Re: Debugging a Micronics W6-LI POST failure

Posted on 2024-04-14, 18:40

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well,i run my w6-li to 233mhz with win2k.For some reason the ide cdrom does not work and does not autoboot win2k ,win98 works okey ,so i had to install an adaptec scsi controller and boot from scsi cdrom and install to a scsi hd and now it works like a dream.I have this machine since 2001 when i was …

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Re: Pentium Pro multiplier options

Posted on 2024-04-13, 05:42

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well ,i run my ppros at 233 stable all day on my micronics w6-li mobo.I have 2 sa1 cpus and one sb1 .I managed to run these on my s1668 tyan mobo but i sold the board back in the days in favor for the micronics which has edo dimm ram sockets.

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Weird Brand new in BOX NVIDIA 7950 AGP.

Posted on 2024-03-28, 20:48

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello there ,i bought a brand new in box nvidia 7950 agp back in 2006 and today i wanted to install in an iwill zmaxdp dual opteron nforce3 pro motherbard.The vga fan is spinning but i get no picture.Once i removed the vga heatsink to have a closer look i noticed that almost all aluminium capacitors …

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-03-28, 20:27

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Time for ati x850 xt.

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-03-28, 20:23

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Amd radeon 3850 agp

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-03-28, 20:22

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I guess i have a very descent 2002 pc built here , a good example of the ram bus technology. Nvidia 6800 ulta

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Re: Outrigger: an ongoing adventure with the OR840

Posted on 2024-03-19, 05:38

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by amijim

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Well ,i sold both of my Fujitsu FSC D1181 ,OEMs OR840 motherboard to help both my nerves and peace of mind.One board went in AUstralia and one in Switzerland.Both buyers are here.They were brand new and i was testing them with both p3 600 , p3 450 , p3 1000 original slot1 cpus and various tualatins …

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Update firmware on IBM OC35l036UWD210 help

Posted on 2024-02-25, 10:16

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello Vogoners,i have just installed a pair of Xeon MPs Gallatins 4mb l3 cache on a Compaq w6000 agp dual rambus mobo along with a radeon 3850 and i really enjoy it .I am having some problems though with a scsi hd model IC35L036UWD210 from the 73LZX family .My drive has the initial S5BS microcode on …

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-02-13, 22:22

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well,we made it.Now it is about time to find 2gb rdimms .

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-02-12, 16:42

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well,i have two sp700 upgraded to 900mhz 2mb cache xeon mp slot 2,since 2002?As you can imagine i was a true lover of 2cpu.com .

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-02-12, 10:20

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Winxp or win7?

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-02-12, 10:17

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Gallatins

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-02-12, 10:15

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well ,hello and hello again!!!! Actually my beloved compaq ml350g1 servicing me since my college years back in the 2000era had failed around 4 years ago and i had replaced it with a tyan s2885 dual ,dualcore opterons which i had since ....2006? Well ,my back up has always been there adding ide …

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-02-11, 18:22

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

it seems the above bios i mentioned is for an nvidia vga card while the last w6000 is indeed the 1.29 version.Tomorrow i shall try to find a working floppy disk and update the bios.I cant wait to get my children to school tomorrow and pley with the compaq.Also does anyone know where i can find 4 x …

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Re: Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-02-11, 16:58

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello there,thank you for your reply.I will install the gallatins mp tomorrow and report back.I also found another type of BIOS ver 4.17.0.50 .does anyone know what it is all about? https://drivers.eu/PC/Compaq/Evo%20w6000/BIOS

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Compaq w6000 dual xeon rambus saga

Posted on 2024-02-11, 11:39

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Back in 2004? I bought a w6000 mobo for the dual xeon experience,the agp ,the rambus and along with that i bought a wtx power supply from a fujitsu celsius server yet i cound not power it on .I had found varius details on the psu part but i didnt ever manage to power it on.Some days ago i found …

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Mx28f2000tpc

Posted on 2023-04-16, 19:53

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello vogoners. I have just received a mx28f2000 bios eeprom as a gift from a friend yet I cannot program it by hot flashing it even though I used a 12v on vpp and uniflash awdflash and flash rom all complaints about the chip being 64kb and I would like to ask you if you can identify it as a legit …

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Re: Microsoft mouse help

Posted on 2023-03-25, 20:00

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello Vogoners , i have just fixed my ms mouse bought back in 1998 and i would like to ask you if you still need the schematics from the adaptor.I can do you a mapping if you nedd it ,take a look at the mouse to find out if it is the version you also have.thank you . https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic …

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Re: Microsoft intelimouse serial ps2 saga.

Posted on 2023-03-23, 17:26

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yew of course I will replace the bridge to a diode. At this age we forget easily and I will use it again on my micronics w6li again in serial mode. Thank you.

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Re: Microsoft intelimouse serial ps2 saga.

Posted on 2023-03-23, 17:15

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by amijim

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The saga reaches an end successfully. I made a simple bridge and the mouse works first time after 25 years in ps2 mode. The vdd is not 5,0v on the ic. Now I would like to ask what have happened and the diode deteriorated. Is it because of hot plugging a ps2 maybe?

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