Re: Outrigger: an ongoing adventure with the OR840

Posted on 2023-01-22, 14:33

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Hello! I am starting this jurney with a AP550 motherboard. I got the Compaq PSU for cheap but it is the 460w version. It won’t perfectly fit in my case, but it will stay somehow… It is not beautiful to see but all connections are plugged. I was actually able to find the front panel pins, but I …

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Re: STL2 dual S370 board + pciexpress/bridge GPUs attempts

Posted on 2023-01-07, 08:15

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Anyone? I saw others having same problem as me in putting gpus in pci-x adapter (but in regular pci they work). How is that? Why? Makes no sense…

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STL2 dual S370 board + pciexpress/bridge GPUs attempts

Posted on 2023-01-05, 14:26

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Hello all, I am playing with my STL2 board, trying to understand if the pci-x slots can be used with a pci/pcie adapter with a GPU. PCI-X slots are 64bit 66Mhz, the adapter is a PLX8111 that can work at 66Mhz so at least double the bandwidth of a regular PCI will be guaranteed. So far I had only …

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Re: Intel STL2 firmware anyone?

Posted on 2022-12-31, 09:57

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Just for testing my theory you could measure resistance between the Aux connector and the corresponding pins on the ATX connector. If there's high resistance you could solder wire bridges to the backside for testing wether the board will use the second CPU when there's power on the Aux connector. …

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Re: Intel STL2 firmware anyone?

Posted on 2022-12-31, 09:31

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There is no aux power connector on my Antec HCG psu… Searching on EBay for a FSP400-60PFN but prices are totally insane….

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Re: Intel STL2 firmware anyone?

Posted on 2022-12-31, 08:10

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I think I have a problem here… Installed the board but no matter what, the second cpu is not recognised (it says disabled for error). Of course I inverted the CPUs, same result. And yes, I have the VRM card installed. I am using two SL5QV 100Mhz cpu. Could be this the issue? There are jumpers to …

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Re: Intel STL2 firmware anyone?

Posted on 2022-11-27, 12:26

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Thank you so much for the support. Yes, I was expecting it won’t support Tualatin out of the box, but I have two Lin Lin adapters, so updating microcodes could help.

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Intel STL2 firmware anyone?

Posted on 2022-11-26, 12:06

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by Mamba

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Hello, I am having a hard time getting the latest bios for the STL2 motherboard. So far I only got files filled with viruses… Could you help? Also, if updated with Tualatin microcodes would be nice. Thanks in advance.

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Re: DXVA question on XP

Posted on 2022-10-09, 06:44

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zyga64 wrote on 2022-09-21, 05:09: This ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcom_Crystal_HD You can buy them on ebay for as little as $10. Sounds promising, I already have a working pcie to pci adapter, but I am not sure how to go from mini pcie to pcie (or directly pci).

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Re: Atx form cards

Posted on 2022-10-06, 05:43

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Yes… No one in EU. And no brackets also. Strange

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Re: Atx form cards

Posted on 2022-10-03, 05:15

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I tried this route too, but apparently I am vary bad in finding brackets on EBay….

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Re: Atx form cards

Posted on 2022-10-02, 20:07

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jasa1063 wrote on 2021-07-28, 02:55: I found this online at CablesOnline for only $7.99. I ordered one and will see if it works. http://www.cablesonline.com/usbatxforcar.html Hello, Sorry to resurrect this thread, but at cablesOnline they are not answering. Can someone help? Maybe buy one and ship …

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Gigabyte 686DLX Intel 440LX and Coppermine

Posted on 2022-09-24, 15:38

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Hello, I just acquired the motherboard of the title and wondering if I could use it with coppermine. I have some good slotkets that can change FSB and voltages (cannot say if they do it in an active way or not honestly). Can someone know if a modded bios exist? With microcodes. Thanks

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Re: DXVA question on XP

Posted on 2022-09-19, 04:45

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Hell… https://www.avsforum.com/threads/7600gt-agp-d … eration.915497/

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Re: DXVA question on XP

Posted on 2022-09-18, 20:22

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by Mamba

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Radeon HD cannot do h264 on XP afaik

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Re: DXVA question on XP

Posted on 2022-09-18, 12:47

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I will use XP and a Nvidia card. Need to know if it is possible to decode h264. I know nv40 had a design flaw. Do a 7600gt will support? There is no Nvidia 8xxx or 9xxx with agp. I am not asking about gaming

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Re: DXVA question on XP

Posted on 2022-09-18, 08:28

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Thanks but actually the program seems to check an already installed gpu. The point is to know in advance which one to get for XP to support DXVA 1.0 using (say) mpc And nVidia support is pretty confusing

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DXVA question on XP

Posted on 2022-09-18, 06:56

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Hello, I am a bit confused on DXVA thing and windows XP (also Seven, but let’s stick with XP) with VGAs. I am trying to find a AGP card DXVA capable for XP. The only thing I understood is that NV40 was a no go. Now it seems that the entire Nvidia line is not capable and dxva support was added from …

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Re: Just acquired a SM P6DGE

Posted on 2022-05-18, 09:54

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Do not know what to say…

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Re: Just acquired a SM P6DGE

Posted on 2022-05-18, 06:38

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Problem is, that a slot-1 800/256/133 chip does not post. That is why I ended up with the two assumptions. Seems like the board can go 133mhz (in bios) and can go 1.4v as VRMs are meant to go that low. But it simply does not at post.

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