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Re: connecting IDE and power cables?

Posted on 2010-07-11, 22:49

in PC Emulation
My old 80-wire cable must be broken. After I had connected my new round cable the mobo did detect the HDD and the CD-drive. I formatted the HDD, inserted the spectra 400MHz cpu upgrade once more and reinstalled Windows 2000. The system now loads the OS and is stable again. The soundcard and DVD …

Re: connecting IDE and power cables?

Posted on 2010-07-08, 20:48

in PC Emulation
On old computers you usually need to configure them for a harddisk in the BIOS setup, they don't have autodetect. Ooh so even when you put the jumper to master and put the HDD on the end of the cable, an old computer probably won't detect the drive? I'll buy some new cables tomorrow and a few …

Re: connecting IDE and power cables?

Posted on 2010-07-08, 16:38

in PC Emulation
Update: I tried to clear the CMOS memory. I first removed the jumper from pins 1-2 (Internal Battery Jumper according to a Deskpro manual I downloaded) and waited a few minutes. According to the manual, to clear the CMOS, the jumper should be put on pins 5-6. The problem is that I only see a fifth …

connecting IDE and power cables?

Posted on 2010-07-07, 18:53

in PC Emulation
Hello, I used to visit this place half a year ago because I was upgrading my old DeskPro system ( thread ). As this upgrade process was rather unsuccessful, I gave up somewhere in February, and didn't touch the machine for months. Basically, I was trying to install Windows 2000, but the installation …

Re: Back with my Deskpro 4000.... Help please?

Posted on 2010-02-15, 22:43

in PC Emulation
Hello all. I finally got around to booting the PC in Memtest86+. It ran for about half an hour to test 128MB of RAM. The result of the tests was 100% succeeded. Then I also tried to boot in Parted Magic. I got to the screen where you get a list of boot options. I tried default settings and got a …

Re: Back with my Deskpro 4000.... Help please?

Posted on 2010-02-11, 23:43

in PC Emulation
Some of these non standard desktop systems DO NOT work without the riser board. Thank you!! I put the riser board back in, connected the IDE cables the way I thought was correct, powered on, and the PC went on to load windows 2000. Then it suddenly rebooted. I powered it down, got the 133mhz cpu …

Re: Back with my Deskpro 4000.... Help please?

Posted on 2010-02-08, 23:40

in PC Emulation
I thought you mean power connectors of hdd/cd/dvd. Actually, I did mean those. Those and the IDE cables. Check again the area and connect all the power cables. I tried connecting them about 20 times. I'm afraid that another try won't do because I only know some basic stuff. I tried to find some …

Re: Back with my Deskpro 4000.... Help please?

Posted on 2010-02-08, 22:19

in PC Emulation
Sorry I haven't been active the last few days; I've been busy on my bachelor thesis. Do you get a BIOS post screen? If not, sounds like Power Supply issues to me. No, I'm not getting one. In certain setups of the IDE and power cables, the PC will make some noises when I turn it on, but it's not …

Re: Back with my Deskpro 4000.... Help please?

Posted on 2010-02-05, 19:06

in PC Emulation
ATA HDD have jumpers for master/slave; try to set HDD I had the HD set as master; yesterday I tried Cable select, but that hasn't been any help. For FDD you must be certain you inserted the data cable the correct way I have because it's one of those floppy cables where one of the pin holes on …

Back with my Deskpro 4000.... Help please?

Posted on 2010-02-04, 18:20

in PC Emulation
Hello all. I was a regular visitor of this forum several months ago. Basically, I was looking for some parts with which I could upgrade my old computer (a Compaq Deskpro 4000). Eventually, I managed to find what I needed (evergreen spectra 400 CPU upgrade, Voodoo 12MB, hardware DVD decoder, extra …

Re: New Riser Board for my Deskpro

Posted on 2009-09-17, 23:44

in PC Emulation
I've been looking for hours on google, ebay and websites of various hardware resellers, and still I haven't been able to find a riser board with 5 PCI slots, dual-sided, three slots on one and two on the other sided. The closest I came is this dual-sided 4-PCI slot one . I've googled for more than a …

Re: Compaq Deskpro 4000: The return

Posted on 2009-09-17, 14:04

in PC Emulation
I bought a 233 mhz MMX that should arrive next week at the latest. Maybe I'll try it... Then again, a seller on ebay offers a spectra 400 for $3.99... I know that's very cheap -- other people sell them for like $40 -- so I distrusted him at first (maybe the thing is broken...). He tried to help me …

Re: New Riser Board for my Deskpro

Posted on 2009-09-17, 12:36

in PC Emulation
h-a-l-9000 wrote: Are you sure the mainboard/riser card connector are made to handle 5 PCI slots? As for PCI it needs extra signals that are not shared between them. I don't know. Is there a way to check that?

New Riser Board for my Deskpro

Posted on 2009-09-17, 12:17

in PC Emulation
In the last post in my previous thread I said I was looking for an Evergreen Spectra 400 cpu upgrade kit. I made this new thread because I'll need a new riser board for extra PCI slots. If the evergreen upgrade succeeds, I will place a second voodoo 2 card in my deskpro (connected via SLI). Now, my …

Re: Compaq Deskpro 4000: The return

Posted on 2009-09-16, 11:12

in PC Emulation
MMX processors use a split rail voltage so a P200 MMX would have 3.3V external voltage and 2.8V for the core.... your motherboard needs to support split rail voltages. Can I find out whether it supports split rail voltages? unless of course it is not the 5133 model and someone just put a 133mhz CPU …

Re: Compaq Deskpro 4000: The return

Posted on 2009-09-15, 21:21

in PC Emulation
You will not need a new PSU or CPU fan if you are upgrading your CPU and if your model came with a 133mhz CPU as standard then i doubt the motherboard will support the voltages required for an MMX CPU.... I am pretty sure it will work fine with a 200mhz non MMX CPU. Hope this helps? I understand. …

Re: Compaq Deskpro 4000: The return

Posted on 2009-09-15, 09:50

in PC Emulation
My old Deskpro 4000 (P200 MMX model) would only accept upto 128mb RAM. :( Strange that the Deskpro 4000/6000 manual should claim up to 384MB RAM is supported when in at least two cases only a third of that number is recognised. No wonder Compaq went bankrupt lol. I would not run a Voodoo 2 card …

Re: Compaq Deskpro 4000: The return

Posted on 2009-09-14, 21:48

in PC Emulation
it should look like this: ps: the slider doesnt change resolution if you just move that slider and not the one underneath as well you havnt changed anything thats why apply is greyed out the top slider selects resolution and the bottom one selects the refresh rate to use at that resolution ps: the …

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