Re: windows 10 on core2 quad 9300

Posted on 2023-05-14, 01:52

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by drosse1meyer

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if there is an SSD and enough spare ram (depends on how much the board can take) then the e6550 is pretty good imo, but would suspect the quad might give you a little spare processing capacity, perhaps more noticeable if going online when there can be extra threads happening i had recent experience …

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Re: windows 10 on core2 quad 9300

Posted on 2023-05-13, 11:23

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by drosse1meyer

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Hello All I have an old PC here that is in its twilight years... an HP corporate SFF with a C2D e6550 Win 10 runs ok but I was curious if a Q9300 would help breath a bit more life into it. They're fairly cheap on eBay. Thoughts? More Ram and a SSD would likely speed it up more than a Q9300 would, …

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windows 10 on core2 quad 9300

Posted on 2023-05-13, 02:12

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by drosse1meyer

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Hello All I have an old PC here that is in its twilight years... an HP corporate SFF with a C2D e6550 Win 10 runs ok but I was curious if a Q9300 would help breath a bit more life into it. They're fairly cheap on eBay. Thoughts?

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Re: SD to CF adapter issues

Posted on 2023-04-05, 20:36

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by drosse1meyer

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FWIW i use the FC-1307 in many machines from 486 onwards with zero issues / conflicts. i actually like them very much, cant be beat for the price. I had a Gateway board with phoenix bios, i420ex chipset and a CMD PCI0640B IDE controller. It couldn't negotiate a viable PATA communications with a FC- …

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Re: SIV detection of AMD Am486 vs. Intel i486 from within Windows

Posted on 2023-04-04, 18:05

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by drosse1meyer

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red-ray wrote on 2023-04-04, 17:42: drosse1meyer wrote on 2023-04-04, 17:06: CPU: A80486DX4-120SV8B Thank you, the AuthenticAMD confirms it has CPUID support so it's easy for SIV and all other programs to correctly report it. 👍

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Re: SIV detection of AMD Am486 vs. Intel i486 from within Windows

Posted on 2023-04-04, 17:06

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by drosse1meyer

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See attached CPU: A80486DX4-120SV8B https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/80486/AMD-A804 … X4-120SV8B.html

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Re: SIV detection of AMD Am486 vs. Intel i486 from within Windows

Posted on 2023-04-04, 15:29

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by drosse1meyer

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I only have win 3.1 on my 486, does this app work with that OS? Thank you for your interest and no, I looked into making it work on 3.1 using WIN32S, but did not get very far, further I suspect most systems that only have 3.1 are tight on memory, SIV really needs >= 32 MB to run with reasonable …

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Re: SIV detection of AMD Am486 vs. Intel i486 from within Windows

Posted on 2023-04-04, 12:28

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by drosse1meyer

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I only have win 3.1 on my 486, does this app work with that OS?

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Re: SD to CF adapter issues

Posted on 2023-04-04, 00:50

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by drosse1meyer

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OK, old thread however I think I've finally solved it. As I have been testing various boards over the years it became apparent it was working fine (with what I had) on every motherboard except Gigabyte boards. I noticed a few other people had ones with a firmware version of 'Sintechi hightspeed SD …

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Re: PC Chips M912 BIOS update for Am5x86 and Cyrix 5x86

Posted on 2023-04-02, 18:30

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by drosse1meyer

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@Chkcpu, any news? I've just got this board with 5x86 P75 and now see that it will require your patch :) There was another board from that seller of v1.7 with not so fancy black ISA slots that detected that CPU as DX4-486-100S (or something like that) but I preferred this one that doesn't even boot …

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Re: PC Chips M912 BIOS update for Am5x86 and Cyrix 5x86

Posted on 2023-03-31, 17:20

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by drosse1meyer

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Ehm.... To get an eeprom tool? :) It's useful even for arduino flashing not to mention any bios related stuff. And a bunch of W27C512 chips, they are pretty often used on cards of this era and can be erased without UV-lamp. Well yeah that's a possible solution, I don't know if an updated BIOS would …

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Re: History Of The SPARC CPU Architecture and scoring some Spar Stations

Posted on 2023-03-30, 22:26

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by drosse1meyer

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I can probably answer more specific questions or provide further detail on anything if required as this is all quite fresh in my mind right now. I'm currently going through my SPARCs trying to fix what doesn't work, then benchmarking and installing Solaris on what does work: Good info Also that's …

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Re: History Of The SPARC CPU Architecture and scoring some Spar Stations

Posted on 2023-03-30, 15:32

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by drosse1meyer

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I would agree with putting Solaris on them, which would present the least difficulty, though even that could be a struggle. I'm not sure of those specific models but from my research on later-90s Sun machines (I was looking into procuring an Ultra) - you'll probably need a specific Sun keyboard and …

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Re: Suggestions for vodoo 2 system

Posted on 2023-03-30, 14:52

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by drosse1meyer

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I'd recommend rigging up a cooling solution if you get a voodoo2 - we all know most didnt come with any heatsinks or fans and will run, but I prefer to err on the safe side to keep this vintage gear going strong, as they do get hot :) Re: AMD k6-2 - there were builds of various games that enabled …

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Re: PC Chips M912 BIOS update for Am5x86 and Cyrix 5x86

Posted on 2023-03-30, 12:24

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by drosse1meyer

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Figured I would chime in on this as well. I have v1.7 of this board with a 120 mhz AMD (Am486DX4-100SV8B). The BIOS has an option for write back and write thru (though I later noticed it says 'L1'). This is definitely supported by the CPU. The L2 cache has been upgraded to 256 K with appropriate …

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Re: Capacitors on STB Voodoo

Posted on 2023-03-26, 21:36

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by drosse1meyer

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Doornkaat wrote on 2023-03-26, 20:44: There are stock 8MB Voodoo Graphics cards.😎 http://www.tdfx.de/ger/macmagic.shtml http://tdfx.de/ger/magic3d_plus.shtml […] Show full quote drosse1meyer wrote on 2023-03-26, 16:19: wording was a bit unclear.... Yep 6 mb is the most VRAM you'd find on a stock v1 …

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Re: Capacitors on STB Voodoo

Posted on 2023-03-26, 16:19

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wording was a bit unclear.... Yep 6 mb is the most VRAM you'd find on a stock v1, some have put 8mb on it (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4rIDNDQUpU) my repair example: diags on voodoo2 only showed 1 TMU. After very close inspection I found a missing cap and resistor on the back side; someone …

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Internet Archive loses lawsuit

Posted on 2023-03-26, 12:14

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by drosse1meyer

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While this was a group of publishers suing over books, hopefully it's not a first crack in the wall :( https://www.npr.org/2023/03/26/1166101459/internet-archive-lawsuit-books-library-publishers A federal judge has ruled in favor of a group of book publishers who sued the nonprofit Internet Archive …

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Re: Capacitors on STB Voodoo

Posted on 2023-03-26, 12:06

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by drosse1meyer

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have you actually tested it? i thought i've read that if they're simply decoupling caps, the card may still work albeit with possibly more interference. there are codes for SMCs, could help if theres any text on em - https://www.digikey.com/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator- …

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Re: The curious case of the artifacting Geforce 2 MX

Posted on 2023-03-25, 22:50

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by drosse1meyer

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i had strange problems with a geforce - artifacting and such, which went away with downclocking. ultimately a full recap fixed all the issues at normal clock speed in both 2d and GL modes.

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