Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

Posted on Yesterday, 01:20

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Just had my FIC PA-2013 fully recapped. I luckily have the revision without the weak agp power controller chip that burns out. Will do some benching in the next few weeks once I found a case for it and… time.

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Re: Modified BIOSes for ASUS P3B-F, P3V4X, P3V133, CUBX, CUBX-E/L and P3C-E

Posted on Yesterday, 01:11

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Hey all! P2B-B v1.01 and P3B-F 1.03 owner here, I was stoked to find this thread as I've been trying for a couple months to get a Coppermine or Tualatin operational in a AT board for a cool IBM 5155 build I've been working on. I see that P2B-B support is new. Has anyone had any luck with this board …

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Re: Modified BIOSes for ASUS P3B-F, P3V4X, P3V133, CUBX, CUBX-E/L and P3C-E

Posted on 2024-04-04, 06:21

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by SWZSSR

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Was wondering if you would add 128gb+ support & anything else useful to the ASUS PVI-486SP3 ? The latest bios is AWARD core version 4.51 (https://theretroweb.com/motherboard/bios/si4i0306-5f16e4adbcbff906840735.zip) Sounds absolutely crazy i know, but it will allow any 7200rpm drive to work\any SATA …

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Re: Most modern hardware for a standalone XP Pro SP3 x86 machine in 2023?

Posted on 2023-12-08, 04:56

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by SWZSSR

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I have built many.. for native full support without hacked drivers that would be i7 4960X - Any X79 Motherboard - Titan X Maxwell i7 4790K - B85\H87\Z87 Motherboard - Titan X Maxwell (Z97\H97 do not have native driver packages & will have management engine and other components not installed) Yes you …

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Re: Keeping track of parts and builds - inventory/asset tracking

Posted on 2023-11-28, 06:18

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by SWZSSR

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I currently don't have anything setup...I'm cursed with an insane photographic memory of every component I own. Can literally name anything I own off the top of my head.. meanwhile I have friends who buy something from ebay.. once it arrives they have no clue where it came from.. At some point I …

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Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2023-11-28, 06:12

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by SWZSSR

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My friend recently scored a 2nd hand one from ebay with all the fruit (all addons) for a very decent price. It's a interesting piece, so far we ripped some games off my 5160 to put onto it... had some fun.. The most use it has seen so-far is transferring files\talking to other machines that we have …

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Re: My SiS 730S Duron system!

Posted on 2023-11-28, 06:09

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by SWZSSR

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Beautiful Build, Nice & Clean. I love building replicas of childhood machines I once had.. have around 9 of them including ones I've used at school\friends machines etc.

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

Posted on 2023-11-28, 05:58

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by SWZSSR

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Recently got my hands on an ASUS N4L-VM DH which is a Socket 479 motherboard that supports Core 2 Mobile chips. Intended for the HTPC market back in 2005/2006… Capacitors were shot, so I had it recapped by a good friend of mine. It now lives.. updated to latest bios and currently running a T7200 …

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Re: SSD On K8V-MX /s?

Posted on 2023-11-28, 05:51

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by SWZSSR

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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Worst-case scenario you can just use IDE with Startech IDE-SATA Adapter & pretty much run any SATA SSD.

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Re: Assistance Choosing Capacitors - Aopen AX4GE-Tube

Posted on 2023-11-20, 04:11

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by SWZSSR

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After looking at spec sheets all night I have decided on going with Rubycon 6.3zlq2200mefc8x20 to replace the Nichicon HM UHM0J222MPD6 105c 2200uf-6.3v. Ripple and rejection is spot on at the correct frequency.

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Re: DFI K6XV3+/66 L2 and K6BV3+/66 L2 cache upgrade

Posted on 2023-11-20, 04:00

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by SWZSSR

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Glad I came across this thread.. been wanting to do this mod for a long time. Going to order everything to upgrade 2 of my super 7s Epox EP-MVP3G2 to G5 (Currently 1MB Upgrade to 2MB with TAG) DFI K6XV3+/66 (Currently 1MB, Upgrade to 2MB with TAG) Haven’t had much luck finding the EliteMT 64128 …

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Assistance Choosing Capacitors - Aopen AX4GE-Tube

Posted on 2023-11-19, 10:12

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by SWZSSR

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Hi All Need some assistance in finding the correct replacement capacitors for the vrm on my Aopen AX4GE-Tube Current capacitors are 8mm diameter/must be 8mm 8x Nichicon HM UHM0J222MPD6 105c 2200uf-6.3v 2x Chemicon TMZ 105c 1000uf-6.3v I have hunted for modern replacements and cannot find anything …

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Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

Posted on 2023-04-13, 06:42

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Hey all Was inspired by this thread a few years back.. finally got around to building up my ASUS p5a system. My CPU score seems to be low compared to my friends MVP3 system running identical specs.. -- Specs -- K6-2+ 570 modified to K6-3+ @ 6x100 ASUS P5A Rev1.6 ALI-G *Resistor Mod to Fix Slowdown* …

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Re: Info on this 486 mainboard please

Posted on 2021-11-17, 13:23

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by SWZSSR

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Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I also own this motherboard . Do you still own this system? I recently picked up a Commodore 486SX-25 case, and have the same board to put into it. What cards did it come with?

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Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?

Posted on 2021-07-25, 15:33

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by SWZSSR

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Anonymous Coward wrote on 2021-07-24, 11:27: Really, it's only 32k? Are there any explanations in the zip file? The tool I use to split and combine ROMs is the tool that comes with my Wellon EEPROM burner. Yes only 32kb. No information in the .zip. I’m using the following.. V001B310 - MICRONICS 386 …

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Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?

Posted on 2021-07-24, 11:20

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by SWZSSR

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You probably need to split the image into HI and LO for it to work...does your board have any jumpers for changing the ROM size to 512kbit? Jumper is listed in the manual, but not soldered on the board. What’s the best tool to split it? I noticed the MR.Bios file was only 32kb though, hence why I …

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Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?

Posted on 2021-07-23, 15:26

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by SWZSSR

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Looking for Mr.Bios to suit my Micronics 80386 ASIC cache (09-00050-xx) Tried one of the micronics ones that seemed Like the best fit but no post.. I did place the mr.bios on the hi rom?

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-07-05, 14:23

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Work in progress. Voodoo5-6000 Build! -Dual AMD AthlonMP 2800+ Thoroughbred-B. -2x 1024MB PC-2700 @ PC-2100 ECC Reg. -TYAN Thunder K7X Pro. -3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP 128MB Rev.A1 3700+ HanK Semenec's PCI Rework (Week 37, Year 2000) -Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Preview Sample (2503 - …

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Re: Very unique 386 motherboard “Unknown Make/Model”

Posted on 2021-07-04, 07:08

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by SWZSSR

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Here is a dump of the low and high bios. I used my TLS866, had issues finding S27C256-20N Chips. l found they might be Phillips, tried that and successfully read them. Data may be corrupt. Also used getrom. Ran AT & XT. Attached.

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Re: Very unique 386 motherboard “Unknown Make/Model”

Posted on 2021-07-03, 12:55

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by SWZSSR

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What bios is in there ? Phoenix ? AMI ? Mr BIOS ? Award ? If it's AMI (or maybe even award), you should have a POST string which can be used to identify it. Can you please show it to us (and/or dump your BIOS using this http://cd.textfiles.com/microhaus/mhblackbox3/MEMORY/GETROM.ZIP) ? It is a AMI …

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