Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories
Posted on 2015-05-07, 10:35
Try running MemTest86+ v4.20 for 48 hours. With my P3TDDE, I discovered errors in the 20-48 hour range, especially with 4 GB. Maybe it is just my board, or maybe not?
Matrox Parhelia 256 PCI-X Performance
Posted on 2015-05-07, 01:10
I was able to run 3DMark2001SE on a Matrox Parhelia 256 PCI-X card in, both, a conventional 33 MHz - 32-bit PCI slot and a PCI-X, 64-bit - 66 MHz slot on the same computer. The test computer was a Dell PowerEdge 750 with Pentium 4 HT 2.8 GHz and 4 GB of dual channel DDR400 memory. The chipset on …
Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-06, 11:05
Telling feipoa that a Core 2 Duo or Pentium D is to slow to use as main computer is like telling your grandfather his old car isnt good enough because of the noise inside when running on the highway :P My 1979 Mercedes-Benz still gets me where I want to go, just as my dual Tualatin still renders …
Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-06, 07:48
There are 46 boards in total. I will likely recycle these: 6x S845WD1-E 6x D845GEBV2 3x MX46-800N 1x 8S661FXMTIU 1x GA-7VKMP 4x IBM eServer330 OK, 21 boards. While I had high hopes for the IBM dual PIII-Tualatin, my research indicates it to be the ServerWorks III LE chipset, which does not support …
Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-06, 06:08
Don't i915 boards support some socket 775 core 2 duo chips? In that sense, wouldn't the i915 boards be better in terms of speed compared to the i865/i875 boards? If so, and if I had to select the two best motherboards from the list for everyday web browsing and other day-to-day usage, wouldn't the …
Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-05, 21:53
Aside from your comment that the boards do not overclock well, what was crummy about i915 boards compared to i865 and i875? All the i915/i875/i865 boards on my list use DDR1.
Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-05, 10:06
I have attached a specification list of the P4 motherboards collected from the company lot. Unfortunately, the socket 939 is without a CPU. Everything else has a CPU. Aside from the rack mount systems, it sounds like the dual channel DDR400 boards are the best to form a web browser box out of. These …
Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-04, 09:10
A local web-based company in town was getting rid of some old computer hardware and I ended up taking the whole lot of computers, servers, hubs/switches, etc. I kept all the motherboards, CD-ROMs, PSUs, RAM, LAN cards, CPUs, HDDs, etc. I now have about 4 dozen motherboards. The only item I am really …
Re: GPU that makes sense paired with a late 6x86
Posted on 2015-05-04, 08:47
I ended up putting a Voodoo3 3000 in my Cyrix 6x86 - 300 MHz build.
Re: insane price for 486 mobo on ebay
Posted on 2015-05-04, 08:45
It is a late revision of the board, comes with the VRM, has double-banked 32-pin cache, and another user reported that soldering on the PS/2 mouse header resulted in a working PS/2 mouse. Although the price is still quite high. This sale serves as evidence that prices continue to rise.
Re: SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable
Posted on 2015-04-27, 17:56
Evert wrote: So, feipoa, have you made any progress? I did not experiment further with this.
Re: Which Socket 3 CPUs can you downclock using 1x multiplier?
Posted on 2015-04-25, 11:23
Read these: http://datasheets.chipdb.org/Cyrix/5x86/5X-ABDB.PDF and http://datasheets.chipdb.org/Cyrix/5x86/5XBIOSGD.PDF The multiplier alteration register is well documented.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-04-25, 10:28
Beautiful Tyan Sockel 7 Mainboard and the third CT6670 Voodoo 2 in my collection, finally I have two cards with 12MB memory, now I'll only have to get an SLI cable somewhere... IMG_0540.JPG Is that the Tyan Tyan S1598C2? Is yours the 1 MB or 2 MB version? I have the 2 MB cache version of this board …
Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison
Posted on 2015-04-23, 11:27
I have yet to test my UMC CPU. My next course of action is to fully test all my 386 motherboards and CPU combinations for the fastest possible 386 motherboard with a Ti486SXL CPU. I am about 10% finished with that job. Following this course, I would likely begin the remake of the 486 benchmark …
Re: Vogons IRC?
Posted on 2015-04-12, 06:30
Is this a vote? If so, then I vote for Undernet. This way I don't need to have another server tab open.
Re: Vogons IRC?
Posted on 2015-04-11, 06:12
If there was an IRC vogons-sponsored chat room, I would probably idle in there like I do in other IRC chat rooms. If there was a conversation going and I was feeling bored, or couldn't get to sleep, I'd probably chip in. I started using IRC in 1995 and have been on there ever since. I have a goal to …
Re: Bought a 486 motherboard
Posted on 2015-04-10, 01:39
buyerninety, I will entertain these ideas whenever I work on this motherboard again (which may be never), however I do not have high hopes. Windows 2000 is not exactly a desirable operating system for the socket 3 platform.
Re: Bought a 486 motherboard
Posted on 2015-04-07, 03:57
buyerninety, I will use a scope to probe B13 when I am working on this motherboard again. Concerning the SCSI issue with W2K, the same problem occurs with the HOT-433 early rev (1-3) and late rev (4). I may remember incorrectly, but I beleive I tried the AWARD HOT-433 BIOS, which had the same …
Official motherboard manual for Biostar MB-1333C/1340C
Posted on 2015-04-03, 11:35
Does anyone have the offical Biostar MB-1333C/1340C motherboard manual they could share? I've tried for hours to get 256KB cache working on this board, but without success. I think the jumper settings found on the th99 site are incorrect for 256K. Jumpered in this manner doesn't even have voltage …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-04-03, 04:20
Where did you find ThermoMORPH for only $15?
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