Re: Impact of motherboard cache on 486 machines?

Posted on 2010-09-14, 12:03

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It does turn the HDD smaller, but I have never encountered one that creates two. Well, I looked in my attic twice and spend around 2 hours looking in google and found nothing . I can only conclude from this that I must've been wrong. I know I had a drive which I thought had that option as I recall …

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Re: MSBATCH for ME

Posted on 2010-09-14, 10:03

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I'm sure there's a whole lot of things I don't know, but in all the stuff I've read over the years about Windows, I can't say I've ever heard a thing about MSBATCH before. And given that "+msbatch" has less than 8,000 hits on Google, I doubt I'm alone. What exactly do you want to do? If extensive …

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Re: Impact of motherboard cache on 486 machines?

Posted on 2010-09-14, 09:54

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Hehe yes I remember these jumpers... Just a quick question as I don't want to create a new thread. Pentium cpus like P54C or P55C did they come witha Turbo Button or other options to slow them down? Or do they suffer from the same issue as Pentium IIs and IIIs meaning they end up way to slow once …

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Re: What Happened to My Old Games PC?

Posted on 2010-09-14, 09:48

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I'll keep that in mind. Hey, I've been wondering: On my old comp I figured out how to do things like configure Win98 so it gives you an option at boot of whether to go into DOS or Windows (and from there, options such as "load with EMS" or "Load DOS without CD-ROM" (so you can load an ISO as your …

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Re: What Happened to My Old Games PC?

Posted on 2010-09-14, 09:46

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h-a-l-9000 wrote: "BEEEEP! *pause* BEEEEP! *pause* BEEEEP!" usually means no memory found. h-a-l-9000's right! I was confusing it with the continuous high-low-high-low BEEEPS. My bad! 😅

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Re: Will this modern case take my 486 motherboard?

Posted on 2010-09-13, 22:27

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H-A-L Ideally I want 3 buttons all accessible via the front Panel - Power/Reset and Turbo. The Centurion 5 has just 2 on the front. I know cuz the rig I'm posting this with is mounted in one. It's a pretty good case and looks good too. Only thing I have with them is they are so open, theres hardly …

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Re: Impact of motherboard cache on 486 machines?

Posted on 2010-09-13, 22:22

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I will look up that harddrive tomorrow and give you the partnumber

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Re: Will this modern case take my 486 motherboard?

Posted on 2010-09-13, 14:35

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h-a-l-9000 wrote: I've replaced the non-permanent soft-power button with a turbo switch from an old case, which fitted in there perfectly. That is a good idea!! Never thought of it! Those turbo switches are the permanent switches?

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Re: What Happened to My Old Games PC?

Posted on 2010-09-13, 14:24

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Seems it's fixed now but "BEEEEP! *pause* BEEEEEP! *pause* BEEEEP!" usually means the processor is overheating. This can be due to the HSF needing to be reseated, the CPU fan malfunctioning, the CPU fanconnector somehow dislodged (If it's on a molex, reseat and if that doesn't work, try another …

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Re: Impact of motherboard cache on 486 machines?

Posted on 2010-09-13, 14:17

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Reason why I would like a 486 is because the board will be a lot newer and have IDE and FDD onboard. Also PCI videocards are easier to find and I guess the BIOS will be more stable... My 486 has no I/O onboard, it needs a controller card. It also has no PCI. You can't flash the bios either. HDD …

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Re: Will this modern case take my 486 motherboard?

Posted on 2010-09-13, 14:14

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I am pretty certain that the switch remains "on" once pressed. I was referring to the ATX switch on common ATX cases. Those are the kind that only connect when being pressed. The AT switch im like 99% sure is the kind that toggles on and off (switched once, they remain switched until switched again …

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Re: Voodoo 5500 PCI locking up computer during/after boot

Posted on 2010-09-13, 14:13

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Just to be sure, you've connected the molex, right?

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Re: Will this modern case take my 486 motherboard?

Posted on 2010-09-13, 10:32

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cdoublejj wrote: once you got the kit you could cut the switch off and wire in the switch from the case but, i bet that the case switch is momentary and the at switch is non momentary. ??? If we can figure a way around this then I'd say, "Problem solved!"

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Re: Impact of motherboard cache on 486 machines?

Posted on 2010-09-13, 10:31

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Slowest SX ever made was an SX-16. I got one but no motherboard to put it in, 🤣

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Re: Will this modern case take my 486 motherboard?

Posted on 2010-09-13, 10:05

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Hi Tetrium, I do want to use the front ATX power button to turn the computer on rather than having it turn on and off from the PSU power switch and my understanding is that I'll need to place the AT power button cable on the adapter behind the ATX power switch then when I press that it will in turn …

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Re: stuff I have for sale

Posted on 2010-09-12, 21:30

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I was thinking, I'd like the board with the IBM as well, since it shouldn't cost extra to ship it. If it gets too heavy, one could always drop a floppydrive or 2 from the package. Can you confirm you're also located in The Netherlands, Gravitone?

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Re: Overclocking - what harm can it do?

Posted on 2010-09-12, 21:26

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I've just spotted a 1.2ghz (100 FSB) Celly on ebay, with a CPU code of SL68P. I notice that cpu-world.com says it's just 1.5v I forgot to reply to this. It's lower voltage then the 1Ghz parts because it's a newer fabrication process. The 1.2 is a Tualatin and the 1.0 a Coppermine. At 1Ghz the …

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Re: Will this modern case take my 486 motherboard?

Posted on 2010-09-12, 21:12

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They ebay auction mentions "No power switch" so you might want to take a look around for another one. The auction title says "... with switch". It's the correct one to buy. I've bought this exact item from the same seller in the past, and it works 100%. Recommended. :happy: I can confirm, those are …

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Re: stuff I have for sale

Posted on 2010-09-12, 18:19

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Could you please list the type/model numbers of the floppydrives? On the other hand, I could in fact use a couple black floppydrives I'll take the black floppydrives, if it's not too much trouble

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Re: stuff I have for sale

Posted on 2010-09-12, 18:17

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I'd definately want the soundcard+daughterboard and the 386 motherboard! I'm located in The Netherlands so shipping shouldn't be an issue for me 😉

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