Personally, I like LCD monitors with built-in TV tuners, that is giving a lot of flexibility. Actually I have 4 computers connected to one monitor ("modern" PC via HDMI, retro PC via VGA, Amiga via SCART and C64 via antennae cable). Though CRTs have indeed better image quality when used with older …

Yes, just install driver manually.

Here it is http://files.mpoli.fi/unpacked/hardware/sound … labs/cddrv.zip/ Put following line in config.sys: DEVICE=path\sbide.sys /D:MSCD000 /P:primary,irq,secondary and, in autoexec.bat mscdex.exe /M:10 /D:MSCD000

There are no L2 cache config jumpers on the motherboard. Changing cache mode does not change the CPU detected.

Yeah, I' m keeping it that way. There is no such option in BIOS, the only way to set it is via jumpers (already set to 486DX2).

CPU: BIOS detects it as:

It is Intel A80486DX2-66. It has that "&E3V1X" marking written on it. I also checked voltage settings and apparently it is running at 3.15V. I already tested it for several hours and it seems perfectly stable and cool with heatsink and a fan. When I was trying to change multiplier from 3x to 2x via …

"|more" pipe won' t work if you do not have more.com file somewhere in your %PATH% variable. Another idea is to use: mem /c >file It will save your results to a file.

Recently I bought Chicony CH-471A(Ver.3) motherboard with a 486dx2 - 66 plugged into a socket. Despite setting jumpers to configure it as a 486dx2-66, it is being detected as dx4-100 mhz, and it is reported as it in benchmark software. Its speed is much closer to 5x86-133 than to 486dx2-50, …

I just solved the problem with DVD-ROM corrupting data, I have done it by accident and I don' t understand why it does work now :) but still I will post my solution in case that someone could have similar problem: - I noticed that DVD drive might be too fast for 486 system, so I swapped 20x drive …

I wish I could change CPU to a DX one, but for some reason the motherboard does not recognize it. I noticed that the motherboard does have a "386 BIOS" chip on it, maybe that is a reason. Now I am thinking about replacing this motherboard to another one just for being able to use that DX2...

I was using Soundblaster 128 PCI (CT4810) in DOS and it was working. However, MIDI quaily was terrible, so I switched it to another ISA card. Haven' t tried it with Win 3.1, unfortunately.

Actually, in my main retro rig I am using a 486sx-25 overclocked to 33 mhz. Before overclocking, 486 was working without any heatsink and fan and was getting barely warm. At 33 mhz, it is definitely being warmer. I added a heatsink with a fan (no thermal paste was used) just in case. Now it is cool …

Success! I made whole 1GB on the CF card visible for system :happy: Fdisk from Windows 98 and Partition Magic were making FAT16 partitions on it, but it was still unreadable in DOS. I used XFdisk program, and I have seen that partitions on my hard drive were "Fat16>32M" type, but the partition on CF …

Heh, nice "sticker". Does anybody sell reproduction stickers for old processors or do people who try get sued by Intel? I see some stickers with "486" and "Pentium" on Ebay. Welcome! A great first lost as well - I also mount pots to adjust speaker volume LOL LOL LOL So easy to make, yet so useful …

Hello, this is my first post here. :happy: In 1994, when I was a kid, I received my first computer, 486sx 25 mhz in this case: https://i.imgur.com/DLtOESU.jpg It had nothing particularly special inside, 8MB ram, hercules graphics card, 3,5" floppy drive and 80MB HDD. Recently I decided to upgrade it …