Everyone is really saying "stick a heatsink on it and see if your problems go away." because nobody really wants to put in troubleshooting time on something where there seems to be a glaringly obvious problem unaddressed. The use of a heatsink compound, thermal paste, wasn't actually terribly …

that cpu will overheat and die without a heatsink, you need a heatsink since it's a 5x86. it clearly says "Heatsink & Fan Req'd" on some of those CPUs. get one of these https://www.ebay.com/itm/324631500115?hash=item4b958b9553:g:E1gAAOSwISdgpDJU, to better be save than sorry. I didn't put this …

Why though? :smile: Assuming this reply was for me, just because lol. I like to make up little challenges for myself to keep my computer knowledge on the up and up, and making different eras of hardware work together is challenging :-p Making systems do what they are not suppose to do is great fun …

devius wrote on 2021-07-04, 18:23: Why though? 😄 Assuming this reply was for me, just because 🤣. I like to make up little challenges for myself to keep my computer knowledge on the up and up, and making different eras of hardware work together is challenging :-p

I think you need a bigger drive for '95, 40MB is a real squeeze, plus I'm not sure if it even likes MFM controllers. Edit: you do have a heatsink for the DX5 right? DX-2 up need them, DX4 up need a fan. Oh, Windows is already installed on that drive :p It's very slow but it was done, I'm at the …

Biostar 8433UUD motherboard AM5x86 @ 133MHz 16MB RAM Trident Daytona 64T Pine Tech PT-230X (ES1868F based) sound card WD1003-WAH MFM controller paired with an ST-251 drive I figured I'd make an actual thread for this computer so I can post updates without cluttering up the retro PC photo thread. …

This is my mess of a 486 build Biostar 8433UUD motherboard AM5x86 @ 133MHz 16MB RAM Trident Daytona 64T (who needs 3D? :p i do...... ) Pine Tech PT-230X (ES1868F based) sound card WD1003-WAH MFM controller paired with an ST-251 drive if you're wondering, yes this machine is running Windows 95. …