Thanks for the help. Glad i have some options with CPU upgrades on this board. I recently got myself a P1 133mhz (https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium/Intel-Pentium%20133%20-%20A80502133%20(A80502-133).html) and im going to try and install it into my system. Gonna upgrade later on when i find …

Thanks for the help. Glad i have some options with CPU upgrades on this board. I recently got myself a P1 133mhz (https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium/Intel-Pentium%20133%20-%20A80502133%20(A80502-133).html) and im going to try and install it into my system. Gonna upgrade later on when i find …

Right, tried with my SiS 5511 board and I have good news and bad news: Good news is that my board turns out to be a BCM SQ599, in other words it's basically the babyAT version of the exact same motherboard as OP, so should be very similar. Bad news: board won't boot. At first I thought it was bad …

I'll check it tomorrow and get back to you with pictures. Many thanks for your time and effort on getting to the bottom of this, dionb!

Thanks for all the answers guys. Very helpful indeed. So basically what im getting is that there is no real "limit" to the clock speeds of the CPU. It's all depending on different factors. No wonder I was confused with all the conflicting facts. Since im not used to modifying or building retro PCs, …

Ok so i've been browsing around, trying to research this for over an hour now and there are very conflicting facts about what upper limit the Socket 5 can handle in regards to CPU speeds. I currently have an old AST Advantage 622 with a Pentium 1 100mhz in it. I would like to max this socket out …

jmarsh wrote on 2023-11-08, 02:50: Please don't operate a HDD sitting on a metal surface like that. At least put something non-metal underneath to insulate. will do. thx for the tip.

darry wrote on 2023-11-07, 19:16: My guess is that the Sintechi adapter is defective . Can you try the Sintechi adapter through a USB to IDE adapter on a modern (or at least newer) PC, as a test ? Maybe i'll get myself one of those adapters to try it out before returning the device.

I used the same IDE cable that I used for my HDD and since the HDD booted up no problem im assuming the cable isn't the issue. Manually configure your drive to be a 40MB (or whatever) device in your BIOS and then try installing one of these drive overlays. http://vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid= …

ubiq wrote on 2023-11-06, 20:50: You're not wrong to expect the adapter to work without too much hassle. How confident are you that your IDE cable is good? Is it a 40 or 80 pin cable? I used the same IDE cable that I used for my HDD and since the HDD booted up no problem im assuming the cable isn't …

Hi, im new to this forum and created an account just for this issue that has been plaguing me for the past days now. After hours and hours of trying to figure out what im missing or doing wrong, I realized that I need help with this. Please bare with me as I am a noob when it comes to working on old …