Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 21:25

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by Mumak

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NIC info would be based on the existing EISA list only. As for SCSI drives on such old machines, I don't think this is possible. Couldn't this info be retrieved from Windows? Like all harddisks and floppy drives? As far as I know SIV does it like that. Same maybe for the NICs, but they got listed …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 20:39

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by Mumak

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NIC info would be based on the existing EISA list only. As for SCSI drives on such old machines, I don't think this is possible. Couldn't this info be retrieved from Windows? Like all harddisks and floppy drives? As far as I know SIV does it like that. Same maybe for the NICs, but they got listed …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 20:00

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by Mumak

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Thx, it's improving. Thanks, that's nice :) Do you maybe have the EISA config files for your mainboards? I will have a look at that if there's a possibility to detect mainboard L2 cache size from it. I can send you the files, but it won't help. The L2 cache size is NOT configured via ECU. For the …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 19:18

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by Mumak

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I have resolved a few issues related to VS6, so hopefully the EISA list and PnP devices will appear correct here: www.hwinfo.com/beta/hwi32_623_4084.zip Thx, it's improving. Thanks, that's nice :) Do you maybe have the EISA config files for your mainboards? I will have a look at that if there's a …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 18:47

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adding attachment .... Thanks! Please try this build: www.hwinfo.com/beta/hwi32_623_4083.zip That should fix a few things like Compaq graphics name and report the PnP devices incl. SB16 PnP. BTW: This is a special version that has been completely recompiled in VS6. So after a long time and a lot of …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 17:51

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adding attachment .... Thanks! Please try this build: www.hwinfo.com/beta/hwi32_623_4083.zip That should fix a few things like Compaq graphics name and report the PnP devices incl. SB16 PnP. BTW: This is a special version that has been completely recompiled in VS6. So after a long time and a lot of …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 17:15

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Hello, I switched to the other eisa computer, .... I used still hwi32_623_4075 (like on the other 486), I hope this is OK. I started the tool in debug mode, attachments will follow. CPU: wrong L1 cache display The ISA PnP card is not shown, no audio devices, no harddisks, no network cards. Thanks! …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 16:41

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Full reg Thanks! Unfortunately no luck either. It looks like the W9x driver doesn't provide some of the interesting data in registry. Hello, I switched to the other eisa computer, .... I used still hwi32_623_4075 (like on the other 486), I hope this is OK. I started the tool in debug mode, …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-02-16, 15:16

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The whole 64MB is cacheable by L2 cache according to ctcm 1.6 (from the german ct magazine, Andreas Stiller) Thank you for letting me know, I wonder why [Cache-0 Latency] works as expected some time and not others. How are you getting on with your other EISA system? BTW I have released 5.46 so you …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-15, 18:30

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Can you try to install some newer/latest version of IE if that will fix this message? Apparently a lot of required DLLs get installed with it and that would make the life much easier :) I checked a Win95B Build 1212 installation and that seems to contain the required DLLs. What's your version? I am …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-15, 18:24

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EIST doesn't affect FSB, the issue here is different. HWiNFO properly calculates the actual clock (4500Mhz), but then thinks this rate is based on max clock (x14) and needs to be adjusted due to EIST reducing clock to x12. This results in improperly adjusted clock -> wrongly divided FSB -> mem …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-15, 14:11

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by Mumak

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EIST doesn't affect FSB, the issue here is different. HWiNFO properly calculates the actual clock (4500Mhz), but then thinks this rate is based on max clock (x14) and needs to be adjusted due to EIST reducing clock to x12. This results in improperly adjusted clock -> wrongly divided FSB -> mem clock …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-15, 12:55

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Can you look into Intel Pentium D 965 EE and Xeon 5080 dempsey issues: When overclocking they both report wrong cpu speed bus clock when overclocked with custom multiplier in bios. In my case, the correct values should be 12x multiplier, fsb is 375 which drives a 4500Mhz cpu speed and the dram …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-02-14, 07:10

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by Mumak

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This is because the SB16 is ISA, hence it doesn't support the extended EISA features that would allow identification via this interface. The Non-PnP SB16 version can be detected directly only by testing various I/O locations. Such detection might work more-less in DOS when no other applications/ …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-12, 15:35

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Sorry, posting this from Win95 on the 486. HWiNFO will not run on Win95... I will post some screenshots in a while. It installed fine, but complains about a missing DLL on startup. 53A45DFA-BDAB-44BC-9678-8498CF7A5341.jpeg I realize I just assumed it would work with Win95 since you asked for …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-12, 15:09

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Yes Thanks! Unfortunately it looks like the values I expected are not present in that node. Perhaps it's somewhere else under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or not supported at all on Win9x. Full reg Thanks! Unfortunately no luck either. It looks like the W9x driver doesn't provide some of the interesting data …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-12, 14:44

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I am back :) Looks already quite good. I will attach a screenshot, EISA devices are listed, will also attach the debug file. I checked again the benchmark: I select only "CPU" and let it run => then I get "NA". After pressing the button close, windows crashes, I have to reboot. As mentioned before …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-12, 14:13

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This app is really good! I wish it ran on <= Win95. I know it’s a stretch, but what are the odds of a Visual Studio 6 version for older machines? It's not just about full recompilation with VS6 (which will certainly cause some issues and require additional effort), but it will require some …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-12, 14:08

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by Mumak

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updated my post.... I cannot make further tests in the next 7 or 8 hours, will check later. Thanks and sorry, that crash was my fault. This should fix and hopefully provide EISA bus data: www.hwinfo.com/beta/hwi32_623_4075.zip I am back :) Looks already quite good. I will attach a screenshot, EISA …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-11, 16:31

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CoffeeOne wrote on 2020-02-11, 16:16: updated my post.... I cannot make further tests in the next 7 or 8 hours, will check later. Thanks and sorry, that crash was my fault. This should fix and hopefully provide EISA bus data: www.hwinfo.com/beta/hwi32_623_4075.zip

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