Re: Asus Tx-97x BIOS not monitoring mb data

Posted on 2024-01-20, 00:43

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Thanks. Is is possible to add an LM78 to the mb? Sure would be nice to have full h/w monitoring Yes. Worst case it won't work. Usually they have resistors to check and regulate voltage, for fans too. It could be hard to figure it out, best is to find a board that has one installed and check the …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2024-01-20, 00:17

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Judas Priest is good for long soldering sessions. Not only to speed on the highway... Who would have thought 😀

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Re: Asus Tx-97x BIOS not monitoring mb data

Posted on 2024-01-19, 23:24

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All chips are cool to the touch. Checked fan headers and no change. According to TX97-X ver 3 manual (I have version 2 mb), the mb has an optional chip, LM78 Hardware Monitor chip. My mb doesn't have that. Googled the chip and it seems to be a microprocessor for temp and voltage monitoring. I kind …

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Re: Asus Tx-97x BIOS not monitoring mb data

Posted on 2024-01-19, 18:59

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Could be a bad flash/corruption as suggested or the chip responsible for the monitoring died. Post hq pics of the board.

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Re: AthlonXP Resistor array replacement

Posted on 2024-01-17, 21:46

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I've stumbled across this problem over the years, I remember one Barton core having a strange amount of L2 cache (64 or 128K) and thus being recognized as "Unknown CPU" due to a broken resistor network. The Mouser part seems to be just right, but I always recovered the part from one of the …

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Re: AthlonXP Resistor array replacement

Posted on 2024-01-17, 12:04

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102 is the value. They all are 102. It's fairly easy, just use some hot air but add some solder to make it faster. Air at an angle (blowing outwards) and it'll come off fast. To solder just use the iron, not air. Pads are quite big. It'll be hot afterward. Let it sit or use a fan to cool it down.

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Re: Dead motherboard DFI CA64-TC?

Posted on 2024-01-16, 17:29

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ciornyi wrote on 2024-01-16, 17:25: Nexxen wrote on 2024-01-16, 15:03: informatyk wrote on 2024-01-16, 14:56: Is this POST card good https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005714533911.html ? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004768305705.html? Yeah i got exact the same . It's a good investment. I …

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Re: Dead motherboard DFI CA64-TC?

Posted on 2024-01-16, 15:03

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informatyk wrote on 2024-01-16, 14:56: Is this POST card good https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005714533911.html ? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004768305705.html?

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

Posted on 2024-01-15, 23:21

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StriderTR wrote on 2024-01-15, 22:55: If I can't repair it, I recycle, even on newer PSUs. I gutted the last one that died on me and made a simple filtered solder smoke extractor. 😀 New purpouse and useful object. 100% kudos!

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

Posted on 2024-01-15, 23:20

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I was testing a Celeron dual-core E1200, 800/1.6GHz Bios set it @333 and I got it at 2.6GHz 1GHz overclock and temp was 27°C... Way better, at stock speed it's slow even with Xp LOL Edit: I pushed it to 3GHz stable @ stock parameters. Did a fast Pi test and it passed... Not my interest to go …

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

Posted on 2024-01-15, 22:39

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Yah cache pruned core 2+ class you seem to end up testing the limits of the system boards and RAM vs the CPU, haven't found where my Celeron 440 or Pentium E2140 really max out, though I have only had them in 2nd or 3rd tier boards really. Well, as I was at it I tried 385 FSB but it started to …

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

Posted on 2024-01-15, 16:26

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I was testing a Celeron dual-core E1200, 800/1.6GHz Bios set it @333 and I got it at 2.6GHz 1GHz overclock and temp was 27°C... Way better, at stock speed it's slow even with Xp LOL Edit: I pushed it to 3GHz stable @ stock parameters. Did a fast Pi test and it passed... Not my interest to go further …

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Re: Unknown board Pentium

Posted on 2024-01-15, 14:05

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https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dataexpert-exp8661 Next time you post a pic of POST screen, make sure you also have the bottom string in it, that gives info for a look up. Model is the first string under the top right left logo.

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

Posted on 2024-01-13, 11:59

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Reorganized my mobo storage order. I have to stop buying them. They have puppy eyes though... I have this same problem. I just went through my motherboard collection a few weeks ago and made a pile of "what was I thinking" boards. I can relate :) And I don't have multiple of the same board model ( …

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

Posted on 2024-01-13, 00:54

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Reorganized my mobo storage order. I have to stop buying them. They have puppy eyes though...

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Re: DFI MINI-AT286 (G2-206) (but with HT12/A chipset)

Posted on 2024-01-12, 22:12

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I found one (only few bytes are different) and got post codes 01 and 02. No more. With other pairs - MoBo boot but with errors. I'm facing the same issue. No BIOS I tried worked so far. Can you try disabling error and dump the image anyway? Maybe scrape it a little to see if it was just some …

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

Posted on 2024-01-11, 19:22

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Removed all 29 orange tictacs and put some Panasonic electrolytics on. Test drive went well, next up is to mod or replace the ST TimeKeeper™RAM. DSC_7817.JPG Did you record such fun and put it out on YT? LOL Must have been tedious, I say. :) Haha. No. :P I like to make a fool out of myself, but to …

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

Posted on 2024-01-11, 16:45

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PD2JK wrote on 2024-01-11, 15:36: Removed all 29 orange tictacs and put some Panasonic electrolytics on. Test drive went well, next up is to mod or replace the ST TimeKeeper™RAM. DSC_7817.JPG Did you record such fun and put it out on YT? 🤣 Must have been tedious, I say. 😀

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Re: XUBDisk - floppy disk XTIDE Universal BIOS booter

Posted on 2024-01-10, 10:40

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by Nexxen

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I will definitely try it! Good job!!!

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-01-10, 10:37

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