Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 21:54

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by CoffeeOne

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NIC info would be based on the existing EISA list only. As for SCSI drives on such old machines, I don't think this is possible. Couldn't this info be retrieved from Windows? Like all harddisks and floppy drives? As far as I know SIV does it like that. Same maybe for the NICs, but they got listed …

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Re: Super Socket 7 Win98SE masochism (work in progress)

Posted on 2020-02-16, 21:17

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by CoffeeOne

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Well, I've had two more sessions with this computer and I'm beginning to suspect that the motherboard is flaky. There are frequent hangs out-of-the-blue (sometimes a few minutes after boot, sometimes several hours). No blue screen, just hung screen and nothing works except hard reset. Also, it …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 4/66i - system options not set error - Dallas RTC?

Posted on 2020-02-16, 20:59

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by CoffeeOne

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That would be the crux of the issue, the battery inside the Dallas chip is starting to give out. You can either replace it if it's socketed, or hack a external battery onto it as explained here: http://greyghost.mooo.com/ds1397rework Agreed... what do you recommend in the way of absolutely-certain …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 20:11

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by CoffeeOne

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NIC info would be based on the existing EISA list only. As for SCSI drives on such old machines, I don't think this is possible. Couldn't this info be retrieved from Windows? Like all harddisks and floppy drives? As far as I know SIV does it like that. Same maybe for the NICs, but they got listed …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 19:47

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by CoffeeOne

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I have resolved a few issues related to VS6, so hopefully the EISA list and PnP devices will appear correct here: www.hwinfo.com/beta/hwi32_623_4084.zip Thx, it's improving. Thanks, that's nice :) Do you maybe have the EISA config files for your mainboards? I will have a look at that if there's a …

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Re: Promise SATA150 TX2Plus: how to use + no CD-ROM?

Posted on 2020-02-16, 19:20

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by CoffeeOne

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dionb wrote on 2020-02-16, 19:16: If I remember rightly the TX2Plus doesn't support ATAPI-drives (CD/DVD), which is why I need to hook it up this way. ok, but this the answer to his current problem, then he can stop trying that. So booting from a CD /DVD drive connected to this Promise SATA150 …

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Re: Promise SATA150 TX2Plus: how to use + no CD-ROM?

Posted on 2020-02-16, 19:13

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by CoffeeOne

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Does the bios of this controller detect ATA CD-ROM drives? Do you have a SATA CD rom or DVD just to test if it is detected? UPDATE: The bios seems to be weird. Can you enter the controller's bios with just the CD-ROM on the ATA cable? Any chance to manually select something? If you take a look at …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 19:06

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by CoffeeOne

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Mumak wrote on 2020-02-16, 18:47: I have resolved a few issues related to VS6, so hopefully the EISA list and PnP devices will appear correct here: www.hwinfo.com/beta/hwi32_623_4084.zip Thx, it's improving.

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Re: Promise SATA150 TX2Plus: how to use + no CD-ROM?

Posted on 2020-02-16, 18:36

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by CoffeeOne

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I thought the Promise controllers are the highest-end/best ones to get (especially since this one is the one which has Win98 compatability)? I was even told to buy this specific model. I take it that's not true and that could be one of the reasons why I'm having issues? Does the bios of this …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 17:29

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by CoffeeOne

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Thanks! I see there's a couple of things I need to fix. Could you please attach registry dump of the entire HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or at least HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\ISAPNP node? adding attachment .... Thanks! Please try this build: www.hwinfo.com/beta/hwi32_623_4083.zip That should fix a few things …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 16:58

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by CoffeeOne

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Thanks! Unfortunately no luck either. It looks like the W9x driver doesn't provide some of the interesting data in registry. Hello, I switched to the other eisa computer, .... I used still hwi32_623_4075 (like on the other 486), I hope this is OK. I started the tool in debug mode, attachments will …

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Re: ~20 Windows 98 SE Installs later....STILL isn't 100%, ever

Posted on 2020-02-16, 16:43

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by CoffeeOne

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Dochartaigh wrote on 2020-02-16, 07:44: .... Also have (on the non-Dell computer) a regular spinning mechanical drive. .... You have a clearly a problem with your harddisk subsystem. So I fully agree with the answers of the other people here. What about that mechanical drive? Did you install …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-02-16, 16:33

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by CoffeeOne

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Thank you for letting me know, I wonder why [Cache-0 Latency] works as expected some time and not others. How are you getting on with your other EISA system? BTW I have released 5.46 so you can now use this rather than the test SIV, did SIV tell you there was a new release? It should do within the …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-02-16, 16:26

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by CoffeeOne

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Thanks! Unfortunately it looks like the values I expected are not present in that node. Perhaps it's somewhere else under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or not supported at all on Win9x. Full reg Thanks! Unfortunately no luck either. It looks like the W9x driver doesn't provide some of the interesting data in …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-02-16, 14:29

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by CoffeeOne

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The whole 64MB is cacheable by L2 cache according to ctcm 1.6 (from the german ct magazine, Andreas Stiller) Thank you for letting me know, I wonder why [Cache-0 Latency] works as expected some time and not others. How are you getting on with your other EISA system? BTW I have released 5.46 so you …

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Re: My cool 486 EISA tower

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:29

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by CoffeeOne

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Is that 5.25" drive and CD-ROM drive natively black, or were they painted? The 5.25" drive is the same colour as the rest of the tower, so original Escom. The 3.5" drive, too. Unfortunately the 3.5" drive went bad, and I replaced it. Foolish me, I did not keep the front bezel, so it does not fit …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-02-14, 19:56

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red-ray wrote on 2020-02-13, 18:27: I have been looking at how [Cache-0 Latency] does in the save files, sometimes it deduces the L2 cache as 256KB and other times not. Is the whole of the 64MB cacheable?, I suspect not. The whole 64MB is cacheable by L2 cache according to ctcm 1.6 (from the german …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-02-13, 18:47

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by CoffeeOne

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SIV would show the complete EISA configuration. But as I said it's minor (or better "nice to have") Thank you and I feel I can't improve things with the EISA slot reporting given what I currently know. The Compressed ID is read from the hardware, but when SIV reads this for Slot two it's FFFFFFFF. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-13, 18:15

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by CoffeeOne

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PS: Having the "Reaction image posts are off-topic on VOGONS." problem ... does anyone has it too ? Or am I doing something wrong ? Seems to be a recent issue. Some users reported success by editing the post and adding the images afterwards. I have a different error message, something with "images …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-02-13, 18:06

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by CoffeeOne

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About sound blaster 16: It is configured in the eisa config, but it's not working in ISA plug and play mode as far as I know. Thank you for your testing and I suspect sorting out your other EISA system will be easy enough. The blaster 16 is listed, so I am unclear what toy are expecting. I noticed …

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