My P2B-DS ran dual 800MHz Coppermines with no VRM mod needed or anything out of spec. Only a BIOS update. I don't remember which one. Did it with a diskette. Asus docs said that a BIOS upgrade prior to Coppermine from factory default was needed. I followed instruction, and the system ran out of the …

What a beautiful build. Nice and clean. I also love those Creative 5.25 bay audio panels. And in black! Wish I had something like that, but then I'd have to go with PCI sound. All of my PCI slots are already filled. When I first bought the board for $620 in 1999, I thought about getting a pair of …

Gainbery didn't survive my transplant, but at least it didn't damage anything else. I lost some PCB traces when desoldering the old chip. It's beyond repair, but that's alright. I've got other alternatives. Now I'm testing Evergreen 5x86 133MHz. On first try it booted up using DX2-66 settings, but …

Apparently enough people projected their inexperience to bankrupt the company. How easy was it to figure things out without internet, back when everyone didn't have a PhD in Retro?

Yes, once figured out, it all gets easy. I have no regrets. I managed to get mine working in pair with SB64. Not a fan of GUS emulation. It never works right, and everything GUS hogs memory. I speak Russian, by the way. Been reading Vogons for a long time, but only now decided to join.

I assumed at least something was going to show up during bootup. Some indication of a new device being present. I didn't know that the process was fully manual. Mistook it for a damaged card. While getting it to work, I realized why so many of them were getting returned back in the day. People …

I just checked. I got it wrong. I remember putting 2GB into that system, but I don't think it worked, so it's on 1GB. 4x256 I've corrected the post. Also checked FSB. It's on 100MHz x 10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Y4lPTi8ws Few years back I got myself a GUS Classic card. I've had no experience dealing with non-PnP boards, and thought mine was a dud when nothing showed up during bootup. Re-seated the chips. That didn't help. Spent 2 weeks troubleshooting to find out that …

https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?mode=view&id=106479 Motherboard: Asus P2B-DS mod bios 1014 and a voltage mod to allow CPU's above 800Mhz factory limit. CPU: 2x Slot 1 P3 1GHz RAM 1GB PC-133 ECC Video: Voodoo 5500 Sound: SB AWE64, and added GUS Classic 2.1 recently (not in the photo). The …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnapJI5WjBU A build I've done few years back. Currently in the process of upgrading the system to 133MHz, and adding a network card. Have one fried Gainbery CPU with a replacement chip, but it's too fine of a solder job for me. Also have an Evergreen on the way, …

Yes. I looked a the photo. Bottom row is easy to see. The rest is a bit hard to distinguish. Also, I don't have any botch wires on my chip. It's more like in the top photos. Anyways, I think I can even wait till my evergreen arrives. If the adapter is similar, I can copy bridges off there.

I can see 2 of the 4 sides in the photo. I regret not taking a photo of mine before I started messing with the soldering iron. I'll attempt to replace the chip this weekend. As far as I know, bridges should be present on the PCB itself. It's not something that's added later. They only appear to be …

I have the same Gainbery CPU, only it's fried. I got a replacement SMD chip and a new voltage regulator. However, the legs on my chip are damaged, and I can tell, there are some pins, that appear to be deliberately bridged. Would it be possible to have a photo of the legs each side of the chip, so I …