020-04-05, 16:34

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by algernon

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Hi , i'm Looking for Windows 95 Drivers: S3 Aurora64V+ video card on Compaq Presario 3020 All in One. Non chance to find anything but fake installers.... The video card has a ID code, 86cm65. Already tried to search in vogons drivers library w/o success. Thanks from Italy.

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Sky3d 3dfx voodoo1 capacitor not identifyed.

Posted on 2020-02-13, 11:07

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by algernon

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Hi, i have a Sky3d voodoo that hangs after fews seconds running 3d accelerated games...looking on the back of the board i found 2 missing capacitors with no markings on it. How can i know values ? in the image attached the capacitors in object. thanks for your help.

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 486/33M and Configuration Floppy Disk

Posted on 2019-11-06, 13:32

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by algernon

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thanks i will digg into it..

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Compaq Deskpro 486/33M and Configuration Floppy Disk

Posted on 2019-11-06, 08:43

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by algernon

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Hi, i,ve recentrly acquired a Beautiful Compaq Deskpro 486/33M, it works but the dallas has gone and the hdd it's dead.. The system wants a confuguration utility must be executed...the f10 key don't do anything because of the dead HDD (no config partition ). I'm searching for an image of the …

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Re: S2 dreamblaster Not Working - no sound.

Posted on 2019-10-09, 06:26

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by algernon

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Thanks!! It worked.. The AuxB was =0.

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S2 dreamblaster Not Working - no sound.

Posted on 2019-10-08, 16:28

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by algernon

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Hi to all, i 've recently acquired a used S2 dreamblaster. installed on a ess audiodrive 1868 i have no sound. volumes are ok...in Duke 3d i select "general Midi" or "wave blaster" but nothing happens. I tried to change the audio card, another ess AD 1868 but i have the same issue.. maybe i forgot …

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Re: Performance comparison of CPU: 286-25 vs 386DX-25 vs 386SX-25

Posted on 2019-04-20, 10:13

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by algernon

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Hi, i would download the "doctorHARD 3.7" benchmark but i can't find it ! can you help me ?

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Re: Manual for the Jetway 446a or 446b motherboard

Posted on 2019-03-03, 11:14

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by algernon

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thank you !

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Manual for the Jetway 446a or 446b motherboard

Posted on 2019-03-02, 21:49

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by algernon

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I'm searching for a scanned manual of the Jetway 446a or 446 motherboard http://www.elhvb.com/webhq/models/486pci/j446b.htm this it's badly OCR'ed and it's not readable.. thanks in advance. p.s. The stason.org info are far from complete..

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Re: Poor performance FIC 486-VIP-IO + Am486 DX4 100@120

Posted on 2019-02-21, 20:53

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by algernon

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Tiido, thanks so much for this clarification !!! now i understand why my system performs the same way at different bus speeds..

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Re: Poor performance FIC 486-VIP-IO + Am486 DX4 100@120

Posted on 2019-02-21, 20:40

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by algernon

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Tiido wrote: This board scales back memory timings with different bus speeds.. higher the fbs speed=lower timings?

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Re: Poor performance FIC 486-VIP-IO + Am486 DX4 100@120

Posted on 2019-02-21, 19:42

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by algernon

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Thanks to all, i changed the video card, now an ARK1000 vesa local bus 1024Kb , the L2 cache it's now 15ns for all the memory chips (tag15 ns+ram15 ns) and the performances are slighlty better. -------------------------------- cachechk: same as before..no increase. L1 cache 120 MB/s L2 cache 47 MB/s …

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Re: Poor performance FIC 486-VIP-IO + Am486 DX4 100@120

Posted on 2019-02-18, 20:33

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by algernon

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Thanks, i will try with a VLB one...i have many..

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Poor performance FIC 486-VIP-IO + Am486 DX4 100@120

Posted on 2019-02-18, 19:40

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by algernon

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I have recently aquired from Ukraina, like many of us, a FIC 486-vip-io. I'v installed an Am486 DX4 100 Mhz but performace are poor. I can't figure out why. I chenged the bus freq. to 40 Mhz achieving 120 Mhz (x3) of cpu speed but the performance are far from good. The ram it's 8mb 70 ns (4x2), the …

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Re: Weird floppy issue with a FIC 486 VIP IO

Posted on 2019-02-16, 15:33

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by algernon

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Thamks retardware, with drivparm=/d:0 /f:7 the drive reads all floppy and write correctly...but i cant't format..."format not supported by drive"...

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Weird floppy issue with a FIC 486 VIP IO

Posted on 2019-02-15, 20:41

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by algernon

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Hi, tried at least 5 3.5" 1.44 drives and 5 cables, when i try to access "a:" the drive reads endlessly...without showing nothing. I must expell the floppy drive while the drive it' reading... In the bios THE DRIVE type IS SELECTED CORRECLTY!, but only an old 5.25 1.2 MB drive appears to work with …

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AWARD Bios editor for old FIC .awd bios file.

Posted on 2019-02-08, 10:59

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by algernon

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I need to open and try to edit a bios file with .awd extension..of a FIC 486 VIP IO Motherboard because if i set the floppy drive for 1.44 3,5", no floppy or cable work...it try to format a 360 Kb instead a 1.44..and fails not finding first sector etc... Only with a 5,25" 1.2 MB drive it works...but …

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Re: Mhz Display help to configure.

Posted on 2019-02-04, 16:05

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by algernon

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done! At least it works. Plus=5v Minus=GND Now i have to understand how to change numbers.. Thanks for the support!

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