Re: These all in theory fit the same socket

Posted on 2016-02-02, 18:46

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Is there any sort of easy-to-get solution, like a Socket A/462 cooler that fits on a Socket 3? Going to reply to this separately (I'm eating my dinner now so my replies are a bit mungled up or something lol) The thing is that (there were reasons but I'm not gonna explain here as it's not really …

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Re: These all in theory fit the same socket

Posted on 2016-02-02, 18:22

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Yup. But I find it easiest to mount a cooler to a Socket 3 socket with a wire clip Hi Tetrium, Can't find any cheap/used coolers on ebay for a Socket 3. can you go into a little detail on how to mount a cooler onto a Socket 3? What exactly is a wire clip? Is there any sort of easy-to-get solution, …

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Re: L2 Cache problem on 486 mainboard

Posted on 2016-02-02, 17:06

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Nice to see it's been solved and the board is working, yw 😀

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Re: Unknown 486 motherboard - Ali Chipset

Posted on 2016-02-02, 16:59

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Looks like it's this one http://www.motherboards.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4151 Terminator SMT486/5x86

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Re: Unknown 486 motherboard - Ali Chipset

Posted on 2016-02-02, 09:47

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You can't find the manual for the board? What is that booklet sitting right next to it? Ehh...I overlooked that :blush: , but sometimes paper manuals are either missing jumper settings for newer CPUs or are simply wrong (which is while testing I use some "simple" CPU like a DX-33 or a 5v DX2-66). …

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Re: My SiS 730S Duron system!

Posted on 2016-02-02, 09:42

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The PSU doesn't compete with the CPU cooling fan when it comes to from which direction they want to draw air from?

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Re: L2 Cache problem on 486 mainboard

Posted on 2016-02-02, 09:40

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From the pic you posted it seems like the cache chips are set to bank 2? From what I can tell, the cache sockets are numbered V9, V11, V13, V15 and V19, V24, V28 etc. I see you have the cache chips plugged into the sockets with higher values. Try moving the cache chips in the other sockets, or try …

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Re: Shuttle HOT-419 POST - strange reaction

Posted on 2016-02-02, 09:34

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Hello I have got a question maybe you know what is the issue: For my Shuttle HOT-419 R1 mainboard after power up, takes more than 30sec before POST starts, What is the problem with MB ? Thanks in advance. arteq I've heard of certain motherboards being really slow before it actually comes to life, …

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Re: Bitchin'Fast! PC '99 - My DOS/Win98/Glide Rig

Posted on 2016-02-02, 09:28

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dexter311 wrote: Is that hard drive mounting location standard? It can be considered "somewhat standard" as I've seen it mounted this way before. Many AT cases even have it mounted in a removable mounting thingy right below the PSU 😜

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Re: L2 Cache problem on 486 mainboard

Posted on 2016-02-02, 00:10

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srmeister wrote: here is a close up of the odd smd part. looking forward to hear your opinions I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't exclude the possibility that this was a factory fix. SMD has the same color as the ones near it and repairs of this sort were more common in those days.

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Re: L2 Cache problem on 486 mainboard

Posted on 2016-02-02, 00:06

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i saw something really interesting. on the pic from the mainboard you can see a free smd space where it reads "555". There is a smd resistor soldered between pins 1-2 that really looks odd. iam really not sure if this is some kind of manufacturing mistake or not... I was about to mention this...but …

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Re: AP 43 486 pci board qestion

Posted on 2016-02-01, 23:55

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Maybe it's a weird idea, but perhaps your jumper is broken? Might as well swap it with another one if it apparently makes no difference how you set that jumper 😜

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Re: Unknown 486 motherboard - Ali Chipset

Posted on 2016-02-01, 23:47

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Bought a motherboard identical to the one in this topic: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=270833 At first, thought it was a Abit PB4 :P Well, I cant find the manual for this board. Does some one known something about this motherboard? I need the jumper settings. Checked all the 486 pages on …

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Re: Pentium 166MMX tower of power

Posted on 2016-02-01, 23:27

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I recently picked up some NOS 16MB 30 pin RAM for my Goldfinch, 32MB in total (28MB usable). Previously I’d been rocking 8MB which was enough for 8MBGMSFX.sf2, but I’d come across a 9MB SC55 font which I wanted to try out. As it turned out, that font sucked. Next up I tried Chorium (~28MB), but as …

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Re: FREE Computer Parts

Posted on 2016-02-01, 23:25

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We had a thread like this not too long ago that wound up with at least one person not getting what they asked for and the OP vanishing off the face of the planet: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=40203&start=20 Besides, I don't think threads like these are allowed here on VOGONS... : …

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Re: L2 Cache problem on 486 mainboard

Posted on 2016-02-01, 23:22

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Move JS2 to 1-2?

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Re: My first Pentium MMX build

Posted on 2016-02-01, 23:16

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Here's a GPU I could not identify at all. 2016-02-01 23.12.25.jpg These are quad-head S3 Virge cards. Looks like there are at least two S3 Virge 325 chips on each board. They use SCSI to VGA cables! One of them (the one that didn't have a bracket) seems to be fried — it produced horrible artifacts …

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Re: Looking for (free) hex editor with 1 certain feature

Posted on 2016-02-01, 23:08

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I don't get it. Could it be that you just need something that more clearly tells you the start/end of a particular block of data? maybe you could try the split tool in HxD and deal with the exact-sized pieces individually. That's not the problem. The problem is that I can actually type in any width …

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Re: Retro Pentium3 build with Win98se/SP3.45

Posted on 2016-02-01, 18:40

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ia2115 wrote: Heh did anyone get higher ? Jan I never bothered to try. I think the largest harddrive I typically ever used in 9x was something like 40GB or so? The OS is less than 1gig so space isn't really much of a concern to me when using a 9x retro rig 😀

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Re: Floppy disk archaeology tips

Posted on 2016-02-01, 18:39

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If Kryoflux is cool, and LS-120 SuperDisk is cool ( wonder how LS-240 is... ), wonder what an ATAPI version of Kryoflux (with appropriate software updates) combined with an LS-120 would do! :D Never managed to find one alas. The old internal LS-120 drives were kinda common years ago and was quite …

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