Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-08, 10:59

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by feipoa

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Interesting. Were you able to quantify the performance benefit of PC133 vs. EDO DRAM on this board? On my Biostar board, if I wanted to max out the RAM, so 256 MB using SDRAM, I could only go up to 66 MHz FSB for the system to be fully stable (e.g. it wouldn't crash running XP updates for hours). At …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-08, 10:22

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by feipoa

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Oh nice indeed! Did you look for undocumented Vcore settings? My Biostar 430TX board had a lot of undocumented Vcore options, even as low as 2.1 V. 83 MHz works reliably on my board if I use 72-pin SIMMs. Did you try a single stick of FPM, say, only 32 MB?

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-07, 23:13

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by feipoa

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OK, so the options for the Opteron 185 are Win7 64-bit, Win7 32-bit, or Win10 32-bit? Or if using an AM2 upgrade card, Win10 64-bit?

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Retrobrite + grow light

Posted on 2018-09-07, 19:30

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by feipoa

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It is very unlikely that I will get to retrobriting my cases during the short summer months and will have to settle for winter. Has anyone had success using a grow light indoors with their cases? Which type of bulb would I need to get for this? How long did you need to illuminate the plastic?

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-07, 11:11

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by feipoa

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Do you know if you've installed .NET Framework 2.0 Service pack something... KB4344180? It is from August 2018.

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-07, 09:48

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by feipoa

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Just two updates so far then. I'll give 'em a go. (Edit: They worked on all my PIII's and Via C3 Nehemiah). My PIII's are going through mass updates now. It's the end of the line.

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-07, 07:44

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by feipoa

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Opteron 100 series and Athlon 64 x2 do not support 64-bit OSes? How does one determine this?

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-07, 00:14

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by feipoa

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Standard Def Steve, you mentioned that you are dual booting XP and Win7. Are you using a boot manager, or is the Win7 installation smart enough to use its own boot manager? I haven't played with Win7 much, so I'm a bit of a novice here. I might dual boot XP and Win10 to help ease out XP. I'd prefer …

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-06, 22:35

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by feipoa

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Yes, SSE1-only. Did you take note of which updates from August 2018 worked?

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-06, 09:51

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by feipoa

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Are you saying that some Windows Updates from August are fine? KB4344104 maybe? Any idea about Internet Explorer 8 Update KB4343205? How about Windows Media Player 11 updates? I don't think there are any from after 31 July 2018 though.

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-06, 04:38

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by feipoa

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Today's date is Sept 5, 2018. After installing all up until July 31, 2018, the following items are left listed in Automatic Updates with an August 2018 distribution date: .NET Framework 2.0 KB4344180 POS2009 Security Update KB4340937 POS2009 Security Update KB4343674 POS2009 Security Update …

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Re: Looking for 32Kx8 10ns 28-pin cache

Posted on 2018-09-05, 20:48

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by feipoa

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3.3 V is fine if you are using the PCB proposed. interrupt the 5 V pin with a VRM or 2 diodes in series.

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Re: Looking for 32Kx8 10ns 28-pin cache

Posted on 2018-09-05, 18:43

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by feipoa

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I would be happy to get 2-2-2-2. 3-1-1-1 would be amazing. Isn't there 8 ns SRAM we could use? Even authentic 10 ns DIP SRAM would be a good start.

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-05, 07:25

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by feipoa

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Yeah, no kidding. I remember a similar issue with XP not working properly on my K6-III system with updates. Perhaps related to updates requiring SSE. I'm beginning the process of determining which KB's will not work. Going to install everything (.NET, Security Updates, and Office) from July 2018 and …

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-05, 00:17

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by feipoa

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Would emulating SSE2 on a Tualatin be painfully slow? Is it anything like how a 386 CPU emulates an FPU? In all likelihood, I will probably locate the latest updates for SSE1 and quit involvement. August 2018 isn't all that far away from the April 2019 deadline for POS2009 updates. To avoid negative …

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-04, 17:22

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by feipoa

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Oh, nice find indeed. I guess you are referring to these two posts: DELL Latitude C400. Pentium III M 866. XP SP3 hack POSReady. Video Intel 830M. After installing KB4343674 several programs are blocked: Process Tamer, Auslogics Disk Defrag... KB4340937 also needs SSE2 and in PIII it produces errors …

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Re: Looking for 32Kx8 10ns 28-pin cache

Posted on 2018-09-04, 10:34

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by feipoa

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It would certainly be nice to have at least one set (10 pieces) of good 12 ns 32kx8 for reference.

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-04, 10:00

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by feipoa

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Gack. How does one virtualise SSE2? It is mentioned but not elaborated on in this KB article, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4088875/windows-7-update-kb4088875 I'm wondering if anything from February 16th and later requires SSE2. I think the date of no return is around there. But possibly …

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Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-04, 09:32

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by feipoa

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I pulled two of my PIII systems out of the closet recently. One system is a dual PIII-850 coppermine, the other is a dual PIII Tualatin 1.5 GHz. They run XP Pro SP3 with POS2009 updates.The last I updated was sometime in late 2016 on the Tualatin and early 2017 on the Coppermine. Since I had the …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-04, 05:43

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by feipoa

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sounds like I won't be upgrading the graphics card until I update the OS then. It would be nice if the firmware and/or drivers for the graphic cards could be adjusted to support new technologies, sort of like how a desktop CPU uses software mode to decode new video technologies. Whether that is …

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