Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-10-23, 05:18
This socket 7 board is made by PCChips. It must be one of their later models.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-10-21, 05:53
You might need to connect the sb_link to your motherboard in order to get it working in dos
Re: CT2230 "French Version"?
Posted on 2020-10-20, 21:35
It's a "adsp" iirc. It's almost never used by anything. Both cards should be identical despite one having a "french" chip
Re: 386 with VLB, suggestions?
Posted on 2020-10-20, 19:35
@quicknick Sure ! Thanks for the info, I'll add it to the page
Re: 386 with VLB, suggestions?
Posted on 2020-10-20, 18:24
@Bancho @kixs I have added Bancho's photo to UH19 :http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/5531 Would you like to upload your bios (or at least a POST screen image), so I can identify the manufacturer (I suspect Dataexpert, but I need that for a confirmation) @quicknick I added your image to the …
Re: MB-4DUVC & PCI48AG-0 486 motherboards not posting
Posted on 2020-10-20, 18:02
I have checked the BIOS from the TMC. I couldn't get it to POST in my emulator, but many 486 BIOS don't POST in it ... However I could open it in modbin (a DOS tool to explore old Award BIOSes), so I think it's fine. I added it to the matching page in UH19 For your reset signal issue I can't really …
Re: Need info about 486 board [Octec EP40085R12 Rev. 1.2]
Posted on 2020-10-20, 06:55
From what I've been reading on vogons, nssi is bad at dumping bios. Can you try this too ? Filename GETROM.ZIP File size 25.69 KiB Downloads 39 downloads
Re: 386 with VLB, suggestions?
Posted on 2020-10-20, 06:51
Yeah it has a slot that's physically compatible, but the way they hide it or unpopulate it, the fact it's not described as vlb in the manual and things people have found point that it might not be that. Again maybe they're wrong, so yeah double checking is the best solution here ^^ I'd love to see …
Re: 386 with VLB, suggestions?
Posted on 2020-10-20, 05:51
Is it this board ? http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/2134 Because the unpopulated slot isn't a VLB slot from what I've been reading. Now maybe I'm wrong, but at least check that the voltages match a vlb slot ^^
Re: MB-4DUVC & PCI48AG-0 486 motherboards not posting
Posted on 2020-10-19, 10:44
I've had a motherboard with the reset signal stuck high. The issue was the 14mhz crystal missing. Maybe it's been removed on your board or it's bad ? Also would you like to help us improve our database by providing a photo of your motherboard ? http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/result/?name= …
Re: Upgrading an old Phoenix BIOS
Posted on 2020-10-18, 10:42
Oh no I sound like a prick >< I'm sorry, my choice of words isn't always the greatest, I still need to improve my English skills (and I rarely re-read myself, but now that you point this I notice it). Now it's true that I have set some criterias to have an acceptable image. The thing is, sometimes …
Re: Pentium 1 motherboard questions.
Posted on 2020-10-17, 19:06
Motherboard info and brand here http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/4968
Re: FIC PA-2010+ BIOS weirdness
Posted on 2020-10-16, 11:13
To my knowledge it's award specific ...
Re: 486 PSU questions
Posted on 2020-10-16, 11:11
Make sure to properly plug the at connector to the motherboard by the way, you can easily plug them in reverse and fry your board. When turning on the PSU, make sure that the cables that go to the button are properly insulated from you, because there is high voltage AC in here. Other than this, it …
Re: FIC PA-2010+ BIOS weirdness
Posted on 2020-10-15, 17:00
Well it seems that your BIOS doesn't have the information I was looking for so I can't really say if my assumption was correct or not 🙁 Meanwhile, you can attempt to patch your bios using this tool for MS-DOS to improve HDD support ^^ http://www.win3x.org/win3board/viewtopic.php? … =188943#p188943
Re: FIC PA-2010+ BIOS weirdness
Posted on 2020-10-15, 11:16
It's not the south bridge, it's the I/O chip. Now I'll have a look at the BIOS on fic's FTP (could you please upload your bios here too) to check what they're made for so I can confirm or infirm my theory. Sometimes even board manufacturers make mistakes, this could be one of them ^^
Re: FIC PA-2010+ BIOS weirdness
Posted on 2020-10-15, 09:43
Well the bios must be hanging because award bioses had a bug making them crash if the installed hdd was over 32GB. So now you don't have a 8GB limit but a 32GB limit. And also PCs made before 2003 can't work with HDDs larger than 128GB (and this is a hardware limit). You may be capable of patching …
Re: FIC PA-2010+ BIOS weirdness
Posted on 2020-10-15, 08:14
How large is really your current hdd ?
Re: Upgrading an old Phoenix BIOS
Posted on 2020-10-14, 20:17
Oh uh this image is useless for me, I need a image of the whole board without anything coming over it (cards, cable, disk bay ...)
Re: Upgrading an old Phoenix BIOS
Posted on 2020-10-14, 18:52
Upload it here, it'll be ok for me.
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