Dorunkāku wrote on 2024-09-24, 13:26:

The Cypress CYM74BM550 looks like this:

CYM74B550
Async SRAM, not pipelined burst = will actually slow computer down 😮

rasz_pl wrote on 2024-11-08, 02:38:

Dorunkāku wrote on 2024-09-24, 13:26:

The Cypress CYM74BM550 looks like this:

CYM74B550
Async SRAM, not pipelined burst = will actually slow computer down 😮

Slow it down more than having nothing but the L1 in the CPU? 😉

For what it's worth, the MiTAC board in my Compaq has room for a jumper block to set which type of cache is installed and the factory has hard wired it to Async.

Carcenomy wrote on 2023-08-08, 06:00:

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Long time reader, first time poster.

I have the same exact model,Compaq Presario 7222.
The things that puzzles me the most is 1- is there a way to change boot sequence?the whole Bios thing setting "device setup" on This model looks odd to me and different than anything I have seen.
2-how did you install your voodoo card? I tried , but windows doesn't like the card saying that it's disabled by hardware?! Gives me a protection error when I try to enable the driver in device manager. Not sure if there is a physical jumper i need to disable or if I need to do something in Bios
Any help is appreciated 👏

fadi.alsaidi@gmail.c wrote on 2025-01-21, 22:10:

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Long time reader, first time poster.

I have the same exact model,Compaq Presario 7222.
The things that puzzles me the most is 1- is there a way to change boot sequence?the whole Bios thing setting "device setup" on This model looks odd to me and different than anything I have seen.
2-how did you install your voodoo card? I tried , but windows doesn't like the card saying that it's disabled by hardware?! Gives me a protection error when I try to enable the driver in device manager. Not sure if there is a physical jumper i need to disable or if I need to do something in Bios
Any help is appreciated 👏

Hey man, happy to help!
1. No control of boot sequence - it's always Floppy > Hard Disk. The only option to adjust that per se is the ability to disable floppy booting from Security Management in Computer Setup. However, if your hard disk has been formatted you may not have the setup partition so will need to use the original boot floppies (images are still around online for this if not let me know I'll put them up!) to either set up the partition again or let you make adjustments.
2. Plonked it in, no adjustments needed. What model of Voodoo are you using? I do know specifically the Orchid Righteous 3D is picky about drivers.