Re: Asus P3B-F voltage problem

Posted on 2018-04-15, 11:24

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When you have set the JEN jumper to MANUAL and the fsb dip switches to the setting for fsb 100 you should theoretically be able to change the voltage in the BIOS to see if at least that part works ok. These ASUS BIOS updates, for as far as I know, do not change options for voltage regulation but …

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Re: Asus P3B-F voltage problem

Posted on 2018-04-15, 08:47

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When the JEN is set to jumperfree the board will automatically set fsb and voltage according to the cpu that is installed. If you want to experiment you -have- to use the 'MANUAL' mode, thus you then have to set the fsb via the blue dipswitch (switches 7-10) on the board and then you should be able …

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Re: Asus P3B-F voltage problem

Posted on 2018-04-15, 08:15

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The voltage should not allow being changed via the BIOS when the 'JEN' jumper is set to Jumperfree. See page 20 of the manual. Maybe you should check out if the board + slotket behave correctly by running <1.8volt Coppermine cpu on that slotket before you install a Tualatin.

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Re: Advice for affordable socket 7 build - first retro PC

Posted on 2018-04-10, 10:57

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fitzpatr wrote: I'll address some of your points. 8>

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-03, 14:15

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An Aztech PCI168 with AZFIN3328 onboard which, according to Amoretro.de , has integrated true OPL3 and works flawlessly in Windows 98 as an SB Pro on even later soundcards without a true PCI bridge let alone DDMA/PCPCI.. https://s5.postimg.org/qw62q547n/Aztech_PCI168_AZF3328.jpg I can't find the …

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Re: Help how to connect pwr LED and hdd LED + turbo LED config

Posted on 2018-03-30, 14:01

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Cadderlik wrote: I have double (red and black cable) power led plug from my case panel - should I put in pin 1 and 3. For what is spare pin 2? It is not uncommon that the middle pin of a 3-point power led jumper is not connected, the corresponding [edit] Dupont plug could then look like this: …

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Re: Equivalent of a GeForce2 GTS?

Posted on 2018-03-22, 12:40

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And there are different 440's out there, I wonder how this one would score: Prolink PixelView GeForce4 MX440-8X Videocard Review http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1241 [quote] Prolink is targeting the gamer on a budget with the PixelView GeForce4 MX440-8X because the card is probably …

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Re: DVD Drive Not Working In Dos After Partitioning HDD

Posted on 2018-03-10, 12:15

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DOS allocates a data structure of appr. 100 bytes per letter in memory. If you are short on memory you should not use more letters than necessary - so for example lastdrive=F saves 2K.

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Re: Serial to PS/2 - Experiences with mouse?

Posted on 2018-03-06, 17:20

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In the early 90's there was often an indication on the sticker at the bottom of the mouse, like this (these work with the simple adapter plug): Filename mouse2.jpg File size 119.74 KiB Views 713 views

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Re: Best Pentium III for this Epox EP-6VBA (and other upgrades)

Posted on 2018-02-21, 10:49

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Nice ! Only things missing = 4x 1Gb sticks 😉

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Re: Best Pentium III for this Epox EP-6VBA (and other upgrades)

Posted on 2018-02-18, 10:26

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On page 2.1 in the manual attached to your first post it reads 'supports up to 768MB of DRAM. Even if some manuals of certain VIA Apollo boards claim support for larger amounts of DRAM than 1GB you cannot trust that all 512MB sticks are recognized. I have an Aopen that does not recognize mine, but …

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Re: Best Pentium III for this Epox EP-6VBA (and other upgrades)

Posted on 2018-02-17, 21:21

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The purpose is to make this the best ~2000 machine I can, for fun. And play around with things such as seeing what the most up to date OS I can run is, and benchmarking. It's a fun learning experience in computer history and electronics. >> >> As far as I can see the board that you have there is an …

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Re: Tualatin Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-17, 19:10

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My guess is that the best way to go forward is to select a few choices that fit the needs best and take the time to find one of them. After all these years we cannot expect that boards like this that fit all our needs are on offer in abundance on a daily basis. And, the hunt is part of the fun imo. …

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Re: Tualatin Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-17, 13:31

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All the necessary research was already done for us long ago 😉 http://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_S … 70_motherboards

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Re: Best standard PCI video card of XP era?

Posted on 2018-02-05, 03:19

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That Gt 710 is just 16 cm long, see: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1GB-HP-Compaq-dc5100 … d-/172242873741 But uhh.... for that kind of money you can get entire P4 systems that run circles around our 'poor office HP's 😉

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Re: Best standard PCI video card of XP era?

Posted on 2018-02-05, 02:05

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Looking at the photo of the SFF interior earlier in the thread it seems that there is limited space for a videocard on the PCIe slot because of the position of the cpu cooling system ?

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Re: Best standard PCI video card of XP era?

Posted on 2018-02-03, 22:32

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Yep, same chipset, though mine is a 3.0Ghz P4 with 1GB RAM. There was a third stick of 256mb that appeared to be original to the computer, as it was branded HP, but I took that out in order to have two evenly-matched 512mb. It's been forever since I messed with / looked up anything to do with hyper- …

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Re: Best standard PCI video card of XP era?

Posted on 2018-02-03, 18:27

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Interesting aspect is that the boards seem to be 'mirrored'. Assuming that the rest of the design is similar we should be able to compare notes. The motherboard is a HP Red-Truck PCB rev 0A - Intel 915GV Express chipset. My setup here runs on a 3.2 Ghz cpu with 2GB RAM. 3DMark1.JPG [edit] Oh, forgot …

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Re: Best standard PCI video card of XP era?

Posted on 2018-02-03, 16:12

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Looks like this system has a PCIe x1 slot after all. Don't have the time to look in it right now, but according to specs and the one video of this model I found on YT, looks like it has one -- which makes a lot of this null and void in terms of a solution for peak performance. But I'll tackle that …

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Re: ASUS P2B-VE BIOS

Posted on 2018-01-17, 17:42

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Ok, I understand that sentiment but I have never used their 'installer' etc. stuff and systematically avoided all the 'inviting' buttons - I just used the site as a source for hard to get software. So, maybe a disclaimer of sorts is necessary for people who try to find obsolete software there today …

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