First post, by Skyscraper
I have some pictures of my Pentium Pro box that I have not posted so I thought that I might aswell make a new thread for this system.
I have not used windows NT4 for ages so its time to revisit this OS to see if it is as good as I remember.
The Intel PR440FX motherboard is a dumpster find. I found it with only one CPU and no memory but I got the other CPU and a voltage module from another dumpster find.
The case is also from the same dumpster but it had an Athlon XP system in it when I found it.
Its possible that the motherboard and the case once belonged together due to the fact that I found the motherboard a few years before the case.
The only thing I had to buy for this system was the memory module since I diddnt have any 144 pin 50ns registered EDO.
The system could use more memory but the 128mb modules I found were ~$8 each and I diddnt even know if the board would work. Im sure that I will run into more memory sooner or later.
Spec
Motherboard: Intel PR440FX
CPUs: 2x Pentium Pro 256kb
Memory: 128mb 144pin registered EDO 50ns
GPU: S3 Virge 2mb
HDD: IDE Maxtor DiamondMax VL 30 5400rpm 30gb
PSU: Chieftec 340w
OS: Windows NT4
I put the board on my test bench, installed the memory module and hit the switch
It posted at once. It even remembered the correct time and date!
Then I installed the other CPU.
Once again the board posted without trouble.
When I installed NT4 I experienced some instability but the issue was heat releted and soon fixed.
Details about this issue can be found in another thread but to sum it up Pentium Pro CPUs are not always flat.
Succsess!
Time to mount the system in its case.
This picture shows the hdd, gpu and psu.
A close up of the PSU. It has plenty of power where it counts.
The system in its case
I installed an extra fan over the Voltage regulator because I will run the system @ 210 mhz or perhaps 240 mhz .
This is how the partitions must be configured.
The first partition must be FAT16.
The second partition can not be larger than 2gb if you dont prepare it before installation and it must fully reside in the first 8gb of the disk so that also limits its size.
The third partition can be any size.
Woot? Working USB!
The final result. At least it stacks well.
New PC: i9 12900K @5GHz all cores @1.2v. MSI PRO Z690-A. 32GB DDR4 3600 CL14. 3070Ti.
Old PC: Dual Xeon X5690@4.6GHz, EVGA SR-2, 48GB DDR3R@2000MHz, Intel X25-M. GTX 980ti.
Older PC: K6-3+ 400@600MHz, PC-Chips M577, 256MB SDRAM, AWE64, Voodoo Banshee.
