Re: Let's restore my 486 motherboard - AOpen Vi11

Posted on 2017-03-26, 05:21

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by TheMobRules

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Apparently, you are supposed to "neutralise" the battery acid with vinegar. If you just use Isopropyl, apparently the blue corrosion comes back. My experience has led me to believe that the vinegar trick (acetic acid) is mostly true. That is correct, because those barrels use an alkaline …

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Re: Let's restore my 486 motherboard - AOpen Vi11

Posted on 2017-03-26, 05:00

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by TheMobRules

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Wow, that barrel battery was completely lethal! Looks like you're going to need a few spare wires there, but if the corrosion didn't go too deep you may be able to save the patient... Good luck with the restoration!

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Re: OG Baldur's Gate is considered "hardcore" now

Posted on 2017-03-23, 19:08

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I haven't played the original version since the early 00's, but when I tried the Enhanced Edition the "high resolution" made my eyes hurt, everything was so small compared to the original I couldn't play for more than 15 minutes. I know you can zoom in, but I noticed a significant loss of quality …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-22, 00:08

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by TheMobRules

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How is the FIC PT2000/2003 for a Socket 7 board? Bought it with a Pentium 133MHz I have a FIC PT-2003, it's a pretty good and fast 430FX board. The only problem I had with it is that I never managed to get Pipeline Burst cache modules to work with it, they are not even detected. Only the async …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-03-21, 21:13

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by TheMobRules

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Thanks. Good to know that stuff won't go defect/break when doing multi VLB-Cards and 40mhz. Does it help setting waitstates on the VL-Bus, if some instabillity show up? Adding wait states may help when trying to run more than one VLB card at bus speed > 33MHz, though it's no guarantee it will work. …

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Re: 1998 Dream PC / Time Machine with P II 450, Voodoo 2 SLI, 120 GB SSD, BitFenix Aurora, RGB lighting

Posted on 2017-03-21, 20:59

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by TheMobRules

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Very interesting... I have a very similar machine, but with a G400 instead of G200. The P2-450 + V2SLI combo was my dream PC since I saw a review of the Alienware Area51 in a PCGamer issue from 1998. What amazed me is just how much faster this machine is compared to the 1997 time machine that I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-19, 17:23

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by TheMobRules

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Another week, another visit to the car boot sale :happy: Got a big box full of various stuff for 5 Euros from one guy. Most of the stuff was junk or not working, however it did contain some worthwhile goodies: S370 board, i815 chipset. Can't find anything that would ID the manufacturer. 4 total …

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Re: ASUS VL/I-486SV2G BIOS update

Posted on 2017-03-18, 23:57

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by TheMobRules

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Thanks, I will give that BIOS a try then!

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ASUS VL/I-486SV2G BIOS update

Posted on 2017-03-18, 05:14

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by TheMobRules

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A while ago I acquired an ASUS VL/I-486SV2G motherboard. I've seen a few threads here and judging by the comments it's a solid VLB board, in particular the VL/I-486SV2GX4 version which also supports lower voltage processors, with the possibility of "transforming" the SV2G into an SV2GX4 by adding a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-16, 20:16

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by TheMobRules

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Yeah, try getting your hands on an AT backplate for an ATX case and tell me about it :lol: Actually I have about three of those :-D This one I got with a FIC PT-2003 motherboard, although I don't think it came originally with that board. It's the most "standard" of all three, just like any modern …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-16, 15:07

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by TheMobRules

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appiah4 wrote: Never would I have thought the hardest part of collecting a retro AT PC would be finding these: Ahhh yes... finding one that matches your case and doesn't look completely out of place is no trivial task.

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Re: Troble running retro PC with modern PSU (was "getting -5v on modern PSU")

Posted on 2017-03-14, 14:34

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by TheMobRules

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Yee, however we need dat shiz on the 5v and 3.3v rails not the 12v For a Pentium 600 with V2SLI you really don't need that much power... I seem to remember someone here testing the power consumption of a P3 with a much more power hungry VGA and it used less than 90W from the wall while loaded (and …

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Re: Pentium 166 build

Posted on 2017-03-12, 23:22

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by TheMobRules

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Very nice! I really like that case. I used cheap spray. The gray frame turned out really really great, but the white one for the case, not so good. Although is already dry, I will keep it in the garage for a couple more days because the spray smell is really nasty. Will take a picture soon. Overall, …

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Re: A Tale of Two 486 Motherboards (ALi vs SIS)

Posted on 2017-03-09, 17:05

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by TheMobRules

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Do you know if the SIS 496/497 chipset will automatically use the parity bits when available, or does it ignore them? I'd like to be sure it's an even comparison... I've taken a look at the SiS496/497 datasheet posted by NJRoadfan here: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36024 It looks as if the …

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Re: A Tale of Two 486 Motherboards (ALi vs SIS)

Posted on 2017-03-09, 16:05

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by TheMobRules

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Interesting results. It kind of surprised me, since the SiS496/497 is considered one of the fastest 486 PCI chipsets. I suspect the memory performance differences may be related to the fact that you are using EDO memory, which not always means better performance in 486. Can you try the same tests …

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Re: DFI CS62-TC

Posted on 2017-02-17, 20:23

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by TheMobRules

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Actually this board never got any heat outside of the factory since the box was still sealed when I got it, as I mentioned it's new old stock. So, the capacitors failed while the board was still in storage (which is not surprising, I've seen the same thing happening with power supplies from that era …

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DFI CS62-TC

Posted on 2017-02-17, 19:38

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by TheMobRules

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Greetings! Recently I got a new-in-box socket 370 board from a computer store that was clearing out old stock. It's a DFI CS62-TC, Intel 815EP B-step chipset, P3 support up to 1.26GHz. I happen to have a P3-S 1.26GHz and a GeForce 3 graphics card that would be a good fit for this board, so I thought …

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Re: Any Super Socket 7 motherboards with AMI winbios?

Posted on 2017-02-17, 17:52

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by TheMobRules

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yeah, supermicro seemed to like it (using it on the slot1 board) but otherwise it was getting a bit old and the award became more popular. It was mostly seen on Sis based boards anyway it seems as that is all i can find and my 486 also has a sis chipset. I also have the AMI WinBIOS in a couple of …

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Re: P-4 laptop what can be used for ?

Posted on 2017-02-06, 15:37

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by TheMobRules

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I've got an actual P4 laptop--a Toshiba with a 3.06GHz Prescott w/ HT. Mint condition, not a speck of dust in the heatsinks. And yet, it still throttles to around 1.86GHz after more than 6 minutes of CPU benchmarking, which makes it near impossible to obtain accurate results. There's a reason why …

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Re: Intel DX4-100, Asus PVI-486SP3 desktop system

Posted on 2017-02-05, 23:24

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It seems flash storage devices works fine in Windows 95 OSR 2 even if you only get USB 1.1. I used the XUSBSUPP.ZIP driver pack which installed without hassle. Just curious, what kind of USB flash devices are you using? I just cannot get mass storage working on my Kingston DataTraveler USB flash …

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