Thanks for the advice! I reckon you might be onto something regarding the BGA joint. I'll test that tonight. If it turns out that's the culprit, do you reckon I could just blast it with some hot air? I don't have a hot air reflow station, but I've wanted one for ages so I might invest in one …

I've got an odd issue with an AGP Manli Riva TNT2 Pro card I own. Wondering if anyone else has encountered this and might have some advice. On the initial boot screen, the characters (letters and other ASCII characters) appear garbled. They look like they are being replaced by other random …

pcrob wrote: Yep, that's the same seller. Delivery was really quick (took only 9 days!) with excellent tracking information (even got an "out for delivery" update). I'll be checking if it works a little later today and report back here. So I can confirm the CPU works perfectly!

I did a quick search on ebay.com myself and found the same model for USD 14.95 + USD 7.00 for worldwide shipping and just couldn't resist :D Did you buy from seller "ic-china"? If yes, how long did it take for the CPU to arrive in the UK? Have you already verified that it's genuine? Yep, that's the …

My AMD K6-2+ came in the mail today. I've been looking for a PLUS version of the K6-2 or K6-III for ages, but they seem to have become exceedingly rare, especially at a non-insane price point. I'm based in the UK and have had a saved search on eBay for the past 6 months or so. Only one suitable item …

candle_86 wrote: The 503+ for sure does, I ran a k6-3+ on one. Thanks for the confirmation. Tried a few more of the suggestions last night including bumping up the voltage slightly, but there's no getting that CPU to run. The eBay seller has already kindly refunded the money.

cyclone3d wrote: I've had to use 2.1v on a few boards to get the K6-2+ CPUs to work. Thanks, I'll give this a try later.

So, I've installed the beta bios from the Steunebrink onto the FIC VA-503+. Still nothing from the CPU though, so it's looking like it might be dead, Jim. My hope was that there was some sort of setting I had to adjust for K6 Plus models, for instance (from the Steunebrink link): Note that if you …

precaud wrote: Try disabling the external (L2) cache. The cpu has its own, anyway. I'll give anything a shot at this point.

I've had three different versions of the DFI K6XV3+. I've never tried a K6-2+ on any of them but I think I recall the earliest one didn't work with my K6-III 400 even after BIOS updates. If your board has the colored I/O connectors it is a more recent revision and should support the K6-2+ with the …

Do the boards turn on and show the POST display? Did you manually set the boards to the correct voltage? If the board didn’t detect the CPU properly, it may have applied too much voltage if set to automatic voltage detection... The boards do not post at all with the K6-2+ 450 CPU in them, so I get …

Look for Steunebrink BIOS maybe you have some luck: http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm Ah, thanks for the link. I remember that now: it's where I got the beta BIOS for the DFI board (though, of course it's telling that I have that BIOS flashed but the CPU is not working). There's …

I recently purchased a K6-2+ 450 CPU off eBay. The seller has confirmed it was working when he sent it, but I've been unable to get it working on two Super Socket 7 boards I own. I'm stuck now wondering whether the two boards I own support K6-2+ CPUs (they both work fine with ordinary K6-2 CPUs) or …

jesolo wrote: It's possible that the original owner desoldered the barrel battery (which would have been next to the keyboard connector). Possible, although the pads on the motherboard there are super clean. What would be the best way to restore the battery?

I noticed something printed on the motherboard between the 8-bit slot and the 16-bit slot (SXCP...) I should have included that in my original post. It says SXCPCB87002 , which is unfortunately another dead end. The FCC ID is GP-M7486VL , which brings you here: https://fccid.io/GPT (which doesn't …

And I'm pretty sure the empty socket is for a dallas battery chip or something like that My suspicion as well, however I think it's the wrong amount of pins. I need to check that again though as I can't quite remember. I have a DS12287+ in one of my other boards I can try out. What does the FCC ID …

Hi all, I'm looking for some help identify a 486 motherboard that's recently come into my possession. From the BIOS ID, I can see that it is most likely a board manufactured by Mustek, but that's as far as it goes for me. Some questions I have in addition to general ones about a manual / jumper …