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First post, by vandenabeele andries

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Anyone got experience with this board. Looks like its DA DEAL

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Reply 1 of 9, by kanecvr

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That's a really interesting board. It looks like it has pipeline burst style cache like a pentium machine - would make a great POD5V or Cx5x86 rig. It even has a COAST socket for additional cache. Does it have PS/2 ?

Reply 2 of 9, by vandenabeele andries

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Well its got the 72 pin modules. Isa-VESA slots, an SRAM slot, IDE connectors and solid cache. Supports up to 133Mhz.
Am going to use it as a 5x86 mahine eather a Cyrix 5x86 100P or a AMD 5x86 p75
Stocked with the find.

If found the data > http://arquet.free.fr/data/DOC.php3?cible=m919v3

Reply 4 of 9, by Deksor

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Yeah, amptron = PCChips = fake cache. If you want to have cache on these, you need to buy a specific COAST module that will only work with these. Don't use any other kind of COAST module or you'll toast your board or the COAST module or both

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Reply 5 of 9, by vandenabeele andries

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Deksor wrote:

You need to buy a specific COAST module that will only work with these.

Just ordered one 😀.

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Reply 6 of 9, by Arkady

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Hello,

I fear that this cache module isn't the right one.
At best it won't work, worse it might fry your board.
This board needs a specific module, follow this link (Cache Module CA256K FOR 486 M919 USE ONLY)

Reply 7 of 9, by Deksor

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Yeah, that coast module is exactly the kind of module that will die and/or kill your mobo once inserted

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Reply 8 of 9, by vandenabeele andries

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Deksor wrote:

Yeah, that coast module is exactly the kind of module that will die and/or kill your mobo once inserted

I also bought this module
Just cause im curious why would it fry my board? States it supports up to 1024 cache.
Is it a Ns speed thing?

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Reply 9 of 9, by Deksor

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A speed issue would never fry a board to my knowledge. I believe that's because even though they use the same connector, the pinout is different

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