Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + Matrox + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-13, 18:11

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I've set up a VM with NT4 to see if SIV would report something different, so far the only difference was that the CPU was reported as being a Coppermine P3. Thank you. AFAIK Geyserville is/was the codename for a mobile Coppermine , see https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-roadmap-update-june- …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + Matrox + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-13, 15:31

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hmm looks like this time it's reporting the correct clockspeeds... Thank you for checking this out, how do you know they are correct? Is there a SavageIX Utility that reports them? BTW I tried GPUZ on my Athlon MP and a P-III system, it crashes out on both. When I looked into why it's been compiled …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + Matrox + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-12, 18:56

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Vynix wrote: I can't find any driver for Win2k I just checked an XP system and it comes with some S3 Savage drivers built in, there is a SavageMX, but no SavageIX and I wonder if the MX driver does both. How does the Beta-11 SIV that's attached to SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + Matrox + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-11, 21:30

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If I can find a very ancient version of CPU-Z maybe I could find out its real frequencies... CPU-Z does not report my S3 Savage 2000 and in general does not report any GPUs that ATIADL/NVAPI don't support. If you post to CUPID's thread he may improve things. Perhaps I'll try installing NT4 on a USB …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + Matrox + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-11, 13:31

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

from which I am posting this message lol Thank you and wow, I am surprised this is possible from 98SE. In general SIV did OK, but it's not going to get the FSB/Ratio correct on W9x, boot NT4/W2K/WXP and it should. I have added some code to the attached test SIV that should report some Savage clocks …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + Matrox + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-11, 09:00

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The exact Rage card I'm using is a PCI Rage LT Pro 8MB with a part number 109-54100-00. Thank you for running the tests and the link. I have added support for the PCI Rage LT Pro 8MB to the Beta-11 SIV that's attached to https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=68756 , how does it do? I have …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + Matrox + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-10, 15:47

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Vynix wrote: the machine I got is a HP Omnibook XE3 I suspect it will have one of the Savage/IX GPUs. Please post Menu->Machine->GPU Info + Menu->Machine->GPU VGA Dump and I will check if the clock reading looks the same as the 2000 before I make any changes.

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + Matrox + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-10, 11:12

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Vynix wrote: not sure if it's a 2000 however Check what [ PCI Bus ] reports, The 2000 Device ID should be 5333-9102.

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + Matrox + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-10, 10:24

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Edit, oops: it looks like I accidentally used an older version. Let me know if you want me to run Beta10 instead, or if you want more info from this setup. No problem, this may well be why the Voodoo 3 is as it is, but there is no support for your ATI card at all, further I an not 100% sure exactly …

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SIV support for S3 Savage 2000 - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-09, 22:43

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have just released SIV 5.42 Beta-10 which finally adds support for S3 Savage 2000 GPUs and below is that was reported for my S3 Savage 2000 [Diamond Viper II Z200]. If you have a S3 Savage 2000 please will you try Beta-10 or later and post a screen shot? SIV should work fine on both Windows 9x and …

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Re: Help me decide which processor for this build- PIII or PII?

Posted on 2019-10-09, 09:36

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Aside from being anal about period correctness. I would argue that a P-III is period correct as it was quite common for swap out P-II CPUs for P-III CPUs. I did this myself on my Gigabyte GA-6BXD system, I started with 2 x P-II 450 and when they came out upgraded to a pair of 1GHz (100MHz FSB) P- …

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Re: Help me decide which processor for this build- PIII or PII?

Posted on 2019-10-09, 08:33

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Why not get a 1GHz + 100 MHz Slot 1 Pentium-III such as http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL4BR.html? Given the Voodoo 4 is quite uncommon then an uncommon CPU would seem appropriate

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Re: USB 1.0 (1996) vs. USB 1.1 (1998)

Posted on 2019-10-08, 00:36

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Thus the 430HX cannot be paired with anything. Only the 82439HX can (but I have serious doubts about that). And the result wouldn't necessarily produce a 430HX. Given http://209.68.14.80/ref/mbsys/mobo/compChipset-c.html I feel otherwise. Either way by talking in terms of PIIX3 (82371SB) and P11X4 …

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Re: USB 1.0 (1996) vs. USB 1.1 (1998)

Posted on 2019-10-07, 16:11

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I believe 430HX is the oldest Intel chipset to have USB 1.0 support The 430HX is a northbridge and it's the southbridge you need to check, so PIIX3 and PIIX4 . Well, technically the 430HX or Intel 820430HX is a chip_SET_. Consisting of north bridge (82439HX) and south bridge (82371SB or PIIX3) …

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Re: USB 1.0 (1996) vs. USB 1.1 (1998)

Posted on 2019-10-07, 15:40

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I believe 430HX is the oldest Intel chipset to have USB 1.0 support The 430HX is a northbridge and it's the southbridge you need to check, so PIIX3 and PIIX4 . Looking at the attached datasheets then the PIIX3 just says USB, the PIIX4 says USB 1.0, but I have motherboards with revision 01 PIIX4 …

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Re: SIV support for Intel 430LX + 430NX chipsets - Help needed with testing

Posted on 2019-10-07, 12:25

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I have just released SIV 5.42 Beta-09 which adds support for Intel 430LX + 430NX chipsets. Below is that was reported for a 430NX, but I have not tried 430LX. It's almost the same as the 430NX so I expect things to work. If you have either chipset please will you try Beta-09 or later and post a …

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Re: USB 1.0 (1996) vs. USB 1.1 (1998)

Posted on 2019-10-06, 23:43

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One of my recent dumpster finds was a P200-MMX machine with USB headers on its 430TX based AT motherboard. I'm guessing it's USB 1.0. No I suspect it's paired with a PIIX4 which is UHCI revision 1.1. What's more likely the issue is that back then different motherboards used different pinouts for …

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Re: Windows Me with 3.5GB of RAM

Posted on 2019-10-05, 17:48

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Well since windows 9x was never made to handle this much RAM, it's possible some program report an incorrect value. It's a case of garbage in results in garbage out and the correct solution is to fix Windows 9x/Me to report correctly. It's easy enough to read the installed memory size from the MCH …

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Re: Windows Me with 3.5GB of RAM

Posted on 2019-10-05, 15:51

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Thank you, Me is now running with 3.5GB so I no longer need to remove DIMMs when I wish to boot it, but GlobalMemoryStatus() only returns 2.0GB even though SIV32L is linked with /LARGEADDRESSAWARE, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-globalmemorystatus https:// …

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Windows Me with 3.5GB of RAM

Posted on 2019-10-05, 11:56

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I just upgraded my TYAN S2466 from 1.5GB to 3.5GB and Windows Me will no longer boot. It get's as far as loading the mouse driver and then the system spontaneously reboots. After some checking this happens with >= 2.0 GB. Is there an incantation to get Windows 98/Me to run with 3.5GB please? I know …

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