First post, by ultimate386
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About 2 months ago I got a Zida Tomato Board 4DPS socket 3 PCI baby AT board (SIS496/497) rev 2 off ebay for a new 486 build.
I set the the board up with an AMD 5x86, 256k cache, and 64MB RAM.
Intended video setup is a 4MB S3 Virge paired with a 4MB 3Dfx Voodoo1 (owned both since new in Jan. 1998!).
Other components are an 8GB CF card (primary disk), 8GB IBM IDE hard drive (slave), AWE64, and an Etherlink 3.
OS is Win98SE.
I tried the newest Voodoo1 drivers I could find with no luck (screen goes black and system hard locks). After doing a little research I decided to try older drivers (that maybe didn't require a Pentium). Thankfully, Vogons has the original Cardex Dragon 1000 (my Voodoo1 card) disk in the driver library!
So now, if I try the 3Dfx demos in Windows, I'll see the 3Dfx spinning logo start and then the system will hard lock with the logo stuck on the screen (no BSOD, ctrl-alt-del doesn't work). If I try running Jetfighter 3 (patched) in DOS mode, the sim will actually run for about 10 to 15 seconds and then hard lock.
A second issue I'm having is with the CF card/adapter. I had zero issues installing Win98, but Jetfighter 3 installation would fail (repeatably) about half way thru when trying to install to the card (installed to the IBM drive just fine). The system will also randomly hard lock in Windows if in non-turbo mode. And finally, anytime I restart the system, a hard reset is required. Warm reboots cause odd issues with drive access (CF and the IBM).
I really hope the two problems are related (will make troubleshooting much easier!). I'm planning to try the CF isolated on its own IDE channel and maybe abandon it altogether if that doesn't help. Might also try ditching 98SE for 95OSR2.
Would appreciate any additional thoughts. Maybe something I'm overlooking in the BIOS?
Thanks!
edit: memtest86 showed no memory problems.
edit2: sorry, meant to post this in Marvin!
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