No pictures this time, but finally I can report I have managed to restore full speed and full cache functionality using a custom crafted AwardBIOS 4.50PG adapted from the AOpen DP5. Itself yet another undocumented unseen dual pentium motherboard. Will post more once I have the time and a proper PCI …

As a progress update I have now managed to get cache and various other elements functional. Also disk controller enumeration etc is working. I'm now using an AOpen DP5 motherboards BIOS which has been adapted to run on this board. Some chipset logic configuration is still required however with the …

So this will be a relatively straight forward post. I'm searching for a bios for a rather rare board, and I'm hoping one of you here maybe also has this board and is able to dump the contents of the BIOS chip. https://theretroweb.com/hardware/motherboards/sprint-manufacturing-corporation-mb-p5n-dpv3 …

This is how bad the thermal interface is by default. No pressure applied to the blobs of paste at all. Not something that can be realistically solved by just adding more paste.

Old thread I know But I believe I have found the root cause of the overheating GTX2xx cards. The problem lies with the PNY/EVGA magnesium mold casting of these coolers. The mounting posts are not level or entirely too tall. In my case with a EVGA GTX260-216 I had absolutely horrific temperatures …

Modding GeForce FX5800 to FX5800 Ultra (this really is only meant for those of you that want to test you golden chip 5800's) I like to fully document the process for archival/long term reference. original straps on FX5800 FF FF FF 7F 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF 7F 00 00 00 80 FX5800 to FX5800 Ultra Strap …

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Another addition for those wanting to mod GeForce 4 Ti 4200 cards into Ti 4800. GeForce 4 Ti 4200 to Ti 4800 Mod Original straps read out with nvflash --display 112 E9 8F 71 00 43 10 8F 80 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 E9 35 14 E9 Mask we are interested in FF FF FF FF …

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