brostenen wrote:Now. Looking back in time. I just realised, that the FIC-PA-2013 and the Gigabyte GA-5AX is allmost identical.
Just a little mor […]
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LunarG wrote:
Agreed. They can be really stable with the right setup and drivers installed.
I used to have a Via MVP3 system back in the days, and never had any more problems with that than with any other system I've owned. I've got a Via MVP3 system now as well, with same type of motherboard, except with 1MB cache vs. 512KB back in the days, and it works just fine. To be honest, when it came to SS7 boards, I remember most of the reviews back then saying that the Via MVP3 chipset was the one to go for.
Now. Looking back in time. I just realised, that the FIC-PA-2013 and the Gigabyte GA-5AX is allmost identical.
Just a little more cache on the Fic, and an extra ISA on the Gigabyte. Mmm.... Nice.
I remember people bitching about how slow, and how unstable Win98 were. And I remember people that owned Intel chipset boards, telling me to sell the gigabyte and buy a P2 system with intel 440bx. I allso recall, that I was pusseled by the fact, that even though my system was really slow, it ran Win98 without a problem and without any errors for weeks at times. My friends rebooted once a day. That was some really stable hardware I had back then.
That was some good old day's back then.
Yes, Win98 was unstable for me also (at least the one time I had to use 98FE) but ME ran perfectly fine on it.
About the AGP slots, I think you're confused, there is a 1x/2x slot and a 4x slot. The 4x slot doesn't have a notch in it while the 1x/2x slot does. The 8x slot btw also has a notch but in a different position.
The FIX PA-2013 is different from the GA-5AX as the latter doesn't even use a VIA chipset, it uses an Ali instead.
If your modules are 32MB, then make sure you don't up the FSB to 100MHz in case your 32MB modules are PC-66 btw.
And iirc there are in fact Voodoo 3 PCI versions, even a 3000. The only one I never seen is a PCI 3500 variant, so not sure that one exists, but it is very possible that it does.
AlphaWing wrote:Hi, New here.
I have this same exact board, acquired 2 of them NIB recently. A 1mb version and a 2mb. Updated the Bios on both s […]
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Hi, New here.
I have this same exact board, acquired 2 of them NIB recently. A 1mb version and a 2mb. Updated the Bios on both so they can see the K6-2+ 500 I put in them.
The 1mb board ruined itself after 1 run of 3dmark 2000 not even a complete run.
It had a voodoo 3 3000 AGP in it at the time.
Those little chips near under the agp card near the coin battery.... Well I've never seen this happen before, but after that 3dmark run there is a hole clear through one of the chips that was not their before.
I think they are voltage regulators?
That board won't post now at all, and the 2mb Version is completely unstable with every AGP video card I've tried putting in the AGP slot. From a Riva 128 ZX, to a Radeon 9800 pro. Most of the time won't make it through a single 3dmark run without hard locking in 99, 2000, 2001 No matter what AGP settings I try in the Bios.
I'm afraid the same thing is gonna happen to the 2mb board it if I leave a AGP card in it.
Is it a defect with these boards? Does anyone have any experience with them?
That is really odd, especially the way your 1MB board got fried. Perhaps it was defective in a way, but you mentioned you flashed a new BIOS in there (can't tell if the 2 events are related though).
For the rest, I really don't know if it is a defect with your particular FIC boards or with that specific model in general. I do recall the earlier AGP boards had all kinds of issues with their AGP slots and the way they provided power to the AGP cards, so perhaps it is that problem?
What revisions are your boards?
Have you tried your Voodoo 3 in another board btw?
Edit: Lemme check the chip btw, I "think" I actually have a PA-2013 1MB board in my collection. Can't remember if I ever tried it though 🤣