Re: Help with MSI KN72 DELTA 2 !
Posted on 2021-07-10, 22:26
MSI back then was not good at applying thermal paste. This board was semi dead.
Re: PCI slots fouling CPU heatsink
Posted on 2021-07-10, 01:13
PcBytes wrote on 2021-07-09, 20:07: I think most AT Socket 7 mobos had bad clearing issues and ATX ones didn't. Feel free to prove me wrong though. And many Socket 5 boards had the CPU placed behind the ISA slots, blocking long cards.
Re: Misterious ENMIC motherboard
Posted on 2021-07-09, 19:29
You have to replace the broken capacitors
Re: Misterious ENMIC motherboard
Posted on 2021-07-07, 00:09
ENMIC, also known as NMC, was a German reseller of mainboards. They ordered boards from Taiwanese manufacturers and put their own sticker and model number on them. Your board should be identical to the Epox EP-8KTA3+
Re: 386SX/40 build
Posted on 2021-07-06, 16:15
The speed of the system also depends a lot on the chipset and waitstates. And with games also on the video card: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/fast-unaccelerated-vga/ https://www.os2museum.com/wp/about-those-trident-vgas/ http://www.os2museum.com/wp/more-isa-vga-benchmarks/
Re: Bare Minimum Late DOS/Late Win95 Build
Posted on 2021-07-05, 19:54
I think you're trying to cover too many bases here. You won't have much fun running newer 3D games like Unreal Tournament or games like Age of Empires 2 on a Pentium 1. An Nvidia or ATI graphics card that is 10 years newer than that mainboard likely won't work because of changed PCI specifications. …
Re: Toshiba Libretto 50ct blank screen on boot
Posted on 2021-07-05, 15:33
The internal batteries inside these old Toshibas leak and damage the mainboard. You must open it and remove/replace the green battery.
Re: 430fx motherboard supported cpu's for win95 build
Posted on 2021-07-05, 14:23
Check what's written on the CPU socket. If it's a Socket 5 then you will definitively be limited to the slower pentiums ( Usually 133MHz max)
Re: Help needed: Identify strange motherboard
Posted on 2021-07-05, 14:17
It almost certainly won't play retro games if that is what you want. In fact it might not even have a standard BIOS. The CPU is that intel chip and indeed loks like a 286. Not sure about video output, might be EGA, VGA or something completely proprietary. Also there are no standard extension slots …
Re: 386SX/40 build
Posted on 2021-07-05, 13:59
Simcity 2000 runs pretty badly even on lower end 486 systems
Re: IGEL WinNet III - need BIOS
Posted on 2021-06-29, 09:27
Thanks! By the way I found that the DOC and IDE conflict with each other so you'll have to remove the chip if you want to use IDE. Also thanks for removing the stupid logo, I will flash that one onto my machine too
Re: IGEL WinNet III - need BIOS
Posted on 2021-06-28, 17:43
Nice. Can you also upload your locked down BIOS file?
Re: IGEL WinNet III - need BIOS
Posted on 2021-06-28, 14:27
Here's the BIOS file AWDFLASH 6.31 produced. The BIOS chip in my machine is a SST 39SF020 /5V
Re: IGEL WinNet III - need BIOS
Posted on 2021-06-28, 11:26
I think I have that board, but I don't own a rom flasher. What's the best software to dump an old AWARD BIOS?
Re: I was there, I saw the last AWE 64 Gold disappear and become an investment product...
Posted on 2021-06-28, 00:34
The AWE64 cards aren't even good. They don't have a real OPL3 for older games, require a TSR for the synth and use crappy soundfonts. For $300 you can get a good yamaha soundblaster clone and multiple external midi modules. And if you really want to play around with soundfonts you can also get a SB …
Re: Supermicro P6DLS - unable to update BIOS to 1.35a and Onboard SCSI option greyed out in BIOS
Posted on 2021-06-23, 13:24
The manual states that SCSI shares resources with the PCI slot next to the AGP slot, do you have anything plugged in there? Also did you enable option ROMs in general in the BIOS? I assume you also tried a CMOS reset?
Re: Dead Asus P3C-E?
Posted on 2021-06-23, 12:48
This might be related: Re: (The Tuala-Bus) Pentium III-S 1.4ghz, AWE64G+ Live, Voodoo4 4500 Rambus rig Also try booting with a pentium 2
Re: Can't find the proper BIOS password of this PC
Posted on 2021-05-22, 04:18
Looks like the manufacturer deliberately set a default password. You will need to guess it (did you try IPC or Intelligent Personal Computer?), or dump the BIOS and try to find what it expects using a disassembler, or try a different BIOS from another 286 board. Try to boot it from floppy, if that …
Re: Fast/Modern Motherboards supporting ESS Solo-1 (ES1938S) Sound Card. VIA KT400?
Posted on 2021-05-21, 19:29
I havent tested DOS but the card works fine under Windows ME and its DOS prompt on my Via P4M800 based board
Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?
Posted on 2021-05-21, 19:00
The Korg X5DR also has a soldered lithium CR2032 in it.
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