Re: My new crusty socket 3 board!

Posted on 2009-11-17, 16:33

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BTW, is it possible to overclock a 486? How about I try overclocking this Overdrive CPU? It doesn't matter if I fry it. But I really don't want to damage the mobo. The CPU can go up in flames, so long as the mobo can live another day.

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Re: My new crusty socket 3 board!

Posted on 2009-11-17, 16:28

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I've found a good webpage about overdrive CPUs. It's here - http://www.cpushack.net/UpgradeProcessors.html About 20% down this page, it says - 486 ODP Overdrive Some lowcost motherboards had a 486 SX soldered onto the board but still provided an 'Overdrive Socket' that these chips plugged into. (end …

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Re: My new crusty socket 3 board!

Posted on 2009-11-17, 15:39

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It's time to check out the 486 Overdrive CPU. I notice that it has V4.0 written on it. I guess that means 4 volts. Currently, the mobo is set to 5 volts, for a typical Intel 486 dx2-66 chip. I will change the mobo's jumpers to a 4 volt setting...Edit: I just saw this webpage - http://datasheets. …

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Re: I would like to build a really bad system

Posted on 2009-11-17, 14:25

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I must be dense, but I'm still struggling to understand what you are trying to explain regarding the terrible video. Looking at the M571 spec, I don't see any video port where you plug in a video cable - http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/P/PC-CHIPS-MANUFACTURING-LTD-Pentium-M571.html Is this …

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Re: My new crusty socket 3 board!

Posted on 2009-11-17, 13:37

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You can't play Dark Forces without any tunes and the sound of blaster fire! So in goes a CT1600 (Soundblaster Pro 2), and a Roland MPU 401 AT card + daughterboard card - in this instance, it's an SCB-7. I'm surprised at the responsiveness of the PS/2 mouse in Dark Forces. It's really rather good. …

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Re: My new crusty socket 3 board!

Posted on 2009-11-17, 11:48

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It works! I ran speedsys, and get these (probably very ordinary) results - Overall score = 24.93 (I seem to get this value on most of my 486 / dx2-66 set ups) Memory bandwidth = 76.21 MB/s Data cache L1 (8 kb) = 52.30 MB/s Data cache L2 (256 kb) = 37.50 MB/s Memory throughput = 23.05 MB/s I have a …

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My new crusty socket 3 board!

Posted on 2009-11-17, 08:50

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There was no stampede on ebay for this mobo. I don't understand, cos it looks OK. It's a Micronics M4LI 486 board, and some of its features are - SIS chipset 496/497 Button battery - no epoxy CMOS battery block 8 expansion slots Looking at the photo, top area, it says: 09-00249-14 REV A5 Micronics …

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Re: I would like to build a really bad system

Posted on 2009-11-17, 07:22

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It looks like I've already done some of this! Please see the following thread, especially the posts at the end. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=20844&highlight=pcchips Regarding the curious M571 board, there is a (curiously) favourable review of it here - http://www.redhill.net.au/b/b-99.html# …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2009-11-17, 06:47

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Hooray for Dark Forces! My favourite FPS. Maybe my brain doesn't do navigation too well, but even today, 15 years on, having beaten that game on hard difficulty without any cheating whatsoever, I still get lost on level 2 - the one set in that burnt out city. The original Battlezone was an 8-bit …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 - my most unreliable mobo

Posted on 2009-11-16, 23:18

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I was hoping that this AMD mobo would beat a Powerleap Intel based system, but it seems that the Powerleap 1.4Ghz upgrade really is a screamer - http://www.roberthancock.com/dell/plip3t/powerleap-v2.htm (PL-iP3/T v2.0 & Celeron 1.4 GHz)

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I would like to build a really bad system

Posted on 2009-11-16, 23:11

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Not bad as in "cool", but bad as in crap. Just for a laugh. Any ideas please, for system components? Ideally, they must be available from ebay and also cost peanuts. Usually, garbage doesn't command a high premium. :wink: I want to build something that people will laugh at. Anything will do, from a …

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Re: New Tseng Labs video cards?

Posted on 2009-11-16, 20:44

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On that website it says - "If you don't see what you need, Micro-Labs can design a custom board to your specifications" It also says - "If it has to do with graphics and we don't have it, let us find it or design it" Does that mean they can make one of these?

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Re: Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 - my most unreliable mobo

Posted on 2009-11-16, 17:36

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OK! :happy: I downloaded PowerStrip version 3.87, and also 3DMark2001 (not the Second Edition version). Time for some benchies! I'm using a Palomino 1500 rated CPU, which gives a real clock speed of 1300, and runs at 100FSB (200 DDR). Its CPU code is AXL1500DLT3B. The gfx card is an ATI Radeon 7500; …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 - my most unreliable mobo

Posted on 2009-11-16, 13:10

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Regarding this Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 mobo (from the O.P.), I can't get the AGP to run in 2x mode. The mobo spec says: "AGP slot supports 2X mode", which can be seen here - "http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=1364&ProductName=GA-7IXE4 I've …

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Re: My new crusty socket 7 board

Posted on 2009-11-16, 09:17

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Reading the manual, I see a couple of points of interest: Page 48: the CPU's top speed is 233mhz (not 200mhz). That's interesting, because on the wikipedia page for Pentiums, the old classic single voltage Pentiums only seem to go up as high as 200mhz. The more modern Pentiums (dual voltage?) CPUs …

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Re: My new crusty socket 7 board

Posted on 2009-11-16, 08:43

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Thanks! :happy: I was able to DL the English manual. In it, it states: Features • ATX system board • 64-bit processor Intel Pentium with 16 Kbytes internal cache (first-level cache, 8 Kbytes data cache, 8 Kbytes code cache) or OverDrive processor for Pentium or • AMD-K5 • Memory configuration on the …

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Re: My new crusty socket 7 board

Posted on 2009-11-16, 07:35

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Wow, I had no idea. I guess I'm good to go with any pair of SIMMs then! 😀

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Re: My new crusty socket 7 board

Posted on 2009-11-15, 06:44

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USB - yep it's got 2 - you can see them between the onboard video and parallel port. PS/2 - yes, these can be seen right of the parallel port. Tag-RAM - I'm not sure. I would say no, because there's no mention of the word "tag" inside this webpage here - http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboard...S- …

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Re: I think I've smoked both of my 2400 t-breds

Posted on 2009-11-15, 06:31

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I tried my 2000+ and 2200+ t-breds (in the abit kt7a 1.3 non raid board). The 2000+ CPU POSTed OK. The BIOS CPU "default" settings tell me its running at "2000+ rated" speed @ 133fsb. That's correct. I tried the 2200+ CPU, but I got no POST. Regarding the 2400+ t-breds, I wonder if there is …

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Re: I think I've smoked both of my 2400 t-breds

Posted on 2009-11-14, 17:55

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I'd say it's only about 1mm long. My crappy camera would never be able to pick that out. It's absolutely jet black, and "shines" a little bit in torch light. I think I have cooked them both. Those "bumps" on the underside of the CPUs look kind of ominous. I'm wracking my brains to think what …

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