Re: mb-8500ttd manual needed

Posted on 2019-10-31, 01:07

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Anyway, I've had fun with it, and I would never have thought this board could work at all with a K6-2+ (or known of the undocumented jumper settings, or found the Jan Steunebrink BIOS) if not for your posts on this message board, so thanks. And that VRM does get hot (even with the 233 MMX), I'll …

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Re: mb-8500ttd manual needed

Posted on 2019-10-31, 00:43

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How did you finish installing all Windows XP updates? There are hundreds of them and it took my system more than 2 days. I have a Team group 120 megabyte SSD connected to a Promise ATA controller card with a SATA to IDE adapter, so that probably sped things up a bit. It still took over an hour to …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-10-30, 23:03

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I also scored an HP 8300. I5 3470, no memory, no video card, no hard drive, but the DVD drive was still there. It also had a Windows 10 key sticker on the top. I had been planning on using a G41 775 motherboard I had for the gaming computer I'm giving my cousin, so this was a big upgrade (Q 9505 to …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-10-30, 22:45

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Pickings from the overflow pile in front of the local E waste have been very good lately. I scored this and gave it to my cousin - an HP Pavilion 27xi monitor. https://i.imgur.com/KZx7QC8.jpg?1 I almost passed it up, but then I decided it was worth trying out. It uses an external power supply, and …

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Re: mb-8500ttd manual needed

Posted on 2019-10-30, 22:30

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If you think its stable, try installing XP and running all the XP updates. LOL! For 256 MB of SDRAM to really be stable, you'd have to run it at 400 MHz. Or use 72-pin RAM. This is my experience anyway. It appears stable at first, but takes time to really narrow it down. Changing the TAG won't help …

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Re: mb-8500ttd manual needed

Posted on 2019-10-29, 12:42

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Thanks for replying. The system is working fine @ 450 MHz with 256 megs of SDRAM, but I still have the TAG installed, and it won't even post when set to 83 MHz FSB. So my question was if you thought it might be possible that the issue is that the TAG chip itself is too slow for anything over 75 MHz …

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Re: mb-8500ttd manual needed

Posted on 2019-10-29, 05:17

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I have attached the Jan Steunebrink BIOS patch for Cyrix 4x, AMD K6-2, AMD K6-2+, AMD K6-III, AMD K6-III+, and 128 GB HDD support and all BIOSes I have for this board. See BIOS.txt in the zip file. When using Jan's BIOS, I recall that one or both of system/video BIOS cacheable had to be disabled. I …

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Re: Advice on conductive paint

Posted on 2019-10-29, 05:06

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I added the jumper, and all is well.

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Re: Need help installing Socket 7, AMD K6/300AFR CPU

Posted on 2019-10-28, 21:03

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Or do you have a Rhino p-15? It appears that you do: https://www.ebay.com/itm/OCTEK-RHINO-P15-REV- … d-/264056801050 Manual and BIOS: http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/octek/P … 2015/index.html

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Re: Need help installing Socket 7, AMD K6/300AFR CPU

Posted on 2019-10-28, 20:39

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It appears to be a Rhino 9, though you'll have to look at the information posted here to know for sure. http://www.elhvb.com/webhq/models/pentium/rhino9.htm A photo of the motherboard without the cables covering up so much of it would be more helpful in identifying it, but the manual in the link …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-10-22, 01:25

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Local ewaste place still has stuff piled outside by the sidewalk, so I stopped and had a look. And this is why. https://i.imgur.com/l5o0L7N.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6R4SmXG.jpg It does have some nasty looking caps. https://i.imgur.com/QQau71h.jpg But it POSTs! https://i.imgur.com/NfWoHQA.jpg It has a …

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Re: SY-5EMA+ CMOS fuse?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 04:54

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I chose that image because I was hoping that cylindrical component next to the CMOS battery was a fuse. Apparently it isn't, but there's no visible damage to any component. But I can take more photos tomorrow. Here's a nice image of the CMOS battery area I found on the web. https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: SY-5EMA+ CMOS fuse?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 03:42

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So I think this is an example of my problem, but without a schematic I'm lost. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9pO-S9VvLg

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-21, 03:29

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For $25.00 and a bit of a drive, I got: an HP Pavilion 7050 https://books.google.com/books?id=yurvRCerf_UC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=hp+pavilion+7050&source=bl&ots=sXhYnd0sD_&sig=ACfU3U2t2wLlEI5_NqSyUchj7U5eStzX5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj45q6sy_fkAhUDP60KHQbXCzsQ6AEwCHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=hp%20pavilion% …

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Re: SY-5EMA+ CMOS fuse?

Posted on 2019-10-20, 21:58

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This component is a crystal oscillator. Okay, so that's not the component that's failed/need to be replaced. Thanks for that, any information is good. It seems that finding a schematic for a motherboard this old is hopeless (Google helpfully shows me the manual when I search for a schematic), so …

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SY-5EMA+ CMOS fuse?

Posted on 2019-10-20, 20:49

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Getting ready to install Win98, and it booted as normal, but I realized the speaker didn't beep, and it had a POST message saying the brand new CMOS battery had failed? It turned out that the wire had come off one of the case speaker's solder joints and gone to ground, and now the CMOS settings are …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-20, 04:01

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Nice.. I still have the Silent Tower I bought new when it first came out. Works a bit better if there is a second fan on the other side used as an exhaust. And you can get higher cfm fans as well. The stock one really doesn't move a lot of air. Edit: Here is one of the more interesting things I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-20, 03:23

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I recently bought a Soyo SY-5EMA+ for a non ridiculous price, and am pretty happy about that. But it didn't include a backplate. So I began looking for one, and decided that maybe I should try to find an older case, since it would be more period correct and the backplate included with older cases …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-18, 02:22

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after not having luck with any of the scrap boxes full of motherboards and cpus I decided to just order one after all :D what fancy packaging... hardware32_04.jpg It looks as though I bought one from the same seller, as mine came in the same sort of case. Not long after buying that one, Ebay …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-16, 02:34

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Oo, nice Compaq Portable. The Q8200 sounds decent too. What's the Matrox like? Had a chance to do anything with that yet? I tested it to see if it at least POSTS, and it does. I haven't tried it in Windows yet. I noticed it has a slot for a SODIMM, and I happen to have a 256 meg SDR PC100 that …

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