Re: ABIT BX6 Rev 2.0 - Issues with PIII 933 mhz Slot 1 Coppermine CPU and Windows 98/XP

Posted on 2020-07-20, 23:28

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by nwsw

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Awesome, thanks for the info. I'll give that a try and report back. What about Windows XP? Does it have a RAM cap that I'm not aware of? From what I've been reading it seems some folks are saying that you need to run 133mhz SDRAM with a 133mhz CPU for the 440BX/Slot 1. XP is fine all the way up to …

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Re: ABIT BX6 Rev 2.0 - Issues with PIII 933 mhz Slot 1 Coppermine CPU and Windows 98/XP

Posted on 2020-07-20, 22:44

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by nwsw

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It should boot and seem to work fine with 1GB, but there are parts of 98SE that misbehave. Such as the vcache. So usually you should just go with <= 512MB. Awesome, thanks for the info. I'll give that a try and report back. What about Windows XP? Does it have a RAM cap that I'm not aware of? From …

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Re: ABIT BX6 Rev 2.0 - Issues with PIII 933 mhz Slot 1 Coppermine CPU and Windows 98/XP

Posted on 2020-07-20, 22:42

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by nwsw

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My guess is you need to recap that Abit board. Abit boards usually had very poor quality capacitors back then. Can you post some photos? Caps all look good, no leaks or bulges. I'll try to take a bare picture of the board later, but here's pictures from the eBay sale that I purchased it from: …

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Re: ABIT BX6 Rev 2.0 - Issues with PIII 933 mhz Slot 1 Coppermine CPU and Windows 98/XP

Posted on 2020-07-20, 22:37

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by nwsw

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Windows 98 cannot handle more than 512 MB RAM without third party patches. Remove the extra RAM and try re-installing. Hmm, that's odd. I've been running the same amount of ram (recognized at ~933mb) with my PII (Slot 1) and Celeron (Socket 370 with adapter) at 66/75mhz with no issues. It's …

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ABIT BX6 Rev 2.0 - Issues with PIII 933 mhz Slot 1 Coppermine CPU and Windows 98/XP

Posted on 2020-07-20, 22:27

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Hi All, I've got an interesting one for you. I've got a working system with the following specs that has had no issues running in 66mhz or 75mhz clock speed. I just got a PIII 933mhz Coppermine Slot 1 CPU to try and it's giving me issues. I believe it is due to the fact that I'm trying to run at …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-07-01, 17:32

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Tetrium wrote on 2020-07-01, 11:07: Anyway, thanks for answering 😀 Happy to help. Thanks for the pontification.

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-30, 22:52

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Really, I am so curious how you got started with this hobby in the first place lol :P I got into this hobby at age 7 and built my own computer at age 11 (1994) from parts I ordered for Christmas. I've built over 50 PCs for friends and family over the years and I know DOS commands and memory …

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Re: Abix BX-6 Rev 2.0 - Can't Overclock

Posted on 2020-06-29, 22:33

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by nwsw

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May be more an issue with the basic Slot 1 adapter than the board (is this the one?) KIT370 Slot 1 Adapter.jpg Found one post online of someone OC'ing a coppermine Celeron 600MHz (9 x 66) to 900MHz (9 x 100) on a BX6r2 tho they didn't say which bios / adapter combo they were using. That is correct, …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-29, 04:33

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by nwsw

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If anyone wants to take it and try to repair this thing, just pay me shipping and I'll send it right out. I'll even include a PII processor. 😀

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Re: Abix BX-6 Rev 2.0 - Can't Overclock

Posted on 2020-06-29, 04:09

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by nwsw

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Thanks darry and Horun for the advice. I have good electronics skills, is there a link to said modification? (I have done some forum searching but maybe I'm missing it.) I went ahead and tried the 75 Mhz with 7.0X at ~563 Mhz and that seems to be working fine. Any multipliers over 7 seem to be …

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Abix BX-6 Rev 2.0 - Can't Overclock

Posted on 2020-06-29, 01:40

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by nwsw

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Hi All, I have an abit BX-6 revision 2.0 motherboard with the following BIOS: 04/26/2000-i440BX-W977-2A69KA1JC-QR I am having 2 issues, wondering if anyone might have any ideas as I would be grateful. I am using a KIT370 Socket 370 to Slot 1 converter. 1. My 1.2 ghz SL5XS Celeron will not boot. …

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Re: Pentium II needs .NET 4.5 for Asheron's Call

Posted on 2020-06-20, 02:58

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by nwsw

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.NET is my bread and butter. But, alas, it had too many .NET 4.5 dependencies to not make it a massive headache. :( It also used a Nuget package (ReactSharp) that was dependant on .NET 4.5 in a way that could not be downgraded without having to replace its newer API with its older one. Sounds like …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-20, 01:56

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by nwsw

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In your other thread, you already updated the BIOS to what I asume was the most recent version available (that posted BIOS string was that of the original BIOS). Now 2 long shots a) please do not be offended, but are you sure you are setting the DIP switches in the right way and not in inverted …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-20, 00:34

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by nwsw

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In your other thread, you already updated the BIOS to what I asume was the most recent version available (that posted BIOS string was that of the original BIOS). Now 2 long shots a) please do not be offended, but are you sure you are setting the DIP switches in the right way and not in inverted …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-20, 00:04

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by nwsw

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Can't see how - the complete DIP settings I listed match the board pic as it was set up at the time which was for a PII 300 SL2W8 (4.5 x 66) Abit BX-20_CFG.jpg so if you followed the required ones for your PII 400 (4 x 100) you should have DS1 = ON DS2 = ON DS3 = ON DS4 = OFF DS5 = OFF DS6 = OFF …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-19, 16:44

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Update: Worked for about 2 seconds, then hung. Now the motherboard is giving me 1 long beep followed by 2 short beeps and then a "do doo" which sounds like a Mario death. I've swapped in 3 video cards and even tried a PCI one and no luck. Tried putting back the PII 300 and reverting the switches and …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-19, 01:28

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OEM board apparently - no jumpers & no 'soft-menu'. Abit BX-20.jpg There should be an 8-position DIP block next to the ATX power connector with these settings Frequency Factor Settings: Ratio DS1 DS2 DS3 DS4 2 ON ON ON ON 2.5 ON OFF ON ON 3 ON ON OFF ON 3.5 ON OFF OFF ON 4 ON ON ON OFF 4.5 ON OFF …

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Re: Pentium II needs .NET 4.5 for Asheron's Call

Posted on 2020-06-19, 01:27

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by nwsw

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You (or I, if I get the time) ould get the source of the Thwarg Launcher (via github or with a tool that deciphers the executable's IL into C#) and re-target it for .NET 2.0 (I have the .NET 2.0 for Win9X runtime installer, even if it is not distributed by MS anymore) or (more realistically) .NET …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-18, 06:22

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by nwsw

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P2-300 is with FSB 66MHz, multiplier 4.5. P2-400 FSB is 100MHz, multiplier 4. So I guess is your jumpers setting on the motherboard, which is currently set to 66MHz. 66 x 4 = 266. Thanks, checked the mobo and not a single jumper on it. Nothing in the settings to adjust the multiplier. Am I just …

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PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-18, 06:16

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by nwsw

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Hi All, I have an Abit BX-20 Slot 1 motherboard and I currently have a PII 300 mhz that shows properly. I just got a PII 400 mhz, but when I plug it in, it shows as a PII 266 in the BIOS and in Windows. Anyone have any ideas? I don't see any disabled caches or anything in the BIOS that would affect …

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