First post, by quicknick
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I'm in the middle of building myself a retro rig, decided on a K5 cpu paired with a motherboard about which I can't find much info, the SL-586VT-II, bios string 05/29/97-VT82C580VP-PRIM-2A5LASMAC-00.
Actual northbridge is VT82C585VP, dunno why it differs in the bios string.
The board has four 72-pin SIMM sockets and one 168-pin DIMM socket, and since my biggest SIMMs are 8MB and I want more than 32MB RAM I decided to populate the DIMM socket. Tried all my DIMM sticks but none seems to work there. Endless beeps at power on, one stick booted (just once!) but was recognised at 4MB instead of 64MB. Tried with and without the SIMM sockets populated, no change. There is a jumper near the socket which I believe changes between 5V and 3.3V to the DIMM, currently the socket is supplied with 3.3V (measured with a multimeter). Is there something escaping me? Do I need a different kind of DIMM, like EDO instead of SDRAM? The board works ok with EDO or FPM in the 72-pin sockets.
Thanks in advance!