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Re: Question on Intel E186194 Slot 2 Xeon Motherboard.

Posted on 2020-08-18, 02:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I see you’re using Pentium II Xeon CPUs. Have you tried a PIII Xeon? The reason I ask is that I have this same board, and after I upgraded to the Gateway P17 BIOS it will only POST with a PIII Xeon. It refuses to POST with known good PII Xeons and gives no error beeps. So far I haven’t been able to …

Re: Finding a Gateway OEM BIOS for Intel MS440GX

Posted on 2020-08-17, 19:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow! Thank you. That worked perfectly and now my board supports Pentium III Xeon (Tanner) CPUs! I also thought it would remove the 1MB L2 cache limit, but it looks like that’s still in place. 512K and 1M Xeons work fine, but 2M Xeons result in a cache disabled error. :dead: An interesting …

Re: Pentium M Build Log

Posted on 2020-08-03, 21:45

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Are you using the Asus CT-479 adapter to get that pentium m in that board? I occasionally search ebay for that part but I've never seen one come up, I'd love to buy one. EDIT - Upon closer inspection I do see CT-479 on the fan sticker. Were you lucky enough to find one on ebay? I passed up a few …

Re: Your favorite retro socket/platform

Posted on 2020-07-25, 20:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It’s gotta be Slot 1 for me. Cartridge CPUs are just too cool. Intel vs AMD, the battle to 1 GHz, SDRAM vs RDRAM, early AGP + PCI + ISA. Honorable mentions: - Socket 5/7 - Socket 478 - Slot A - Socket 462 - Socket 3 with VLB - Socket 4

Re: CT6960 DVI Port not working

Posted on 2020-07-17, 14:12

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

So now I need to work on updating the BIOS.

Re: CT6960 DVI Port not working

Posted on 2020-07-16, 21:57

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I tested it with both cards and it worked the same way.

Re: CT6960 DVI Port not working

Posted on 2020-07-16, 21:32

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I got a second CT6960 with DVI port that did the same thing and finally got around to playing with this some more as a result. As SirNickity suggested, the DVI port works fine in Windows. I booted to Windows XP and installed the official nVidia drivers (45.23). The nvidia driver controls have an …

Re: Finding a Gateway OEM BIOS for Intel MS440GX

Posted on 2020-06-18, 11:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The VRM socket was empty before I bought the VRM 8.3 module. So, without the VRM socket populated it seems that you can use only one CPU with up to 1MB of L2 cache. The one I bought can be easily found for purchase by googling the part number I provided. If you already have the VRM socket populated …

Re: Finding a Gateway OEM BIOS for Intel MS440GX

Posted on 2020-06-18, 03:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was able to resolve the 2MB issue by installing a VRM 8.3 module in the empty socket. After that, 2MB CPUs and dual CPUs worked fine! The module I bought is intel P/N 697701-602. I’ll check on the fan speed and report back when I get a chance.

Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-13, 02:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My favorite is when you make a reasonable offer (like say, $5 off an $80 item) and either get flat declined or a counteroffer of...the full asking price. Again...why have the Make Offer button if you want your full asking price...? Do they not know that it's optional? I think ebay defaults the make …

Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-12, 20:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Mine is a simple rant. Hate ebay sellers that offer best offer and then reply to any best offer request with a $3 discount (on things $50 or more) or something equally stupid. I mean, WTF. Why even bother with best offer if you are going to make an insulting counter-offer like that. $3 is just …

Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-11, 21:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't love the crazy pricing for retro items, but it does make for an extra special day when I score a part I've been searching for at a great price. It adds to the thrill of the hunt for me.

Re: Pentium 500 build suggestions ?

Posted on 2020-06-11, 21:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah, i want it to be around 1998 build. A Pentium II 400 or 450 would be a more appropriate choice for a 1998 build than a Pentium III 500. Not a big deal if you don't mind mixing in 1999 components though. Well the Pentium lll 500 still used the BX440 motherboard. And i really don’t care for …

Re: Pentium 500 build suggestions ?

Posted on 2020-06-11, 20:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-06-11, 13:45: chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-06-11, 13:42: That's a really nice looking case good choice. Yeah, i want it to be around 1998 build. A Pentium II 400 or 450 would be a more appropriate choice for a 1998 build than a Pentium III 500. Not a big deal if you don't …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-02, 12:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I sough a nice retro pc enter into one of those bestbuy recycling areas a while back, looked like a Pentium 1/mmx era machine. Very clean. Even ended up talking to the guy dropping it off, Unfortunately he placed it down on the pile before i got to him and when i went back to investigate it more, a …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-29, 15:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Someone scored a killer Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM VLB (S3 Vision 968) card with box and original floppies yesterday on the bay. I'm hoping to see it pop up in here soon.

Re: Make the most of a Pentium 200

Posted on 2020-05-22, 15:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Plenty of 1999 games will run on a Pentium 200, such as Sim City 3000, RollerCoaster Tycoon, or Age of Empires II. Of course these are 2D games, but I spent more time playing these back in 1999 than I did 3D shooters, so I consider them pretty significant games of the era, even though they weren't …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-19, 19:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bige4u wrote on 2020-05-15, 22:48: Been lQQking for one of these "special" units for a good while... Nvidia 256 DDR 32mb VGA/DVI Ooooooh very nice! DVI is really nice to have on older cards. Is it an OEM card with any part numbers on the back?

Re: Sealed / Boxed (Never Opened) XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra

Posted on 2020-05-11, 21:55

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Wow! I remember reading reviews when these came out. They're super rare. How did you manage to find TWO boxed V8 Duos?? Since you have two, do you plan to open one and test it out?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-07, 22:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My devotion to period-correctness led me to spot this Pentium 3 SL48S "1000G" on the Bay of E. Datecoded Week 18 of 2000 (first week of May)! An early production run for OEMS? Even better. It's a boxed retail CPU. Produced in May 2000 is pretty early. Only 2 months after the March paper launch. …

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