Re: Can not get Tualatin pin mod to work - RAM issue?

Posted on 2018-05-03, 18:53

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by britain4

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Cheers for the reply. I was considering doing just that. However, I’ve managed to come up with something I didn’t think of previously... When doing the pin mod, the guide I followed said to isolate the 3 pins and then bridge the two that need bridging on the solder joints on the back of the board. …

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Can not get Tualatin pin mod to work - RAM issue?

Posted on 2018-05-03, 17:23

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by britain4

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I have an MSI 440BX motherboard (MS6119), MS6905 V2 slotket and a 1.4ghz Tualatin. This combo has been successfully used by kaputnik amongst others I believe but having done the pin mod to the slotket the machine will not POST. I currently only have PC100 memory available. The machine will not boot …

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Re: PIII gaming PC

Posted on 2018-05-01, 20:02

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Wait, you can flash AMI BIOS into an Award BIOS? Sorry for the late reply. Yes, you can cross flash, you have to use the AMI BIOS flasher with the Award BIOS image. (Or vice versa if you’re flashing from Award to AMI) Had to do it for Coppermine support I think. I believe it’s more risky than a …

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Re: PIII gaming PC

Posted on 2018-04-30, 23:01

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I did end up going with a Live! for it in the end, seemed like the simplest option, got the CT4760 version too for around about that price. I’m sure there are better cards out there but it fits the bill 😀

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Re: PIII gaming PC

Posted on 2018-04-30, 08:49

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There's a seller from South Korea on Ebay that sells pin-modded Tualatins soldered on a custom PCB, along with custom BIOS updates in case the motherboard requires it. I bought mine from him to use on my previous motherboard, an MSI-6309 V2. The only thing I had to do was to flash the BIOS with the …

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Re: PIII gaming PC

Posted on 2018-04-29, 13:28

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Not had much time to work on it lately but I set to work pin modding the slotket to work with the 1.266 Tualatin I had on hand. Removed the pins and gave it a try, no boot. Turns out I was reading the diagram wrong and thought it was for the socket, not the CPU, so I removed the wrong pins... So …

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Re: PIII gaming PC

Posted on 2018-04-29, 13:16

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by britain4

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Wait, you can flash AMI BIOS into an Award BIOS? Sorry for the late reply. Yes, you can cross flash, you have to use the AMI BIOS flasher with the Award BIOS image. (Or vice versa if you’re flashing from Award to AMI) Had to do it for Coppermine support I think. I believe it’s more risky than a …

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Re: Voodoo3 widescreen display issues

Posted on 2018-03-18, 14:53

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by britain4

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ricom2ger wrote: Adjust the screen with PowerStrip. I’ll give that a shot thanks. derSammler wrote: Did you try the "auto adjust" button on the LCD? That normally fixes such issues. Yup, the position I described above is where the LCD “auto adjusts” itself to. Squashed horizontally (slightly) and …

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Voodoo3 widescreen display issues

Posted on 2018-03-18, 12:36

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Just dropped a Voodoo3 in my Windows Me system and I’m getting it set up. I don’t have room for a CRT or separate monitor so it’s running on my 23” 1080p screen. 1920x1080 is selectable in the settings and does set properly but the entire screen image is shifted about an inch to the right. Moving …

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Re: Unused Celeron system circa 2000

Posted on 2018-03-18, 12:31

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That case has a PSU mounted on it's side, so to say, so instead of sucking in air to the top of the case, it will actually try to suck air on the exact opposite direction compared to the CPU cooler fan. Such cases are really more useful with Slot boards when it comes to airflow. That's a s370 BX …

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Re: PIII gaming PC

Posted on 2018-03-15, 13:58

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So although the official specs say no, the MS6119 will recognise and supply less than 1.8v - it’s a rev 1.1 I think without the “blue sticker”. Only got a 2v Celeron to test it with ATM and it boots down to 1.6v which I’m sure is a limitation of the CPU rather than the board. If I can get a Tualatin …

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Re: “New” Windows 98 build

Posted on 2018-03-14, 17:50

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Thanks to the excellent advice above I received by PM from kaputnik I have now tried a CPU in a slocket just to see if the board can supply below 1.8v and it can! Boots up down to 1.6 (but the CPU is a 2v Celeron so I’m assuming that’s the limiting factor) So the project is going ahead with this …

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Re: Retro laptop challenge

Posted on 2018-03-14, 07:38

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I had an X220, then an X230 and now a T450. In my opinion the T450 has the best keyboard out of the three. Found the X220 a little bouncy, the X230 mushy and the T450 just right. My X230i keyboard doesn't feel mushy at all but it's just another rubber dome. I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to …

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Re: PIII gaming PC

Posted on 2018-03-12, 13:19

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Having a PCI and ISA sound card together works really well! I would still avoid the awe64...go for an ESS audiodrive. Cheap, common, and good. Two pci sound cards is a pain which is why I have two separate builds for the Live and Vortex2. I have a geforce FX 5500 alonsgside v2 sli and it works good …

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Re: Adding FSB header + question about Tualatin compatibility?

Posted on 2018-03-11, 20:54

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Yeah, that would be my guess too :) Well, the headers uses standard hole spacing, there should be fitting dipswitches available. Managed to run a GF4 card with the AGP bus clocked to 100 MHz for months without any problems whatsoever, set the AGP divider to 1/1 by mistake, and it took me a while to …

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Re: Unused Celeron system circa 2000

Posted on 2018-03-11, 17:32

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That would be sensible. Hopefully if my other build works out properly with a Tualatin then I will be able to keep this one as is apart from adding in a Voodoo2. If it turns out my other board doesn’t play nice with a Tualatin this one may end up getting pin modded though and the other one running …

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Re: Adding FSB header + question about Tualatin compatibility?

Posted on 2018-03-11, 17:30

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Okey doke that sounds promising. Since the diagram is there on the board I would assume you are right. It was a pre built Celeron system so hopefully just been fixed to 66mhz by removing the jumper. Never thought of using dip switches for it, wonder if I could do something with that... Cheers for …

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Re: Unused Celeron system circa 2000

Posted on 2018-03-11, 12:49

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I was considering that but then again something like a P3-700 (which I might soon have a spare one of), 128mb RAM and maybe a Rage 128 Pro would keep it sensible and “of the era” but a little more useful. The other thing is I want to build a Tualatin system and if my other board doesn’t work with it …

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Adding FSB header + question about Tualatin compatibility?

Posted on 2018-03-11, 12:22

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by britain4

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I’ve just got my hands on an unused socket 370 board that currently has a Celeron in it. It has space for headers on the board to set the FSB but one of them is not fitted. The only FSB the board will do currently is 66mhz. It does have the unused solder points for the second header and a diagram …

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Re: Unused Celeron system circa 2000

Posted on 2018-03-11, 12:14

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It is, I’m thinking of using it for just that. I do have another one I’m just building though... but I prefer this case and the other parts are in better shape. I might make one a DOS system and the other W98.

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