Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-11, 13:04
Yes, that is another option I had considered, but thought I'd see what other users' opinions or thoughts were.
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-11, 13:13
I remember having similar problems in the past with a 486, the issue here was a jumper on the hdd set to 'Master only device' or something like that. This avoided the slave device (cdrom) to even be recognised, so maybe checking the jumper config again might solve the problem.
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-11, 13:17
Can you try connecting the CD drive to the IDE port on a sound card?
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-11, 16:19
Can you try connecting the CD drive to the IDE port on a sound card? That was also a thought. Unfortunately, this particular sound card still has the proprietary CD-ROM interfaces (on the Aztech range of cards, it was usually Panasonic, Mitsumi & Sony drives that were supported). I could install a …
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-13, 20:05
Just an update to my problem (in case someone else comes across a similar one). I disconnected the hard drive completely and connected the CD-ROM to the IDE channel (I tried it under both master and slave). I then used a Windows 98 startup disk (selecting CD-ROM support), but unfortunately no luck. …
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-13, 21:16
I'm glad it finally worked. It was probably because the controller lacked atapi compatibilty. Controllers like this are basically just glue logic to interface the cdrom's bus with isa. There were even eprom programmers that were meant to interface with those ide controllers instead of isa (was …
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-14, 09:51
I'm glad it finally worked. It was probably because the controller lacked atapi compatibilty. Maybe you could explain this in a bit more detail. Where is the specific source that the controller requires compatibility with a AT-A based protocol? From my point of knowledge any controller that …
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-14, 11:56
I tend to think it's most likely just a BIOS issue, as opposed to it being the controller. I have a very similar controller in a 386DX-40 PC of mine and on that motherboard (which has a later AMIBIOS), the CD-ROM drive runs just fine on the controller's IDE channel (as a slave). This particular …
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-14, 14:43
Good question. And thank you for the specs, elianda. Unfortunately, I can't provide an exact or satisfying explanation to both of you. But I recall that there were said to be differences between early ide cards (ide,ata0) and the ide interface on soundcards. Thats at least what media said back then. …
Re: MY ROCKING AMD 486 - ??? MHZ SYSTEM VLB
Posted on 2016-04-15, 19:42
hi, do you have better pictures of 2. QDI V4P895P3 SMT V5.0 (OPTI 895) ( 5v and 3.3volt) 3. QDI V4P895P3 SMT V4.0 (OPTI 895) (5v and 3.3volt) or could please you tell me what is the difference between two of them ?
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-15, 20:42
Another update (hopefully the final one). I did some digging and noticed that my hard drive has two additional jumpers, labelled "E1" & "CAM". Depsite there being nothing in the documentation of what the purpose of these other two jumpers are, I decided to short the "CAM" jumper as well. Once I …
Re: Advice on getting a CD-ROM drive to be recognised on an AMD 386SX-25
Posted on 2016-04-16, 21:33
Aha! http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/hard-drives-hdd/conner/CP-30174E-170MB-3-5-SL-IDE-AT.html Mentions the drive supports two Master/slave configurations... ISA/Connor ATA/CAM (Common Attachment Method) Some other Connor drives (and other old era drives) have a different variant, where there is a …
Re: New AMD DURON "Spitfire" 800 MHz Build
Posted on 2016-04-22, 17:23
Playing Need for speed III on this beast right now, runs a treat(as it should), still a brilliant game. 😀
Re: AMD XP rig ideas
Posted on 2016-04-25, 18:14
Avoid "Palomino" type Athlon XP, and get a nForce2 motherboard.
Re: AMD XP rig ideas
Posted on 2016-04-25, 18:26
There is a mobile version called the XP-M that runs at lower voltages (I believe 1.45 vs 1.65). If you find a motherboard that supports the mobile variant, they are a nice CPU. You have the option of running at stock speeds with cooler performance and less power draw, or overclock the CPU higher …
Re: AMD XP rig ideas
Posted on 2016-04-25, 18:43
Skip XP and go with Athlon 64 is my tip 😊
Re: AMD XP rig ideas
Posted on 2016-04-25, 18:49
Avoid "Palomino" type Athlon XP why? i had an ath xp 2600 and besides the lacking of ram i was very happy; board was gigabyte nforce 2 based, gfx was gf3 ti 500 or so; Skip XP and go with Athlon 64 is my tip :blush: was it any better besides doing 64bit oses? for one cache was bigger, anything else …
Re: AMD XP rig ideas
Posted on 2016-04-25, 19:37
Palomino's are hot and can't go as fast as newer Thoroughbred or Barton cores. Athlon XP vs. Athlon 64 is kinda like comparing Core 2 Duo to Core i7 :) Similar, but waaay different : Bigger cache, better prediction, faster FPU (SSE2/SSE3), IMC, DDR1/DDR2, PCI-e, Dual Core (later rev. with "x2" in …
Re: AMD XP rig ideas
Posted on 2016-04-25, 21:09
Avoid "Palomino" type Athlon XP why? i had an ath xp 2600 and besides the lacking of ram i was very happy; board was gigabyte nforce 2 based, gfx was gf3 ti 500 or so; So when you have even a 2600+, you have a Thoroughbred B, Thorton or Barton core. The main reason to avoid the Palomino at lower …
Re: AMD XP rig ideas
Posted on 2016-04-25, 22:00
buckeye: How much is the seller asking for all of that? If it's $15 or less, it might be an OK deal. You will want to upgrade the RAM, CPU, sound card, and the video card. By the time you're done, you would have been better off just getting an AM3 system with a decent Phenom II and building it the …
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