Re: Need help to improve the support of 486/586/686 class CPUs in CPU-Z

Posted on 2025-04-28, 08:15

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by debs3759

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AFAIK, there isn't much information you can read from 486 and older CPUs. The parameters can only be detected from the system configuration. That means that you don't really get information about what CPU you have, but as what CPU you have your motherboard configured. You could take Am486-100 CPU …

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

Posted on 2025-04-26, 15:22

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zuldan wrote on 2025-04-26, 03:21: Pino wrote on 2025-04-26, 02:41: Installed a Zalman cooler on my 9700PRO. It's my all-time favorite VGA and they tend to die, so I will try to keep it cool. Does the bottom of the cooler fins touch the top of the AGP slot? That's just the angle of the shot, being …

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Re: Socket 370 (Non ISA) Pentium 3 still relevant in 2025 ?

Posted on 2025-04-10, 23:27

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Only you can say whether it is an important part of your collection to hang on to, or if you still have the space. Personally, I think every generation of MoBo and CPU has something going for it, I'm currently raising funds to convert my garage into a workshop so I can get my massive collection of …

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Re: How durable are Pentium III crystals, dies? (and other CPUs with heat spreader like Athlon, Duron and etc.)

Posted on 2025-04-10, 20:00

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Quite a common thing to have happen back in the day too, not many realised that the Athlons were that sensitive to improper cooling setups, P3s however were not and so long as they had some contact they would survive. Yeah... The problem is due to those four pesky black spacers located on each …

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Re: Hardware saved from Abandoned Factory

Posted on 2025-04-10, 14:52

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I used to love rummaging around old abandoned and derelict commercial buildings in the 80s and 90s. Made a tidy sum selling some of the stuff I found throughout the West Country. Even better was the squat I lived in in the 80s. If I had known about squatters laws back then, the house I lived in …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2025-04-10, 14:44

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You can probably clean off the top surface of that SX807 to find out what it really is. Looks like an obvious fake to me. IPA will probably remove the top layers of paint.

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Re: How durable are Pentium III crystals, dies? (and other CPUs with heat spreader like Athlon, Duron and etc.)

Posted on 2025-04-09, 18:58

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I've never seen anyone call the die a crystal before (although, I suppose, technically it is). As long as the crack is only very close to the edge, it won't affect it. The functional part of a die never goes right to the edge, allowing minor variations in the cutting from the wafer.

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Re: Converting headers into DIP switches?

Posted on 2025-03-31, 13:53

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I got a rotary switch from Aliexpress and yes indeed it works perfectly. 386.jpg Now I need to find a way to mount it on the computer. Drilling a hole in a 5.25" bay cover will probably do the job. I guess. That's what I'd do, if you have enough spare covers. And maybe use an old ribbon cable to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-03-31, 13:48

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G-X wrote on 2025-03-30, 19:28: Sounds reasonable but then again .. the fun in buying vintage hardware is there only if you can get for cheap. Depends on the buyer. Some of us are happy to pay higher prices for rare items we really want, even if it leaves us short for other things 😀

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Re: Converting headers into DIP switches?

Posted on 2025-03-23, 22:30

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If the headers have a common track, then a 4 way rotary switch will help prevent setting two jumpers at the same time, and would be a neat solution.

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Re: Rise iDragon MP65RPAPG5-ES

Posted on 2025-03-23, 20:50

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I just found it on Wikipedia. It's PR rating is 333 and it runs with 2V core. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP6

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Re: Rise iDragon MP65RPAPG5-ES

Posted on 2025-03-23, 16:01

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FSB 95 MHz, multiplier 2.4 https://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewtopic.php … ight=mp65rpapg5 I can't find info to confirm core voltage.

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Re: NOS CPU Test

Posted on 2025-03-16, 14:16

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To me, open packaging is not NOS unless it was originally in a tray, and if it has been tested, that stops it from being NOS, as it has been used, however briefly. A boxed processor should be still sealed if sold as NOS.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-03-15, 21:12

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Edit: Oh passed up an Nvidia GPU elsewhere, only ID on it was P672, no wifi around and my data was acting up, so saw only that it could be a 210 or a 460, and the cheapth of the cooler was leaning me to the 210 side. Not sure if the 460 was all that great either, better than a 440 in theory, but …

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2025-03-10, 21:27

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jal wrote on 2025-03-10, 20:20: I'm not sure how this thread works, do people ask here, or DM? JAL I think that's up to you as the donor.

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Re: Hello again long time no speak from the Internet Abyss!

Posted on 2025-03-08, 06:47

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yikers I already paid $150 and that was my hard limit and fan speed controllers? are there any that work in this system? I've seen many but their for newer systems as this one looks like it uses ISA slots which seems to be a older standard than the newer PCI or PCIe slots you see on newer systems. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-03-08, 03:15

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myne wrote on 2025-03-08, 02:15: Probably a precursor to S codes. ES 446 SL2YP No, the S-Spec came long before the 486. Even some 808x and 80186 have them.

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Re: Help! Are these PS/2 memory module?

Posted on 2025-03-07, 22:51

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That's probably not what you are referring to as "normal IBM PC", but it's not clear what it would be. By "Normal IBM PC", I took it as meaning IBM compatible, which means pretty much any PC that takes (in this case) 72 pin SIMMs. Can't answer the original question though, other than to say that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-03-07, 18:55

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I was offered these for free. But I gave them a bottle of finnish 013 (38%). Motherboards, one VGA-card and three CPU's. Intel CPU, see pic. 66MHz 486 ES? Engineering sample? It's not generally possible to tell exactly what it is from the codes on the bottom. The "ES" on the bottom doesn't mean …

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Re: Is this CPU temp okay?

Posted on 2025-03-02, 22:49

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Yes, that's a Coppermine stepping cD0

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