Re: Bios update help?

Posted on 2022-08-28, 02:05

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by Alistar1776

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Ok, so the board is 644016-001 Rev 0B I assume that an installer for Win7 should theoretically still run in Win10. Ik it worked for my Dell Precision T3400 when I updated the bios on it, and its an older system. Ok that is a the early version board. The flasher might work under Win10, depends on …

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Re: Bios update help?

Posted on 2022-08-28, 00:54

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by Alistar1776

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I think I have used winflash in the past back when I was playing around with pentium 4 and 939 stuff. Might work here? I think hiren’s boot cd has a utility for dos. You may be able to edit the iso to include the bin in the flash program directory. Or just make them a dos boot cd and put uniflash …

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Re: Bios update help?

Posted on 2022-08-28, 00:43

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by Alistar1776

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What exact model of Presario ? Knowing the exact board number may help find the BIOS. Should be a sticker behind the audio ports that gives the exact board number. Found at least two IPISB-CU boards, 644016-001 rev 1 and 656846-002 rev 2. Those boards are made by Intel or Pegatron and they do not …

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-27, 07:42

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by Alistar1776

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AFAIK, USB support in W95 (OSR2.x) was rather poor, for HID (which USB mouse is) close to zero. According to various sources on the net, there are exceptions where some peripherial manufacturers (Microsoft, Logitech) also supplied the driver for the W95 and these were also functional in this OS, …

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Bios update help?

Posted on 2022-08-27, 05:08

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by Alistar1776

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So, I'm helping a friend of mine upgrade an old Compaq Presario to game with until he saves enough for a modern pc. HP doesnt have any drivers at all for the system, so im making this post. PC Serial number is 4CE12205FT, Its an LGA 1155 based system, currently running an i3-2100, 6gb memory, and …

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-26, 15:22

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by Alistar1776

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Of course they also support USB mice, under the Advanced Chipset Setup you can see "Onboard USB" (set to enabled) and even "USB function for DOS". In the original USB I/O bracket, the A4Tech Office in W98SE works for me. I haven't tried others, but I expect almost all USB mice will work. PS/2 on …

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-26, 06:45

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by Alistar1776

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Weird, I have same board and none problems. You can try USB or serial mouse then? I dont have a serial mouse atm, and i dont think a usb mouse is supported on this era of hardware. Maybe theres something up with the header for the breakout board? edit: its the ATX Form Card thats causing issues i …

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-24, 06:22

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by Alistar1776

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rasz_pl wrote on 2022-08-23, 06:00: for best compatibility use second ide channel just for cdrom tried it. same issue

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-24, 06:21

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by Alistar1776

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Which CD/DVD drive you have connected - brand and model? Is the HDD connected to the last connector on the cable and the drive to the middle one? Have you another ATA cable? If yes, try replace. About PS/2 - you have a multimeter? If so, you can measure the PS/2 connector on the bracket. You should …

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-23, 05:54

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by Alistar1776

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rasz_pl wrote on 2022-08-22, 15:39: cdrom might be jumpitred for slave/master instead of single device Made sure CD-Rom is jumped as slave only. Same issue.

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-23, 05:53

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by Alistar1776

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Upon bootup, when is detecting drives, it detects the primary hdd proper, but when detecting the cdrom, it says "Primary Slave error: ATAPI Incompatible" yet, i can press F1 to continue booting, and it all works fine. More of an inconvenience, really. Is ATA cable from drive to board correctly …

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-22, 00:59

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by Alistar1776

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If it's a known good PS/2 mouse, I'd begin by making sure all of the wires for the PS/2 connector on the adapter have continuity (are the USB ports good?). If yes, then find the pin out for the PS/2 mouse header and make sure the wiring is correct. If yes, then check for voltage on the pins. This …

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-22, 00:56

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by Alistar1776

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Horun wrote on 2022-08-22, 00:30: I am too tired to search that other "Windows 95 Gaming?" thread. What motherboard are you using ? The board Im using is a PCChips M590 Socket 7 board

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-21, 23:10

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by Alistar1776

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With the failure rate of floppy disks, I would definitely try more than one. If you've tried several that will get the the A: in other systems, I would then strip the system down to a barebones configuration and see if you can get to the A: then. I'd also try a bootable CD of any operating system …

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Re: POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-21, 19:58

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by Alistar1776

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2022-08-21, 19:47: Have you tried another boot disk? Are you hearing the floppy drive reading the disk then stopping? I havent tried another boot disk, no. But the drive does read the disk, then stops. Im using a known working drive, disk, and cable.

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POST, No boot issue...

Posted on 2022-08-21, 19:14

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by Alistar1776

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So, I managed to collect enough hardware for my Windows 95 system. Some of you may have seen my post titled "Windows 95 Gaming?" Specs are AMD K6-2/350, has a single 128mb dimm, and 2, 8mb simms (i think), on board graphics, if you reference back to the aforementioned post, i have pics of the boards …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-15, 00:26

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by Alistar1776

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you can safely treat all of the markings on those two boards as marketing at best, but usually just scam - pcchips never did 'burnin 24h' of their boards, they were cheapest bottom of the barrel vendor PCChips M590 https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m590 - there is nothing pro about …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-14, 21:57

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by Alistar1776

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Sorry to disappoint you, but PCChips motherboards are on the low end of the spectrum usually. However, that one that has a heatsink with "3D Pro" does seem to have a somewhat decent graphics solution, including dedicated memory. It's based on the SiS 6326 which should perform better than the S3 …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-14, 20:29

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by Alistar1776

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Both seem to have some kind of onboard graphics solution. Do you have the breakout VGA cable for them? If you don't then the PCI interface will limit what you will be able to run in terms of 3D acceleration. Here are some options more or less in order of decreasing performance: - GeForce 2 MX or …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-13, 23:50

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by Alistar1776

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...one board has 2x30 pin simm slots, and two other memory slots, they take memory with two notches in them, i havent found what thats called. EDO? The other Socket 7 board has only 3 of the unknown to me double notch memory slots. From your description it seems to be 2x 72 pin SIMM slots actually, …

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