Voltage problems after recapping (DFI K6XV+/66)

Posted on 2022-02-22, 12:00

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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The board in question: https://i.imgur.com/wwtF9k7.jpg DFI K6XV3+/66 Rev:B2 My buddy Hirsch changed the capacitors with polymer caps from Kemet and Nichicon. After the recapping my board can no longer boot into WinXP if I run my K6-2/500AFX at stock voltage (2.2V). However it can boot into Win98, …

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Re: Phenom II + High Voltage DDR2. Does it work?

Posted on 2022-02-22, 10:14

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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ChrisK wrote on 2022-02-21, 13:24: Seen from that perspective, you are right. But anything newer than WinXP x86 can use it and the board supports 16 GB. There is no need to install anything newer than WinXP. If I need a secondary surf machine, I can use my late XP build (Z68 board, binned i5-2500K …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-20, 12:28

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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-02-20, 09:24: Keyboard tray looks nice but seems like it might be rather uncomfortable to actually use the keyboard with it there. Yeah, the parents of a friend used to have something like that. Really uncomfortable.

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Re: DOS versions of DOOM

Posted on 2022-02-20, 07:32

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matze79 wrote on 2022-02-19, 16:15: Play some Wood instead 😀 wood.jpg I saw this a few days ago, but didn't knew where to post it on Vogons. 🤣 Wood, the 1993 classic!

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Re: Phenom II + High Voltage DDR2. Does it work?

Posted on 2022-02-19, 23:40

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ChrisK wrote on 2022-02-19, 21:41: Have you ever thought about fitting the board with 4x 4GB modules? Unfortunately these are a bit hard to obtain and most (all?) are just plain DDR2-800. Why should I? Win98SE and WinXP 32bit both can only handle up to 3.5GB. So it's a bit pointless to go above 4GB …

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

Posted on 2022-02-19, 12:34

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I've got no way to test FPM and SO-DIMM SDR now, but for all other formats (EDO, SDR, regular and SO-DIMM DDR/2/3) Boards that can run EDO can usually run FPM as well. It's always a good idea to check all your RAM modules. Don't forget to take a photo of successful Memtest, in case you want to sell …

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Re: Phenom II + High Voltage DDR2. Does it work?

Posted on 2022-02-19, 12:28

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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DrSwizz wrote on 2022-02-19, 12:23: Yes, with the right memory modules you can clock them towards 700MHz (1400 effective) with the Phenom IIs. 😮 😮 😮 And which is the "right"?

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Re: Phenom II + High Voltage DDR2. Does it work?

Posted on 2022-02-19, 12:06

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Mhhh, after BIOS-Update the board has a 5.33:1 divider for DDR2-1066. If I overclock the FSB to 225MHz, it should be able to run DDR2-1200, or am I wrong? 😁

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Re: ASrock ALive Dual - SATA II doesn't work?

Posted on 2022-02-19, 11:01

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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With some SSD connected via a SATA to IDE adaptor (I have some JMicron one 🤫) you can reach 80-90MB/s on the IDE ports (one drive tested at a time). Shouldn't it be more, because of UDMA133? Interesting: The IDE controller supports RAID. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/nforce-ide-415-win2KXP/ …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-18, 21:31

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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bloodem wrote on 2022-02-18, 18:13: Not sure why I would try to sandbag anyone, it's not like I'm getting paid by VIA to promote their 2002/2003 CPUs and badmouth the K6-2/3+. 🤣 You're getting paid by the Chinese to sell their e-waste. Admit it! 🤣

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-18, 13:35

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-02-18, 13:30: Also it doesn't have an universal slot on most of the pictures I found. Re: Socket 370 with BX440 Motherboards? I said MOST. Not ALL.

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-18, 13:28

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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I have a ITOX CB60-BX-C which has 3 ISA slots and i think supports UDMA66 Doesn't look like 440BX and it's probably i815. Unless people from DFI were so lazy that this motherboard have universal AGP slot on unsupported chipset. In that case - still UDMA33. According to the manual it is 440BX. Also …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-02-18, 13:15

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That's the one! I needed to reload something like 10 times before I was able to pass him. Felt really good after finally making it though. As a veteran of the Thief games, I was determined to stay in stealth mode as much as possible, and my stubbornness somehow carried me through. Hehe, I knew it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-18, 07:30

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Really hoping you might do a bit of a write up or video of these two cards in action or this janus card if its the only one you have when you get around to finally testing it. Might take a while. It has a wire soldered on the back. I have no idea if this was done by the manufacturer or the original …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-18, 07:10

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Very interesting, I never knew such a thing existed. There is another device like this: https://www-stcarchiv-de.translate.goog/stc1995/05/atari-emulationen?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp I got it a few months ago in a scrap lot, but didn't have time to test it yet: JanusCard. …

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Re: ASrock ALive Dual - SATA II doesn't work?

Posted on 2022-02-17, 23:18

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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I wouldn't worry about it. SATA-1 is fast enough. Access time is what matters. But Hirsch and I enjoy maxing out platforms. The result looks rather poor, even for SATA-I. I ask myself whether a SSD connected to the SATA-I port of the nForce3-250 southbridge might be faster. @ChrisK: Do you have …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-02-17, 10:20

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I did notice that I was allowed to continue the mission after "accidentally" disintegrating a particularly annoying Klingon, but I reloaded and played it stealthy all the way Let me guess: Very early during the mission, near a ladder? That one is nasty indeed! Back in the day I thought it was …

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Re: Here's an idea: using high endurance (micro)SD cards meant for continuous video recording as storage for retro gear

Posted on 2022-02-17, 10:18

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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SDD doesnt have an issue being set to a smaller size via partitions, it is actually a great idea as it leaves the provisioned space for the drives garbage collection to use, I'm not sure SSDs use DCO and use DFA(HPA) instead, but it might be something worth looking into and now that you have asked …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-02-17, 09:53

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Finished Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force . The game was pretty short (10-15 hours maybe?) but I didn't have much time for gaming until today. This game was the reason why I spend 4000 Krautmark (2000€) on my very first PC. Until then I did use my dads Pentium MMX, which could barely run anything in …

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Re: ASrock ALive Dual - SATA II doesn't work?

Posted on 2022-02-17, 09:14

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Older sata chipsets quite often have broken auto-negotiation, which results in newer sata3 drives falling back to sata1 or sometimes even not working at all. Unless disks support jumpering to sata2 (which is extremely rare, if there is a jumper it's usually to force sata1 for even older chipsets) …

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