Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-06-30, 16:50
Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-06-29, 23:38: Watching the demo of Kiloblaster in DosBox on my P200mmx linux box..😉 What distro of Linux is that?
Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?
Posted on 2021-06-30, 03:28
Id remove those pads on the cache chips. But it looks great! How hot do the cache chips get anyways? Regarding the bending of the CPU card, aren't you going to replace the plastic shell? I believe the four 'receptacles' for the outer metal rods are shaped in a way that pushes against the PCB, thus …
Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?
Posted on 2021-06-29, 11:24
i've kept thinking about it. E-clips, springs and washers. stack a fiber washer, metal washer, spring, washer e-clip and see if that works It has been a while. Mainly due to the fact that the first springs I ordered from China were no bueno, so I had to order more. Also, the push-nuts I bought …
Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware
Posted on 2021-05-17, 16:09
Thanks! Unfortunately those drivers used don't expose the actual clocks via registry and I'm not aware of any other method how this could be detected. I have studied available documents, but for some unknown reason the registers described don't behave as expected, so we need to rely on registry …
Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware
Posted on 2021-05-17, 08:57
Thanks for the feedback! Voodoo2 clocks should be shown, could you please post the content of Software\3Dfx Interactive\Voodoo2\D3D and Software\3Dfx Interactive\Voodoo2\Glide keys too? Here you go - contents of both registry folders and another HWINFO report + debug file in the attached zip file.
Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware
Posted on 2021-05-16, 12:06
Tested my Tyan 1672 PPro board under 98SE, and HWINFO kinda has the right idea. https://i.imgur.com/KmMUMHC.png Also, I've noticed this with my FIC PN-6210, but HWINFO has... trouble comprehending SIMMs from the looks of it. https://i.imgur.com/x9g2lmT.png In other news, tested the latest beta-build …
Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?
Posted on 2021-05-16, 06:31
i've kept thinking about it. E-clips, springs and washers. stack a fiber washer, metal washer, spring, washer e-clip and see if that works Yeah, e-clips seem basically the same as push nuts except with a cut-out on the side to make them easier to remove(?). As for metal/fiber washers, that's a good …
Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?
Posted on 2021-05-16, 06:09
I bet, you could ask someone with a 3d printer to make a U-shaped v-wedge to grab onto the studs. Another good idea. I've been doing a bit of googling and I think I've found a solution (springs + push nuts). However, testing it will take some time, as getting the springs from China will take some …
Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?
Posted on 2021-05-16, 05:39
it sounds like you've borked the original metal one. i think your options are rather limited. its either fix the original clips, or do something drastic. I mean, nothing too bad this time around. The clips on my Pentium 2s, though, uh, heh, they could be better off. something drastic, would be to …
Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?
Posted on 2021-05-16, 05:05
I just took apart a Slot A CPU to replace the TIM between the die/cache and the IHS, and I was wondering if there was perhaps a plastic clip or something I can buy and use in lieu of the original metal retention arms. Thanks!
Any CF Adapters/Cards That Support Multi-Sector Transfer without Issue?
Posted on 2021-05-11, 06:30
Over the past year or two, I've noticed that whenever I use my Startech 35BAYCF2IDE CF-to-IDE adapters with these SanDisk Ultra CF cards on older platforms (2000s-prior), if multi-sector transfers are enabled in the BIOS for the "drive" (i.e. the CF card in the adapter), weird issues under DOS and …
Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware
Posted on 2021-05-11, 00:41
Mumak wrote on 2021-05-10, 06:34: Oops 😀 Could you please attach the content of the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\3Dfx Interactive\Voodoo2\PropPage" node? Here you go.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-05-10, 02:24
speaking of IBM been trying to install Win98 on this NetStation without floppy or CD-rom... I've been duped into thinking I'd buy a 266MMX with it, seeing as every resource online I found referred to it being specd with a 266MMX, was the reason I got it in the first place, but of course there's …
Re: Specs of Tantalum Caps on My Asus P5S-VM? Also, Help on Adding Missing Video SDRAM onto Board for iGPU?
Posted on 2021-05-09, 23:00
You mean that yellow thing? Looks like a polymer fuse. There are some tantalums indeed below the chipset, but do you experience any problems with them? They can rarely fail in explosive way, but if they didn't fail i don't think they noticeably degrade over time. Ah. I thought it was a tantalum. …
Specs of Tantalum Caps on My Asus P5S-VM? Also, Help on Adding Missing Video SDRAM onto Board for iGPU?
Posted on 2021-05-09, 22:19
Not much to say. Looking to replace the old tantalum caps on my Asus P5S-VM with either newer ones or a different type of cap that's better, but don't know the spec of said caps. https://i.imgur.com/jord5LHl.jpg Also was wondering what chips + SMDs I'd need to add the missing SDRAM video memory for …
Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware
Posted on 2021-05-09, 22:08
Strange misreport on my Voodoo2 - 8GB of video memory instead of 8MB. 🤷
Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware
Posted on 2021-05-05, 13:52
HWINFO32 doesn't know what to make of my FIC PN-6210 dual-Pentium Pro motherboard. https://i.imgur.com/CwMXXvf.png I am using an Adaptec ASH-1205A PCI SATA controller, if you are curious. Thanks for the report. Unfortunately the DBG file attached is empty. Could you please re-do the run and attach …
Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware
Posted on 2021-05-05, 12:09
HWINFO32 doesn't know what to make of my FIC PN-6210 dual-Pentium Pro motherboard. I am using an Adaptec ASH-1205A PCI SATA controller, if you are curious.
Re: Need help to improve the support of 486/586/686 class CPUs in CPU-Z
Posted on 2021-05-05, 12:06
Another motherboard-focused question. CPU-Z (both the modern version and vintage edition) is unaware of my FIC PN-6210 dual-Pentium Pro motherboard.
Re: Need help to improve the support of 486/586/686 class CPUs in CPU-Z
Posted on 2021-05-05, 11:31
I got a HWINFO32 report and debug file from the system. It looks like CPUZ messed up the SMBus SPD reading as looking in the .DBG file SPD offset 07 is 00 which is what it should be, further the SPD checksum is correct. SMB:0:50 ..... 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 0123456789ABCDEF …
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