Re: Trying to set up my first DX4-100 ever and encountering strangness?

Posted on 2022-08-10, 00:15

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A little late to the thread here but I have been working on a device for addressing issues with these sockets/processors. Hope it helps. Socket 1/2/3 Voltage Interposer Tweaker (Alpha)

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Re: Which isa video card for gateway 2000 with pentium overdrive?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 23:15

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Excellent, so I will install the extra ram I have for it then 😀

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Re: Which isa video card for gateway 2000 with pentium overdrive?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 23:13

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I am using vintage edition. For 9x But I won’t be able to try these out for a while. Will have to get to it when I am back in front of it

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Re: Socket 1 motherboard problems

Posted on 2022-08-09, 23:10

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Pull it all apart and put it back together ram cards etc. Then try the parts in other mobos. Check for metal shavings/solder blobs

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Re: Different versions of Live Drive?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 19:54

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🤔 interesting.

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Re: What PCI graphic for specific setup

Posted on 2022-08-09, 15:50

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Interesting. Can you post a pic of it?

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Re: What PCI graphic for specific setup

Posted on 2022-08-09, 14:54

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You install what works 😀 sounds like the matrox works 😀 Would be curious what is under that heatsink on the 7500 btw.

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Re: What PCI graphic for specific setup

Posted on 2022-08-09, 14:38

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It comes up as a mobile? That’s odd.

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Re: What PCI graphic for specific setup

Posted on 2022-08-09, 13:49

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Woohoo! I downloaded them long ago. Try googling? 😀

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Re: What PCI graphic for specific setup

Posted on 2022-08-09, 13:07

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Did you try it in another motherboard? (The 7500) like a pentium 2/3 setup or something? I’ve had really good luck with the short green ones. Never tried the tall red ones. Sorry. Can you post some benchmarks of the matrox in your setup? 😀 3dm 99/2k

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Re: Dealing with energy consumption of old hardware

Posted on 2022-08-09, 03:28

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Usually people who don’t know what they are doing (over discharge, don’t compress) manage to bloat them. There are pics of nissan leaf cells bloated after someone abuses them also.

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Re: So I got a socket 4 board.

Posted on 2022-08-09, 02:56

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Thanks to AltairTheDragonHorse https://www.ardent-tool.com/CPU/Pentium_interposer.html https://www.cpushack.com/UpgradeProcessors.html

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Re: Dealing with energy consumption of old hardware

Posted on 2022-08-09, 02:50

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They are compressed. They can’t bloat. Large format pouch cells, prismatics whathave you are supposed to be mechanically compressed. Also, bulging is often a result of over charging/discharging. Which I don’t do. And have safeties and backup safeties to prevent.

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So I got a socket 4 board.

Posted on 2022-08-09, 02:37

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I have been told by others that these are super hard to find. So I figured I may as well share it :-) and log my tinkering with it. And try to answer any questions. It would be pretty cool to make a socket 4 to 7 interposer for it. But it that probably won’t happen lol. Would need bus transceivers …

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Re: Dealing with energy consumption of old hardware

Posted on 2022-08-09, 02:33

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Honestly the way it’s going I am expecting another decade. Maybe more from them

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Re: AGP to PCI adapters - any PCB designers here willing to make one?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 02:30

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Tiido wrote on 2022-08-09, 02:25: I'm pretty sure those pins are manually straightened by whoever was building the boards, I have never seen these slots being shown with straight pins option like that in any datasheets. Okay, I need to see if I can recover a slot from my parts board in one piece. …

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Re: Would it ever be possible for DosBox to run as its own operating system?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 02:27

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cyclone3d wrote on 2022-08-09, 00:55: What would be the point anyway? Dos box os would be the point! 😀 Sounds like a wonderful idea. But it does sound easier to just use/mod old operating systems instead of making a new old one though. So I can see where the “what would be the point” comes from 🤣

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Re: Dealing with energy consumption of old hardware

Posted on 2022-08-09, 02:16

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I'm so hesitant to add lithium batteries to my system. I've just had so many devices turn into e-waste because the batteries are the first thing to go. I really don't want to do that to my house . I keep hearing the technology is getting better, but I just don't trust it. Actually the solar …

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Re: Socket 1/2/3 Tweaker (Alpha, seeking testers)

Posted on 2022-08-09, 01:56

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Anyone have anymore feedback or anything? I am considering prototyping this but if there is anything more to add…

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Re: AGP to PCI adapters - any PCB designers here willing to make one?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 01:53

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luckybob wrote on 2022-08-09, 01:36: Salvage one from a dead board or buy them on ebay Boards don’t usually have them. A edge style pci slot has longer pins that are bent to meet the board and stability beackets

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