Re: GA-586ATS Ignoring jumper settings

Posted on 2020-12-17, 15:32

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by LewisRaz

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Many thanks for that write up! I can confirm that the board is running at the displayed 166mhz. I have tried 2 different CPU so that would point towards BF0 being grounded somewhere! Gives me something to take a look at! I did consider cutting that trace although thats quite dramatic and not …

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Re: GA-586ATS Ignoring jumper settings

Posted on 2020-12-17, 09:20

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by LewisRaz

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Thankyou for the manual. I will attempt to get some high quality pictures of the board later today. I have noticed there is still a BIOS hosted on gigabyte website so may give that a try. I have tested with a multimeter and the pins do not appear to be bridged!

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GA-586ATS Ignoring jumper settings

Posted on 2020-12-16, 18:23

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by LewisRaz

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Hello all. I have a socket 7 motherboard GA-586ATS that I use as my "Main" retro machine, getting almost daily use. It originally had a 166mhz mmx but I decided to fit a 200mhz instead. I cannot however get it to run at 200mhz! The problem is that the board considers pins 1-2 closed all of the time, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-11, 20:52

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by LewisRaz

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Won this tonight for £12 inc delivery. Comes with manual and driver CD too. eBay pic:

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Re: Can't get network cards to work

Posted on 2020-10-10, 12:02

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by LewisRaz

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At what point does it crash? What OS?

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Re: I made a miniature IBM PC

Posted on 2020-10-02, 21:52

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by LewisRaz

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Amazing job! I want one.

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Re: DIY old hardware cowboy fixes

Posted on 2020-09-28, 21:39

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by LewisRaz

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I am a bit of a fiend with superglue.. 486 heatsinks. Couple of PCI brackets with snapped off screws.. External battery packs.. Even the fan on my Voodoo 3000 is super glued on.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-28, 16:42

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by LewisRaz

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£15 SS7 set up arrived today. Testing was annoying as it does not physically fit into my AT test case so I only tested as far as windows.. But it did boot fine. Seemed to run well too! the HDD included booted straight into windows 98se and was choc full of sensitive personal files... So my £15 got …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-27, 07:54

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by LewisRaz

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So I've been drinking the 486 Koolaid lately and I decided I wanted to get into it. I don't really have a history with the 486 and yet here I am. I believe my first (family) computer was a Packard Bell with an early Pentium. Well maybe one of those school computers were likely a 386/486. Anyways I …

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Re: Did PC-Chips ever release a high quality motherboard?

Posted on 2020-09-23, 21:13

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by LewisRaz

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I have a PC chips m507. it has fake cache on it but I have a coast module for it. Besides the floppy controller no longer working it is fine and very stable..

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Re: What is your dream build.

Posted on 2020-09-23, 12:53

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by LewisRaz

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The only thing I really would like to add but dont want to pay the money they go for is some form of wavetable midi.. That's a very nice MMX system. If you want a cheap wavetable solution, you could always add a PCI sound card and use that to play DOS games under Win9x. For example, the Yamaha …

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Re: What is your dream build.

Posted on 2020-09-23, 11:45

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by LewisRaz

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My "Dream" build has always been just wanting to rebuild my 1st PC exactly, however the case is not likely to be found again (pic attached - the one with speakers) The components as good as I can remember: 486 motherboard with PCI dx4-100mhz 16mb ram No idea what soundcard I had but it was SB2.0 …

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Re: Looking for help with an almost dead Socket 7 mobo

Posted on 2020-09-22, 21:45

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by LewisRaz

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05 appears to mostly be keyboard controller problems on AWARD bios so I would start to look there 😀

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Re: Adding a rear exhaust fan to ATX case ?

Posted on 2020-09-21, 20:51

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by LewisRaz

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-09-21, 20:32: How do you measure? From screw hole to screw hole ? […] Show full quote How do you measure? From screw hole to screw hole ? What fan do you recommend. Inexpensive but reliable. NO RGB Please. Noctua is the only brand worth mentioning here.

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Re: "Fake 486 Processor?" thread continuation (not fake)

Posted on 2020-09-21, 19:13

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by LewisRaz

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Not related to the OPs issue but to the hardware.. I also have a m912 v1.4 and after reading that your dx4 worked decided to go on another search as to why mine doesnt.... V1.4 does not support AMD dx4 :) Could have saved myself an hour if I had found a 1.4 manual sooner (was using 1.7) Really ? I …

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Re: My set of rules for perfection

Posted on 2020-09-21, 09:21

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by LewisRaz

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My main rule that I try to stick to is that I want my hardware setups to be a believable config from the 90s. I am not anal about having the same date codes printed on hardware but just believable setups from back when. The exception to this is cdrom drives and CF for storage. I also hate having …

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Re: "Fake 486 Processor?" thread continuation (not fake)

Posted on 2020-09-21, 08:52

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by LewisRaz

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Not related to the OPs issue but to the hardware.. I also have a m912 v1.4 and after reading that your dx4 worked decided to go on another search as to why mine doesnt.... V1.4 does not support AMD dx4 😀 Could have saved myself an hour if I had found a 1.4 manual sooner (was using 1.7)

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Re: Controller card for four floppy drives

Posted on 2020-08-23, 09:40

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by LewisRaz

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I watched this recently perhaps there is something on the video that can help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewmHZ-MC0ck

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 10:08

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by LewisRaz

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Disruptor wrote on 2020-08-19, 02:02: LewisRaz wrote on 2020-08-16, 07:50: ... Seagate ST3660A 545mb HDD. https://i.ibb.co/VQccd3g/IMG-4249.jpg ... […] Show full quote ... Seagate ST3660A 545mb HDD. ... Does it contain a chip from Creative Technologies on the PCB? I cant see one

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-08-16, 07:50

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by LewisRaz

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Had some time last night to strip down the now not a mystery box and see what was what. This system was definitely a 286 originally the turbo display was set to 6/12mhz. I now have it set to show HI/LO as its only 2 digit. Sony 4x CD Drive. https://i.ibb.co/ygWPjb2/IMG-4239.jpg https://i.ibb.co/ …

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