Re: Repairing a 486 DX
Posted on 2024-09-13, 10:27
Does it have an onboard battery, which could have started to leak?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-09-11, 12:42
Wes1262 wrote on 2024-09-11, 09:24: Got this too. Hopefully it works. Nice one! I've got its little brother, a 285 😉 Is it a single or dual PCB version?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-09-09, 13:07
Had to use this method https://winaero.com/microsoft-has-patched-the-product-server-for-tpm-check-bypass/ But succeeded in installing Win11 on a Dell Precision M4400 laptop, upgraded to a C2Q 9300X and 8 GiB of memory. The laptop has a Windows Vista sticker, but ran XP back when I had it for work …
Re: Lets build a Asus 386 mashine
Posted on 2024-09-05, 21:09
Could easily be a time zone map, since it has a clock ...
Re: What screw threads are used on the Pentium II SECC cartridge?
Posted on 2024-09-04, 20:30
Pentium 2 SECC heat sink removal Pentium 2/3 slot 1 CPU retention mechanism screw size/pitch It seems that it's a bit of a mystery, especially since they are like screw/rivet hybrids ...
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-09-04, 20:24
AGP4LIfe? wrote on 2024-09-04, 14:30: It sure is! a full blown R200 on the PCI bus. Pretty wild honestly. They seem to be unfortunately pretty hard to find. I missed an opportunity to buy one over 2 years ago and finally another one popped up for sale that I snagged. Cheers. But ... your username …
Re: Why so many Katmais (and Deschutes)?
Posted on 2024-09-03, 18:04
I don't know what the big hoopla is with the HX... Yes, the HX cached much more RAM, but who used that? FX and VX are fine chipsets. FX used PIIX and VX had PIIX3. The only difference is that PIIX3 had USB. By the time TX came around, it was not a good buy. Yes, you got UDMA with TX, but HDDs were …
Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.
Posted on 2024-09-02, 15:32
VivienM wrote on 2024-09-02, 15:27: (I actually need to do a big purge of old computer junk, anything old that isn't used in/useful for one of my retro systems should go... ) Oh, keep it coming 🤣 is shipping to the US also crazily expensive from Canada?
Re: Any hope of getting 64MB of RAM on my Cyrix 486 PC?
Posted on 2024-09-02, 05:02
Thanks all for the great notes. It definitely wouldn't hurt to upgrade the cache from 256KB to 512KB as well. In my spare parts box, I find these: IMG_5888.jpg One of those UMC UM61256AK-15 chips seems like a direct replacement to the existing Aster AE88128AK-15 chip, and I presume that if I find …
Re: Lets build a Asus 386 mashine
Posted on 2024-09-01, 15:44
I would even believe that 64k of cache could've been kinda normal on a 386 ..
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-09-01, 12:47
Wow, and a battery that doesn't even look like being close to leaking, nice! It looks like this board was repaired, mosfet and voltage regulator were replaced, as well as bunch of tantalum capacitors, probably the battery too as it works well, system clock shows the real date. But in any case I'll …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-09-01, 06:38
Bought this nice late 486 era motherboard. PCI and VLB, good point to compare some of my video cards. It marks as a PCI450-A, and it seems that not linted at retroweb. MB has a cool Phoenix BIOS and non standard Cache solution. Wow, and a battery that doesn't even look like being close to leaking, …
Re: Intel Batman's Revenge and 128MB memory (so silly, yes :))
Posted on 2024-08-31, 07:08
the only requirement with parity is that you can't put a parity and non-parity module in the same bank, otherwise you can even run parity in one bank and non-parity in the other bank. and since OP asked about it, i'm pretty sure boards can't sense if a SIMM is 60ns or 70ns - it just won't use the …
Re: Why so many Katmais (and Deschutes)?
Posted on 2024-08-29, 08:13
Also, back then, for people like me, on a budget, a CeleMine and a Slotket was widely used ... I ran a 600@900 for some time, until I went to a NorthWood ..
Re: Worlds Smallest Voodoo 2 SLI Setup!! (Need help PISA SBC)-FIXED-
Posted on 2024-08-25, 12:32
It looks just like you could throw an 80mm fan in the end of that and have a cooling tunnel setup 😎
Re: Supermicro P4DC6+ /Dual XEON /Socket 603 /RDRAM Build
Posted on 2024-08-24, 21:09
Irinikus wrote on 2024-08-24, 17:06: Here are the latest results that I have for the GT430 with this machine still fitted with 2GHz CPU's (Can't wait to see the result when the 3GHz CPU's are installed!) With 3DMark2001 being highly CPU bound, I'm sure that upgrade won't disappoint you 😀
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-08-23, 04:06
Oh my word. I wasn't up to this, but my brother made this abomination (for shiz and gigglez). I almost died of laughter when I actually looked at it closely. At first glance, nothing unusual, but well, a picture speaks a thousand words, XD :lol: great work, but is the slot PCB actually a Slot-A or …
Re: Do celeron 1.5/1.6 exist?
Posted on 2024-08-22, 10:58
Well, nobody has them in their collections here https://www.x86-guide.net/en/cpu/Intel-Celero … Netburst-4.html So you might be right?
Re: Optimal Pentium 4 setup
Posted on 2024-08-22, 06:49
Whichever is easier/cheaper to find RAM I think that calls for DDR3, then Honestly the P4 wont care what you use but P43/G41 boards are rather nice solid little workhorses so nice choice either way! Yeah, that's why I would go with DDR3, as it is waaaaaay more plentiful - also in larger modules ... …
Re: Optimal Pentium 4 setup
Posted on 2024-08-22, 06:39
chinny22 wrote on 2024-08-22, 05:52: Whichever is easier/cheaper to find RAM I think that calls for DDR3, then
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