Hello all, I've been trying--to no avail--to find drivers for my newly-acquired Buslogic BT-510A ISA caching IDE controller. I managed to scrounge up the Windows 95 drivers, but I'd love to find the drivers for Windows NT and Windows 3.X. Apparently the drivers are also the same for the LSI and …

Sorry to drop in and doubly-reply, but I couldn't help but keep looking for some answers, out of sheer curiosity. I just did a quick dig and found this: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/help-me-id-my-motherboard.377427/. Apparently, there's a BIOS out there somewhere for the V72MA that enables …

Thanks! That's really helpful. Is there any way to determine if a BIOS can use the + chips? You're quite welcome! To echo what Repo Man11 said, it's usually quite difficult to determine for OEM machines. If it's an Ali Aladdin V or Via MVP3 system, or even an SIS530 system, it's much more likely …

A K6-III or K6-2+/3+ would definitely increase performance, as any of those CPUs have on-die L2 cache. In fact, the performance boost is quite appreciable, because most of the time this cache enables the avoidance of cacheable limits on motherboard chipsets. That being said, I notice that the link …

You know what? That’s a brilliant idea! I think I’ll do just that. I am genuinely curious to see, and I’m always down to learn something new!

Thank you for posting this! I often check x86-guide and had issues accessing it. Initially, I wrote this off as a problem with my local network, as I've had some internet troubles as of late. It's great to know that I'm not crazy and, indeed, the site is only accessible via the .net domain!

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386SX is a hybrid 16/32-bit setup, with an external 16-bit data path The opposite case, however, is complicated... Yes, 386DX = 32-bit external bus, therefore 32-bit 387DX, but... 387DX was released later than 386DX, so early 386DX boards provided support for 287 FPU, ie. 16-bit. I've never seen a …

Hello everyone, I've been tinkering more and more with 386-based systems lately, and have run across something that I'm a bit perplexed about. From my understanding, the 386DX is fully 32-bit, and that the 386SX is a hybrid 16/32-bit setup, with an external 16-bit data path. That being said, I've …

If you're game to try re-partitioning and re-formatting the Compact Flash card, here's a thought that might help: Like some of the others have said, partitioning the drive in the PC is probably your best bet. That being said, if you have a CF-USB adapter, you can always try running a Virtual …

This board model can tick at 50MHz. It is highly unlikely you damaged the crystal oscillator but putting it the wrong way. It will get hot, but that's it. If two separate CPUs refuse to POST at 40MHz then you should look at RAM and SRAM as the possible culprits. Thanks for the suggestion pshipkov! …

If you're game to try re-partitioning and re-formatting the Compact Flash card, here's a thought that might help: Like some of the others have said, partitioning the drive in the PC is probably your best bet. That being said, if you have a CF-USB adapter, you can always try running a Virtual Machine …

I have an FX-3000 as well, and it works fine with an AMD 40mhz 386 processor, but not any 486 processor I've tried. If you reversed the position of the 386, then you definitely shorted it, since pin A1 is VSS, and the pin the the opposite corner is ground. If you can, try another processor. Before …

You've tried with a different 80mhz oscillator, right? The heat from that short possible ruined the clock crystal. Since you can post at 33mhz with a different crystal, I'd try getting a new 80mhz one. The CPU may be damaged too, since if you did have it in the opposite orientation, you created a …

Hello everyone, I've been reading this forum for years and finally managed to start something of a collection of my own. Amidst my growing interest in general old hardware things-mostly spurned by wanting to just learn more generally about computer hardware and electronics-I recently purchased an FX …