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

Posted on 2024-04-10, 21:54

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by dionb

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Messed around with PICMG stuff. Confirmed that something is very, very wrong with my So478 board (completely shorts PSU). That goes on the 'projects' pile. Better news with my So479 board with Banias 1.6GHz though. After messing around a bit with power options (I didn't have the ATX-ACPI cable to …

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Re: Need info on type of chip used for Award Bios rom

Posted on 2024-04-09, 08:09

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by dionb

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What will you be using to flash it? If using say a TL866 with XGecu software, if you try to read with the incorrect chip type, it will generally give you a Chip ID it detects. That can be checked against the list in post 8 of this forum topic: http://www.mcumall.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4974 …

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Re: Ever Seen this one?

Posted on 2024-04-08, 11:35

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Cirrus Logic GD-5464 - pretty anachronistic in a P60. Bit of an oddball, that memory is RDRAM, the same Rambus stuff so hated when Intel tried to ram it down everyone's throats. One of Cirrus Logic's last designs (only the AGP + bugfix GD5465 actually was released after it), it's a bit of a …

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Re: Ever Seen this one?

Posted on 2024-04-07, 19:11

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Cirrus Logic GD-5464 - pretty anachronistic in a P60. Bit of an oddball, that memory is RDRAM, the same Rambus stuff so hated when Intel tried to ram it down everyone's throats. One of Cirrus Logic's last designs (only the AGP + bugfix GD5465 actually was released after it), it's a bit of a …

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Re: Socket 5 CPU limit?

Posted on 2024-04-07, 18:45

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Thanks for the help. Glad i have some options with CPU upgrades on this board. I recently got myself a P1 133mhz (https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium/Intel-Pentium%20133%20-%20A80502133%20(A80502-133).html) and im going to try and install it into my system. Gonna upgrade later on when i find …

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Re: Thunderbird 1400 period correct (pre xp) psu and cooler

Posted on 2024-04-06, 21:36

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It's cute that PC enthusiasts think that fans of various sizes didn't exist before the retail PC market demanded them, but yeah 120mm were around, holes in the case big enough for them didn't. I cut a blowhole for a 150mm sometime before 2003. I can guarantee you the Noctua Redux fans I use with my …

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Re: Socket 5 CPU limit?

Posted on 2024-04-06, 20:54

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I was a bit worried when I saw the "75MHz 90MHz 100MHz" as that implied you only had one (1.5x) multiplier and could only modify FSB (50/60/66MHz), but looking on you're in luck :) BF0 and BF1 (on the fourth pic, next to the socket) are literally the names for the multiplier pins for So7. That means …

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Re: Thunderbird 1400 period correct (pre xp) psu and cooler

Posted on 2024-04-06, 18:50

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Here's a review of 46 heatsinks/coolers from May 21st 2001, two weeks before the release of the Athlon 1400 https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Can-t-Touch-This-A-Comparison-of-46-CPU-Coolers,324.html Take your pick of what you can find. Page 31 shows noise levels. I'm a big Zalman CNPS fan, …

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Re: About to buy a Roland SC-55ST Sound Canvas

Posted on 2024-04-06, 08:46

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Btw my setup has a Sound Blaster Live Drive II installed, which has MIDI IN and OUT ports... Does this mean I can connect the Roland SC-55ST directly to it ? I'm just looking for the best possible alternative to the gameport-MIDI cables, which are a bit hard to find and costly. Yes, that's exactly …

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Re: Buliding Windows 98 Pc

Posted on 2024-04-05, 19:16

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Radeon 9200SE is an AGP 4x card so will work fine on either board. Given you also want the SBLive, the AMD750 chipset (with AMD southbridge) on the 7IXE4 definitely seems the better choice. You're not going to find many Athlon boards with Intel chipsets, AMD is as close as you can get ;) Also note …

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Re: List of VLB IDE Controllers

Posted on 2024-04-05, 14:24

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Just obtained one for the list: Tekram TRM680C controller. Works in DOS, has BIOS and is found on the Tekram DC-680C caching IDE/floppy controller, together with a Harris 286-20 and 4x 30p SIMM. This thing must have cost an arm and a leg back in 1994... This one? http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile. …

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Re: List of VLB IDE Controllers

Posted on 2024-04-05, 12:29

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Just obtained one for the list: Tekram TRM680C controller. Works in DOS, has BIOS and is found on the Tekram DC-680C caching IDE/floppy controller, together with a Harris 286-20 and 4x 30p SIMM. This thing must have cost an arm and a leg back in 1994...

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Re: Buliding Windows 98 Pc

Posted on 2024-04-05, 12:24

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by dionb

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Possibly odd reply but the answer depends a lot on which sound and video card you intend to use. In general I'd go for the GA-7IXE4 as it's a bit quirkier and the Athlon CPUs it supports are a bit faster than the P3 on the other one. In terms of sound, if you want SBLive, don't choose the 6VXC7, as …

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Re: Socket 5 CPU limit?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 22:10

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Right, tried with my SiS 5511 board and I have good news and bad news: Good news is that my board turns out to be a BCM SQ599, in other words it's basically the babyAT version of the exact same motherboard as OP, so should be very similar. Bad news: board won't boot. At first I thought it was bad …

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Re: Socket 5 CPU limit?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 20:43

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BCM was a pretty low-end OEM supplier indeed. The current P100 draws 3.25A. P133 is only slightly above that, at 3.4A. That's less than P120, as the P133 was made with a more efficient 350nm process. But it's still 4.6% more draw. To be completely sure that the VRM could handle that, look up the …

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Re: Socket 5 CPU limit?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 18:46

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If it's correct that this is your motherboard, then I'm not able to find any clear documentation online. However there's a jumper block just above the CPU socket (in between it and the SiS 5512 chip) that seems to have legends on the silkscreen. Could you read what they say and post them here? The …

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Re: What to do with that basement find?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 15:31

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[...] Thx again for the further information. You are right. The Aw 32/64 was cheaper than the Yamaha was a strange anomaly On Ebay the YMF719 seems to be cheaper indeed. So did I get you right that it would be better to pick the Yamaha YMF719 over the Soundblaster if possible? Depends on what you …

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Re: Help identifying this motherboard and size format

Posted on 2024-04-04, 14:29

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Like I said, 32b I/O is unusual in this form factor. 486SLC (i.e. souped-up 386SX with internal cache) is about the best that's fairly commonly available and won't roast your small system. I see, thanks. What would be the smallest 386 or 486 with 32bit bus ? I used to have a 486 with VESA VLB for …

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Re: What to do with that basement find?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 13:51

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[...] Thanks for the correction and further info about the different TNT 2 cards. I will stay away from the M64 for sure and look for TNT 2 card from a known manufacturer. About the sound card. For DOS gaming the soundblaster AW32 or AW 64 is quite commonly available at a price I am still willing …

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Re: ABit AB-BX6 2.0 - Memory

Posted on 2024-04-04, 09:47

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[...] In general Low density = 8 ICs on one side, High density = 16 ICs 8 on each side. No, that's single sided vs double sided. Density is a property of the chips, not of the number of the sticks. BX will only handle low density single sided sticks and anything above 768Mb is pretty damn sketchy …

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