First post, by Odiseo
Greetings, it's me again here with my retarded Compaq box I wanted to give a hardware upgrade. As I said in this thread, I planned to insert the following:
8 RAM modules, 32MB each
a Hollywood Plus (hardware decoder)
a Voodoo 2 PCI card with 12MB RAM
Now it may come as no surprise, but the upgrade process wasn't flawless. What most annoys me is the result of the RAM upgrade; only half of the 256MB I put in is actually detected. I thought a BIOS update would solve this, so I downloaded some newer versions from the HP website. Strangely enough, the first two packages wouldn't initialize, although the database on hp.com lists them as the newest BIOS versions for the Deskpro 4000 line. The third package I tried was successfully installed, but still only half of the RAM is detected. I know for sure the PC supports 32MB sticks because four of the sticks actually show up as such. The other four, though, don't show up; it seems as though the PC doesn't detect them (while they are certainly in place). Strangely enough, it's slots 5 through 8 that are detected, while 1 through 4 are not.
Here's some version info on the new BIOS (copied from the report I included at the end of this post).
BIOS version: 05/05/1988
Family: G5
On a second note, the install of the voodoo2 succeeded, but the odd thing is that it is listed as a multimedia device, while I had expected it to be listed as a video card, together with the 2MB Cirrus Logic that was already in place. Is there any way to get this PC to do that? Now it's actually not doing anything with the card; the video signal just goes from my Cirrus Logic through the voodoo2, then through the hollywood plus and then to my screen. Besides that, I had hoped the voodoo2 would allow me to choose a higher resolution without losing color depth. The voodoo2 software does include a utility that provides the option of changing resolutions (up to 1280X1024), but whatever I do in that screen, I can't save it! Is there a way to get a voodoo2 to display the desktop in at least 1024X768 resolution/24-bit?? Is there any other way to 'test' whether the voodoo does its job? Or do such cards only generate graphics in 3D applications (games)?
Oh, and the device list keeps mentioning a device called 'Deskpro Thermal Sensor', under 'other detected devices' (it's been doing that for years, though). So, this device could measure the temperature inside the PC? That sounds strange to me as I thought this kind of cpu doesn't support such technology (it's a 133mhz without mmx). I don't think there's a driver installed for this 'Deskpro Thermal sensor' (maybe a generic driver, but that doesn't seem sufficient to get the sensor to work). I googled for 'Deskpro Thermal Sensor', searched for the term on sites such as driverguide.com, but I can't find any info on it, let be a driver that I could download. I'd appreciate some info on this device.
I used a system disk to go into BIOS (after the update) and saved the following report
ROM :
-System ROM
Revision . . . . . . . . . . 05/05/1998
Family . . . . . . . . . . G5
Flashable . . . . . . . . . Yes
Supports F10 partition . . . Yes
Socketed . . . . . . . . . . No
Graphics :
-Graphics Mode . . . . . . . . . 12 (640 x 480 Graphics)
-Primary Monitor attached to . . Cirrus CL-GD5446 Graphics Controller
with Video Graphics Color Monitor
-Total Video Memory . . . . . . . 2048 Kbytes
Memory :
-Memory Boards Identified:
System Board
SIMM Slot 1 . . . . . . . . 0 Megabytes
SIMM Slot 2 . . . . . . . . 0 Megabytes
SIMM Slot 3 . . . . . . . . 0 Megabytes
SIMM Slot 4 . . . . . . . . 0 Megabytes
SIMM Slot 5 (FPM) . . . . . 32 Megabytes
SIMM Slot 6 (FPM) . . . . . 32 Megabytes
SIMM Slot 7 (FPM) . . . . . 32 Megabytes
SIMM Slot 8 (FPM) . . . . . 32 Megabytes
-Total Compaq Memory . . . . . . 128 Megabytes
-Base Memory
System Total . . . . . . . . . 639 Kbytes
Amount Free . . . . . . . . . 580 Kbytes (594144 Bytes)
-Extended Memory
System Total . . . . . . . . . 130048 Kbytes
-Expanded Memory
LIM Driver Support . . . . . . LIM driver not loaded