MSI 850 Pro2 problem

Posted on 2019-09-23, 02:57

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by th1r5bvn23

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Got a MSI 850 Pro2 mobo and tried to install Windows XP but failed. It always hanged at boot screen or 2nd stage installation with hdd led always on but in fact no activity. Tried both a STEC 8GB CF card and a WD 80GB IDE hdd which were detected by BIOS correctly. (primary master) Also I found a …

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Re: Help with 486 cache jumper

Posted on 2019-08-29, 13:03

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If I'm not mistaken there are only 9 possible combinations for those 2 jumpers, that's not too much to try if you don't find any documentation. Also if this fails make sure to test those cache chips on an other board, I don't know where you bought them from but there are a lot of cases of faulty or …

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Re: Help with 486 cache jumper

Posted on 2019-08-29, 12:26

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this is that one : https://www.yoycart.com/Product/40462958600/ but I can't find any doc. Yes. Found this one on Taobao (Chinese) and in the description the seller did provide some jumper settings for multiplier and FSB, but no for cache. FSB settings: JP15 close/JP16 open - 40MHz; JP15 close/JP16 …

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Help with 486 cache jumper

Posted on 2019-08-29, 11:14

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I got this no-name 486 PCI board without cache on board. Bought 1 32K chip for tag and 4 64K chips for cache as this may be the maximum configuration for this board and installed. I set external cache enabled and 7 bit tag in BIOS. The 256K cache was correctly recognized but it would hang up after …

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Athlon 64 overheat issue

Posted on 2019-08-28, 14:45

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Recently I was playing with Athlon 64s. But I found something abnormal: even with decent cooling, some particular CPUs may overheat like it had a short circuit. The CPU itself working normally, everything is OK with that CPU except temperature. The CPU may reach 80℃ or higher even under no load. The …

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Re: Setting BIOS Date Early

Posted on 2019-08-15, 11:56

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Hacking the BIOS itself should be the easiest way though... Then how can I do it? I don't have much experience modifying BIOS.

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Re: Setting BIOS Date Early

Posted on 2019-08-15, 01:39

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I'm guessing you are trying to install some beta version of Vista that has a hard coded expiration date? Yes. But with post-2004 ones, the expiration date can be removed in some way. For most pre-2004 ones you can't, and the only way to get them installed is to set date back to 2003 or even 2002 …

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Re: Setting BIOS Date Early

Posted on 2019-08-14, 14:54

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Dos boot disk/USB? I'm not sure about Vista, but Shift F10 in windows 7 setup drops you to a command prompt, say at the partition screen, if that works you could run the time command before setup starts installing? Very early versions of Vista still use XP-style text-based installer and verify …

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Re: Setting BIOS Date Early

Posted on 2019-08-14, 10:52

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frudi wrote: Try setting the date through an OS of your choice, instead of through BIOS. I tried this in Windows XP, set the year to 2002, but after reboot it changed to 2004. The date must be set before OS installation, otherwise it will fail due to testing digital signature expires.

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Setting BIOS Date Early

Posted on 2019-08-14, 10:02

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I have a problem when trying to set BIOS date early on my ECS K8M800-M3 board. It wouldn't accept any year earlier than 2004, however, I had to set it to 2002 and 2003 in order to get some very early versions of Windows Vista work. How can I break this limitation?

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Re: Asus P5A rev. 1.04 - Weird behaviour after powering on (maybe broken?)

Posted on 2019-06-30, 14:38

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I personally own an Asus P3B-F, which has a really hot ICS chip, however, working flawlessly. It should be normal that the ICS chip is hot. My friend got two 486 mobo last month, both of which stuck with POST code 41, exactly the same as yours. Both he and I were really confused with this problem, …

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Help on identifying some motherboards

Posted on 2019-05-17, 07:30

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Hi, recently I'm putting my eyes on some 486 and 586 motherboards on IdelFish. But I have problems identifying some of them and hope you can help me out. Thanks. An ALi Aladdin V motherboard without any brand... displays ALADDIN5 in the mobo type in system. idlefish-msg-1558077740341.jpg A SiS 496 …

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Re: A 440BX platform with Asus P3B-F 1.04

Posted on 2019-05-16, 15:26

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Update 5/6/2019: Good news first. Get 3 brand new optical drives for ￥40 (US ~$6). Give away two of them to my friends. Samsung TS-H652H DVD±RW DL writer with IDE connection and audio out. It's nice to play CDs with it. New Optical Drives.jpg The Celeron 333 worked again! Noticeablely slower than …

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Re: A 440BX platform with Asus P3B-F 1.04

Posted on 2019-05-09, 05:55

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A quick small update: Bought 2 off-brand Slockets from IdleFish and received them today. Both of them are dusty but after a quick cleaning with bursh they looked pretty good. But one of them won't boot, and the other only could boot with 66MHz FSB. It didn't like my Tualatin Celeron 1000A and won't …

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Re: A 440BX platform with Asus P3B-F

Posted on 2019-05-06, 15:40

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To reduce noise, change JP1 to pins 1-3 and 2-4. This will disable the onboard amp and provide much better sound quality (ESS1868 sounds pretty good, but the onboard amps are typically awful) It did work but the sound was then too small to hear. I use a cheap Sony MDR-XB55 earphone. When enabled …

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Re: A 440BX platform with Asus P3B-F

Posted on 2019-05-05, 13:41

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Got this Coppermine Pentium III 1100 (100FSB/SL5QW) from my friend for ￥12 (US $1.8, shipping only, and the CPU itself is free)! Pentium III 1100.jpg And, received this soundcard and had a quick test. ES1868F.jpg I have some problems with it. When using WDM driver shipped with Windows 98 SE, the …

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Re: A 440BX platform with Asus P3B-F

Posted on 2019-05-04, 08:30

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It's actually more exciting when I see the POST screen. The mobo itself was made in 2000, but in general the 440BX platform is even older than me! Maybe I'm too young to play around with these old stuff, but I'm happy to explore more and may want an older machine. POST screen.jpg There was a -5V …

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Re: A 440BX platform with Asus P3B-F

Posted on 2019-05-04, 08:21

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This is what I've ordered (photo from the seller). Spent ￥50 (US $7.4) on it. Nice to have an IDE port and a wavetable header! :happy: 1556938959182.jpg A nice, almost new floppy drive, Samsung SFD-321B. Worked smoothly and quietly. ￥50 (US $7.4) for two with cable. I'll install the other one into …

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Re: A 440BX platform with Asus P3B-F

Posted on 2019-05-04, 08:06

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The board supports 4 DIMMs and 256MB per DIMM max. so in total it's 1GB. I have some SDRAM sticks from my friend and I decided to use a single 256MB DIMM. 256MB SDRAM.jpg I have another 256MB stick, it works fine but both CPU-Z and AIDA64 reported 128MB for the specific stick. CPU-Z, AIDA64, BIOS …

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A 440BX platform with Asus P3B-F 1.04

Posted on 2019-05-04, 07:49

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Hi, vogons! I'm really glad to be a part of this cool community! This is the first time for me to build a relatively old platform like this. Last month my friend built a 586 platform with a Pentium MMX 200, and I wanted to try something "older" than me, too. So I went to IdleFish (a Chinese second- …

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