Re: Aztech cards
Posted on 2015-11-28, 20:05
Now I am curious.... I have an Aztech card much like this one: http://svga.ks8.ru/Cards/Sound/Aztech%20AZT23 … 0%20ISA%20A.jpg Can any of you give some background information on it ? Thanks.
Re: Dfi K6BV3+ /66 bios problem.
Posted on 2015-11-16, 17:51
Not an owner of a DFI board, but are you sure you have the right BIOS ? Maybe you could take your question to: https://www.wimsbios.com/forum/other-bios-update-issues-f29/ Responses can take a couple of days.
Re: Asus SP97-XV mysterious connector
Posted on 2015-10-26, 20:07
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/440510/Asus- … ?page=30#manual Page 30 says that konc is spot on
Re: Determining I/O ports, IRQ, addresses, etc in DOS
Posted on 2015-10-20, 13:36
For what it is worth.... Touchstone's Check'it Pro suite. This download is the 1993 release 1.11: Check'it Pro at WinWorldPC The 7z package contains two diskette images that you can install to harddisk using registration key [AS-171677] As far as I know the 1.xx release versions are picky about the …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-10-17, 03:20
Ahh..sorry - I did not realize that these old versions are still shareware.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-10-17, 02:02
Today I spent a good chunk of my morning messing around with my XT clone =) I'm trying to keep it somewhat period correct software-wise. It is a late 10MHz 8088 motherboard (1989 copyright) + CGA clone from eastern Europe. 8>
Re: packard bell board won't post
Posted on 2015-09-27, 01:54
I had a similar experience with a Packard Bell (2005) iMedia 2970 some time ago. The power supply had died from one moment to the next.
Re: The World's Fastest 486
Posted on 2015-09-24, 15:00
In reality, and for the really determined individual, you can probably OC a Cyrix 5x86 to 150 MHz, but you'd need to put in place a variable resistor on your motherboard's voltage regulation circuit to find the optimum voltage for which the CPU didn't overheat/crash. I'd buy the most expensive …
Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A
Posted on 2015-09-20, 11:40
Thank you (again) for your considerations and suggestions. I will certainly save this post and start looking for an FPM stick. Alas, I cannot use your BIOS hack (which I already downloaded some time ago) because the EPROM on my board is not flashable and replacing it is beyond my ability.
Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A
Posted on 2015-09-19, 12:23
Looks like your turbo is functioning as it should. If you plan on maxing out your RAM or using FSB's above 33 MHz, you should use FPM RAM. Yes, thank you very much for your help. It seems that all the software problems that I had are gone. Further tuning is certainly an interesting road to explore …
Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A
Posted on 2015-09-19, 02:46
If L2 is at 7 MB/s, it sounds to me as if your turbo jumper is set incorrectly. Please check the speedsys L2 speed in turbo and non-turbo mode and report back. This is what Speedsys now reports in non-turbo mode: ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo System Speed Test Ver 4. …
Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A
Posted on 2015-09-18, 14:42
What type of memory are you using? EDO or FPM? I suggest you start with using MemTest 86+ version 4.00 to determine if your system is incompatible with your memory sticks. Wow! You hit the nail on the head with that first question... Although it was mentioned just 2 weeks ago in this very same …
Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A
Posted on 2015-09-18, 04:06
I just tried but I cannot get past 'hd fail (80)' when I define the harddisk [LBA mode 4] via the USER option - it only offers NORMAL and AUTO mode for user settings.
Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A
Posted on 2015-09-17, 21:12
This thread was started in 2013 with the following remark The reason for this thread is to compile all the interesting aspects of this board in a single place! Because I have this motherboard and have some problems with it I hope that it is ok to discuss them here. The board: …
Re: Usual RAM sizes back in the 386/486/Pentium years
Posted on 2015-09-10, 01:39
For what it is worth... http://www.jcmit.com/memoryprice.htm
Re: Usual RAM sizes back in the 386/486/Pentium years
Posted on 2015-09-10, 01:07
So in retrospect I'm not sure if the memory upgrade did much for that computer. I think Windows 3.0/1 did run better, but I'm not sure it mattered. I can't remember Windows being used for anything except a word processor or playing with Paint in 16 colors. Maybe I'm forgetting something. I know the …
Re: Usual RAM sizes back in the 386/486/Pentium years
Posted on 2015-09-09, 15:03
In september 1993 I bought a Diamond VLB board that supported from 4 to 32 MB 72 pin SIMM in each of the four sockets - total thus 128 MB. https://th99.bl4ckb0x.de/m/C-D/31591.htm When I bought it it was offered with 4 MB which was probably enough for all 'normal' use :-). The going price for system …
Re: What modern hardware will be collectible in the future?
Posted on 2015-09-01, 15:07
I mentioned late WinXP era graphics cards, but I'll add a couple more things: Hard drives that support a logical block size of 512 bytes. Eventually this will fade away and the drives will only report and support a 4KB block size (other transitions may happen later). Lack of 512 byte logical …
Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD drivers and installation utility
Posted on 2015-08-05, 13:10
I guess you are right, but because I am unable to make the board work properly I thought to try follow up on this option - if only to rule it out as cause.
Biostar MB-8433UUD drivers and installation utility
Posted on 2015-08-05, 11:05
Hi All, In the manual of the Biostar MB-8433UUD it is mentioned that there exists a "drivers and installation utility" disk. Is that software package available somewhere on-line ?
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