Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?

Posted on 2011-02-22, 22:41

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by Tetrium

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You ´could´ try TH99, or download the full version and do a search for the exact chipset from Windows. It´s the best `full` collection of 486 data that I know of. That collection isn't searchable and chipsets aren't mentioned for the vast majority of the boards so even searching manually isn't …

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UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 14:47

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by sliderider

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Found somebody who had one but unfortunately he was a fellow collector and knew exactly what he had so wasn't able to get it cheap. He originally wanted $275 for it but I managed to talk him down to $135 at which point he wouldn't budge anymore and at that price he kept his hard drive which really …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 15:00

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by retro games 100

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Congratulations! :happyhappy: I really hope you can get 200 MHz out of it. Please can you upload a photo? What's the manufacturer? And the model? Also PCB revision number? Got a stick of EDO RAM handy? Have you got an ADW P75? Got any VGA cards that can handle a 50 MHz bus speed? Are you going to …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 18:20

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by sliderider

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Don't know yet. As far as I know it's homebuilt, so no name on the case and I don't know which motherboard it is yet. I want to do a solid state drive of some sort with it because I don't know how reliable my old hard drives are anymore. I'd hate to get the thing put back together then go through …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 18:42

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by TheLazy1

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I think I have that same board, those cache chips are fake.

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 18:44

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by retro games 100

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RG100 recoils in horror! Oh no! It's a PC Chips board! Get your money back! http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/486pci/m919v1.htm Those 2 chips in the bottom left hand corner are the mobo's L2 external cache, but they are likely to be fake. Also, the brown slot is a COASt cache stick slot. …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 18:47

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by TheLazy1

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Being fair, that chipset is pretty stable and I think scores decently with games.

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 18:52

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by retro games 100

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Being fair, that chipset is pretty stable and I think scores decently with games. Yes, I agree - there's absolutely nothing wrong with the chipset. It's what the chipset is stuck on to, that's the problem. And that's a PC Chips motherboard. Having said that, the decent "real cache" M919 mobo I have …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 19:07

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by sliderider

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After all the bother I put the poor guy to to get him to lower the price I really wouldn't feel right trying to back out of the deal. I'll have to live with it. At least this one seems to be one of the later versions that solves a few of the earlier versions problems. I'll have to keep looking to …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 19:15

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by Old Thrashbarg

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The manufacturer may have been Amptron, not PC Chips. There's no difference. PCChips, Amptron, etc. aren't actual manufacturers, they're just names slapped onto the boxes by Hsing Tech.

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 19:21

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by TheLazy1

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After all the bother I put the poor guy to to get him to lower the price I really wouldn't feel right trying to back out of the deal. I'll have to live with it. At least this one seems to be one of the later versions that solves a few of the earlier versions problems. I'll have to keep looking to …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 19:22

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by retro games 100

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OK. But you could consider this - give him $X dollars, as a "I'm really sorry about this but...". If I were literally in your shoes, I would give the guy $30 and say "Sorry I've made a mistake, I don't want the board." If he's upset, go ahead and buy it. If you do get it, I can help you with any …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 19:29

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Also, Old Thrashbarg's got a similar M919 too. Er... no I don't, actually. It never showed up. 😒

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 19:31

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by retro games 100

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Old Thrashbarg wrote: Also, Old Thrashbarg's got a similar M919 too. Er... no I don't, actually. It never showed up. 😒 Blessing in disguise? 😉

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 19:34

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by sliderider

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RG100 recoils in horror! Oh no! It's a PC Chips board! Get your money back! http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/486pci/m919v1.htm Those 2 chips in the bottom left hand corner are the mobo's L2 external cache, but they are likely to be fake. Also, the brown slot is a COASt cache stick slot. …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 19:38

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by sliderider

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OK. But you could consider this - give him $X dollars, as a "I'm really sorry about this but...". If I were literally in your shoes, I would give the guy $30 and say "Sorry I've made a mistake, I don't want the board." If he's upset, go ahead and buy it. If you do get it, I can help you with any …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 20:10

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by retro games 100

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That website says the slot is not a COAST slot and not to put one in there or you could damage your power supply. There is a different type of cache module that fits in there and in researching this board further I have found some people who have the correct cache module who says it works. …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 21:07

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by Old Thrashbarg

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I'm really not convinced that the cache stick is fake. It's not like the fake cache on the motherboards where they could slip it past uninformed buyers... people who knew to install a separate cache module would have known what it was supposed to do, and they would have noticed if the things weren't …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 21:22

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by retro games 100

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I have heard that some BIOS versions on those boards would just ignore any external cache, so maybe that's what's going on? Have you tried using the 'Cachectl' utility (which is included with Cachechk, I believe), to see what happens? I'm really hoping to sort out my boxes of retro junk soon. As …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 21:36

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by Amigaz

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I'm really not convinced that the cache stick is fake. It's not like the fake cache on the motherboards where they could slip it past uninformed buyers... people who knew to install a separate cache module would have known what it was supposed to do, and they would have noticed if the things …

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