Re: Unable to flash bios on Asus P5-599VM

Posted on 2017-05-13, 00:21

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by Shogun

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Thanks for the links and all the help. I tried flashrom but it can't see anything either. It only sees the chipset (SIS). I tried looking for any rom flash protection bios settings or jumpers and didn't see anything. I tried hotflashing but the other SS7 mobo I have has no documentation and I can't …

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Re: Unable to flash bios on Asus P5-599VM

Posted on 2017-05-11, 23:49

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by Shogun

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So every link I find of the dos version of flashrom is dead. I don't want to mess with Linux just to flash the bios. Hot swapping isn't an option as I don't have another similar chip. I might get an eeprom programmer at some point but unless anyone else has any ideas I'm out of ways to try and …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX and K6-III+

Posted on 2017-05-11, 23:33

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by Shogun

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Your in uncharted territory already using a board before 4.1 with a K6 Plus chip. I haven't done a ton of research but everything I've read said thats the earliest version that works. This site says the GA-5AX has native K6 Plus support - meaning you can use a regular manufacturer bios and it will …

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Re: Unable to flash bios on Asus P5-599VM

Posted on 2017-05-11, 03:03

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by Shogun

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Looks like its the Asus flash program. This is the screen it locks up on: It also looks like its running the Asus bios. I haven't seen any HP references anywhere: I'll give flashrom and hotswap a try tomorrow.

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX and K6-III+

Posted on 2017-05-11, 01:24

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by Shogun

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I had thought revision 4.1 and later were the only ones that worked and they had native support.

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Unable to flash bios on Asus P5-599VM

Posted on 2017-05-10, 23:04

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by Shogun

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Flash chip: SST 39SF020 Current bios revision is 1005 04/17/00-SiS-530-P5-99VM-00 I'm trying to flash to a beta bios (http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm#bios) to detect my K3+ cpu, however nothing is working so far. When I go to use aflash.exe it locks up as soon as it starts (at …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-24, 23:58

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by Shogun

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Round two for trying to find a working socket 7 motherboard for my K6-III+ system. I had bought a Gigabyte GA-5SMM but a bunch of traces on the underside are scratched and I can't get it to boot. I kept looking to see if the usual recommended motherboards ever went on sale for a decent price - they …

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Re: Anyone have any advice for USPS shipment being sent all over?

Posted on 2016-10-02, 18:25

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by Shogun

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Some good advice - I think next time I purchase internationally I will PM the seller and say please provide extra care to packing as shipping overseas is very rough. Please write the address in exactly this format. I checked my address though and it is correct and USPS verified so I'm not sure where …

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Re: Anyone have any advice for USPS shipment being sent all over?

Posted on 2016-10-01, 20:39

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by Shogun

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Thanks to a very helpful lady at the postal sorting center in NY the package arrived. Sadly the seller did a very poor job packing the cpu. He just had it in an antistatic bag that wasn't taped up or anything which was inside a cd jewel case. So the cpu came loose and was rattling around and has …

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Re: Anyone have any advice for USPS shipment being sent all over?

Posted on 2016-09-28, 23:14

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by Shogun

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The issue is its at a routing facility in Long Island. The last time it was scanned individually was 2 cities ago. The container its in has been scanned. This sorting facility gets like 400k pieces of mail a day so my chances are slim. This is so frustrating I couldn't find this cpu anywhere except …

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Re: Anyone have any advice for USPS shipment being sent all over?

Posted on 2016-09-28, 13:15

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by Shogun

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I've been calling the post office where the package is at. One post office said it was because of an incorrect address. Apparently their tracking is further along or can see more than I can because they directed me to a sorting facility in NY. I think its getting ready to be sent back to Germany. …

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Anyone have any advice for USPS shipment being sent all over?

Posted on 2016-09-27, 23:21

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by Shogun

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I purchased a processor from Germany on Ebay. They shipped it with DHL paket which tracked it until it left Germany. Then it got here in the US and went right to Denver where I am via USPS and was tracked by them. Then it sat there for a day, then went to Kansas City and sat there for day, and is …

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Re: Laptop brands & models with K6-3(+) inside

Posted on 2016-09-25, 14:43

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by Shogun

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Closest I've seen is the K6-2+/k6-III+ compatibility list (look towards the bottom): http://compatlist.k6plus.com/

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Re: Software equalizer

Posted on 2016-09-23, 01:08

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by Shogun

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Maybe this? http://www.kxproject.com/

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Re: 486DLC Project

Posted on 2016-09-20, 23:17

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by Shogun

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After doing testing with the bios I think I've hit my max in 3dBench - 22.7. I added the result to the database. It seems like a normal result. If anyone has any other things to try to bump up the score let me know. The setting that was crashing the computer was enabling hidden refresh. Not sure why …

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Re: 486DLC Project

Posted on 2016-09-18, 23:07

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by Shogun

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Here you go jesolo. If that doesn't work for some reason let me know.

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Re: 486DLC Project

Posted on 2016-09-18, 18:05

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by Shogun

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PhilsComputerLab wrote: Ok. Bios defaults are the optimised or turbo defaults. Try the other defaults, power on defaults. OMG that did it! How did I miss that? Thank you Phil! I wonder what setting was messing it up.

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Re: 486DLC Project

Posted on 2016-09-18, 17:50

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by Shogun

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Ok I tried to load defaults. I don't have optimized - Just system defaults and no change there. I then tried to change the DMA settings but I don't see anything related to the DMA in the bios. I've included screenshots of the relevant bios settings screens here. I then realized the motherboard …

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Re: 486DLC Project

Posted on 2016-09-18, 15:13

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by Shogun

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Thanks for the suggestion. I gave it a shot disabling a combination of external, internal, both, and also the turbo button. I think its random what occurs but I was able to get the farthest yet with the computer locking up midway while drawing the system configuration screen. Weirdly disabling both …

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Re: 486DLC Project

Posted on 2016-09-18, 04:52

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by Shogun

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I am truly stuck. I only have the video card, Biostar I/O card, and FDD hooked up. I've tried swapping out IDE cables, flipping the IDE cable around, changing out floppy disk drives, pulling the I/O card and checking the jumpers and re-seating the card. Every time I boot up I get past posting with 1 …

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