Re: What components can generally go "bad" on unused/stored electronics?

Posted on Today, 02:49

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Have had more than one Matrox video card develop corrupted BIOS in storage, though it does seem to be a thing with their cards - fortunately its an easy fix

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Re: Small, Modern Case For Baby AT Motherboards

Posted on Today, 02:41

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If it was me I'd maybe try the concealed approach, and indent a small latching rocker switch behind the front magnetic filter

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Re: Changing bios language IBM pc 300GL

Posted on Yesterday, 23:58

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Only problem is ,the bios in the link 32 A ,is older ,then the one installed 36 A. That is ofc,if i deduced corectly from the screenshot i atached,that the bios version is NH36A. Think the latest version level is 37A (NHKT37A) which you can download here - ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/IBM_PC_BBS/ …

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Re: compaq 7792dmt !

Posted on Yesterday, 09:31

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As @AmiSapphire has posted above, or if you follow these old archived links (some have newer updates than above) you'll at least get the SoftPAQ filenames to search for, depending on which OS you'll be using... Windows 3.x and MS-DOS - https://web.archive.org/web/20000618224959/http://www.compaq.com …

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Re: Intel D815EEA2U

Posted on Yesterday, 08:34

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Interesting...I did see a couple of posts which mentioned that that the U models did have support with the latest BIOS, but Intel never seemed to openly publish this, though I've seen NIB D815EEA2U boards which actually shipped with P21 so maybe not that surprising. Glad you got it working anyway 😀 …

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Re: Intel D815EEA2U

Posted on 2022-05-26, 09:51

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Official 512KB cache support for PIII-S was added at P14 and removed again, even for your D815EEA2U( niversal ) which has both FC-PGA & FC-PGA2 support , sometime after P17. You'll find it and P18 thru P21 at this link - http://cwcyrix.duckdns.org/intel-legacy-files-archive/Motherboards/Desktop/ …

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Re: Sun Microsystems Motherboard For Ultra 5/10 - advice needed

Posted on 2022-05-24, 13:40

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BreakPoint wrote on 2022-05-24, 13:18: Never dealt with Sun systems before. I have few questions regarding this board. 1. Is this ATX board? 2. Do i need additional po […] Show full quote Never dealt with Sun systems before. I have few questions regarding this board. 1. Is this ATX board? 2. Do i …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-24, 13:30

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BreakPoint wrote on 2022-05-24, 13:12: Does anyone knows what is this video card? Never seen dual head ISA card before. Seems they specialised in these multi monitor cards - https://web.archive.org/web/19990127223702/ht … r.com/About.htm

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Re: Zenith z-station LC (need info)

Posted on 2022-05-24, 11:17

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Hello. Does anyone have information about this all-in-one zenith model? Search the web and cant find information about it. The guy that as this computer say its a dx2-66 with cirrus logic 5434. I like all-in-one computers. So. If you have confirmation on the specs or any other info about this …

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2022-05-24, 10:34

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Is there a full list of Packard Bell models somewhere? With stock specs would be even better. I was able to find a partial list, but it was woefully incomplete. I've been wanting to get a Socket 4 system for quite a while and just bought a PB Axcel 120CD which I have been unable to find any real …

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Re: Ultimate Retro board submissions thread: suggest board edits and/or add new boards here

Posted on 2022-05-23, 06:58

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BIOS / manual downloads for the Soltek SL-60A - https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/4633 & SL-65A - https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/4629 Re: Intel Pentium PRO 200 question

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Re: Intel Pentium PRO 200 question

Posted on 2022-05-23, 06:51

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Would anyone be interested in seeing a bootup screen picture? Maybe tomorrow? :) Bootup screen will be appreciated for UltimateRetro website, as will a dump of the BIOS BIOS files are still reachable on Wayback... Soltek SL-60A_65A BIOS Files.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20030329224329/http:// …

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Re: Just acquired a SM P6DGE

Posted on 2022-05-19, 09:50

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Do not know what to say… Back to basics I guess - - whats the S-spec (SLxxx) # of the 800MHz slot 1 - what SDRAM memory - what jumper settings for JP11 (Bus Speed) & JB1 thru JB4 (CPU/Bus Ratio) - are you using a terminator board in the 2nd cpu slot as suggested - any sign of caps failure (blown …

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Re: Motherboard G586IPV

Posted on 2022-05-19, 08:46

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The revision C boards do have MMX support although they don't seems to mention anything beyond 200MHz, which is what I have in my rev CA board Filename DFI G586IPV_C.jpg File size 661.6 KiB Views 27 views

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Re: Just acquired a SM P6DGE

Posted on 2022-05-18, 09:44

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Problem is, that a slot-1 800/256/133 chip does not post. That is why I ended up with the two assumptions. Seems like the board can go 133mhz (in bios) and can go 1.4v as VRMs are meant to go that low. But it simply does not at post. Hmm, that seems a little hinky!! So I rechecked the theory, this …

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Re: Just acquired a SM P6DGE

Posted on 2022-05-18, 06:17

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Just tested the modded bios. Same behaviour, a SL5QW 1100 chip post at 1000Mhz. I suspect there are two blocks: - one prevents multiplier over 10X - one prevents cpu with 133mhz to post Do not know if this can be unlockable somehow. Same behaviour as here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t= …

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Re: A hardware problem that I've never seen before.

Posted on 2022-05-15, 08:17

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Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I have the same board in a Packard Bell iConnect that I picked up recently and its exhibiting strange behaviour like only booting with the jumper in "safe" mode (there's a jumper for normal/save/recovery). I was wondering if you happen to have come across the …

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Re: NEC Ready 9716 Drive bay mount has no screw holes, how to mount?

Posted on 2022-05-15, 00:53

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nosuch wrote on 2022-05-14, 18:52: Thanks, now I know what I'm looking for! As above, & same question covered in a previous thread - NEC Ready 9716 - drive bays??

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Re: Vintage PC building and the ship of Theseus

Posted on 2022-05-14, 10:33

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A wise man once said 😀 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAh8HryVaeY

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Re: Chips & Technologies SuperMath J38700DX Rev B 40MHz Math Coprocessor

Posted on 2022-05-13, 04:12

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SuperMathDX Datasheet - https://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf/download … &term=SuperMath SuperMathSX Datasheet - https://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf/download … &term=SuperMath

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