Can't seen to find much in the way of detailed information for this mobo. Anyone have anything they can provide?
I can't even figure out what RAM to buy.....there seems to be no clear answer or easy way to determine what to buy, and too often I end up having to go through the hassles of returning ebay purchases due to incomplete or misleading information.
This board?
Pretty much everything you need to know can be deduced from this pic:
- Chipset is i430VX. The first SDRAM chipset- but no DIMM slots, so not available.
- 4x 72p SIMMs. RAM needs to be installed in pairs. Supports EDO and FP, EDO is faster so choose that. 60ns is required for 66MHz bus speed. No jumper options available for faster bus speed, so 60ns is good for everything you would want short of hardcore modding (in which case you might consider 50ns)
- max RAM of i430VX is 128MB (4x 32MB SIMMs), but it can only cache 64MB, so max recommended RAM is 64MB, either 2x 32MB or 4x 16MB
- that big linear VRM suggests that 2.8V dual-voltage for Pentium MMX should be available.
There's some more info here, but links are generally dead:
http://web.tiscali.it/acorp/mobo_spec/lucky-s … vx2c/5ivx2c.htm
Here are the jumper settings:
https://www.elhvb.com/mboards/luckystar/manua … 2c/5ivx2cjp.pdf
It could be one of these two boards ?
http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/3482
http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/3483
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dionb wrote on 2020-11-14, 00:19:This board? https://wiki.preterhuman.net/images/thumb/f/fc/Luckystar1.jpg/1280px-Luckystar1.jpg There's some more info here, but […]
This board?
There's some more info here, but links are generally dead
Good find !
Without knowing if it has DIMM slots and how many that should get him close.
This link may get him closer: http://web.tiscali.it/acorp/mobo_spec/lucky-s … -star-datab.htm
Under: P54CE 430VX REV.F or G1 or G3 family
[See 5I-VX1 NO-DIMMS | 5I-VX1 1-DIMMS | 5I-VX1B-2Dimms | 5I-VX2 | 5I-VX2C UMC8669 MOBOS ]
it shows some different variants
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