cygwin (https://www.cygwin.com/) contains top in package "procps-ng" apparently. Haven't tried it though. Cheers, Flo

Hi guys, just a silly thought – how about reaching out to the original author and ask if he would either release a new version where the 'rom.by' line will optionally just be left out? Or maybe the author would be willing to release source code of the patching tool? The website appears to be still …

Hi, a few words just for closure. I followed the thread and managed to patch a BIOS blob using the biospatcher tool (latest, 6 alpha 9 IIRC) and flashed it. Only to find out that I used the BIOS blob of a completely different motherboard thus temporarily bricking the GA-7IX. So now I am an owner of …

kyroxx wrote on 2024-09-28, 13:13: Alarm: https://youtube.com/shorts/N4RxedN0Sq4?feature=share For what it's worth this is the very same alarm you get when one did a BIOS flash using a blob of a motherboard not being GA-7IX 😀

.. as expected the new 80-conductor cables did not bring any change. Anyway I could confirm that the controller is fine, it appears to be a BIOS issue: Using linux (which ignores broken BIOS obviously) I could see the UDMA-4 being activated ... rescue_attic:~# dmesg | grep UDMA [ 19.053407] AMD7409: …

Hi ux-3, with reversed connection UDMA-3 on IDE1 is reported, as well as UDMA-2 on IDE2. The result remains the same when interchanging the cables. So the onboard controller is capable of at least UDMA-3 (for the DVD-ROM :) but actually UDMA-4 should be possible. I ordered four "brand-new" 80- …

Hi ux-3, thanks for your suggestion. I used Win98SE for running the atto benchmark program and yes I am using 80 conductor cable (working as expected in other system/on 133tx2 controller). I tried Windows XP and it reports UDMA-2 for IDE1 (Master: IDE-SATA Adapter with HDD connected; Slave: None) …

Hello, my current build is an Athlon 900Mhz on a Gigabyte GA-7IX Rev.1. BIOS is Award, latest Version F4a. The AMD 756 PCI ISA IDE Controller which should be capable of UDMA/66 but it complains (a) that no 80 conductor cable is connected and (b) it remains in UDMA/33. I have no real IDE drives any …

Looks great, that's some tidy cable management (that probably no one bothered with at the time). I always love to see an earlier Athlon XP machine, these are way underrepresented. When you tried to throttle down the system, which software did you use? I have used Throttle with some success on my …

Hello Retro Fans, I was solely reading the vogons forum until recently and am very grateful for having this source of information. Thanks a lot, guys! As I now finally created an account here I would like to add my latest 'Retro PC' (re)build as a first post: While it is not period perfect it is …