Re: Rare socket 4 motherboard - need bios image - MS-5103

Posted on 2021-12-16, 04:25

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soggi wrote on 2021-12-06, 12:31: BTW I noticed that there are two pages for the MS-5103 on Ultimate Retro: https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/3644 (MSI MS-5103 PCI/ISA 586MCI) https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/3645 (MSI MS-5103) I noticed you got that fixed! 😀 kind regards …

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Re: No audio output on via socket 370 motherboard

Posted on 2021-12-16, 04:22

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BTW I got confused because you were always mentioning "Avanace" instead of "Avance". xD So you already tried these drivers (-> https://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdownloads.asp?model=M6VLR) and the latest which are also on my website. Hm... The board has the latest BIOS (VLR0527B / VLR0527F)!? Sometimes …

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Re: No audio output on via socket 370 motherboard

Posted on 2021-12-14, 18:02

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Did you try the VIA Vinyl v7.00b driver package? It is available from my website -> https://soggi.org/drivers/via.htm. kind regards soggi

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Re: BIOS needed for Octek VL-COMBO

Posted on 2021-12-12, 17:35

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Did you try their old driver archive (upto 1999)? Last night I had the same thought... But there's no BIOS for the VL-COMBO, just for other cards. -> https://web.archive.org/web/19980614114714/http://www.oceanhk.com/Drivers/Display_Card/VGA/00_index.txt Fortunately aitotat got it managed! kind …

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Re: Best chipset or decent motherboard for socket 754?

Posted on 2021-12-11, 18:49

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Actually I was thinking about AX8 (K8T890), because I was convinced that it is for s754. But it is s939 board. Sorry, my bad. I've fixed my previous post :). Blurred memories... :) BTW ABIT made these socket 754 boards back then: KU8 (ULi M1689) KV-80 (VIA K8M800) KV-85 (VIA K8M800) KV8 (VIA K8T800 …

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Re: Best chipset or decent motherboard for socket 754?

Posted on 2021-12-10, 17:31

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luk1999 wrote on 2021-12-08, 19:08: ... Abit AV8 (VIA K8T890) ... Just want to correct this. The ABIT AV8(-3rd Eye) is a socket 939 board with VIA K8T800 Pro (not K8T890). I guess you mixed it up with the respective socket 754 board ABIT KV8 Pro(-3rd Eye). kind regards soggi

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Re: HP Kayak XM600 Win98

Posted on 2021-12-07, 16:28

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There are two series, Kayak XM600 series 1and Kayak XM600 series 2 -> https://web.archive.org/web/20021227005714/http://www.support.kayak.hp.com/kayaksupport/level4/501kfa113en/501kfa113en.html. There should be a label with model name and product number. Most important (in my opinion) is to get the …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-12-06, 15:27

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Thx, latest verion(s) will be online with the next update! 😀 kind regards soggi

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-12-06, 15:02

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Hey Mumak, some years ago I decided to mirror HWiNFO v5.5.5 (in the tools section of my website -> soggi.org - tools ) as development had stopped back then and I was afraid that it will vanish from your website - I always want to preserve great tools (and many other things). Now where you restarted …

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Re: Rare socket 4 motherboard - need bios image - MS-5103

Posted on 2021-12-06, 12:31

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by soggi

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I have also this board (5103) around here somewhere. Mine is also a ver2 but with an earlier bios. So your board has a BIOS with the other/earlier BIOS ID (2A597M40). Makes me wonder what was the original one? Maybe perhenden's BIOS (BIOS ID 2A59BM41) originally wasn't for the MS-5103 and someone …

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Re: Best web browsing for Win 9x? (Mozilla, etc.)

Posted on 2021-12-06, 12:04

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Let me add more details to WDStudios' post: Latest official browsers for Win98(SE) are... - Firefox 2.0.0.20 - Firefox 2.0.0.22pre (latest nightly, 2009/04/15) - Opera 10.63 (2010/10/12) [the last two are available on my website -> https://soggi.org/misc/tools.htm] With KernelEX you may run Firefox …

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Re: Rare socket 4 motherboard - need bios image - MS-5103

Posted on 2021-12-05, 22:01

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by soggi

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Can't help much with the BIOS / board hunt, but this seems a bit confusing given the text and associated picture - did MSI reuse board model nos.? (scroll down) - https://au.msi.com/Landing/anz-35th-anniversary-campaign Just saw it right now...this is BS...they interchanged something. MSI did some …

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Re: Rare socket 4 motherboard - need bios image - MS-5103

Posted on 2021-12-05, 21:35

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@Bitwrangler: I'm kind of a specialist when it comes to these MSI things, course I got deeper into this while searching for BIOSes for my MSI and MSI OEM boards. At first they named their boards just with a number (the so-called "model name", f.e. MS-7360 VER:1.0) until ~2000, afterwards they …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-12-05, 17:01

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by soggi

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Overwriting once with random data is enough to make it impossible to restore the previous data, especially for normal users. kind regards soggi

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-12-05, 16:32

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So for the esoteric "Maybe someone could, if all planets are in a row..." reason HDDs get distroyed... I also had it the other (stupid) way...bought HDDs on ebay many years ago, many weren't erased, some could be recovered (files just have been deleted on windows). What's the problem with …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-12-05, 02:18

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We get refurbished ones bought for work if its not important data, usually the 300GB ones are quite cheap and last a lifetime due to them being enterprise level. Anything over that gets expensive quick. We have all these HDDs at work within special e-waste (a key is needed to access the room [I …

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Re: Rare socket 4 motherboard - need bios image - MS-5103

Posted on 2021-12-04, 05:32

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I had another look at this after you were able to start up the board... WM68 072594 07/21/94-MERCURY-ZB-2A59BM41-00 is what your MS-5103 BIOS says, the MS-5106 BIOS says WM72 080594 07/21/94-MERCURY-ZB-2A59BM41-00 As you can see, both board's BIOSes have the same BIOS ID (2A59BM41), so it is very …

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Re: AMIBIOS Modding

Posted on 2021-12-02, 02:45

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As far as I know all these 2.xx and later Win versions only work correctly with AMI Core 7/8/Aptio BIOS images. For the previous AMI BIOSes up to Core 6.31 there were only DOS versions of AMIBCP. ASRock has been founded as the cheap brand of ASUS back then and ASUS was well known for hindering from …

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Re: Screamer 2 and Screamer Rally sound and performance issues

Posted on 2021-12-01, 00:55

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Nice to hear your issue has been solved! Hm...haven't been at a flea market in DD for years, maybe a decade - have to change this. 😀 kind regards soggi

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Re: Need help to improve the support of 486/586/686 class CPUs in CPU-Z

Posted on 2021-12-01, 00:37

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Hey CuPid, maybe actually you don't have the time (I would have full understanding), but eventually you can give us a short note to the issues/questions mentioned/asked above? 😀 kind regards soggi

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