Man. I had a 33MB Kalok drive that only had 1 sector at the end that was bad, but booted up just fine.

Unlike the FMA7600 laptop that's bitching at me when I have a PCMCIA card inserted and the OS would lock up at the splash screen (Windows 95) until I power it off and back on again. The other one would eject/insert the cards for no reason as well. Either they need a recap or there's something I missed when I did the thorough inspection at first.

DerBaum wrote on 2023-09-20, 21:17:

It turns out the jumpers in the datasheet you can find online are wrong. The manual says the center position is MASTER but it isnt!!
The jumpers closest to the outer edge are Master! It took me a hour to find this... But it works now 😀

What do you mean you didn't follow the manual? Do you have any idea what you've done!? 😱 You've activated the retro singularity! The universe is folding back in upon itself!

So to try to fix the issue with my XP PC freezing, I got an Apevia 450W PSU for ~$30...
...Aaaaand it doesn't have that extra 4 pin connector necessary for the computer to boot. Only a 24-pin ATX connector. 😬
EDIT: Oh, nevermind, I can disconnect 4 pins from the ATX connector! Phew.

Aaaaand the PSU won't power the mobo. Pressing the ON/OFF switch turns it on and immediately off. 😒

What should I do? Contact Apevia? Ask for a return? Maybe the PSU is defective...

ChrisNonyminus wrote on 2023-09-21, 14:44:

Aaaaand the PSU won't power the mobo. Pressing the ON/OFF switch turns it on and immediately off. 😒

If it clicks when you turn it on and nothing happens it's the PSU safety mode. There is probably a short somewhere.

ChrisNonyminus wrote on 2023-09-21, 14:19:

So to try to fix the issue with my XP PC freezing, I got an Apevia 450W PSU for ~$30...
...Aaaaand it doesn't have that extra 4 pin connector necessary for the computer to boot. Only a 24-pin ATX connector. 😬
EDIT: Oh, nevermind, I can disconnect 4 pins from the ATX connector! Phew.

Wrong connector. He's trying to use the 4 extra power pins from the main atx cable. Not the 12v aux power.

luckybob wrote on 2023-09-21, 15:55:

ChrisNonyminus wrote on 2023-09-21, 14:19:

So to try to fix the issue with my XP PC freezing, I got an Apevia 450W PSU for ~$30...
...Aaaaand it doesn't have that extra 4 pin connector necessary for the computer to boot. Only a 24-pin ATX connector. 😬
EDIT: Oh, nevermind, I can disconnect 4 pins from the ATX connector! Phew.

Wrong connector. He's trying to use the 4 extra power pins from the main atx cable. Not the 12v aux power.

OHHHHH!
Now I feel even dumber! I found a 12V set of 2 4-pin connectors and slid half of them off like the 20+4 connector. Fingers crossed this works xD
EDIT: It powers on!

Aaaand, the PC still freezes. At Windows XP's startup now.

Anyone have v84.20 of the nvidia XP drivers perhaps? I've been linked to a thread on Nvidia's site where folks with similar cards had the same issue and one of these posters said that installing driver version 84.20 fixed it for him, but the link he posted to the driver's download is dead.

v84.20 seems to be available on Nvidias site. Top search in Google..

So few weeks ago decided start building 486 with VLB since this MB popped up on local auction site. Back in days 486 DX2 was my first PC MB bought for my own money. I did not have VLB version though. Also chipset called Hint Made In Japan was intriguing as well.
I hade to buy all components around 486 system. As you can see on the pic AT keyboard adapter is very sketchy. With 20EUR MB price I was hoping to keep it budget build. While CPU, Memory, IO card is relatively cheap I was surprised by ISA VGA card prices. Actually that CL-GD5428 was the cheapest card in my region. Seller accepted my 32EUR offer. It was advertised as working so all good. Today CPU arrived and to my surprise it posted. MB was sold as is.
Unfortunately I could not find manual for IO card. It might be actually thud since even floppy drive did not work.

Joakim wrote on 2023-09-21, 17:19:

v84.20 seems to be available on Nvidias site. Top search in Google..

I don't see it in Google, nor is it the top search.

1site:nvidia.com "84.20"

only returns release notes PDFs, too.

ChrisNonyminus wrote on 2023-09-21, 18:47:

I don't see it in Google, nor is it the top search. […]
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Joakim wrote on 2023-09-21, 17:19:

v84.20 seems to be available on Nvidias site. Top search in Google..

I don't see it in Google, nor is it the top search.

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1site:nvidia.com "84.20"

only returns release notes PDFs, too.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190805010747/ht … ternational.exe

DerBaum wrote on 2023-09-21, 18:50:

ChrisNonyminus wrote on 2023-09-21, 18:47:

I don't see it in Google, nor is it the top search. […]
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Joakim wrote on 2023-09-21, 17:19:

v84.20 seems to be available on Nvidias site. Top search in Google..

I don't see it in Google, nor is it the top search.

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1site:nvidia.com "84.20"

only returns release notes PDFs, too.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190805010747/ht … ternational.exe

Thanks.

Okay, so the problem is just the 6200. No matter what driver I use, the PC freezes. Using the 4 MX, everything's fine, it's just that DirectX 8+ isn't supported.
With that, 3DMark 2001 at 800x600 gave me a score of 3228 marks, which seems very good (for 2001).

vutt wrote on 2023-09-21, 18:21:

Unfortunately I could not find manual for IO card. It might be actually thud since even floppy drive did not work.

I had a quick scan through here but couldn't find it, I might not have looked close enough so it might be worth having another scan.

https://www.arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/c/c16ide_i.htm

.I did the first smoke test of my Pc chip M919
With the PCI Diamond S3 Stealth 64 card I just received.

Good news : no magic smoke!
Bad news : I could only test with a 486 SX I had as the motherboard power regulator is dead so... Only 5V CPU allowed for now.
I did order new one on aliexpress but the post stole them so I have to reorder them because I really need them finally.

Once I have all the part correctly working, that will replace the current ALI M1429G based Acer computer.
The M919 + 486SX, RAM run way faster than on that Acer A1GX-2 board + Cyrix 586....

pan069 wrote on 2023-09-21, 21:38:

vutt wrote on 2023-09-21, 18:21:

Unfortunately I could not find manual for IO card. It might be actually thud since even floppy drive did not work.

I had a quick scan through here but couldn't find it, I might not have looked close enough so it might be worth having another scan.

https://www.arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/c/c16ide_i.htm

No match on that page...
However after I posted I went and tested card (LPT port) which seemed to be configured and it worked. So card is working. Then spend entire late night searching internet and finally manually probing deferent jumper combinations. No luck.
Then while already bed 1AM while surfing for last time found ebay sale by searching Winbond chip ID i think and found that pic (attached). Had to get up and verify in the middle of night... ...bingo, it worked. So now I'm rocking PicoGUS in 486 and having good life!!

I'm putting here for web crawlers card exact id: "SIO-WB83787-3" So future retro generations can find this pic with jumpers setup - IDE, FDD, Com-s, LPT, game ports should work with this combination.

Today I tried and failed to set up a Toshiba SCSI CD Rom which is within a Texas Travelmate 4000m Dock.

I downloaded the SCSI Driver Disk which added lines to my autoexec bat and config sys.

All seems good when booting.

There is no guarantee the CD Rom actually works!!

When I insert a CD the light stays on constantly.

Would you agree the drive or dock are faulty?

The speakers and amplifier in the dock work.

Ta
Louis