Re: NVME partioning advice

Posted on 2024-04-13, 00:15

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darry wrote on 2024-04-12, 22:01: Does the laptop have a free NVME slot or SATA bay ? No clue. I have to investigate this. Good idea! To all others keep posting as you are helping me understand. Collective thanks!

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Re: PCChips M507 - looking for one info on COAST module

Posted on 2024-04-12, 19:42

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I have one of those - I found an AT tower in a dumpster in 2019, and that's what it had inside. My plan is to get around to ordering and assembling a Necroware voltage regulator and have it set up with a K6-3+. Here are images of the 256k cache module it came with. Necrware's VRM is something I'd …

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Re: PCChips M507 - looking for one info on COAST module

Posted on 2024-04-12, 19:10

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I have one of those - I found an AT tower in a dumpster in 2019, and that's what it had inside. My plan is to get around to ordering and assembling a Necroware voltage regulator and have it set up with a K6-3+. Here are images of the 256k cache module it came with. Necrware's VRM is something I'd …

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NVME partioning advice

Posted on 2024-04-12, 16:01

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I bought a laptop with a 1TB NVMe. Before I start copying stuff from my old one, would it be better to create a 2nd partition for data? I'm just unaware of any backdrops in doing so, as I did with SSDs. I have Windows 11 Home, would 256GB enough to be happy forever with updates? Thanks

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Re: PCChips M507 - looking for one info on COAST module

Posted on 2024-04-12, 15:21

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I own a very similar board which I believe is a clone. When I insert the 256KiB coast module it'll merge with the onboard cache, unlike boards like A-Trend ATC-1020 which have a jumper to completely disable the onboard cache. COAST modules aren't interchangeable. I have a few and I'd like to know …

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PCChips M507 - looking for info on its COAST module

Posted on 2024-04-12, 14:14

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Hello! I'm looking for one to know what works with this board. Needless to say, PCChips fake cache with dead vias. Not even TAG. https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m507 I first thought to just find some compatible cache chips and manually connect them to chipset and TAG, but it's not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-11, 13:59

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H3nrik V! wrote on 2024-04-11, 12:38: Couple of 800 EBs - mostly for the big heat sinks, which fits great for my P2B-DS 120mm fan adapter. Also an SL4BR, which will hopefully behave together with an SL4KL on said mainboard. They are same stepping albeit not same sSpec. I guess it would work ...? …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-04-11, 01:00

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Stuck on a board, S7 single voltage. No POST. Mosfet was busted here too but replacing it didn't make it.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 22:44

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repaired my Asus P/I-p55TP4XEG replaced the dead mosfet and voilà :) last thing to od ias the dallas hack Well done, how did you know the mosfet was dead? Being a single voltage board and finding only 0.xV on the 3.45 Vcore and Vio lines, it was quite easy to spot. I tested with a cpu to confirm …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 20:25

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repaired my Asus P/I-p55TP4XEG replaced the dead mosfet and voilà 😀 last thing to od ias the dallas hack

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Re: PCChips M575 - repair help - need a few V readings

Posted on 2024-04-10, 16:30

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Solved, it was the FD3055. Replaced with an equivalent it works 100% OK

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-04-09, 00:08

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I was trying to work on a couple of those without the tray edge on, think I must have spent half the time picking up screws and screwdrivers lol Actually I kinda like working on those big old melamine cafeteria trays, especially for laptop disassembly, but I keep ending up having a couple of …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-04-07, 17:37

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Why Win10 takes forever even on NVMEs? With my Internet connection, downloading the updates is what takes the most time, and it still takes much more time than updating Linux. I noticed that the progress indicator on cumulative updates goes to 100% when it's really about 50% complete, and the …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2024-04-07, 01:41

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Ok, Gordon Lightfoot. IDK but it is good and I like it. Who knew 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-05, 03:00

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R153 has a different value. This is when V2 pundits are required to intervene. I so hope they work like if they were mine 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-05, 02:13

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Also 2 resistors soldered a little up on the left on both cards. Is that some overvolt? or maybe a post prod error?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-05, 01:25

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As a fiend for soundcards, I bought an Audigy Gamer edition from the Goodwill auction site that was supposedly sealed. IMG_20240404_175953701_HDR.jpg The card arrived today and I went to inspect it, noticing firstly that it obviously wasn't sealed. I opened the box to look at the contents and... …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-04-05, 00:57

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Updated 3 machines: (all SSDs) 1) my main rig, Linux went well; 2ndary Linux was 3 months old and updated under 10 minutes; Win10 took 2 hours and I got an error on 2024-01 update for lack of space on recovery partition (if that is the error) and then I left it for another day 2) Linux on a laptop; …

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Re: Having issues with a pentium 1 board

Posted on 2024-04-03, 02:44

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Voltage of the power mosfets? If you have a P-120 Vcore and Vi/o should be 3.3V https://www.arl.wustl.edu/projects/archive/gigabitkits/References/SPC/Pentium_MMX_Datasheet.pdf http://www.dickhardtstrasse.org/Hardwarehandbook/index.html?cpu_486.html This should help with pin identification. Post pics …

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Re: FIC 503+ super socket 7 with no cache

Posted on 2024-04-02, 11:40

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Soldering iron with solder paste? What's your method? When I do high density chips I either drag, or use paste + hot air and board heater It's just what's faster and easier to do the job, for me. Also being L2 cache I don't find easily, I avoid hot air if possible. Solder paste makes touch ups …

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