Re: Sluggish 486 Performance

Posted on 2013-02-17, 11:13

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by silentwulf

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Reset the BIOS to default settings. Disabled all "Green" settings (something I always do) Completely removed cables concerning Turbo functions to the case Replaced memory with an equal amount to the previous setup (8MB) No CPU or GPU overheating. None of these steps made ANY changes to game …

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Re: Sluggish 486 Performance

Posted on 2013-02-16, 20:42

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by silentwulf

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This is the spare cache stick that I have.

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Re: Sluggish 486 Performance

Posted on 2013-02-16, 06:16

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by silentwulf

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I'm also not sure if I can swap out the CACHE chips on this board. I do have a spare "cache on a stick" that came out of a beefy 486, but alas, no slot to accommodate it on this board 🙁

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Re: Sluggish 486 Performance

Posted on 2013-02-16, 06:04

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by silentwulf

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The GPU is a ET4000, so I can't imagine that's the problem. What sort of cache would you recommend?

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Sluggish 486 Performance

Posted on 2013-02-16, 05:04

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by silentwulf

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Been working on this 486 box recently, even replacing the motherboard just so I could upgrade the CPU, and I've noticed some odd speed issues. This is mostly in games, like Jazz Jackrabbit. At times the framerate really slows down. It's a smooth...low framerate, as opposed to becoming a slideshow. …

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-02-03, 05:24

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by silentwulf

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Turbo is on. When Turbo is off, it just crawls 🤣 Recommend any solid benchmarks for 486 machines?

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-02-03, 04:43

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by silentwulf

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Well good news is, the Bravado works perfectly. Ironic, since it's been sitting on a table (I thought it was just junk, considering how dirty it was, and only 99 cents) this whole time. Didn't need to go through the trouble of buying one in the first place. All graphical anomalies are gone. Speed is …

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-02-02, 22:34

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by silentwulf

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Now that I look at it, it probably had a daughterboard, and yes it is a Bravado. Not sure which REV it is.

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-02-02, 18:43

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by silentwulf

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Returned the card in question...and was looking through some of my spare ISA/PCI cards, and found something, unique. I remember finding this at a Goodwill, where pretty much any random item is thrown into these large bins, and the price of the item is determined by weight. With that in mind, I have …

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-01-27, 23:44

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by silentwulf

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Looks like the card I purchased is faulty :( At least it means you can go buy another one :) Unless he's married. :lol: Not married, so I can splurge on these antiques XD Going to replace the motherboard in this box before I buy a new card (CPU is permanently attached to this motherboard), so I can …

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-01-27, 05:08

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by silentwulf

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Looks like the card I purchased is faulty 🙁 At least I can get my money back 🤣

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-01-26, 15:41

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by silentwulf

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Just took a closer look, and it does look rather suspicious. I'll try the memory swap later in the evening, and post the results.

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-01-26, 01:47

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by silentwulf

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Checked the memory on the card, along with the main chip. Seemed like they were seated just fine. There are two jumpers...but with no diagram, or documentation, I'm not 100% sure what they stand for. Hopefully the pictures below help; http://imageshack.us/a/img72/2174/dsc01484rh.th.jpg http:// …

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-01-26, 00:39

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by silentwulf

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This is what I'm getting; http://imageshack.us/a/img221/5922/dsc01481kk.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img9/2888/dsc01482kv.jpg

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-01-25, 23:45

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by silentwulf

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ET4000AX came in today, plugged it in, and I'm getting a full screen of garbled text/symbols. Currently looking for a way to reset the BIOS (battery is fused to the board), and see if that solves the problem.

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-01-25, 18:57

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by silentwulf

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I did test the memory, and had no errors. However, with programs like Memtest86(+), they wouldn't loud.

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Re: SB16 + GUS PnP

Posted on 2013-01-25, 04:02

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by silentwulf

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Both cards are in the system, fresh DOS install. Used EEPROM, and set the addresses. Still not able to get anything from the Gravis PnP. Did the driver disk installation, and it copied all the files over to the HDD. As a test, I tried running the port configuration setup, and it just sits there …

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Re: ISA VGA Card?

Posted on 2013-01-25, 01:57

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by silentwulf

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Ordered a TSENG Labs ET4000AX the other day, should be here soon. Also, the Hocus Pocus issue I posted about, wasn't a memory, or GPU issue. Seems like some of the data was corrupted during it's move from a CDROM, to the HDD. Working fine now 🤣

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Re: SB16 + GUS PnP

Posted on 2013-01-24, 00:18

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by silentwulf

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Elianda, what additional details should I provide?

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Re: SB16 + GUS PnP

Posted on 2013-01-23, 19:48

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by silentwulf

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I'll give those steps a try later today. Not too concerned about Windows using multiple cards. Just wanted to make sure something wasn't royally screwed. Since this machine is used primarily for gaming, I run everything out of DOS. One thing I did forget to mention, I have a MT-32 hooked into the …

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