Looking for BIOS update for Asus WMT-LX board for CPU support

Posted on 2020-04-30, 02:16

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by lowlytech

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I have spent some time digging around the internet archive and can't seem to find anything more than a manual for this motherboard. It is an Asus WMT-LX rev 1.04 Socket 423. Looks like it came from some Sony desktop maybe a Vaio PCV-RX370DX based on this link I found with my exact issue. https:// …

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Re: Video card picture comes and goes, looses sync randomly

Posted on 2020-04-15, 23:26

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Correct, it was not working before taking the heatsink off. I heated it up a tad and worked the heatsink off gradually, so hopefully any further damage was not inflicted.

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Re: Video card picture comes and goes, looses sync randomly

Posted on 2020-04-15, 02:00

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Thanks for the info on this fireball. I didn't run it without the heatsink more than about 15 seconds to confirm clamping the main GPU didn't resolve the issue. I have no reason to think I wasn't the 1st person to remove it as it was stuck on there pretty darn good.

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Video card picture comes and goes, looses sync randomly

Posted on 2020-04-15, 01:00

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I have a voodoo card that I would like to try and save but the picture will come and go within 20 seconds of POSTing. I have checked the VGA port and re flowed the solder connecting it, but the problem reoccurs. I was curious if this could be a bad transistor close to the output stage or what the …

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Re: Flyback questions, no HV after recap and FB replacement

Posted on 2020-04-07, 06:35

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I finally got a chance to solder in the original flyback on this monitor and it does produce a picture now. So the replacement flyback must not be 100 percent compatible I would assume.

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-16, 13:14

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Thanks PC-Engineer for sharing your list. I like the feel of a 386 for nostagla, but grew up using 286's and a 8088 as well back in the early nineties, and granted they are very limiting, but sometimes it is fun to see what you can get to work on older systems. However i think if the XT-IDE project …

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 01:59

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Hate to hear that Shagittarius. Could you determine where the smoke was coming from? I know those are loaded with 2 of the plastic smoke bomb rectangular RIFA caps. Hope you get it working again soon. Give me a shout if you need any readings on testpoints. Mine only needed the voltage tripler …

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:36

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A bit off topic, but hey Shagittarius you ever get your Ibm 5154 back in working order?

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:24

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Retro mania. It is a disease... I blame eXo!

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:23

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Yes, I think the earliest Pentium I remember working with was a 75. I guess the 60 and 66 flavors were rare here in rural OK. I don't think I have a P90. The slowest one I have is a 100. Will keep an eye out for one if it isn't too much.

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Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-11, 23:48

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I started this retro journey back in 2015 after I had tossed all my old stuff back in 2006 or so probably. Like everyone else all the SB Pro's and other ISA cards/socket 7, etc stuff that were deemed extinct were just taking up precious room, now kicking myself for getting rid of. Well my first and …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 issue (no-music)

Posted on 2020-03-08, 17:02

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by lowlytech

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My experience has been the opposite with FM always working and digital being problematic at times. Maybe try to clean the contacts of the SB16 or try another ISA slot maybe?

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Re: Gateway P4 won't post, pic of possible bad IC

Posted on 2020-03-06, 23:54

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The 3rd d850 board came today from ebay and everything is working. Only difference was this is a full fledged intel board instead of the gateway revision. Maybe gateways power supplies were harder on these boards than normal. So the only thing that isn't gonna be gateway branded is the motherboard …

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Re: Gateway P4 won't post, pic of possible bad IC

Posted on 2020-03-03, 22:06

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Thanks Cyclone for hanging in there with me. When I tried a power up, I had the motherboard out of the case on a cardboard support, the header from the old gateway could still reach the front panel. I pulled up an intel manual for this board and they show the standard connections that we all know …

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Re: Gateway P4 won't post, pic of possible bad IC

Posted on 2020-03-03, 15:21

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It wasn't listed as for not working or scrap, but there wasn't any pictures of it booted. The seller got back with me just a bit ago and told me to try different RAM. I have a gateway case of the era where the front panel headers match up with a keyed connector and testing the pins when the power …

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Re: Gateway P4 won't post, pic of possible bad IC

Posted on 2020-03-03, 03:03

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Well I can't believe it, ordered another gateway 850 based board, but this time went for the earlier 423 socket since this is what I really wanted, and it does the same exact thing. No power at all on soft on, and the LED in the power button is stuck on orange. Have 3 power supplies that have the …

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Re: Need firmware for intel server board if anyone has a mirror...

Posted on 2020-03-01, 16:31

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Thanks again Horun. The s5000VSA_DOS_BIOS101 BIOS worked! It cleared out the RAID configurations which had me sweating for a bit, but just had to regroup the proper drives back into the Vitural disks of the RAID config screen, and 2012 R2 is now booting and finished the 2008 R2 inplace update. I …

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Re: Need firmware for intel server board if anyone has a mirror...

Posted on 2020-02-29, 06:10

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by lowlytech

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This is great. Thank you so much Horun. I will give the 101 firmware a shot and hope the intergrated RAID boots. It is funny the systen boots fine off the 2012 r2 dvd, but it won't off the RAID controller.

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Need firmware for intel server board if anyone has a mirror...

Posted on 2020-02-28, 20:44

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I am working on a S5000VSA server that was a clients, and I reluctantly started an inplace 2012 R2 upgrade on it since 2008 R2 is out of support and low and behold the server refuses to boot. Some googling suggests upgrading the firmware, but low and behold intel pulled the firmware for this model. …

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Re: Gateway P4 won't post, pic of possible bad IC

Posted on 2020-02-28, 13:53

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Well got that IC replaced with a new one from mouser. The green led on the motherboard lights up when connected to the power supply, but still acts dead when pressing the power button. The light stays orange on the power button as well. Swapped power supplies just in case as well and no luck. This …

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