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First post, by matze79

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Hi,

i started to make a new VIA C3 Build, based on VIA EPIA 800.
This one Supports Sound in MS-DOS using the viafmtsr and viaudio.com TSR's.

It currently run's MS-DOS 5.0.
Its equipped with one Stick of 512Mb RAM, only 64Mb RAM currently used.
QEMM386 limits it 😀

Windows 3.11 is also running on this Machine.

I got a Pocket PSU but still missing a decent 12V Suppy 😀

The Frame is 3D Printed and still a Work in Progress.

Currently i found other Issues that need to be fixed first.
The Capacitors of this Brandnew NOS EPIA Board are all dry.

If i boot Linux or NetBSD and enable Xorg this will result into system instant off.
The GPU seems to run unstable, you can also see the Image slightly moving right/left.

My 3D Printed WIP:

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Reply 1 of 2, by doaks80

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I started building one yesterday too 😀

Shuttle AV14 that recognizes my Ezra-T 866 as a "Samuel 866Mhz" but all seems to work fine. The board has Tualatin P3 support so I figured it would talk nice to the Ezra-T as well.

Win98 loads up fine, all versions of cpu-z die hard, but Crystal cpuid detects it as an Exra with a 64kb L2 cache which is good enough for me.

I'm currently working through my SB Live! collection to find one that is detected by this board ... if no luck it will be an Audigy1 instead. I should mention this board has SB-Link as well so a YMF724 is also an option.

k6-3+ 400 / s3 virge DX+voodoo1 / awe32(32mb)
via c3 866 / s3 savage4+voodoo2 sli / audigy1+awe64(8mb)
athlon xp 3200+ / voodoo5 5500 / diamond mx300
pentium4 3400 / geforce fx5950U / audigy2 ZS
core2duo E8500 / radeon HD5850 / x-fi titanium