First post, by Robhalfordfan
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- Oldbie
hello all i got an old pc with 486dx2 @66mhz and with turbo button etc
i am thinking of build to be best of it era (close to period accurate at possible)
i will need to replace the motherboard as the one that came with will not boot or post at all and i am guessing it because of the barrel battery leaked and might of damaged the traces (not sure) but i de-soldered it off and clean it and still nothing and the mobo had pci and isa
if anyone has any ideas or recommendations what parts to use/get eg - graphic card/ sound cards/ cd drives etc
the parts i own already is
cpu - intel 486 dx2 @66mhz
ram - edo ram (various sizes)
gpu- s3 virge dx - 4mb
-s3 trio 64 (came with computer)
HDD - 500MB IDE (came with computer)
-IDE various sizes - ranging from 8gb - 300gb
-SCSI with cable and controller card
Sound - Soundblaster 16 ISA - i think (came with computer)
- Soundblaster Pro 2 ISA
-which motherboard would work best as i would prefer one with a coin battery and pci and isa (preferably) (but open to the idea of ISA/VLB as along as it use coin battery) - whichever is more easy to find and get for a good price
-which version of dos is best to use or is stick to 6.22
-will 360k 5.25 floppy be better than a 1.22mb one
thank you for help and this might take a long while as i am aware parts will expensive to find and get