Re: NCCH-DL Boot issue
Posted on 2021-03-31, 22:53
No luck with the new BIOS chip. The fans spin when I push the power button, but nothing else. I do not want to give up on this main board, but I am clueless about what else to do to get it fixed.
Re: My 'new' Windows 98SE Pentium 200 MMX.
Posted on 2021-03-31, 18:54
An old Plextor or Panasonic SCSI drive would be a great addition to this computer, and they're very reliable (some, if not all, have an all sprocket drive system, so no withering belts).
Re: Looking for Information: Melco Buffalo HP6-MX800
Posted on 2021-03-31, 18:48
It looks like it has some voltage convertor onboard, so you'll be able to run coppermines on every slot-1 board even if the VRM has no way to deliver the required 1.7V. It's about halfway the Powerleap Tualatin adapter, so I wouldn't mind having one of these in my collection. You will need to …
Re: Why I do this
Posted on 2021-03-31, 18:38
Yup. That's the rabbit hole of retro computing. The parts are all relatively inexpensive to build the nostalgia machine from your youth (or any other significant age bracket), and we all remember the thrill of getting your hands on that important upgrade which will improve your frag count. On a …
Re: Identifying correct AGP driver/getting ATI Radeon 9600 working
Posted on 2021-03-31, 16:35
If you pop in the cpu and it just works, I would suggest not to update the BIOS. Once you are more accustomed to your system and the quirkiness of older equipment, you can always give it a shot. It's just booting off a disk or floppy to a bare DOS environment and launching in the command line …
Re: Identifying correct AGP driver/getting ATI Radeon 9600 working
Posted on 2021-03-31, 14:46
That should work.
Re: Identifying correct AGP driver/getting ATI Radeon 9600 working
Posted on 2021-03-31, 11:22
You need a 400 FSB Cpu, both sSpec you mention (SL6WH and SL6WS) have an FSB of 800 MHz. These will not or not correctly function at their given speed. As I have mentioned, the 2.8/512/400 is the fastest optiin. 2.8 is the speed in GHz (2800 MHz), 512 is the amount of cache in KB, 400 is the Front …
Re: Identifying correct AGP driver/getting ATI Radeon 9600 working
Posted on 2021-03-30, 20:14
Your GPU will be thankful if you clean out its fan and the heatsink, but it will not make it faster. It will, however, increase its longevity. Heat is a killer in our world. Your mainboard accepts Pentium 4 cpu's in its socket 478 (478 pins), but only with a Front Side Bus of 400, which limits you …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-03-30, 18:07
I've picked up a beauty today: Acerpower1.jpg Acerpower2.jpg It has the V55LA mainboard, so with the Ali Alladin III. Nothing fancy, but I like the fact that this cas has only been opened once, to install "multimedia", being the CD-rom and a sound Blaster Vibra. No smoker's environment and only a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-03-30, 11:08
Bought an Asus P4Pu-800X for my S478 chipset comparison project. An Uli to make things interesting. Seller's picture: Filename $_57.JPG File size 615.1 KiB Views 1316 views
Re: Identifying correct AGP driver/getting ATI Radeon 9600 working
Posted on 2021-03-29, 16:57
More info is probably helpful. How much ram have you got installed? What kind of storage are you running ? A 1500 P4 should be sufficient for a smooth Win98, but your board can support higher frequencies. A 2,8/512/400 might be difficult to source, but any 2GHz+ 400FSB Northwood will be a …
Re: NCCH-DL Boot issue
Posted on 2021-03-28, 14:12
Thx, I'll keep that in mind when it's revived and ready to be put to use. The current test setup should be sufficient with just one CPU.
Re: NCCH-DL Boot issue
Posted on 2021-03-28, 08:28
- Is the heatsink secured properly with sufficient surface-to-surface loading (CEK springs in place) as these cpus seem to overheat rapidly without it - do you have a case to properly mount it in with the correct Xeon mb tray standoffs - have you tried a fresh coin cell battery Much obliged for the …
Re: NCCH-DL Boot issue
Posted on 2021-03-28, 06:45
I've ordered a new bios chip on Ebay, I'll report on the findings here. I've spent last night hotswapping bios chips and trying various bios utilities to flash the Asus rom onto on of the chips I had available, but to no avail. It did work for a few other ASUS Bios roms I had (P5PE-VM, P4RD1) but …
Re: NCCH-DL Boot issue
Posted on 2021-03-27, 16:58
Update: took it back from storage and had another go, with the bare minimum (1 cpu, 1 stick of ram). Still no response from the dead. I've removed the BIOS-chip, and the behaviour of the board is the same as with it installed. Could this point to a shot BIOS?
Socket 478 Megatest proposition
Posted on 2021-03-27, 12:22
I know the P4 has not a lot of advocates in our community. Still, for the hawkish way Intel shoved Netburst down our throats, I'd like to compare the different chipsets that support Socket 478 and which I have in my collection (somewhere). Following chipsets might feature in such a test. Intel: - …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-03-27, 09:15
Preparing a second leg to my Tualatin Chipset Competition, taking into account the different remarks and adding a few outsiders to the competition. >edit
Re: Seemingly hard to find video cards like Radeon 9700, what the reason?
Posted on 2021-03-24, 21:58
The 9700Pro was the top range card when it was released by ATI in Q4 2002. I'd never call it mid-range (the price I paid back then was certainly not mid range). It was superseded by the 9800 Pro fairly quickly (about 6 months later). The 9800 series had a much longer store life and was available in …
Re: socket 370 board - no post - re-cap? other ideas?
Posted on 2021-03-23, 22:39
Have you reset the BIOS? It's basic, but it's what revived my P2L97-A a few days ago. Just removing the battery was not enough.
Re: The late 1997 - early 1998 build I never had. Until now?
Posted on 2021-03-19, 18:16
I have a 300GB raptor with a Startech ATA to SATA converter in a 2002 Win98SE P4 system. I would not mind doing the same in my yet to be created P2L97-A system (integrated Ati Rage 4 MB). It is a good compromise between staying close to the authenticity of the system by using a spinning disc, but …
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