Is the ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 motherboard any good?
I'm asking, because this guy has 10 for sale.... NEW IN BOX. 😮
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem … em=260316656520
How does this differ in quality from the much talked about, and praised Asus PVI-486SP3? There is the SiS vs Intel chipset difference, but what does that mean in terms of reliability or stability? (or desirability) 😀
I have it. I don't like it. Get the PVI-486SP3 instead.
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I want the FIC PIO-3.
wrote:I have it. I don't like it. Get the PVI-486SP3 instead.
Agree, it's PCI performance sucks and so does the CPU support
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wrote:I want the FIC PIO-3.
Mee too 😀
I got the PIO-2 model but I failed BIOS flash atempt made it useless 😜
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wrote:wrote:I want the FIC PIO-3.
I got the PIO-2 model but I failed BIOS flash atempt made it useless 😜
No recovery mode? I experienced a flash failure on a Pentium II motherboard some time ago, but I managed to start it with an old ISA graphic card and it kindly asked for a floppy with the BIOS image.
wrote:wrote:wrote:I want the FIC PIO-3.
I got the PIO-2 model but I failed BIOS flash atempt made it useless 😜
No recovery mode? I experienced a flash failure on a Pentium II motherboard some time ago, but I managed to start it with an old ISA graphic card and it kindly asked for a floppy with the BIOS image.
Nope, we're talking old hardware here 😉 that feature you're describing was hardly invented in the mid 90's
I'm going to flash the BIOS in a an eprom program thingie I've bought or hire biosflash.de but I haven't come around doing it yet
I'm very curious to see how the VIA chipset PCI performance is compared to the SiS, ALi, Intel and UMC chipset I've tried so far...i guess it can't be worse than the UM8881 or Inte chipset 😵
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wrote:I'm going to flash the BIOS in a an eprom program thingie I've bought or hire biosflash.de but I haven't come around doing it yet
I'm very curious to see how the VIA chipset PCI performance is compared to the SiS, ALi, Intel and UMC chipset I've tried so far...i guess it can't be worse than the UM8881 or Inte chipset 😵
I flashed once a BIOS by powering on a working motherboard and booting a MS-DOS system floppy with a flasher, pulling out the working BIOS, putting in a bricked one and flashing it. Then I put it back into its maiboard and it worked! 😀 There aren't many BIOS socket types, so it wouldn't be hard to find a board for flashing, unless the BIOS is soldered to the MB.
Well, sometimes you can use the mentioned floppy trick, and sometimes you can also try using another board to hotflash the bios. I had to do this to update the Shuttle, which initally had an Eeprom in the socket, and wouldn't accept anything.
I'd try out the 486AP4 any day, but I'd never pay 80$ for it.
Well, if it has the option, make an offer. Not all people automatically reject these.
wrote:I have it. I don't like it. Get the PVI-486SP3 instead.
What don't you like about it? I only intend to use an Intel 486, not AMD or Cyrix.
My two biggest gripes are the lack of integrated multi I/O, and the lousy PCI performance. Poor CPU compatibility doesn't help much either.
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wrote:My two biggest gripes are the lack of integrated multi I/O, and the lousy PCI performance. Poor CPU compatibility doesn't help much either.
And the PVI-486SP3 doesn't have these issues?
wrote:wrote:My two biggest gripes are the lack of integrated multi I/O, and the lousy PCI performance. Poor CPU compatibility doesn't help much either.
And the PVI-486SP3 doesn't have these issues?
Nope
The PCI performance is slightly better than the UM8881 chipset
The Intel chipset on Asus AP4 board is the worst I've tried so far
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wrote:The Intel chipset on Asus AP4 board is the worst I've tried so far
Which one is it?
wrote:wrote:The Intel chipset on Asus AP4 board is the worst I've tried so far
Which one is it?
uumm...Intel Aries
They used Intel Saturn on the Asus 486 PCI SP3G
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REgarding the Intel 486 chipsets I tested my Asus PCI 486SP3G motherboard for the time this weekend.
It has Intel Saturn II chipset, I tested it with an Hercules Terminator 3D S3 Virge DX card which isn't exactly the speediest card in DOS and got 9.4fps in pcplayer benchmark.
It also works with an AMD 5x86 @133mhz, according to the benchmarks I don't get as much performance with it as on my ECS UM8881 mobo but it's very close 😀
I'm going to try a Tseng ET6000 and Ark PV2000 chipset gfx next and see what I get... 😀
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