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Re: Socket 4, 5, 7 BIOS image collection

Posted on 2022-03-11, 23:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

#:22 Manufacturer/Identifier: Biostar MB-8500TAC-A Chipset: Intel 430FX (Triton) Super I/O: SMC FDC37C665IR Keyboard Controller: VIA VT82C42N BIOS/Version: American Megatrends BIOS ID: 51-0000-001223-00111111-101094-INTEL-FX-F https://www.ultimateretro.net/motherboard/image/biostar-mb-8500tac-1- …

Re: Socket 4, 5, 7 BIOS image collection

Posted on 2022-03-11, 23:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

#:21 Manufacturer/Identifier: Acer/AOpen AP5C/P Chipset: Intel 430FX (Triton) Super I/O: SMC FDC37C665GT Keyboard Controller: AMIKEY-2 BIOS/Version: American Megatrends BIOS ID: 51-0000-001223-00111111-101094-82430FX-H

Re: Socket 4 board not booting - need help

Posted on 2022-01-22, 04:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

is it a Intel 430LX, i have seen that some have a finicky IDE controller.

Re: Calling Laptop LCD Experts - Compaq LTE Lite 4/25E LCD Screen Goes Dim In Corners

Posted on 2022-01-07, 06:01

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

LCD can't be fixed, and replacements are hard if not impossible.

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-07-14, 01:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

those BP80502/503 CPUs suck, due to that BS. I usually peel those heatsinks off.

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-07-14, 00:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

finally got those glued on heatsinks off my Pentium 166 and Pentium MMX 166.

Re: My Windows 95 486 build

Posted on 2021-07-11, 03:18

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

that cpu will overheat and die without a heatsink, you need a heatsink since it's a 5x86. it clearly says "Heatsink & Fan Req'd" on some of those CPUs. get one of these https://www.ebay.com/itm/324631500115?hash=it … 1gAAOSwISdgpDJU, to better be save than sorry.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-05, 00:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

While strolling through the flea market my eye caught something gold and shiny - IBM/Cyrix 6x86! Ive never actually seen a Cyrix CPU in person before, so I paid the dude the 5Euro asking price and got it home to straighten out the pins. Now I'm just wondering what kind of hardware I should pair it …

Re: Intel S5 - doesn't keep cmos setup

Posted on 2021-07-03, 03:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

that intel zappa has seen better days. the PCI slots are yellowed, and the board itself is pretty dirty and the SMD caps may be leaking since these are like those SMD caps that i usually have seen leaking on old Macintoshes and Amigas.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-27, 03:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

my retro motherlode Left to right AOpen AP53 430HX Chipset Baby-AT MSI MS-5124 SiS 5511/5512/5513 Chipset Baby-AT ECS P5VX-A 430VX Chipset ATX ECS P5VX-A 430VX Chipset ATX

any tips on desoldering the dallas DS12887A from a AOpen AP53

Posted on 2021-01-18, 05:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a AOpen AP53 from 1996 with the 430HX chipset, it can support 512 MB RAM max and it has the AMI WinBIOS. too bad the Dallas RTC chip is soldered to the board, I just ordered a 24 pin IC socket to put into the place, the DS12887A still has some juice in it but i still want to put a socket into …

Re: Help identifying Socket 3 motherboard.

Posted on 2021-01-18, 04:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That is a PCChips M919 or Amptron DX9500 or DX9700.

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-01-03, 08:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I am fine powering on a 486DX 33 without a heatsink, but a DX2 or DX4 or a Pentium, i usually use a heatsink.

Re: Socket 4, 5, 7 BIOS image collection

Posted on 2021-01-03, 08:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

#:6 Manufacturer/Identifier: AOpen AP53 Chipset: Intel 430HX BIOS/Version: AMI WinBIOS 11/4/1997 Filename 95140-3-lg__23851.1536646701.jpg File size 204.2 KiB Views 2247 views Filename 20210103-084423-830.png File size 4.59 KiB Views 2247 views Filename ap53r2c0.7z File size 114.29 KiB Downloads 34 …

Re: Socket 4, 5, 7 BIOS image collection

Posted on 2021-01-03, 08:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

#:5 Manufacturer/Identifier: ASUS VX97 Chipset: Intel 430VX Filename vx97.jpg File size 1.08 MiB Views 2251 views Filename VX97.7z File size 100.24 KiB Downloads 57 downloads

Re: 80486 BIOS image collection

Posted on 2021-01-03, 08:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

#77 Motherboard: A-Trend ATC-1425B BIOS Version: Award 4.51PG 04/18/96 Chipset: SiS 496/497 BIOS String: 04/18/96-SiS-496-497/A/B-2A4IBA2BC-00 Filename s-l1600 (1).jpg File size 489.3 KiB Views 923 views Filename atc1425bbios.jpg File size 65.94 KiB Views 923 views Filename ATC1425B.7z File size 95 …

Re: ASUS TX97-XV Can't Write ESCD

Posted on 2020-12-15, 13:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

i fixed it, just flashed and put in a 1mbit bios chip and the error doesn't happen anymore.

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-15, 06:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got my ASUS TX97-XV (HP OEM) working with the Award BIOS. I prefer that BIOS over the crippled Phoenix BIOS. I just replaced the 2mbit bios chip with a 1mbit bios chip and hotflashed it with a asus p2b.

A-Trend ATC-1425B - Magic smoke came from diode d7 after resetting CMOS?

Posted on 2020-12-15, 04:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A-Trend ATC-1425B - Magic smoke came from diode d7 after resetting CMOS? the board still POSTs though. but it sometimes loses the CMOS settings.

Re: A-Trend ATC-1425B programs locking up PC when launching them

Posted on 2020-12-15, 03:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

a jumper was just not in the right place.

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