Re: Hello tech lovers just found this

Posted on 2020-02-29, 23:13

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by Horun

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just make sure you don't give it to someone who will just resell it but someone who will actually use it ^^ I do wonder if this forum has been infiltrated by those human scum waiting for a freebee to appear. Make sure you check someone's history before giving something away! Yeah and there are some …

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Re: Hello tech lovers just found this

Posted on 2020-02-29, 20:30

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by Horun

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Deksor wrote on 2020-02-29, 18:28: That's a sweet lot, all it needs is a case and it will make a nice 286 system ! It sure is a nice board ! Octek G2 286. Same as this one by Predator99 but has the SIMM sockets ! Re: 80286 BIOS image collection

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-29, 19:55

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by Horun

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derSammler wrote on 2020-02-29, 15:01: $54.95 for a socket 462 board from PC Chips? Not sure if that's a good deal... At least it is an era newer than the fake cache 486 boards from them 😁 Might actually work well but would be concerned that the main caps are bad.

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Re: CD-ROM Drive with no jumper selection

Posted on 2020-02-29, 19:49

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by Horun

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Hi, I have a cd-rom drive with no jumper to select master/slave. It's possible to connect to the ide controller ? I have tested to the ide controller but it doesn't work. If it is 40 pin and no jumpers then it is not IDE/ATAPI . It could be 40 pin Panasonic or Mitsumi. Most Sony proprietary used …

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Re: Promise EIDE MAX Firmware?

Posted on 2020-02-29, 19:24

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by Horun

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Does your motherboard have it's own IDE controller+connector ? EDIT: if you card looks like this: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91Y%2Bkz%2B49nL._AC_SL1500_.jpg Note it has no controller chip where the Promise Max II and EIDE Pro does. You need to use the onboard IDE connector not …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4 SLI Switch module

Posted on 2020-02-29, 18:49

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by Horun

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Sorry cannot find one with C55 but that ebay one might work in Normal mode, it is the dual mode that probably will not work as the wiring alters the PCIe lanes. Have a Asus P5N-SLI with one of those stupid SLI switch cards ;p

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Re: What is your favorite Vintage ISA/PCI test motherboard ?

Posted on 2020-02-29, 17:23

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by Horun

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I use a Wintac\Edom W6BXA 440BX slot 1 board. It has served me very very well over the last 3 or 4 years. I've tested hundreds of cards in it and it pretty much works for anything that doesn't have issues in systems of that era. I have another nice looking 486 VLB board but the jumpers appear to be …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-02-29, 16:55

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by Horun

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Added a few manuals to the library: The PC Engineer's Reference Books in .pdf. They can be found elsewhere but since they include lots of info on older motherboards, hardrives, etc. figured they should be included here. Plus I wanted an easy link to one for some help in General Old Hardware.

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Re: Need info on AL486 rev1 mobo

Posted on 2020-02-29, 15:59

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by Horun

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Another bump for this nice looking board that I don't want to fry by blindly experimenting with jumpers. Someone at VCFed asked about similar and said the board is from ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems). Have you tried to boot up the board ? Getting the BIOS string may help narrow it down or …

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Re: Nforce 3 Ultra + Radeon HD3850 AGP = No display?

Posted on 2020-02-29, 03:52

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by Horun

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Are you using the same monitor when testing on both motherboards ? Yes. Tried both DVI ports and a VGA adapter on both ports and two different monitors (both older LCDs). Same monitors work fine with the 6800GT in the nForce 3 or with the HD3850 in the nForce 2. If you reset the BIOS as texterted …

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Re: What is your favorite Vintage ISA/PCI test motherboard ?

Posted on 2020-02-29, 03:42

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by Horun

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I have a bunch of spare boards that I use for testing, from a soldered-on 386SX to PCIe. Most of them get requisitioned for testing RAM, since you kinda need the target platform to do it right, or at all. For ISA cards, it's usually the HM386-SX board because it's small and has a friendly layout. …

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Re: Nforce 3 Ultra + Radeon HD3850 AGP = No display?

Posted on 2020-02-29, 02:58

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by Horun

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Are you using the same monitor when testing on both motherboards ?

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Re: Hello tech lovers just found this

Posted on 2020-02-29, 00:26

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by Horun

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If you are giving it away for free, that is ok. If you want to sell it, that is not ok in this forum. If I lived in Europe would gladly take it from you 😁

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Re: What is your favorite Vintage ISA/PCI test motherboard ?

Posted on 2020-02-29, 00:18

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by Horun

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Given that untested cards of unknown provenance can actually fry the motherboard they are plugged into, I don't use my nice boards for first testing :o I do most PCI/AGP testing on a DFI TA64-B board with Slot 1 and So370 FC-PGA, universal AGP 4x as well as PCI and ISA. It's a typical ApolloPro133a …

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Re: Need firmware for intel server board if anyone has a mirror...

Posted on 2020-02-29, 00:07

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by Horun

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There are 3 different variants of the S5000VSA and it appears they removed BIOS and most drivers : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/products/77877/server-products/legacy-server-products/intel-server-board-s5000vsa-family.html drivers: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/77877 …

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Re: What is your favorite Vintage ISA/PCI test motherboard ?

Posted on 2020-02-28, 04:02

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by Horun

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Thanks ! I think i will switch to a LX440 board with a 233 or maybe 333 P2 (if I can find one) cpu. The XT board I have is just not up to any type of heavy ISA testing and cannot do PCI.

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Re: Intel to remove all BIOS updates on November 22nd, 2019 from their website

Posted on 2020-02-28, 03:41

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by Horun

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Ok uploaded the newer boards manuals and bios. Nothing like being #10,280 in queue to finish a page LOL Search Archive.or for Intel motherboard bios or Intel motherboard manual and you should see the archives, they have generic black background with Parthenon style pillers Thanks all for the …

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Re: Strange floppy drive issue with a 386 m/b

Posted on 2020-02-28, 03:28

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by Horun

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Nothing mechanical means... no drive head movement? Or the motor doesn't even spin the disk? Turns out my issue was the multi-IO card. I tried a 3rd Multi-IO/IDE card in the system, and it is booting from floppy now. Tried a more powerful power supply, and I still have to hit reset to get the board …

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Re: What is your favorite Vintage ISA/PCI test motherboard ?

Posted on 2020-02-28, 02:48

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by Horun

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as subject says: What is your favorite ISA/PCI test board ? Please just list your main and maybe an alt board that you use mostly for testing vintage ISA, PCI, HD and cdrom parts. I use a Asus P6NP5 for most of my ISA and PCI card testing as well as all small IDE HD, floppy and IDE cdrom. What do …

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

Posted on 2020-02-27, 17:47

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by Horun

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Started working on two 386 motherboards in my archives a few days ago, neither been booted up since 2003 from the docs that came with. The Symlabs 386SC rev A2 is a beautiful full AT 386 board. Got this board working last night. Turns out the 386 SC Rev A2 is an FIC 386-25/33/40SC (REV.A2) with …

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