Moogle! wrote:

Are you sure the COAST module is fake too? Do the traces go anywhere?The module in the picture looks kind of detailed. That would cost more money than it was worth to do that. You also may not have the right module.

leileilol wrote:

hi
i'm trying to nail out the serial port issue
it 'works', but the mouse jumps all over the place and i've tried 3 different mice and two different serial ports. 😒

There is a fix for this that involves cutting a trace for a resistor that's supposed to be effective.

Yep, the lines seem to go to the UMC chipset but all cachecheck utilities I've tested so far report no L2 cache...the performance speaks for itself also

Another weird thing is that there's a Sep 98 BIOS update for this thing and there's no tools to flash it with. 🙁

leileilol wrote:

486 pooter
Issues:
- Under Windows 2000,ethernet card hogs loads of cpu, and stops completely without any more packets after a minute

Try replacing that classic 3COM 3C905 with an Intel NIC. That may help.

I may have a 256k coast chip, if i can find it i'll post it to you