Worked a little on my custom XT clone. It is based on a "X'Golden board" https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107843342/xt/IMG_0037.jpg (warning, 20Mpixel photo); originally came with a CGA card which I had hooked via composite video to a modern LCD TV since I don't have a CGA-capable monitor. Today …

Ah the old live-to-live5.1 hardware mod article. I actually modded a few live cards back in the day. Thanks for posting the link, I had lost it. I did back in the day a similar mod for various models of x-fi cards, see http://www.hardwareheaven.com/community/threads/preparing-hardware-mod-of-x-fi- …

Thanks, that's very helpful. JP3 which isn't documented anywhere is shown in that picture in the 1-2 position; I placed it there and got video output. 😀 Now, to find a combination that will allow me to boot all the way (it currently gets stuck during POST).

I have a FIC 486-GVT-2 motherboard that I have purchased on another forum. I know the seller and he's reliable, I have purchased other items from him and had no problem. Here's the issue. The motherboard was sold as-is, because it came without jumpers. Supposedly the motherboard was in working …