That's the typical look of late 80s cases. Your case is a "deluxe" model, because you can open it without removing screws, just by pushing the buttons in the left and right side. No original IBM computer had that mechanism. Unless someone specically knows the model lineup of BMx, I don't think it's …

Hi guys! I dont know if this is the proper place to put my question... I recently bought this bad boy and I need help identify the era of the case Inside was a 486 VLB motherboard with a Intel 486 DX2 66 processor but the case is clearly from an older period The case is from some obscure Belgium …

there are many possibilities... one could probably be the bios version is not compatible with your mother board do you have any idea if the bios chip is the original ? also a corrupted eprom as you say can cause those issues can you read your eprom and compare it with a known good copy? or better …

Try this remove the partition then create an extended partition now create two logical drives, each about half the hard drive try to format both. I'm guessing your hard drive has some bad sectors in a lousy location. Ok I will try but I never heard any read retry noises associated with bad sectors …

Hi gain everyone ! I recently bought and old 486 DX2-66 computer that brought a 170mb IBM hard drive (IBM wda-l160) I suspect the hard disk came form an older system that was upgraded since 170mb was already too low for a 486 I will later put pictures of the machine later on the "system specs" …

I have a pentium build im putting together but the mobo wont recognize a keybaord is plugged in. I have tried two different ones, and I know this board never had this issue before. I can install a usb card and use a usb keyboard but that also run insto issues where it turns off and I cant use it …

Ok everyone - PROBLEM SOLVED Network card is working and I can connect to my home network and transfer files (I will check the internet after) So to make a summary of things in case someone runs into similar issues ... yes it was good old IRQ misconfiguration - My ISA network card of unknown brand …

could someone find a cure for this ? I'm having the same issue sometimes, not always, windows will not start and hang on this error if I ctrl+alt+del and choose step by step confirmation in the "windows did not start" menu and choose "N" in the dblbuffer.sys seems to fix it (until the next boot) but …

It is set to port 300 and IRQ 12. It is not IRQ 13, because this is for the FPU (builtin coprocessor). Does your 486 have a PS/2 mouse? Then it is in conflict with it. Yes it is IRQ 12 No, it is COM port mouse :) And I dont have much hardware installed that requires IRQ ... no sound card thank you …

Are you able to test it with a real 5 pin DIN keyboard? Can you feel the kbd connector on the motherboard loose or not making good connection ? get a schematic of that motherboard and follow the traces of the keyboard to see if there is continuity... I think only 4 of the pins are connected it …

First and foremost, make sure the card is properly configured. If there are jumpers on the card - check them all, otherwise use the proper configuration software. There's plenty of config problems possible, eg.: - address and/or IRQ conflict with other device - it's possible that Windows …

cyclone3d wrote on 2023-03-07, 00:49: Does the router support 10Mb connections? You may need to get a 10/100 switch to act as a go-between. I have no idea 😜 have a look at the picture I would say it is 10 mbs but does it make any difference the speed?

Need more details, is there a model number for the card? Does it have any jumpers? Better yet, post a picture of the card. If the UMC chip is a UM9003, then it is NE2000 compatible but the IO port and IRQ configuration must match the driver's. How did Windows 95 install the driver, is it from " …

So if you are into a late 90s and early 2000s machine running either Win98 or maybe XP you should go with a Pentium 2 something with already AGP slot preferably so you can get a more advanced graphics card and not be confined to the PCI/ISA bus for graphics choices In that era there is a lot of …

I agree with has been said here... you better scan your local 2nd hand marketplaces like facebook or craiglist and get a full machine .. it will be cheaper People selling just the case know what they have and they will ask a pretty penny for the case alone Good luck !

Hi everyone ! I dont really know if this is a hardware or software issue to be honest :( I'm trying to connect my 486 DX2 66 mhz to my home lan in order to get file sharing and thus transfer files easier to the machine I have an unbranded ISA network card with 2 sockets, one the normal RJ45 and the …