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First post, by PcBytes

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Hi!
This is my new rebuild of the ASUS computer.Right now,the bios is down (no worries,I have replaced the BIOS chip and have a CD-RW for flashing and things).I have two Backup 2MB bios chips (the bios is 256K)
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Audio:Sound Blaster 16 Value-CT2770
Network:Realtek 8139A
Video Card:S3 Trio 3D/2X 4MB which is going to be replaced someday by a nVidia one
Processor:Intel Inside Pentium 2 at 233MHz (overclocked thanks to the board's 133MHz FSB setting)with MMX instruction
Memory:320MB,PC-133 CL2,PC-133U and PC100
Chipset:VIA VT82C693A (better than a i440LX)
CD-ROM:ASUS CRW-5224
HDD:Seagate (unknown model) 1.7GB
OS:Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional w/SP4
Browser:Mozilla Firefox 12 🤣
Right now,some pics.
Also,the last three images are what the bios would look like,what wallpaper I have right now,and the new wallpaper I'll use.

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    The innards of this beast of a PC.
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    The CD I'll use to reflash the chip.(i'll use the hotflash procedure)
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    How the BIOS would look like.
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    Konachan.com - 13907 2000 anthropomorphism os-tan windows.jpg
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    This is the old wallpaper.
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    And this is the new one I'll use.
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    Fair use/fair dealing exception

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 2 of 9, by PcBytes

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Thanks.Tomorrow I will fix it and get it up and running again!

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 3 of 9, by leileilol

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Well, a P2 233MHz not-overclocked can run 2000 at "full speed" too. 2000 only really demands around 56mb, have more RAM than that and it should work okay. That's an estimate - at 48mb 2000 was unusuably slow.

I've had no big performance problems running Win2000 on 64mb. Windows XP is another story though 😀

also why the mspainted bios shot?

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long live PCem

Reply 4 of 9, by PcBytes

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The mspaint is because the bios was not working at that time so i made a preview how it would look.😁

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 6 of 9, by PcBytes

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It boots very fine and stable,the secret is to use early 8chip single side 133MHz RAM.An example is Transcend's memory.Pop it in and it recognizes 128MB right out of the box.Samsung:search for a PC133U and 8 chips on both sides (double side)and it recognizes 128MB of course.Even PC100 or PC66 works on it. 😁

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 7 of 9, by jwt27

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I do have Transcend ECC ram rated for PC100 and 3-3-3 timings. In dos and memtest86 it works fine at 133MHz bus and 2-2-2. I'm guessing the 3dfx card doesn't like it as I see some black boxes and lines scattered across the screen when booting into windows.

Reply 8 of 9, by PcBytes

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Actually mine is a small bank of ram and its not ECC.

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 9 of 9, by PcBytes

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Finally,repaired the BIOS chip!I have swapped the original SST MPC 29EE020 for a normal Winbond W29C020-90 chip.I reflashed using an ECS K7S5A mobo.It's in my bedroom,hidden next to a huge box full of pieces. (an USB bracket,a S3 Trio backpanel.1TB external HDD and Wii controllers)I have enough pieces to build another PC,since I saved the next pieces:
1.ATI Rage IIC AGP w/o DVD extension
2.SB16 Value sound card
3.Intel network card
4.The mobo itself
5.Pentium 2 233MHz (overclocked by the mobo btw)
6.The 1.7 GB Seagate HD
7.A noisy CPU fan 😀)

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

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