Re: HELP! - Dead Intel VS440FX motherboard with BIOS EEPROM overheating

Posted on 2019-08-08, 10:51

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by feipoa

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I extracted the contents of BIOS.EXE for the v18 BIOS for the Intel VS440FX motherboard. Screenshot attached. Which file is the BIOS to be programmed into the EEPROM? Is it, 1018CS1_.BIO 1018CS1_.BI1 1018CS1_.BI2 or BIOSCS1.REC Each of them are 65K. 1018CS1_.BI3 is 41K, so I assume this is not it. …

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Re: Batman's Revenge socket 4 motherboard - need manual

Posted on 2019-08-07, 23:01

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by feipoa

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Interesting how they didn't pick G for Gateway, P for Packard Bell, etc... They wanted to be cryptic.

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Re: BIOS needed for Acer V12P socket 4 motherboard

Posted on 2019-08-07, 22:59

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by feipoa

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I sent Donutking a PM. That's some really nice digging. I'd love to get my hands on either of those BIOSes. The only one with a file name association is the second one, and its v12p16s1.bin , but turns up nothing. Any simple means to automatically search all country prefixes for acer ftp's without …

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Re: BIOS needed for Acer V12P socket 4 motherboard

Posted on 2019-08-07, 22:46

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by feipoa

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I did send Donutking a PM. That's some really nice digging. I'd love to get my hands on either of those BIOSes. The only one with a file name association is the second one, and its v12p16s1.bin , but turns up nothing.

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Re: BIOS needed for Acer V12P socket 4 motherboard

Posted on 2019-08-07, 10:36

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by feipoa

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The system is currently having this weird issue whereby right-clicking the Desktop to show the Display Properties is rebooting the system. The screen goes black, then flickers like it is changing the resolution or refresh rate, then reboots. I can't setup the display adapter beyond Standard PCI VGA …

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Re: BIOS needed for Acer V12P socket 4 motherboard

Posted on 2019-08-07, 08:36

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by feipoa

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Can't seem to find it in there. Base on information sourced form the internet, the V12P socket 4 motherboard was in an Acer system called "Power 560"

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Re: Batman's Revenge socket 4 motherboard - need manual

Posted on 2019-08-07, 08:02

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by feipoa

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Oh, thank you! The BIOS on my board is 1.00.10.AF2T. Not sure what the T is for. It seems to be missing in the part number you provided. I did notice that some of these boards on eBay were missing the PCI chipset, but not sure if this is related to T or no T. I'll be sure to backup the existing BIOS …

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Re: BIOS needed for Acer V12P socket 4 motherboard

Posted on 2019-08-07, 04:16

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by feipoa

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Would be nice to have an actual photo with the V12P sticker over the Compudyne logo though. I'm tempted to modify my Intel Batman's Revenge board for a normal AT keyboard and plug it into this Acer case, but another part of me wants to keep it all Acer.

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Re: BIOS needed for Acer V12P socket 4 motherboard

Posted on 2019-08-06, 20:33

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by feipoa

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No love for Acer systems 'eh? Seems like other proprietary manufacturers like Dell, Gateway, Compaq, Packard Bell, and IBM get more attention 'round these parts. Acer is still producing systems though, which is quite shocking. How was the Acer brand back in the 90's compared to the others? Mid-range …

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BIOS needed for Acer V12P socket 4 motherboard

Posted on 2019-08-06, 11:02

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by feipoa

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I'm looking for a BIOS update for a socket 4 motherboard I intend to install into a case. The motherboard is an Acer V12P socket 4 motherboard. The existing BIOS is v1.2R1.6 and I was hoping that someone had an update. The board is particularly fussy with PCI IDE bus mastering cards and graphic …

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Re: Batman's Revenge socket 4 motherboard - need manual

Posted on 2019-08-06, 10:19

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by feipoa

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Anyone have the BIOS for this board? I want to try it on my Acer V12P, which has a similar layout.

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Re: Gateway 2000 P5-90 Restoration

Posted on 2019-08-05, 20:12

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by feipoa

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Photo of the case? Is that an intel-branded motherboard? I think that's what Gateway used, wasn't it?

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Re: Another PS/2 Mouse ISA (ISA8) card

Posted on 2019-08-04, 10:43

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by feipoa

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I don't really mind about not being able to use COM 3/4. Is the benefit of using COM 3 or 4 such that you don't need to disable COM 1 or COM 2 ports in the BIOS? So if I set the emulator to use COM 1, I must disable COM 1 in the BIOS? But if I set the emulator card to use COM 3, then I can leave …

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Re: Gateway 2000 P5-90 Restoration

Posted on 2019-08-04, 06:56

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by feipoa

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Perhaps there is something amiss with my connection because I'm unable to see a photo of the system. All I see is a wall of text. Maybe you forgot to attach it? New threads with photos are more likely to be viewed and read.

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Re: Another PS/2 Mouse ISA (ISA8) card

Posted on 2019-08-03, 23:05

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by feipoa

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I don't really mind about not being able to use COM 3/4. Is the benefit of using COM 3 or 4 such that you don't need to disable COM 1 or COM 2 ports in the BIOS? So if I set the emulator to use COM 1, I must disable COM 1 in the BIOS? But if I set the emulator card to use COM 3, then I can leave COM …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86 Register Enhancements Revealed

Posted on 2019-08-03, 11:22

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by feipoa

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Wow, rather offensive to see the AMD logo listed on a Cyrix processor's datasheet. The AMD Geode GX1 databook is probably the same as National's. I've attached it. Only a few pages difference.

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Re: Cyrix 5x86 Register Enhancements Revealed

Posted on 2019-08-03, 10:50

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by feipoa

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I forgot about the utility you enclosed and forgot to test it! Hopefully I'll remember now. According to which document? When I do a search for RSTK in the PDF databooks I have, nothing turns up. BTB required? Which document? Is BTB enabled by default on your GX1 chip? Btw, I'm now using a GX1-300 …

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Re: Acer V20 486 PCI/VLB motherboard

Posted on 2019-08-03, 10:09

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by feipoa

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Brief update to this thread, and for anyone who considers buying one of these Acer V20 motherboards, the memory timings are slow, to say the least. A quick cachechk comparison with an Am486DX4-100 and another VIP board, the M919, reveals, Acer V20 L1 = 100 MB/s L2 = 39.8 MB/s RAM = 22.8 MB/s M919 L1 …

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Re: Another PS/2 Mouse ISA (ISA8) card

Posted on 2019-08-02, 23:21

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by feipoa

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I recall with your keyboard controller PS/2 TSR that I was unable to use the Logitech mouse driver in Win 3.11 and DOS. OK. I will test scroll wheel as well in Windows 95. Is that the same driver as for the Microsoft serial mouse with scroll wheel? I have one of those Microsoft mice that can do …

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Re: Another PS/2 Mouse ISA (ISA8) card

Posted on 2019-08-02, 19:29

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by feipoa

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Rio444, do you know which mouse drivers will and will not work with the emulator card? Does middle button work? What about scroll wheel? Yes, KVM testing is my priority!

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