First post, by DarkHollow
I mainly need to know if the jumpers are set right since putting together this era of hardware is new to me.
The motherboard is Newtech VX3-2b. It's chipset is Intel 430VX. The cpu i want to use is AMD-K6 200ALR.
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/newtech-smt-vx3-2b
https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K6/AMD-K6%20200%20-%20AMD-K6-200ALR.html
As per the picture my motherboard's jumper's are as follow:
- Voltage Configuration (VID0-VID4) is set to 2.9v (same number as on the cpu. i think that's how this works?).
- Single/Dual Voltage Configuration (JP10) is set to Single Voltage CPU.
(the jumper was already on the board, i left it there since my cpu only as the 2.9v present on it; and i've seen pictures of k6 cpu's which have for exemple 3.3v i\o written next to that; which i assume those are dual voltage cpu's.)
- CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection (FS0/FS1/FS2) is set to 66mhz. (on cpu-world my cpu is stated to have 66mhz bus so i'm sure this is set right)
- CPU : BUS Frequency Ratio (BF0/BF1/BF2) i think i set it properly to a 3x clock multiplier but i really am not sure on this one.
Main question is are all of these properly set?
Other small questions:
- What is the 6 pin header under the AT keyboard port used for?
- Are the JP4, JP5 & JP6 headers correctly set?
- What is the JP1/JP2 header used for? (has ten pins and is empty)
- There's another jumper with R57 under it and SMI next to it. It is empty but again what is it used for?
I included the diagrams i used for the voltage and bus configurations as well as 2 pictures of my motherboard with the jumpers identified.
What i want with this build:
I will either make a DOS/Win95 or Win98SE build.
If DOS/Win95 build i will likely put a SoundBlaster 16 ISA card with an S3 Virge 2mb ISA card.
If Win98 i will use a pci Creative Labs soundcard from like 1999 or 2001, with an ATi Rage XL 8mb. (if compatible i may use them in the DOS/Win95 build)
Of course i might change these but for now these are what i have ready on hand. I also have one 4mb intel gpu (i think it's pci but must verify need to find it), one 16mb and one 32mb pci graphics card which may work for the Win98SE.
I also got some 64mb and 128mb pci gpu's mainly a bunch of Radeon stuff but i don't think this motherboard would handle them.
For ram the EDO ram installed are of OEMax brand and i think are 2x8mb and 2x 16mb sticks or double these numbers.
When everything is up and running i will first update the bios, then install the OS. I will use CF/SD cards with adapters for easy file transfers mainly.
I have a bunch of working hard drives from the era and later one WD Caviar around 425mb, some 1,2,4 and 6gb hard drives. Have one 20 two 40 and one 80gb hard drives too. I will also use one of these at least for those hard drives sounds 😀 I have a bunch of CD Drives from 4x i think the oldest i have to 52x. Got 3 DVD Drives one from late 90's the rest early 2000's that would be fitting. I've got lots of 3 1/2 inch floppy drives and 5 1/4 floppy drives (2x 360kb drives from my AT&T 6300, one or two 720kb drives, and two-three 1,2mb drives). The setup would have one 3 1/2 drive, one 5 1/4 drive (most likely a 720kb or 1.2mb one), one CD + one DVD drive, and one or two CF/SD card + one or two hard drive (2 or 4 storage disks).
Now this brings me to the last question, what ATX PSU should i use with my ATX-AT psu adapter to use all this stuff? Would a Seasonic S12III 500w or 650w be enough?
Thanks
