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

Posted on 2022-01-24, 11:01

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evasive wrote on 2022-01-24, 10:46: @ChrisK, pics+bios added. I'll check the download page to see if the other bioses can be added somewhere as well. Great!

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

Posted on 2022-01-20, 13:39

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BIOS for Tulip TC40: https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/5072 Original download link: https://web.archive.org/web/20070122114635/ht … rmimm/bios.html TLPINF.EXE is included in attached zip.

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

Posted on 2022-01-20, 13:21

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Some socket 4 board pictures: Gigabyte GA-586IS (REV 3): https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/2742 Filename Gigabyte GA-586IS_front.jpg File size 2 MiB Views 4338 views Filename Gigabyte GA-586IS_back.jpg File size 1.64 MiB Views 4338 views ECS SI5PI AIO (REV. 1.1): https://www. …

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Re: Socket 4 board not booting - need help

Posted on 2022-01-20, 12:01

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Hi, sorry for late reply. Didn't have the time for further testing during the holidays and was quite busy with work & family in the last time. I can take a picture, no problem. How do I proceed with it? Post it here in this thread or better in the other one here? https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php …

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Re: Alloy on CPU pins

Posted on 2022-01-17, 16:04

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I also have a TI 486dx-2 that was once directly soldered in a PCB. Must have been in a laptop or something. Unfortunately it is very difficult to get rid of the solder remnants on the pins. Trying to "clean" it with some solder wire and flux is the best you can do, afaik. But don't heat up the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-07, 16:14

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Still my main machine since ... 2010. God I'm getting old. Using the same machine for more than two years... Are you nuts? Using such a valuable retro board for modern tasks? Just browsing the net and playing some old style games. Nothing Neuland-style. Wasn't aware it's retro already ;) You could …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-07, 12:59

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But I already found a replacement. A much much better one! ASRock ALive Dual eSATA2. Still my main machine since ... 2010. God I'm getting old. Using the same machine for more than two years... Bought it used back then to be able to use my still good enough AGP card but with the option to upgrade …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-05, 19:11

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Will EDO RAM work on a Sound Blaster? Or more generally spoken: is EDO RAM backwards compatible to FPM-only systems? "RAM" & "Sound Blaster" reminds me that ERR014 thing when trying to load AWEUTIL with some /EM:xxx option. Still haven't found a solution to that... Would like to see my 2x 4MB SIMMs …

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Re: [SOLVED] DFI K6XV3+/66 (ATX SS7 board) unstable with GeForce cards - BIOS bug

Posted on 2022-01-05, 16:58

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This one? Filename M1541_1542_interleave.JPG File size 80.33 KiB Views 834 views

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Re: Voodoo 2 triage and repair

Posted on 2021-12-25, 13:57

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Hi, thanks for this report! Very helpful with diagnozing faulty cards. What type of flux did you use and how do you clean the card after reflow work? I tend to have flux remaining behind the pins where it can't be removed that easily. That's really annoying.

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Re: Help needed repairing Radeon 9250 PCI

Posted on 2021-12-25, 13:44

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I also have this card but can have a look not before end of next week... Comparing the layout around the other RAMs it is (was) a cap. 100nF is fine for a decoupling. However, I doubt this will be the reason for the card not working. It should run even without it.

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Re: Socket 4 board not booting - need help

Posted on 2021-12-22, 19:38

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OK, I can try that. But will have time for this not before after Christmas holidays. Haven't change this one since I have the card. It is labeled JP7 / 6 and there's a "H" and "L" setting on my card btw. Current setting is "L". Whether that translates to "1&2" or "2&3" I don't know. Presumably it is …

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Re: Socket 4 board not booting - need help

Posted on 2021-12-22, 09:17

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Order of ISA slots shouldn't matter. I'd like to agree but I have another board where the order of ISA cards seems to matter. It is an 386 board (Unichip 367C) with the same effect. In some combinations the (same) IO card (or at least the IDE port, didn't test them all) has problems while VGA …

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Re: Socket 4 board not booting - need help

Posted on 2021-12-21, 19:30

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Yes, that is the board. I'm using this card: https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/hard-disk-floppy … -LCS-66-47.html It's based on a Winbond W83757AF.

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3dfx Velocity 100 / Radeon 9250 PCI - RAM upgrade?

Posted on 2021-12-17, 13:04

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Hi, I have basically one question concerning two cards: The first one is a 3dfx Velocity 100 AGP with 8 MB, the second a ATI Radeon 9250 PCI with 128 MB @ 64 Bit. #1: I would like to know if it is theoretically possible to upgrade the Velocity 100 to 16 MB of RAM? This would involve removing the …

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Re: Socket 4 board not booting - need help

Posted on 2021-12-16, 12:12

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Got it working! I wasn't aware of that the order of ISA cards is relevant. After loading BIOS defaults it could boot from floppy, however, booting from any configured harddisk did not work. I then used a PCI graphics card and it did boot from harddisk. Ha! Switched back to ISA graphics card and …

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Re: Voodoo5 capacitor kit replacement - Looking for someone that knows a lot about electronics

Posted on 2021-12-15, 19:37

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Polymer caps did exist back then (Sanyo OS-CON), and Voodoo 5 seems to be using them for the two biggest capacitors: oscon.jpg I don't think there is a need to replace these two caps if they don't show any symptoms of damage, as the polymer used in such capacitors shouldn't be prone to degradation. …

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Re: Socket 4 board not booting - need help

Posted on 2021-12-15, 14:25

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Will try that things. Already removed IO card only leaving VGA card but that changed nothing. Reporting back asap...

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Re: Voodoo5 capacitor kit replacement - Looking for someone that knows a lot about electronics

Posted on 2021-12-15, 13:42

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Hi, just some words for the soldering work in general: You shouldn't do this if you don't have at least some experience with this kind of work. It may look quite easy but desoldering SMD caps can be very annoying if you don't have the right tools and can visually ruin your boards by damaging some …

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Re: Socket 4 board not booting - need help

Posted on 2021-12-15, 12:07

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Yes that works, no problems there. It just won't go any further than counting memory.

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