Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-02-16, 00:28

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by feipoa

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As I have recently been converting all my daily use machines from Windows to Linux, I was left perplexed by the lack of a "Device Manager", Astra, Everest, or hwinfo type of utility in Ubuntu. While there are a few add-on packages, they are very lacking in detail. I was wondering if there has been …

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Re: Why are 3Com NICs in such high regard?

Posted on 2021-02-14, 23:54

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by feipoa

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Which Linux distro do you use on 486 PCs (this one has no CPUID instruction)? I was referring to a little more recent benchmarking I had been doing with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on an Opteron 185. I haven't had Linux on a 486 in some time now. For the full package, Debian 3.0 (Woody) ran OK, but for …

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Re: Why are 3Com NICs regarded in such high regard?

Posted on 2021-02-14, 16:55

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by feipoa

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Are you able to test it in Linux using iperf? Seems that when I test stuff in Linux it approaches the transfer spec, e.g. my gigabit ethernet benches around 950 mbit. Did 3Com ever make a gigabit product?

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Re: Multi-lane upgades for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 on PCIe 1.0a

Posted on 2021-02-14, 16:54

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by feipoa

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From what I can tell there has been no change in max power delivery on any of the PCIe standards and that seems to be beside the point. I'm not sure what your point is; I am trying to determine why your USB 3.1 card explicitely states it needs PCIe 2.0 to function. Does your card have a SATA or …

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Re: Multi-lane upgades for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 on PCIe 1.0a

Posted on 2021-02-14, 16:21

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by feipoa

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I was unable to find a photo of your specific SW-2042 V0.5 card. So I was only guessing that your card was missing the SATA/MOLEX power connector, similar to how that Asus card is missing it. The Wiki post I pasted is likely referencing cards without the SATA/MOLEX auxiliary power connector - so …

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Re: Multi-lane upgades for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 on PCIe 1.0a

Posted on 2021-02-14, 02:47

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by feipoa

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I doubt that the PCIe2.0 requirement is one about power. FYI, from wiki: PCI Express 2.1 (with its specification dated 4 March 2009) supports a large proportion of the management, support, and troubleshooting systems planned for full implementation in PCI Express 3.0. However, the speed is the same …

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Re: Multi-lane upgades for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 on PCIe 1.0a

Posted on 2021-02-14, 01:17

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by feipoa

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Sorry, must have got you mixed up with the other poster. Thanks. The descriptions mentions 5 Gbps per port, which is the coded datarate for USB 3.0 (3.2 Gbps for the uncoded/usable speed). This implies to me that each port gets a single lane only. Bang for buck, this one seems better: https://www. …

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Re: Multi-lane upgades for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 on PCIe 1.0a

Posted on 2021-02-13, 23:15

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by feipoa

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You have this card in person? Are you able to follow the traces to see if Lanes 2 and 3 are connected to the IC? Could the PCIe 2.0 requirement be one of power? If so, the Asrock card (shown above) has external power.

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Re: Multi-lane upgades for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 on PCIe 1.0a

Posted on 2021-02-13, 22:22

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by feipoa

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I read that quality SATA 3 SSD drives can reach 560 MBytes/s in real tests. With PCIe 1.0a, I would need to utilise at least 2 lanes to get close to this. Real world, uncoded, USB 3.0 should reach around 400 MBytes/s, assuming the external drive is a capable SSD. I would also need to utilise 2 lanes …

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Re: Multi-lane upgades for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 on PCIe 1.0a

Posted on 2021-02-13, 21:01

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by feipoa

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I have the Adaptec ASR-6805T, so if I have time, I might try to determine if a single SSD can exceed the PCIe 1.0a single lane bandwidth. I'd like to understand if there is a technical limitation to using more lanes per device. These x4 cards, using just 2 lanes, is curious. Why not connect the …

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Re: Multi-lane upgades for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 on PCIe 1.0a

Posted on 2021-02-13, 18:11

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by feipoa

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weedeewee wrote on 2021-02-13, 13:03: Yes, I've got one USB3 PCIe card that uses 2 lanes... annoying form since you can't use it in a x1 slot What is the name/model of it? Can it use 2 lanes on one of the USB ports?

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Multi-lane upgades for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 on PCIe 1.0a

Posted on 2021-02-13, 09:45

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by feipoa

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Were there any multi-lane PCIe cards for USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 which utilised more than one lane per available port? When I see photos of PCIe x4 or x8 card, I am noticing that the lanes tend to be dedicated to particular USB 3.0 port or SATA port. Do any PCIe upgrade cards allow for multi-lane …

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Re: Searching for redemption with my LS-486e (need help with MB repair)

Posted on 2021-02-11, 14:17

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by feipoa

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Wasn't there only one revision of the LuckyStar LS-486e which supported EDO? I forget which one it was now.

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Re: Searching for redemption with my LS-486e (need help with MB repair)

Posted on 2021-02-11, 13:45

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by feipoa

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Back in 2001 I bought some EDO RAM from eBay for my PC Chips M919 motherboard; the board was ruined thereafter. Booted it up and got an NT4 BSOD straight away. I put the original RAM back in, but I kept getting BSODs thereafter. The board had worked fine for years prior. The only thing I changed was …

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Re: Tualatin chipset competition pt. II

Posted on 2021-02-11, 04:44

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by feipoa

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@feipoa Do you have any metrics of your serverworks board(s) ? I was always curious about these, but never had the time to examine one. I don't really have an apples-to-apples comparison of my dual Tualatin setups. It is on my list of things to do, if ever. All I can offer is some numbers on …

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Re: Tualatin chipset competition pt. II

Posted on 2021-02-11, 02:24

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by feipoa

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2021-02-11, 00:14: Bank interleaving is not dual-channel... Oh, the ServerWorks HE-SL can only do bank interleaving? I thought it was dual channel. Hasn't memory bank interleaving been around since the 486, or even 386, days? Why did it take a server grade chipset to …

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Re: Tualatin chipset competition pt. II

Posted on 2021-02-11, 00:03

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by feipoa

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When I tested this some years ago, the dual channel SDR did indeed show better memory benchmark results compared to DDR w.r.t. Tualatins at 1.4 GHz.

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Re: Tualatin chipset competition pt. II

Posted on 2021-02-10, 21:22

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by feipoa

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+4fps ! Moving the needle over there, eh ? :D 1.63ghz is awesome. What are you running this on ? 800 something, sis ? Apollo Pro 266T, on the stupid-fast QDI Advance 12T motherboard. Seriously, of all the PIII boards I've played with, this one is easily the fastest. Clock-for-clock, it's around 8% …

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Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories

Posted on 2021-02-08, 23:39

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by feipoa

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I was referring to the problems usually associated with Serverworks chipset equipped boards with AGP port. At least on that Supermicro dual Tualatin Serverworks board, AGP 2x seems to function, whereas on the Tyan Serverworks board it must be set to AGP 1x to get reliable operation. I've been …

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Re: The World's Fastest 486

Posted on 2021-02-08, 23:34

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by feipoa

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Seems like you all were better off than I was in 1996/1997. In Jan 1997, the most I could afford was the cheapest entry-level machine available from some no-name whole in the wall computer builder. It was a PC Chips based, cacheless, M919 v3.4 with an Am5x86-133 and 8 MB of RAM. Win95 diskette …

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