Re: Will my SOYO SY-5EMA+ unofficially support an AMD K6-2+?

Posted on 2022-12-04, 15:28

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I have it, Ver. 1.1 and with last bios it supports up to K-6 III. Don't know if + versions too. I benched it with a III-400 and oc'd it but can't remember now. https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/soyo-s … -5ema#downloads

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Re: Slide-in standoffs for AT motherbaords - where to buy?

Posted on 2022-12-04, 15:08

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I bought a pack of 50 or 100 from aliexpress some time ago, if i remember correctly. Just did a quick search with keywords "motherboard standoff", and on page 9, i found 50-pack of the ones that slide in. "50pcs Plastic Nylon Reverse Locking Circuit Board Support Hexagon Pillar Standoff for Hole 4. …

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Slide-in standoffs for AT motherbaords - where to buy?

Posted on 2022-12-04, 13:49

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I've tried hard to find a seller in Europe and Aliexpress but couldn't find them. The normal non slide-in are common tough. Options were found in the USA, but it'll cost a lot to have them shipped. I'm looking for 100 pieces to have a good stash, as future isn't on AT's side LOL If you have any …

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

Posted on 2022-12-04, 01:34

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Someone I know gave me a bag of old and malfunctioning mice. Used parts to repair old gaming mice that I had, usually had double click or bad scroll wheel. Old stuff with new life. 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-03, 20:36

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I also prefer to mod the original Dallas, but in some instances a low profile replacement is very useful, especially when the motherboard manufacturer puts the RTC in very inconvenient locations where it ends up blocking longer expansion cards. I learnt this the hard way, by having to order and mod …

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Re: Customize your BIOS Logos! (EPAPatcher 1.52, CBROM, Uniflash)

Posted on 2022-12-03, 15:28

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This is old, you already published on YT! 🤣 It's always interesting to see how easy it was. Wish I had these tools 25 years ago 😀

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Re: 1 GB of RAM on Win98SE - optimal settings for system.ini?

Posted on 2022-12-02, 23:28

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https://archive.org/details/PATCHMEM

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Re: AGP cards memory test - how to on old 2K/XP?

Posted on 2022-12-02, 02:17

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wiibur wrote on 2022-12-02, 00:37: Video Memory Stress Test should work. I ran it recently on an AGP card under Win98se but I haven't tested an ISA card before. Does it give specific addresses of failed tests? I'll check it, thanks!

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-12-01, 20:22

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'Finished' my 486 Build. I've used quotes there as we all know they are never truly finished, there is always something more to tinker with :D Some of the grey paint has worn off the power button, if I can get an exact match I may end up touching this up. Soyo SY-4SAW2 AMD-X5-133 (Am5x86-P75) @ …

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

Posted on 2022-12-01, 14:56

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I finally installed W10 on a SSD, in my Dell i7-3820 + GTX 690. I use it as a gaming machine only. Things sped up drastically. I kept the W7 oinstallation. Doom Eternal now runs on 1080p as minimum spec and I can't play it anymore; before it was 720p and it was low on details but fine. Bethesda, I …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2022-11-30, 19:20

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Yes We had a little business involving data from a Gxm processor. The FSB would go up and down (12 to 33) but never still at 33mhz. I was wondering, a real time reading of the FSB could be wrong because some oscillator is malfunctioning? I don't know how clock is generated. They were budget …

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Re: ISA UMC Video card - looking for a component UM9502 for repair

Posted on 2022-11-30, 17:27

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You can still try a ICS2494 from a different card. Many of those chips have the two standard VGA clocks (25 MHz and 28 MHz) as clock 0 and 1, so standard modes would work at the correct refresh rates, even if the clock chip is not as expected by the BIOS. If you know where I can find one :) I'll …

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AGP cards memory test - how to on old 2K/XP?

Posted on 2022-11-30, 11:39

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I have several AGP cards, and I'd like to test the ram to check if everything is ok. I have some other cards that have issues like artifacting, which to my Ltd. Knowledge advisor is aither core or ram :) I've also seen in many repair videos tests being performed after soldering new ram chips. Is …

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Re: ISA UMC Video card - looking for a component UM9502 for repair

Posted on 2022-11-30, 09:54

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if that picture is of how it works at this point then your chip works, mounting backwards usually fries totally and there would be no output without proper clocks if anything I would look for another ram It is of how it worked before I made the mistake. After it's no output at all. Some ram chips …

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Re: ISA UMC Video card - looking for a component UM9502 for repair

Posted on 2022-11-29, 20:28

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The BIOS is a 256 kBit mask ROM. You should be able to read it with any 27c256 setting - but you need to disable device ID verification. The UM82c4010 on the picture in the VGA museum is obviously pin compatible to an ICS2494, which is a manufacturer programmable clock generator. But there are a …

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ISA UMC Video card - looking for a component UM9502 for repair

Posted on 2022-11-29, 14:29

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Hello lovely people, I was gifted an unknown ISA Card from UMC, I'll go with the gpu model name, UMC UM85C405AF. http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/news/item/471-umc-um85c405af I had some artifacting, decided to clean contacts. There were cracked solder joints on vram and size selector. I removed …

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Re: How do you plan a new retro-build? How did you?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 13:39

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theelf wrote on 2022-11-29, 13:21: For me is simple, my wife one day complains there is too much garbage in home Then i build 2 computers from parts i have lying around, one i sell, one for me After some time my wife complains... and again Marie Kondo vs Wife 😀 Tough call!

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Re: How do you plan a new retro-build? How did you?

Posted on 2022-11-28, 01:44

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Personally I think of a cpu and start from there. Only issue is that I have no space to keep things around for long. I used to have zero knowledge on gpus, now a little more on modern, old it's still YT reviews time 😀

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How do you plan a new retro-build? How did you?

Posted on 2022-11-28, 00:38

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Hello lovely people, I often read "help, how to XP/W2K/W98/Me/95/DOS/ P-III*II*I /K-6² ³ / 486... build" topics. Would be nice to read how you did, if having in mind a specific component to build around or just a nostalgic jump in the past. Hope it'll bring some answsers :) Edit: it's a "how I do it …

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Re: Occasional post hangup in 386sx.

Posted on 2022-11-27, 13:54

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Looks like bad options selected in BIOS. In case you have a CF as a HDD, have you selected the correct options? Is it connected to power? Sometimes those cards start but can turn unreadable if no power is connected (usually a floppy connector).

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