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Reply 80 of 80, by Pingaloka

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Hello people. Just a small update. I had damaged the 486 MOBO so I had to get another one....yes I had to 😁 !
At the end I made an exchange with Fabian from amoretro.de which has behaved wonderfully. Nice making business with him! Got a really nice board + got a nice sticker for the case (from another source).

Here go the specs:

GA-486AM/AMS (REV. 2).

- new RTC module

- replaced the standard 256KBit cache modules with 257KBit modules that have the "dirty bit" (This is courtesy of Fabian. I never heard about 257 modules neither the "dirty bit") Supposedly it makes the board run faster?

- Am5x86 133mhz

- 64MB ram

- S3 Trio64V+ 2MB

Some pictures:

THE BOARD (before the new RTC Module) I made some photos when the board arrived but deleted them 🙁 Can't bother taking everything out again! sorry about that.

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Speedsys results:

4x33mhz am5x86 133mhz

Internal Cache enabled + Turbo button enabled:

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Internal Cache disabled + Turbo button enabled:

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Internal Cache disabled + Turbo button disabled:

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Internal Cache Enabled + Turbo disabled:

I shows the same results as if Turbo was enabled! But I know for a fact that the board slows down as I tried it on games. What could the reason be?

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4x40mhz am5x86 160mhz

Internal Cache enabled + Turbo button enabled:

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Internal Cache disabled + Turbo button enabled:

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Internal Cache disabled + Turbo button disabled:

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Internal Cache Enabled + Turbo disabled:

Again, it shows the same results as if Turbo was enabled!