PCI S3 STB Trio64V+ VGA, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-09, 13:14

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I am testing a PCI S3 STB Trio64V+ VGA. It has 2MB of DRAM. It has an id sticker on the back that reads "VIDPCI009ABWW". I looked this up on the net, and it looks like it's from a Gateway PC. The following downloads have been tested - 1) Link to the Gateway webpage, includes w95/8 driver: vid018d1. …

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(Solved) Windows 3 - can't change video card - insufficient memory.

Posted on 2011-04-09, 13:03

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Edit: Solved. Please see my 2nd post, below. I run Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Setup.exe. I try and change the Display. When I hit the Return key to change it, I am shown this error message - "Your system does not have sufficient memory available to complete Setup" That's odd. This feature was …

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Re: VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-09, 10:19

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I managed to get Hawkeye95 working. I uninstalled the current S3 driver, and then reinstalled Hawkeye. Hawkeye shows info about the card. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_Dop-eDMechk/TaAyRu7WygI/AAAAAAAABNI/bHwHOAMi7TU/s800/no9_b.jpg Nice flags. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_Dop-eDMechk/ …

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Re: Is this a good 486 PCI board?

Posted on 2011-04-09, 07:11

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I must confess Watson, it was my smarter brother feipoa who spotted this, on another thread! 😉 😀

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Re: VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-09, 07:08

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😀 Hehe. She loves you! Evidence. Scroll down to the photo, Swaaye spotted this. Edit: You can see this on the photo at the beginning of this thread, but it's not quite as clear.

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Re: VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-09, 06:43

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Thanks a lot for the info! That article was interesting because it mentioned Terminal Velocity, Hellbender, and Winbench 96. There's a patch for Terminal Velocity, for the Virge chipset. It's here , on the downloads section. It's for the registered version, not the shareware version. I'll need to …

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VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-08, 20:23

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I am testing a VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card. Here's some software that I found, downloaded and tested. Link to Windows 9x driver software, W9531201.zip. It works on w95. There's no need to download anything for w98, because it's on the w98 CD-ROM. Link to Windows 3.11 driver software, w3110505 …

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Re: Is this a good 486 PCI board?

Posted on 2011-04-08, 19:10

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Re: PS/2 port. Luckily that board has a PS/2 header. It's immediately behind the PS/2 port - row of 5 pins.

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-08, 13:30

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Here yer go :happy: Link to SuperPi Link to Prime95 Link to 3DMark 99 Max You're going to need some good fortune with the X5-200 on the PC Chips board. I hope it works, but IMHO it's not going to be stable. Secret stashes of 3.x Biostar mobos? If only I knew. In fact, it's only recently that I …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-08, 12:42

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Thanks a lot for the explanation. I think your Biostar rev 3.0 mobo has some useful BIOS options for the Host to PCI clock divisor, including 1:1. I had no problems with it set to 1:1 @ 50 MHz FSB running Windows 98, and so I think it would be a better board for testing, because you'll know that …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-08, 10:41

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If you examine the values of a pair of related columns, eg Cyrix 133 & 120, or Cyrix 120 & 100, or AMD 160 & 133, some of these related values seem a little bit unexpected.

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-08, 08:36

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elfuego wrote: Why dont you try to loosen up the timings a bit, lets say completely - to cas 3 and normal instead of turbo? It might do the trick? Yep, I tried that. I set all timings to "slowest possible".

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Re: Geforce 3 Ti200, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-07, 19:13

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I've just looked at the version number of RivaTuner that I use - it's 2.24! :happy: I've started invesigating all of that software, mentioned above. Coolbits - registry hack which allows overclocking. Ver 1 for detonator driver, ver 2 for later versions. Detonator RIP - fully uninstalls detonator …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-07, 18:27

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🤣!! Hehe. Well in reality, there's just a wobbly old garage between the outside world and my mountain of retro junk. But I reckon if the garage door was to fall of its hinges, it's more likely that the washing machine would get stolen! 😉

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Re: Geforce 3 Ti200, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-07, 17:37

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Oh I see, thanks. Yes, one BIOS with a date and also a BIOS version number. Re: RivaTuner, I think I need RivaTuner RC (release candidate) 15, because I think that's the last version where Win9x is supported. If anyone has a freeware copy, please let me know. Thanks! I've got another question: When …

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Geforce 3 Ti200, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-07, 15:30

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I'm testing a Leadtek Winfast Geforce 3 Titanium 200 video card. When I see the mobo's BIOS POST messages on the screen, I also see a message from this video card, and it reads: VGA BIOS V01.03.2002. However, when I run nvFlash, it tells me that the card's BIOS is version 03.20.00.26.00. Do these …

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Re: STB Dell Nitro 3D S3 Virge, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-07, 10:50

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I installed DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 FWG on to a compact flash drive, and then installed the Virge driver for this Dell Nitro 3D card. I got the driver zip file name from the S3 drivers link that swaaye posted above. Its name is w3110505.zip. Inside this zip file is a file called OEMSETUP.INF. When …

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-07, 09:00

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Ah, but I couldn't complete my tests. You see the thing is, I couldn't get DOS stable. That's why I could not go on to do the "real stuff", and get Windows working. The mobo was not stable @ 166. Believe me, the Windows stuff was the next thing on my list of things to do. I downloaded an era …

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-07, 08:08

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No POST anymore? I'm confident the mobo still works. Please try the following: 1) Remove the mains plug from the wall 2) Put the CMOS jumper in to the "clear data" position 3) Remove the wire mod. I think it confuses the BIOS. I have now removed mine. I don't think it's 100% stable/reliable. 4) Make …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-07, 08:01

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Hehe, I don't have a single built system at the moment. No cases either! But I am starting to retest all of my stuff, and I hope to do lots of threads about them! :happy: Re: SimmConn AWE64 memory adapter. I'm surprised the seller has sold out. Several Vogons users have bought them fairly recently. …

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