Re: MSI K7 Master woes

Posted on 2021-06-23, 19:32

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by Roman555

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Pulled the PLCC32 bios chip, copied and flashed to a fresh one with a TL886 flasher Have you tried to download a BIOS from MSI site and write the BIOS image using a programmer? I mean the BIOS from here: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/K7_Master It's an archive on the site. The BIOS image …

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Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD

Posted on 2021-06-23, 10:19

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by Roman555

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Do you remember the surge of average price for 4TB HDD WD40PURZ in the last year ? Did it be caused by some "proof-of-space" crypto too ?

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Re: slot 1 bx440 agp perfomance

Posted on 2021-06-23, 09:49

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by Roman555

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iraklis777 wrote on 2021-06-23, 09:31: do you have any driver suggestion for gf2 ti? Maybe it draws from an AGP linear regulator much more power than others...

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Re: Via C3 with an Asus S370 slot1 slotket adapter?

Posted on 2021-06-20, 19:54

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by Roman555

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Oh I see. I'm not sure how to confirm that. I'm trying to use a Via C3 Ezra 1.35V on a Gigabyte GA-6BXC rev2.0 motherboard. Try to identify the VRM chip (probably near the coils/mosfets near the socket) and look up the datasheet. It might be HIP6004CB - 1.3VDC to 3.5VDC I found a photo here on …

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Re: [repair advice] Gigabyte 5AA Rev 2.2

Posted on 2021-06-20, 09:11

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by Roman555

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Ha, looks like L3 blowing protected the fuse then, I'd like to know what value that fuse is. There must have been several amps flowing to cause that much damage to L3 and surrounding tracks. Exactly :-D Good point! Also some type of fuses can recover their ability to conduct current. I don't know …

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Re: 8k

Posted on 2021-06-19, 19:27

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by Roman555

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robertmo wrote on 2021-06-19, 08:12: anyone got 8k display? It looks they got pretty cheap and pushing away traditional ones IMO, they are awfully expensive. And the main question is what content to watch. 4k TV is enough for most spectators now.

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Re: [repair advice] Gigabyte 5AA Rev 2.2

Posted on 2021-06-19, 18:56

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by Roman555

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Below the burnt filter, which took away a hole layer, there is a GND trace. I have to fill the hole, what should I use? I was thinking that elevating the filter in order to avoid any contact (1mm from the mb). I could put some solder on every single solder point and than add some copper wire. I …

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Re: [repair advice] Gigabyte 5AA Rev 2.2

Posted on 2021-06-19, 15:06

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by Roman555

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The hole below L3 silkscreen goes to +5V on the m/b. If you look at snufkin pic you can see that below the L3 marking there's a hole, that hole has a trace that goes to the lower end of "L3 SMD". That doesn't connect to to where once was the lower end of the L3, I have to put some copper wire to …

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Re: Which of these two motherboards would you chose for a high end Win98 System?

Posted on 2021-06-19, 14:45

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by Roman555

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Hi all! I'm building a high end Windows 98 machine and have a choice between an AsRock 775i65g R2.0 or an MSI PM8PM-V (MS-7222 v2.0). Which one would you people prefer? They both support Core 2 Duo CPUs. Almost everyone would pick the AsRock as it's a well known mainboard. But it's also interesting …

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Re: [repair advice] Gigabyte 5AA Rev 2.2

Posted on 2021-06-19, 14:23

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by Roman555

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L3 is connected to +5V, as PS2. USB isn't. In my notes, I used a PCI to USB 2.0 card :) L3 should be connected to the burnt smd, and it isn't. I have to: - replace the cap next to the burnt filter, - put a new filter, - do some L3 to filter soldering. Anyone knows the values of those smd components …

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Re: [reapair advice] Gigabyte 5AA Rev 2.2

Posted on 2021-06-19, 14:08

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by Roman555

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Simplest repair would be to provide +5V to the corresponding pins on the PS2 and USB headers, L3 can be bypassed with a wire link for testing purposes, just make sure the short that caused this is gone, you don't want further damage on there. Sorry, but it isn't a good piece of advice. Because …

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Re: [reapair advice] Gigabyte 5AA Rev 2.2

Posted on 2021-06-19, 08:55

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by Roman555

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Hello! Said board has a burnt filter on the V line of the PS2 header. I have no idea of the values I have to look for to buy a new piece of. The board works perfectly except for the PS2 header. I was wondering, should I desolder the 4 pin header and solder a PS2 port to help speed up things or …

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Re: What is your Favorite CPU and Why ?

Posted on 2021-06-17, 14:33

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by Roman555

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I'm always fascinated with mainboards. So for me it's any CPU that makes a motherboard alive 😀

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Re: Help with Gigabyte ga-7vm266 and Universal AGP

Posted on 2021-06-14, 08:11

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by Roman555

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There is a good comprehensive article about AGP chipset/videocard compatibility: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.ixbt.com/video2/agp-standard.shtml Your mainboard is based on VIA KM266 chipset. According to it I would try to run GA-7VM266 and Banshee together. IMO …

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Re: ECS P6VAP-A+ and Pentium III 1000 MHz compatibility problems

Posted on 2021-05-24, 12:23

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by Roman555

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Coppermine-T is slightly different from usual Coppermine. I've never know it before your post 😀 So a PCI debug card (POST card) would be handy when the system stopped booting.

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Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD

Posted on 2021-05-16, 06:45

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by Roman555

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In the USA WD40PURZ costs only 96$ (newegg). In my country the price has doubled since the chia craziness started and now the same model costs 260$

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Re: Many Socket 775 Benchmarks (including the CPUs no one cares about anymore)

Posted on 2021-05-12, 13:57

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by Roman555

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Almoststew1990, thanks for your investigation. It's interesting to read and useful to refresh memory. Sometimes I upgrade old i945 systems with Wolfdale CPUs. It's the cheapest way to accelerate performance :-) It's pity that not every i945 based motherboard is capable to work even with Conroe. P.S. …

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Re: LuckyStar LS486E problem with PCI IDE

Posted on 2021-03-21, 07:42

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by Roman555

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Any advice would be very welcome. Here's a picture of the gibberish on screen: https://imgur.com/a/BB6jNqz And I forgot to mention that more often LS-486E works only with FPM RAM. EDO RAM is rarely compatible with this board because it depends on chipset revision. Usually EDO causes errors during …

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Re: LuckyStar LS486E problem with PCI IDE

Posted on 2021-03-20, 21:05

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by Roman555

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DNSDies wrote on 2021-03-20, 17:29: What a wonky board. IMHO, it's a really good and stable model of motherboard. I would suggest to try XFX’s Revo64 Serial ATA RAID card.. Although I haven't tested them together properly in real usage I'll definitely give them one more chance 😀

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Re: Which PCI Graphics Card For Socket 7 430tx/hx Builds?

Posted on 2021-03-06, 06:15

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by Roman555

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here is a list of cards with reported compatibility problems bad enough to be considered not working: -rage 128 no display on boot (2 people report) -cirris logic cl-gd5430 no display on boot -trident tgui9680-1 no display on boot It's really strange. All these cards are from that period and should …

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