ASUS P3B-F Comparison v1.03, v1.04

Posted on 2020-07-02, 13:38

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by janskjaer

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I have two ASUS P3B-F motherboards, both slightly different and from different locations. The ASUS P3B-F v1.03 is from the UK, it has 2 ISA slots The ASUS P3B-F v1.04 is from Japan, it has 1 ISA slot. Notice from the photos, the difference in capacitor brands. Both the v1.03 and v1.04 appear to have …

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Re: PSU Voltage Concerns

Posted on 2020-07-02, 10:42

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by janskjaer

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Some additional photos inside the Jeantech. Apologies for the bad angles but it's difficult to show the inside.

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Re: PSU Voltage Concerns

Posted on 2020-07-02, 10:40

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by janskjaer

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Just an update: I've replaced the PSU and tried it with two different ones: A brand new old stock Jeanteach JNP-500AP 500W: +3.3V: 30A +5.0V: 40A +12V1: 15A +12V2: 18A -5V: 0.3A -12V: 0.8A 5VSB: 2.0A CPU Vcore: ~1.64V 3.3VSB: ~3.37V +3.3V: ~3.37V +5.0V: ~4.91V +12V: ~12.35V -12V: (-)~11.70V +2.5V: …

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Re: PSU Voltage Concerns

Posted on 2020-06-13, 15:30

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OK, so this thing ultimately has to come out. It's just not suitable. A multimeter is on the shopping list as I don't currently have one at hand. In the meantime, I'll check with a lower-demanding AGP card (Permedia 2) and see if that makes any difference. I forgot to mention the HDD I was using. …

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PSU Voltage Concerns

Posted on 2020-06-12, 16:22

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by janskjaer

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Although the PSU itself may or may not be considered old hardware (new stock in 2015), the system it powers is . The BIOS currently reports the following: CPU Vcore: ~1.64V 3.3VSB: ~3.37V +3.3V: ~3.15V +5.0V: ~4.40V +12V: ~12.28V -12V: (-)~12.28V +2.5V: ~2.54V 5VSB: ~4.73V The specification of my …

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Re: Rendition Verite Thread

Posted on 2020-05-27, 21:58

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by janskjaer

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Wow! That image quality is a big difference. It was something I wasn't even aware of. I'll check that out in my 3DMark and 3D Winbench image quality results, as I've already ran benchmarks for both the Hercules driver and v3.0 beta5.

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Re: Things other then Voodoo ? (or I found some other old PCI video cards)

Posted on 2020-05-26, 18:00

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by janskjaer

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I like my PowerVR cards. They're a great add-on for those SGL API games I play .

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Re: Rendition Verite Thread

Posted on 2020-05-26, 17:47

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As this seems to be the combined general Rendition thread, I'll put this here. I wanted to ask Verite V2200 owners what driver version they are commonly using? In terms of features, performance, reliability, and compatibility (older Speedy3D and early versions of the RRedline API) is there a …

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

Posted on 2020-05-26, 17:15

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Benchmarked and tested these today, all except the SB0060 Live!.

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

Posted on 2020-05-15, 15:45

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IMG_20200326_161021.jpg Benchmarked these some time ago (and are already on their way back into remote storage). Today I started working on the results data. After that, it will be onto the 3500TV and Voodoo4s. Seeing as Windows 7 support officially ended in January, I've also spent the last two …

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

Posted on 2020-04-21, 17:58

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by janskjaer

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That seems a bit high? I was running my V2 SLI on a Celeron 300A @ 504 and there was a definite gain from single to dual card. At 800x600 it would run virtually at the same speed. I only ran 800x600 or sometimes even 640x480. At the time I was actually using them they were connected to a 15" CRT …

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

Posted on 2020-04-18, 14:31

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Just catching up on this week's retro activity - mine happened earlier in the week and not exactly today. I purchased a brand new sealed NOS I/O chassis plate for my Chaintech 7VJL Apogee KT333 motherboard and fitted it. Getting the motherboard out, slotting on the new I/O plate and screwing it all …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-03-26, 17:06

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Hey, that's a realy nice case & DVD drive! I believe it is a Pioneer DVD-105s ('s' for slot-load model). You can see mine which currently resides in my Glidebox. Originally purchased in 2001 from new, it has been the daily optical drive in all my current systems until around 2014, when I stopped …

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Re: Matrox Millennium G200 "No Signal" Issues

Posted on 2020-03-20, 21:03

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I solved the Windows protection error. A residual 3Dlabs driver was trying to control the AGP bus while the Matrox card was plugged in. I'm now able to see the G200 in Windows 98 and have installed the drivers for it. When switching VGA over to that card, it is now displaying output. It is the "non- …

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Re: Matrox Millennium G200 "No Signal" Issues

Posted on 2020-03-20, 17:18

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So I installed the 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI first, then I inserted the Matrox Millennium G200 Into the AGP slot. The VGA cable is connected to the Voodoo3 to see what is going on. The system never makes it into Windows 98. after the BIOS POST and during the Windows 98 bootup, I receive the error: " …

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Re: Matrox Millennium G200 "No Signal" Issues

Posted on 2020-03-19, 22:54

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I didn't realise they were so unreliable. I thought perhaps the problem occurred because I'm attempting to run the the card on LCDs and I may need the Flat Panel add-on but I don't think that is the case as there would be a lot more "no signal" reports than there is. Can I run the Matrox's BIOS …

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Matrox Millennium G200 "No Signal" Issues

Posted on 2020-03-19, 20:49

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I've tested a Matrox Millennium G200 8MB AGP (G2+/MILA/8I) on my Chanitech 7VJL APOGEE and when powering up, there is no signal output to any of the (only LCD) screens I've tested it with. There is no signal output to the display from powering on, not even the BIOS POST screen is visible. I've tried …

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

Posted on 2019-08-27, 07:28

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IIRC there are 2 metal tabs that attach to the bottom of the front end of the floppy drive and you just slide it in there til it clicks. Photos would be greatly appreciated.. I want to know if it is something I could maybe 3d print.. It is a metal tray that allows the floppy drive to sit in it. The …

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

Posted on 2019-08-26, 07:46

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Enjoying the long summer nights and excellent weather at the moment so I decided to give the DELL XPS M200s a quick dust out in the garden whilst having a cup of tea. Again, it didn't really need it (this case is so good at keeping dust out). 'Quick' turned into taking the original Dell PSU apart to …

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Re: AGP Issues with WIndows 98SE and >512MB RAM

Posted on 2019-08-16, 11:48

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My apologies for not replying sooner. I thought I had done so and have since forgotten about this thread (sort of...). Following the advice of @swaaye, I installed HIMEMX. Simply drop the HIMEMX.EXE in the WINDOWS folder and add the following line to C:\CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEMX.EXE /MAX= …

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