Grzyb, thanks ever so much, your suggestion worked! The card must of been in PNP mode, as that bat file disabled it, and voila! The NIC was recognised by the config utility in DOS. Thank you!

Ok will see what I can do with that, and where (if any) header pins exist for a fan. Thank you.

Ahhh thanks all. Interesting things to note to read, I hadn't considered about long file names. Oh its Windows 3.11WfW that I have installed (MarkP). I have a custom autoexec/config files at the moment for my current build so I can boot up DOS with various drivers/settings installed or into Windows …

Hey all, I have a 486 PC, 16mb ram with a DX4/75 (though clocked at 100) with Windows 3.11 and DOS6.22 installed on a 2gb CF card (running EZ-BIOS to overcome the size limitations). I'm thinking about getting Windows 95 installed and wondering if there is a "safe" and reliable way to dual boot my …

Ahhh thank you both! Maximum, I hadn't thought about that, really good idea! I'll give that a try and see what its been set up as. Is there a quick way in Win3.11 or DOS I can find out what IRQ/IO is free/available? The BIOS doesn't give anything away. And certainly, will give the pnp BAT a go, …

Ahhh thank you, Not sure I can change the FSB of the processor via the BIOS, unless there's a jumper on the CPU, if its not causing too much harm on the CPU i'll keep it as overclocked 😁

Hey all, I recently got hold of a working DX4ODP75. Which by all accounts from my checks is meant to be a DX4 clocked at 75Mhz. When I added this to my exsting 486 PC (It was originally running a DX2/66 chip, the motherboard only lists compatibility upto 50mhz. Anyway, the chip works fine, but when …

Hey all, It's been a while since I've been on these forums (Covid and life getting in the way), but i've been tinkering with my old 486 Viglen PC (https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=81153) a little here and there, got a nice Win3.11 build etc. More topics to follow about this on other …

Hey all, Thanks ever so much for the warm welcome! Putting this 486 machine together I almost forgot the joys of setting up your autoexec/config files :) chinny22 et al, thanks for your advice re the motherboard etc, this is indeed the one I have, it looks like im running the fastest DX chip I can ( …

Hey all, Firstly, great to be here, have used Vogons for years on various machines from the late 90's era for some useful knowledge but, this is now my first main foray into slightly older hardware which I do actually need some advice for (a time before PnP, BIOS auto detection etc). I very luckily …