Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-02, 19:12

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Confirmed, First Bug fixed thanks! Second bug, remains. Go to plug-and-play info then select PnP ESCD Support get not enough memory then command.com can't be loaded requiring reboot of PC.

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-02, 13:41

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Attempting to access PnP System Devices: does nothing. Entering PNP ESCD Support crashes dos. :) HWiNFO v6.1.4 Flushing disk caches ... Reading Data ... Reading Data ... DetectCPU - 586 CPUID=470 Get freq FreqCPU: 685-15 Cache 1K: 14.6 -> 14.6 Cache 2K: 28.0 -> 28.0 = 1.92x Cache 4K: 55.7 -> 55.7 = …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-02, 13:28

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Per your request, debug from the app zipped with pkzip 204g :) Thanks! I will fix this in the next version. For the time being, setting the "Skip PnP BIOS Calls" option should solve the issue. That is checked right now :) it still does them and hangs. So going into that screen then pnp bios, it …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-02, 13:14

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Per your request, debug from the app zipped with pkzip 204g 😀

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-02, 11:50

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by RobDos

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So it's certainly a bug. I left it run overnight and I now have a 8MB debug file from it. It's filled with PnP Wake 0 -> 255 then repeats, It's stuck in some sort of loop. I wonder if because no PnP Wake has a result it repeats?

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-02, 02:25

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by RobDos

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I ran HWINFO 6.1.4 today on my 486 build and I may have discovered a bug. I have a ISA SB 16 CT2910, non-PNP card. The program hangs on Peripherals Information 'Checking - PnP sound cards' The card is not configured, no blaster variable and there may be a IRQ conflict but I figured I'd share. no …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-01, 21:02

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I ran HWINFO 6.1.4 today on my 486 build and I may have discovered a bug. I have a ISA SB 16 CT2910, non-PNP card. The program hangs on Peripherals Information 'Checking - PnP sound cards' The card is not configured, no blaster variable and there may be a IRQ conflict but I figured I'd share. no EMM …

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Re: 486DX2 M915I Build Log

Posted on 2021-11-30, 17:30

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by RobDos

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Made some progress today, I was hoping to use a IDE to MicroSD card but I can't seem to get it to boot, FC1306T is the listed chip with a small flash, but doesn't seem to be bootable. Did manage to benchmark it, format the drive Fdisk etc.. all appear to work just not booting (partition is active)

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Re: Unstable - P3 500, 512MB RAM, Vodoo Banshee and Radeon 9200

Posted on 2021-11-30, 00:44

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

1. Replace the ram with correct memory, either pair of 256MB 8 chip or one 512 with 16 chips stick. This could be stability issue due to unused chips still powered and signalling load too high. 2. Cool the CPU with fan. That is too hot. That affects the stability. Cheers, 1. I doubt it, but I'll …

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Unstable - P3 500, 512MB RAM, Vodoo Banshee and Radeon 9200

Posted on 2021-11-29, 20:20

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a P3 500 system that's proving to be unstable. Not sure if it's the ISA sound card w/o -5v but this is what happens 1. System can run for days, no issue 2. Memtest86_+ passes, will leave run 3. CPU HSF hot to touch, like I wouldn't get into water that hot but I'm not burning myself. 4. Voodoo …

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Re: 486DX2 M915I Build Log

Posted on 2021-11-26, 20:53

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Disruptor wrote on 2021-11-26, 19:58: No L2 cache? 1x 64K x 8 BIT SRAM DIP-32 + 8x 128K x 8 SRAM DIP-32 On order from China, 2-12 weeks 😜 This board did not have fake cache, just none and the BIOS chip is socketed. Better than some of the versions of this board.

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486DX2 M915I Build Log

Posted on 2021-11-26, 19:20

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by RobDos

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Now begins a new adventure, this one I'm taking my time on. The last system I built took about 7 months and it's still not done so I expect this to take me a while. What I have so far: Baby AT Mainboard, M915I or 80486VIP haven't yet confirmed which https://www.elhvb.com/webhq/models/486pci/80486vip …

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Re: Post up your Benchmarks for your systems

Posted on 2021-11-26, 19:01

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Can you post the links to the tests/tools so others can run similar tests?

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Re: Troubleshooting SIMMCONN Revival

Posted on 2021-11-26, 15:56

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ Sound

4th's time is a charm! Did not work: MT16D832G-6X Micron 32 MB SIMM DDR SDRAM Memory Chips: Chips 16x MT4C4M4E But the latest chip, assembled in Canada no less worked and passed! Celestica 32MB EDO Chips: GD 51H0112 Thanks for the help all!

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486 Heatsink Glued on?

Posted on 2021-11-26, 00:17

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a 486 DX2 66 with a HSF that appears to be glued or epoxied on. There is no give so I suspect it's not thermal adhesive tape. The fan works and I'm tempted to leave it, but if I recall a 486DX2 could run without a cooler (and well, I think that makes it look neater) so I'm tempted to try and …

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Re: ATX I/O shield models for 3D printing

Posted on 2021-11-25, 23:34

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ya know, I just spent 10 minutes trying to find this post, put it back at the top 😜

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Re: AT Powersupply Wiring

Posted on 2021-11-24, 20:38

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think this is what you're looking for.

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Re: Pentium 3 system post fail issue

Posted on 2021-11-24, 01:29

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Out of curiosity, what happens if you pull the voodoo cards? Maybe overloading 5V. You might be border line and if it's run recently it might have a trickle charge and that's 'just enough' You only get a total of 100W of 3.3 and 5v combined. The CPU, Video Cards are all using 5V in in your system.

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Re: Rate my Rig!

Posted on 2021-11-24, 01:15

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Still lave some tidy-up to do, waiting for a oled display for the gotek and some stickers 😀

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Rate my Rig!

Posted on 2021-11-24, 01:13

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by RobDos

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

P3 500Mhz, 512MB SD RAM, 128GB SSD on IDE to SATA adapter, SB Awe 64 CT4380 + SIMMCON 8MB, Voodoo Banshee 16MB PC + Radeon 9200 128MB AGP, Gotek Floppy, DVD burner, Integrated speakers

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