Bad Performance Reputation on Apollo Pro133 Chipsets Mobos?!

Posted on 2022-10-20, 20:08

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by itsgallus

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From what I read it seems that Motherboard with a Apollo Pro Chipsets had/have some kind of AGP performance problems when they came out. Was this later on fixed with bios updates and drivers?! I never owned one back in the day as I completly skipped the Pentium 3 Generation. Now I recently purchased …

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Re: Voltage Settings using a Abit Slotket III (370 to Slot1 Cpu Adapter)

Posted on 2022-10-17, 19:10

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by itsgallus

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

thx guys it works perfectly now in free jumper mode. It seems that my Slot 1 port had simply a bit wobbly contact. I had to replug the card a few times and it posted!! But also it's been a while since I changed a cpu. I thought I had to preconficure the VCore settings before which got me bit worried …

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Re: Voltage Settings using a Abit Slotket III (370 to Slot1 Cpu Adapter)

Posted on 2022-10-16, 18:50

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by itsgallus

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Maybe the boards boots then in 2.05V and fries my Coopermine so then I was thinking might be good to set the 1.65V on the Slotket itself to avoid overvolting No, that's not how it works. In auto mode, without any external override, the board will provide the voltage that the CPU itself requests - …

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Re: Voltage Settings using a Abit Slotket III (370 to Slot1 Cpu Adapter)

Posted on 2022-10-16, 17:57

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by itsgallus

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Unless you know what you're doing (i.e. you're trying to overvolt/undervolt the CPU), the voltage should be set to auto on the slotket, which means that the CPU will send its default voltage request signal to the motherboard and the motherboard will provide said voltage. If the motherboard can't …

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Re: Voltage Settings using a Abit Slotket III (370 to Slot1 Cpu Adapter)

Posted on 2022-10-16, 16:50

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by itsgallus

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well before I had a Pentium 3 600hz with 2.05v. then I set the Vcore down to 1.65v and I showed up as a 400mz. I can't change the Multiplier. There is a Jumperfree mode on the board where the DIP Switches all have to be off to be working properly. But then again Note sure what AGP Voltage it will …

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Re: Maxing out an Asus P3V4X

Posted on 2022-10-16, 15:12

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by itsgallus

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The p3v4x is a little picky on the slocket adapter, im using a super slocket III adapter. You could use a power leap, but i would not recommend it was this board cause the volts are a little high with a power leap causing the caps on the power leap to explode. When the modded p3-s is paired with a …

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Re: Voltage Settings using a Abit Slotket III (370 to Slot1 Cpu Adapter)

Posted on 2022-10-16, 13:27

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by itsgallus

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all I get are some 3sec long repeating beeps now. I tried first with dip settings on the slotket and and after that I switched to Auto on the slotket. There is no such setting on the mainboard "auto". I changed there the settings to 1.65V core.

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Re: Voltage Settings using a Abit Slotket III (370 to Slot1 Cpu Adapter)

Posted on 2022-10-15, 19:49

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by itsgallus

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ok Id say it's easier to set the jumpers to the correct voltages on the Slotket itself. But at the moment my board is running a P3 III with a voltage of 2.05V I don't trust the down conversion to be honest.

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Re: Voltage Settings using a Abit Slotket III (370 to Slot1 Cpu Adapter)

Posted on 2022-10-15, 19:34

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by itsgallus

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I believe that card is set up to tell the motherboard the voltage your are setting and the motherboard does the work. Kinda like auto detection but it detects is what you set on the slotket. There are versions that actually make their own voltage. Without seeing the whole board I can’t tell for …

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Voltage Settings using a Abit Slotket III (370 to Slot1 Cpu Adapter)

Posted on 2022-10-15, 17:54

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by itsgallus

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hi there, I got myself a rather expensive Abit Slotket III and wondering now do I have to set the BUS and Voltage settings on my Motherboard aswell or can I just do the right voltage jumpering on my Slotket III ? https://media.sg.hu/kep/2000_10/1017abitslotkethirkep1.jpg https://media.sg.hu/kep/2000 …

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Re: Updating Award Bios (error the file size does not match!)

Posted on 2021-09-10, 15:22

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by itsgallus

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Someone reccomend me to open the 128k file in a HexEditer and select all the contents and paste it to the end of the file, then save it it to 256k. Would that be a solution? Is flashing via Motherboard even a good idea on precious old nostalgic Mobos?

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Re: Updating Award Bios (error the file size does not match!)

Posted on 2021-09-07, 20:02

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by itsgallus

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@mr.cat thanks gigabyte still have them listed too https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-686LX3/support#support-dl-bios @mihai the TL866 is really the best option. I can try to flash it as many times there but again not that cheap device for a non heavy user Id like to have the newest version of a …

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Re: Updating Award Bios (error the file size does not match!)

Posted on 2021-09-06, 04:30

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by itsgallus

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mr.cat wrote on 2021-09-05, 23:48: Gigabyte especially seems to have a lot of those mobo revisions. What are the exact model markings? it's a GA - 686LX3 (rev. 2.0)

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Re: Updating Award Bios (error the file size does not match!)

Posted on 2021-09-05, 19:44

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by itsgallus

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Didn't know of the tool UniFlash. I tested it and it and did a backup but again it wrongly gave me 256kb? The new Bios would only be 128kb. Still not sure alltough my Flashchip + Chipset seems to be supported There is also an option flashing without Bootblock what's that for?

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Re: Updating Award Bios (error the file size does not match!)

Posted on 2021-09-05, 12:07

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by itsgallus

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so far i tried 625,625A,631,650D,707,764a all of them with no luck below 6.6 I couldn't even backup the bios ... the awdflash764a made a correct backup with 128kb but then still the same "filesize error" ?! it's weird because on the Gigabyte website the Bios comes bundled with the version 6.6

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Updating Award Bios (error the file size does not match!)

Posted on 2021-09-05, 08:57

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by itsgallus

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I tried to update my Slot 1 Gigabyte motherboard from '98 to the latest Award BIOS in the DOS but unfortunatly I get the "the file size does not match!" error. My Oldbios backup is 256kb and all the bios updates I find on the internet for this motherboard are around 128kb. How can I get around this? …

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Re: How to prevent old Motherboards from dying?!

Posted on 2021-09-03, 20:10

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by itsgallus

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Ok guys thx a lot for your inputs. Luckily I could ressurect my motherboard at least for now its working. I had a spare motherboard that's broken also but I took the Award BIOS Chip from and inserted it in my dead motherboard. after a few boots its runnin like normal again. So maybe a dead Bios Chip …

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How to prevent old Motherboards from dying?!

Posted on 2021-08-28, 15:43

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by itsgallus

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Hi there, I have already 2 Slot 1 Motherboards from 1998 that died I'm no expert in Hardware modding / soldering whats so on. But think once the Mobo is dead (makes no post anymore) and even a Debug PCI card won't show life anymore , its very hard to trace the error it could be litterly so many …

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MS Sidewinder Gamepad in MS DOS

Posted on 2020-06-05, 10:56

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by itsgallus

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hi, is there a driver that I can use for the MS Sidewinder Gamepad in MS DOS that supports all of it's buttuns not just 4 + directions?

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Re: Grand Theft Auto 1997 don't run in 3DFX mode in DOS

Posted on 2020-06-01, 11:50

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by itsgallus

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Well I can run it now as I underclocked my CPU P3 from 600mhz FSB100 down to 400mz with 66FSB. I'm using a very old glide version 2.5 otherwise the Game won't run. This took my ages now I should actually play the Game 😀 thx for the help !

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