Re: In an SMP system how does DOS/98 choose the CPU to utilise?

Posted on 2020-10-16, 07:23

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The last time I recall checking was on 22-Feb-2006 on a Gigabyte 7DPXDW-P system with an AMD Athlon @ 2.00 GHz + a Duron @ 1.60 GHz. NO. No, they don't. If you have mismatched CPU's it will run at the slower speed. Period. End of discussion. It's a fracking miracle it even posts with mismatched …

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Re: In an SMP system how does DOS/98 choose the CPU to utilise?

Posted on 2020-10-15, 21:18

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From your post I assume you have a system with different speed CPUs and I am wondering if my SIV utility correctly deals with this, please will you try it and post the two Menu->File->Save Local files so I can check? Sure I can do this at weekend, does the OS matter between XP/2000/NT? Thank you, …

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Re: In an SMP system how does DOS/98 choose the CPU to utilise?

Posted on 2020-10-15, 14:15

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It's down to what the BIOS sets as the boot CPU so you would need a BIOS setup option to select which CPU get's booted. From your post I assume you have a system with different speed CPUs and I am wondering if my SIV utility correctly deals with this, please will you try it and post the two Menu-> …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-10-12, 09:13

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Tested it for 10 minutes, looks like there are 2 VCCSA voltages listed and neither are 1.150v which is what I have it set to atm. Again, Thank you. I have now uploaded SIV 5.52 Beta-12 which resolves this, adds the same for a few other boards and also has RTX 3070 support. So far I have added …

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Re: Looking for Tyan S1592S manual

Posted on 2020-10-11, 17:38

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http://www.generalmanual.com/Motherboards/Tya … Motherboard.htm

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-10-07, 12:04

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Tested SIV on an MSI MEG Z390 Ace Thank you. The PCH being 205.5°C is down to the raw value being 0x01FF so I have made it go away in addition to adjusting the fan and voltage names. How does the attached SIV64X 5.52 7B12-11 look to you please? Ideally leave SIV running for >= 10 minutes before …

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Re: MS-6168 onboard Voodoo3 Cooling

Posted on 2020-10-05, 09:04

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Do you think only a heatsink will provide enough cooling? This is how it looks at the moment, of course when installed in a case, I would install additional case fans. I just looked at my Voodoo 3 2000 and its heatsink does not have a fan and is 40 x 40 x 10mm. It's running at 143 MHz with the …

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Re: Old SCSI drives very loud.

Posted on 2020-09-29, 18:53

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Compared to DEC RM03s then your drive seems quiet!

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-09-29, 09:57

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Enternal wrote on 2020-09-29, 04:39: K7500 and Voodoo 3 1000 Thank you, I had also tidied up the reporting to report AMD Athlon M1 (Argon) rather than AMD-K7 and that change also worked as I intended.

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Re: Just a thought: modern PSU, converting 12v to 5v

Posted on 2020-09-28, 14:32

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@red-ray: The converter n your link might do the trick :) After posting I am now wondering how good the regulation is, you need to check this. I suspect a single 10A one would be more than enough for the disks with the MB using +5 directly from the PSU. Further I just checked what my Athlon system …

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Re: Just a thought: modern PSU, converting 12v to 5v

Posted on 2020-09-27, 10:46

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waterbeesje wrote on 2020-09-27, 00:04: Total 30A. Probably not too far off. Looking at what my Dual P-!!! @ 1GHz takes it's about 50% off at least. Either way I guess you could use such as https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173429611642

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-09-26, 08:21

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So I figured it out, I had turbo off, enabled it and SIV's reporting 3.33ghz. Is it always 3.33GHz? Looking in the latest save file I have there are no CPU ACPI methods (see Menu->System->ACPI + PnP->ACPI Eval ) and the ratio never drops to x12 (see Menu->Hardware->CPU Detail->CPU Speed Ratios ) …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-09-25, 18:57

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mastergamma12 wrote on 2020-09-25, 18:34: Still figuring this thing out. I suspect as below needs adjusting

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-09-25, 18:31

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mastergamma12 wrote on 2020-09-25, 16:49: Here To me it looks like the BIOS is setup to underclock your 980X, is this intentional?

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-09-25, 07:17

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mastergamma12 wrote on 2020-09-24, 20:25: I'll check with SIV if it works. Comparing with my system which is as below yours does not have the latest Intel (Gulftown) [B1] + Intel (Bloomfield) [D0] CPU µCode .

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-09-24, 20:05

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mastergamma12 wrote on 2020-09-24, 17:07: Looks promising if real. I suspect it is, but wonder which CPU µCode is being used. My guess is that the system will post with the 980X (when do you expect it?), but will not be using the latest CPU µCode unless you run Windows 10.

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-09-24, 06:21

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AFAIK this can run a 980x or 990x but I'll confirm that once my 980x gets here. Thank you, looking at Menu->Hardware->BIOS Tables->BIOS Tables the DFI BIOS only contains the Intel (Gulftown) [B0] microcode, but my 980X is stepping [B1] so I guess it may depend on which stepping you get. On my 980X …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-09-23, 19:06

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mastergamma12 wrote on 2020-09-18, 07:20: Here All looks good and I have now released SIV 5.52 Beta-09 so please update. Is your DFI x58 the very last DFI Lan Party that was made please?

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Re: Windows XP Driver for TITAN X

Posted on 2020-09-22, 09:02

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Such as https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults … spx/91809/en-us claim to support the GTX 980 for notebooks, but it's not listed as supported.

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Re: upgrading a PC with GA-7IXE motherboard and need help choosing CPU and other components

Posted on 2020-09-21, 09:11

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First owner 7IXE reporting. I always had a fight with the AMD driver pack and ended up with a non-functional Windows 98SE installation. My 7IXE is now dual boot with 98SE and 2003 Enterprise Server. I find 2003 is faster and far more stable, thus far I have had no issues with 2003, but 98SE is at …

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