Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-11-28, 15:06

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crazytiti wrote on 2024-11-28, 07:00: I can post to uk from france, do you want one or two cpu ? already have one coming in the post, thanks. This time won't mod the chip so that I can complete my GA-5AX rev. 4.1 DOS/98 build

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-11-27, 21:52

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Hello did you see this guys selling modded K6-2+ 570 on ebay ? 114$ for one already modded and tested ! https://www.ebay.fr/itm/166591461971?_trksid=p4375194.c101782.m155878 Why not buy 3 x K6-2+ 570 for $60 and mod them yourself? :-) PS: The seller accepts $60 offers for a pack of 3. Weirdly, they …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-11-27, 21:50

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crazytiti wrote on 2024-11-27, 16:52: Hello did you see this guys selling modded K6-2+ 570 on ebay ? 114$ for one already modded and tested ! https://www.ebay.fr/itm/166591461971?_trksid= … c101782.m155878 Delete

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2024-11-27, 02:03

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Sanxion loader - Rob Hubbard

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-26, 19:53

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Got this 2 recently, in my opinion the best looking video cards ever made. The Geforce 3 works great. Unfortunately the Quadro 2 Pro is glitching I have the quadro 2 pro one. Broke the original noisy fan trying to reoil it. Using aftermarket chinese flower cooler. The image that comes from it is …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-11-26, 15:08

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Just purchased another for 25 quid from china, K6-2+ 500 ACZ... Hopefully it arrives before xmas. May not mod it, just use the stock cache available and software underclock feature

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-11-25, 22:36

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Noctua fan modded my PS2 and GameCube (plus inline noctua resistor).

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-11-24, 22:02

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Heating the cpu first like with a hair dryer or a heating bed helps. Yeah, there is a lot to go wrong when doing this. Be careful. Indeed that lost pin is a power/gnd pin so not super critical. Who knows what else it may have broke though. And as others said, chiped die. :( There are people selling …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-11-24, 15:08

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Uh, not much comfortable seeing the CPU execution by bad work, I'm still looking for K2+ but they are not available for reasonable prices as in the past, an couldn't find any in my country... had to import it from the US for a decent price. well thats money down the toilet... wanted this to be a …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-11-24, 15:02

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analog_programmer wrote on 2024-11-24, 14:54: gmaverick2k wrote on 2024-11-24, 14:36: ....and its dead, janky soldering resitor blob, suspect overheating 500c solder iron.... Looking at last picture it seems like you chipped the crystal. Rust in pieces K6-2+. -_-' damn... tried to resus it... cpu …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-11-24, 14:36

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....and its dead, janky soldering resitor blob, suspect overheating 500c solder iron....

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-11-24, 13:22

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think i done f*ed up. Was trying to take off the lid using a steel ruler and managed to snap of a pin on the opposite side of the inserted keyed edge. Put it into the mother board and it still posts. Does anyone know if that pin has any significance?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-11-13, 18:03

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benchmarked 166mhz cpu

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-13, 13:59

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pentium 166mhz is in 😀

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-11-12, 21:35

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Delete

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-11-12, 21:34

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Configuring my dos setup. Voodoo 3 2000 ago, Ess 1868f and picogus. Updated ga-5ax rev 4.1 bios from 1.3 to f4. SD to ide card was not being picked up so flashed bios and issues resolved. Had to use gotek with 98 startup disk then changed to bios flash disk. Got an image of dos and oses and flashed …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-11-12, 21:34

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Delete Typing on phone

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-11-09, 21:02

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messing around with picogus, sounds nice unfortunaely not a soundcard in windows 98 environment but for dos. sounds nice, loaded up jazz jackrabbit, omf 2097 and epic pinball

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-09, 21:01

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k6-2+, pentium mmx 166 - both for the ga-5ax for dos

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-11-07, 07:23

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thp wrote on 2024-11-07, 06:58: Collected some accessories that I had in storage for that ISA SB16 that I'm going to be parting ways with, as the DOS era will be covered via DOSBox-X/86Box for me going forward. interesting, just tried dosbox-x and main>quick launch program tyrian.exe in win10, …

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