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Compaq 486/33m Manual

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First post, by Thunderbubble

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Hi guys - new guy here - i'm Steve from West Yorkshire, England

Try as I might, I can't find a manual for this machine i've just bought, and it's a bit of an odd ball setup - anyone know where I can get one?

Cheers!
Steve

Reply 2 of 8, by Horun

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Yeah there is the 486s/33m (above) and the 486/33m: https://hp.manualscollection.com/?D=Compaq%20 … 2F33M&By=HP___2
one of the manuals should work. Also you will need the Compaq EISA config tools for your exact machine iirc... they could be here: http://66.113.161.23/~mR_Slug/EISA/
will search them out in a bit...

ok according to the archives: http://web.archive.org/web/20020813001243/htt … cate/24_42.html
you need Sp6144.exe for the EISA config disk, SP16085.exe for the Diagnostics disk.
Those can be found here: 6144: http://cwcyrix.duckdns.org/ftp-archives/ftp.c … aq/sp6001-6500/
16085: http://cwcyrix.duckdns.org/ftp-archives/ftp.c … /sp16001-16500/
Also Some basic info on some of the board part numbers and switches, archived web pages for 486/33m attached.

Last edited by Horun on 2022-11-27, 17:57. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 3 of 8, by Thunderbubble

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Thank you guys! wow... that is some EISA collection!! Yes, I've managed to set the machine up with 6.22 and w3.11 with some great stuff. The computer is immaculate and completely original. Those manual links i've already looked at, they seem to be for modern systems.

Steve

Reply 4 of 8, by Horun

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Thunderbubble wrote on 2022-11-27, 17:55:

Thank you guys! wow... that is some EISA collection!! Yes, I've managed to set the machine up with 6.22 and w3.11 with some great stuff. The computer is immaculate and completely original. Those manual links i've already looked at, they seem to be for modern systems.

Steve

I added some info to my earlier post. Will try to dig up more later today.....

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Reply 5 of 8, by Thunderbubble

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Horun, that is fantastic - thank you very much!

Reply 6 of 8, by Horun

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You might want this pdf, is much same info as the archived page of description and board part numbers, switches, etc: https://www.ardent-tool.com/media/PS2_MOST/AC … PAQ/2005001.PDF

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Reply 7 of 8, by Thunderbubble

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Brilliant - thank you very much guys.

Steve

Reply 8 of 8, by pentiumspeed

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Remember, only part that is not obtainable is power supply board so if this dies, either repair the power supply or use 24 pin ATX power supply repinned to compaq pinout or use repinned 6 inch 24pin atx extension cable, just leave off power on (ground it to turn on), and 3.3V wires. This is a exception for deskpro/m as opposed to replace whole power supply in a metal box.

Compaq power supply pinouts archive. (from 8088, 286 and 386, 486, and pentium era ISA and EISA era, UPDATED

Cheers,

Great Northern aka Canada.