Re: RDRAM 16 vs. 32-bit
Posted on 2021-02-13, 23:21
Zero difference, it is exactly that: two 16b channels on single stick instead of one. With same specs, expect identical performance.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-13, 22:48
Puh, long story but the parcel finally arrived :-) Sellers pic: s-l1600 (1).jpg My cards: IMG_3967r.jpg https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/76601072/you-lucky-lucky-bastard.jpg Nice one! Can't complain myself, got a box of very cheap crap today containing mainly uninteresting crap, but a …
Re: Help for Motherboard id
Posted on 2021-02-13, 11:06
Not sure you're going to find much info on the specific board in the BIOS, MR BIOS images tended to be generic per chipset. Reverse-engineering jumpers can be quite fun, although late 486 boards like this are of course the most challenging with their sheer number of jumper. Good news here is that …
Re: What Soundcard is as good if not better than the SoundBlaster AWE64 line of cards?
Posted on 2021-02-13, 00:20
[...] Didn’t mean to describe it like it’s a GPU. What i meant by performance was features, compatibility and clarity. Some soundcards do sound puffy. And no definitely didn’t use all of the features as i’m a bit of noob when it comes to soundcards and got a good deal on this AWE64. And certainly …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-12, 23:24
Had an evening free to test & fix stuff at last. - Got my second Spring Circle SF586 So5 VLB board working. One of the cache chips was bad, replaced it and it was happy. - Tried to test my Micronics 80486 ASIC EISA 50MHz. Actually managed to get to POST screen once with a DX-33, but when it says " …
Re: What Soundcard is as good if not better than the SoundBlaster AWE64 line of cards?
Posted on 2021-02-12, 21:33
[...] I don’t think so as it’s happening on a fresh install of 98, just a loud pop static sound like a CRT losing its signal. I get no sound at all, so glad i didn’t pay a lot for this card. It may not even be repairable. Thanks for the info. I will be doing some research on those soundcards and …
Re: What is the fastest dual socket 7 motherboard?
Posted on 2021-02-11, 19:08
Bad news: your photograph is good enough to be able to ID the PLL, an IC Works W48C60-402G. Now, I can't find any datasheet for the -402G (*lots* of dead links), but there's one for the -201, and I doubt the pinout of the -402G would be different: https://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf/download.php?id …
Re: What is the fastest dual socket 7 motherboard?
Posted on 2021-02-11, 18:47
Sphere478 wrote on 2021-02-11, 17:55: Can the tillamook 4x multiplier mod be done on a 233 mmx? Don't think so, at least never heard of it (BF2) being possible there.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-11, 16:57
[...] Congratulations, very good price! Yep, I like this kind of gambling: buy unknown, untested stuff cheap. Sometimes it's abused, damaged and doesn't work, or utterly uninteresting models. Sometimes you find real gems. Haven't tested any yet, but if the older CPUs work here I'm more than happy. …
Re: What is the fastest dual socket 7 motherboard?
Posted on 2021-02-11, 16:50
Aside from the rumors of the socket 5 motherboard running k6’s on interposers: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=927372#p927372 , I’m talking about the fastest dual socket 7 board it’s self like, was there ever one that could reach 75, 83, 100 fsb? None of the 'super' So7 chipsets supported …
Re: Searching for redemption with my LS-486e (need help with MB repair)
Posted on 2021-02-11, 15:49
Back in 2001 I bought some EDO RAM from eBay for my PC Chips M919 motherboard; the board was ruined thereafter. Booted it up and got an NT4 BSOD straight away. I put the original RAM back in, but I kept getting BSODs thereafter. The board had worked fine for years prior. The only thing I changed …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-11, 12:15
I dont know where else to post this, I am not gonna bid on this, what do you guys think? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-GDM-FW900-CRT-Monitor/164685875289 Wow! New in box... that's a pretty rare item in that condition. Some nutty person will probably buy it. Having had (and sold) a used one, and …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-10, 21:38
winuser_pl wrote on 2021-02-10, 20:32: [...] Very nice collection! Tell me how much did you paid? EUR 20
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-10, 13:23
[...] And a basis for my "higher-end" pentium 2 class machine. 15€ A ChainTech 6ESA2 motherboard, which has ISA, PCI and AGP slots and has integrated ESS Solo-1 sound card. I didn't know it before i got it, but it also had one of the most desirable Slot1 celeron - Celeron 300A. Definitely will try …
Re: soundblaster 16 problem
Posted on 2021-02-09, 06:56
Do MEM /C /P from inside DOS and post it here - looking at that list I don't see why you don't have a lot more free conventional memory. Only thing I can immediately see you can lose is "SAMPLE.SYS", which looks like a CD Rom driver that's not being called in AUTOEXEC.BAT anyway. But unless it uses …
Re: RAM Speeds and Backward Compatibility (SDR, DDR,DDR2,DDR3)
Posted on 2021-02-08, 21:58
[...] This is a great summary and explanation. Thank you so much! Fills in a lot of the gaps in my understanding of memory compatibility. I'll be bookmarking this and referring back to it as a refresher the next time I run into this issue. Are you aware of any density issues in DDR2\DDR3 era boards …
Re: RAM Speeds and Backward Compatibility (SDR, DDR,DDR2,DDR3)
Posted on 2021-02-08, 20:44
Thanks, I had always assumed that SPD information should prevent RAM from ever being "too fast" for a system, yet I remember some boards in the early to mid 2000s being picky about memory, seemingly related to speed, but it may have been a rank\bank issue. I hadn't thought about it that way. I …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-08, 16:47
Continuing my Spring Circle SF586 saga. Found out the SCSI boot issue: the board will only boot from SCSI with 2840VL adapter if drive A is enabled in BIOS. It doesn't have to actually work or even be connected to anything though... Now moving on to networking. 3C90x config util crashed system on …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-08, 16:45
My Biostar MB-8433UUD-A mobo came today. The guy who sold it to me shipped it with some RAM and CPU that I didnt expect, very cool indeed. The CPU is an IBM branded 100MHz (5x86-3V3100GF) in one of the purple-ish packages. Is it a collectable or is it a good performer? I think it's pretty cool to …
Re: New old build
Posted on 2021-02-08, 15:37
In terms of your requirements, pretty much any Slot 1 board will give you a single PCI slot, most also offer AGP. The challenge is combining 133MHz FSB and Coppermine voltage support ('late' features) with at least one ISA slot for that AWE64 ('early' features). I think he wanted to request one ISA …
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