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So, I didn't know how to do it, for the PC Office driver (VGA GT620 2GB DDR3 X W7X86), I remembered that to a family member I fixed a Dell D5000, and since it's all in all good, despite being more than 20 years old, I connected to the NVidia website, and I downloaded the driver I needed, a little while ago I loaded it, and you can see very well, to think that the video card came along with a batch of cards sold as not working!!!

The first result that is visible, is in Windows 7, the score goes from 1.0 to 5.1, I was hoping it could get to at least 5.9, but it doesn't matter it's okay too.

Previously I have run some programs, including one of bench, the results are visible in the images, I don't know how to compare them to PCs like that, however I think of loading other programs, for further verification, for these updates will follow.

I finished a little while ago, working with the ABIT IP35, after several attempts I reached 8 GB !!!!, initially I removed the single bench and put a pair of 2 each, so I would have expected the PC to start reading the new amount of RAM, unfortunately it didn't go like this; it started beeping and showed error codes on the post card, so I removed that pair that could be defective?

I restarted the PC with only two RAM, for a total of 4 GB, everything ok, entered Windows I checked the score, which drops from 5.9 to 5.5, this is normal, I try after turning off to add a module that I had aside, a 2 GB Kingston, I start and this is detected without any problem, the score in Windows 7 goes back to 5.9, so I fall back, and I put back the module I had initially removed, the PC starts without any problem and the RAM goes up to the fateful 8 GB !!!!, I go back to the index of Windows 7 performance, the memory strangely after recalculation, it stays at 5.9, I don't think it's an adequate score, I think it's low, I expected it to go beyond 6.0, at least 6.3-6.5 was the minimum, but maybe it could improve, you should take a look at the BIOS, who knows if there is some somewhat conservative setting, I know for sure that you can get better scores with RAM CL5 instead of CL6, unfortunately I don't have four CL5 800 modules of 2 GB each.

For tomorrow instead I expect to be able to download some other bench program, stuff like 3DMark or similar.

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I am reordering various motherboards, selecting the ones to be repaired and those to be tried (already repaired), for some motherboards, the work could be completed, but not having adequate equipment, I am forced to postpone, there are boards that require micro welds, it is not possible to do it without magnifying adapters, the tracks are so tiny that by eye 👁 it is difficult to see what you do.

Others on the other hand have practically nothing like this to fix, but they do not show any sign of life, by doing some simple controls you can exclude, that it is the BIOS for example, if it is not welded you can remove and use a second specially reprogrammed chip, if the card starts, it was the BIOS or the chip that had problems, otherwise you go back to the point and end, you have to look for something else that can fail.

Among the not-so-old cards, I have an ASUS Strix B360-G Gaming Rev. 1.01, LGA 1151 with DDR4 RAM, in short not as bad as MB, unfortunately it has several bent or crooked socket pins, I'm pretty sure that putting them back in place, the card can work, I also have a 16GB bench of the HyperX, which was given to me along with the MB, stating that it was broken, personally I'm not sure that it is so, because it is possible that it is the socket PINs crooked, to prevent the bank from being detected, if I'm not mistaken the RAM controller is integrated in the CPU, so if there is a broken connection, see crooked pins, RAM may not work at all.

Unfortunately, putting them back in place, it is not at all easy, you need more than a magnifier of tiny tweezers, then also a good dose of luck, maybe in a relatively short time, you can put them back in place.

Among the dated bench programs, which I had available there is BMX, unfortunately with Windows 7 or with fast PCs, it crashes and it is not possible to use it, but a little while ago I changed the setting in which you can choose what to use to start it, I chose W98, and I tried again, well it gives the same error and it crashes, but unlike the other times when it closed, this time it remained open and ready to use.

I took the opportunity to try it, I viewed various screens, and then I managed to make some benches, well I don't know if the values can be reliable, but it gave results, which may not be so interesting, but which still can be taken with the necessary caution, in the end I would say that an update of this program would have been useful, as happened with other similar programs, which are updated making them suitable for modern PCs.

Arrived today two motherboards, one came to replace the Siemens ATX with HX chipset, he told me that it was lost, and that alternatively it had other cards that I could have chosen, which I was interested in particular there was not much, however I chose a SOYO SY-5VA2, with Intel VX chipset, it is ideal to make a PC with AMD K5, even if I have not yet ️ checked, if there is support for dual voltage CPU, if there is you can very well use an MMX, if you want to stay on AMD the K6 (smooth) can be the alternative, or the Cyrix Or IBM.

I hope he does not have the problems he encountered on other VX, and that is that he does not read the RAM SDRAM beyond 32 MB, for a DOS system they are enough, for Windows 98 or higher they could be a little few, let's say that an interesting amount would be 128 MB, but already 64 MB could be adequate, but this is not considering the cacheable limit of 32 MB, otherwise if they were little of the SIMM 72 PIN, you could use those.

Since I like singular cards and ASUS, well I found a particular BX with integrated video ATi, P2B98-XV Rev. 1.04, with Celeron Slot1 333 CPU, there is a bank of RAM but I don't know the capacity, I hope it is at least 64 MB, we'll see, for those who do not want to use the integrated video, unfortunately there is no AGP, if you want you could add the slot plus some SMD components, but I don't think it's worth the effort, rather better in my opinion a VGA PCI type GF MX or FX, or the equivalent ATi.

Just finished testing the ASUS P2B98-XV with Celeron 333, and surprise!!!
It works, it works, but on the first screen it showed its origin, it is the MB of an HP Brio PC, I don't know exactly why you use MB ASUS and not from other manufacturers, I have similar cards from another HP with PII 350 and chip different graphic (Matrox if I'm not mistaken), however the first start was positive.
There are some error messages, some predictable, others, like the one from the FAN, indicates the fan is not connected, in reality it is connected directly to the molex, instead of the connector on the MB, I used a large one of about 9 cm, I think it comes from from a power supply, and is right above the CPU, you can see in the photo.
The next step will be, connect the IDE-CF adapter with DOS and see if it boots, after that start doing benching, and run some diagnostics.

Arrived today the PCChips motherboard, the BXcel branded chipset, it is actually an ALi, it is essentially a Slot1 in AT format, here in truth Baby AT, I bought it because I had a not working one, but today I found out that it is not like this, they are two different models, this is an M726, while the non-working one is a M729, moreover the M729 is AT (not Baby), despite having the same chipset, the same slots and the same number of memory banks, everything seems the same except the reduced format of the M726.

I have to start it and see if it works, let's hope well, I don't think I'll use CPU over 500 MHz, maybe I would initially go with a Celeron 333, maybe with FSB 100, I get to 500 MHz, I have to see if the BIOS allows it, it might be no, then I saw that it has integrated audio, I don't have the bracket, or rather I should use that of a similar card, but maybe you can find them on Line, the brackets of the parallel port and those usb would also be missing, I don't think there is an integrated LAN, but I have several 10/100 PCI cards, for the RAM should not have any problem, the maximum is 768 MB, but much less is enough, already over 256 MB would be more than enough.

Last motherboard arrived today, and I think I won't buy one for a while, unless there are great occasions, or cards of particular interest (for me), it is quite similar to that of my first P4, socket 478 and SDRAM, this penalizes a little performance, unfortunately RDRAMs were abandoned, even if they were more expensive they were faster.
Returning to the motherboard, it is an ECS model P4IBAS REV:1.0, it has three RAM slots for a maximum total of 3 GB, but it is very difficult to find 1 GB modules, so having three 512 MB modules, you can get to 1, 5 GB total.
The installed CPU is a P4 1.7 256 400, therefore a Willamette, but other faster CPUs are supported, perhaps I will change to a faster one, I haven't decided whether to keep a Willamette or change with a NW.
The only thing I have to look for is a Power Supply with the additional six pin connector for P4, I should have one somewhere, I hope to find it.

Sometimes they disappear, and others reappear, I was referring to the MB Siemens D969, lost and finished who knows where it is ???

But at exactly one month, the seller contacted me, he found an identical card in his warehouse, this is a card in perfect condition, while the other had been disassembled from a used PC.

Well I didn't want to buy other cards for a while, but certainly this one is of particular interest to me, I admit that there are other interesting ones, and some are relatively cheap, but now having enough cards to try and repair, I think that in February I exceeded the budget enough, so in the next few months, purchases will be limited to only one or a maximum of two pieces, maybe it could be one or two lots, and stop

Returning to the cards I have on the bench, I'm trying to fix it with HP's ASUS P2B98-XV, I fixed almost all the BIOS error messages, unfortunately that of the FAN remains, because I can't connect a fan to the connector, this is four-pin and has a pinout I think priority, in practice it incorporates both CPU and SYS FAN, unlike normal CPU connectors, it is not possible to insert the standard three-pin connector, I'm looking for a solution on the INTERNET, but at the moment I haven't found anything.

I try to solve the fan problem, for the BIOS it is disconnected, actually not.

I checked the voltages present in the four pins, those in the middle are +12V and +5V, the external ones instead are ground pins, the equivalent of the black wire, unfortunately I have not yet ️ solved, but I think I can arrive at a solution, I hope as soon as possible, in the meantime I made a direct connection, between the pin3 is the positive cable of the fan, and started the MB works, that is, the fan runs, unfortunately the error has not disappeared, I think you have to connect the fan of the +5V fan, I have no idea what fan works at that voltage, they seem a bit few to use A normal fan, except that those 5V can be raised a little, but I don't think it's possible, without making changes to the MB.

If I can remove this error, I could see if everything works, at the moment it's a continuous get in and out of the BIOS, without being able to conclude anything.

Just finished testing the ECS P4IBAS, with 1.7 GHz / 256 KB L2 P4W., 1.75V VCORE.

I had gathered a few useful things, first of all the ATX power supply with 6 PIN connector for P4, that particular plug, now it has been gone for years, only the first P4 used it, I don't know why but later it was no longer used, fortunately among the power supplies I use at the counter there is a 500W Perdoon (I don't think real), which is fine.

Initially I chose a PC133 RAM, but later I changed module, right now I should have a 128 MB PC100, I thought the 133 might have some problems at 100 MHz, but later I will try 512 MB PC133 modules, if they don't give problems, I will have 1.5 GB of total RAM

Initially I used the usual 8MB PCI ATI Rage XL PCI video card, for these boot tests, it's fine, as soon as I finish further tests, I connect the IDE-CF adapter with DOS, and I start some benches, then I should connect an HD to load Windows, and related specific drivers for video the audio etc...

Apart from a few initial problems, at this moment I can be satisfied with the work done so far.

More progress with the ECS P4IBAS, with 1.7 GHz / 256 KB L2 P4W., 1.75V VCORE.

I connected the IDE-CF adapter with memory card and MS-DOS, after starting I start with launching some programs, I start with the QTPRO, then Speedsys 4.70 and finally HWInfo 6.20, there are probably newer versions of these programs, we will see later if I can find and download them.

The PC even with little RAM (but not for DOS), seems to be going quite well, later I will connect an HD to install Windows, I don't know which version, maybe with 1.5 GB I could even put 7, or the previous ones, maybe even 98SE could be ideal.

Later I think about doing some tests to expand the RAM up to 1.5GB, and change the VGA PCI for an AGP, we will see which one fits best for this PC, I think a 4X AGP is ideal, I have to check which models I have available, and choose one suitable for the PC.

Another upgrade for the ECS P4IBAS, with 1.7 GHz / 256 KB L2 P4W., 1.75V VCORE.

I chose a 512 MB PC133 RAM with chips on both sides, I have two others the same to add, for now I would not see any difference, I will add them later, when I load Windows, and I add an HD, for now I can do other DOS benches, and possibly try some overclocking, but certainly with Windows I will be able to understand, if this PC is still ️ usable or the weight of about 23 years is heard ???

Next upgrade, the change of VGA, from HWINFO I saw that the AGP 4X is the minimum usable, I would absolutely avoid the AGP 2X cards, as a card I would use a 64-128 MB card, beyond I do not think it is needed, or rather it can be useful but only if there was a need for more power, but here in my opinion it is no need to have more than 128 MB of RAM for the video card.

Further upgrade for the ECS P4IBAS, with 1.7 GHz / 256 KB L2 P4W., 1.75V VCORE.

I rummaged through the VGAs that I have on the side looking for an AGP 4X, to my surprise I have only two or three, the others are in the various PCs I have in my collection, and not having an archive, I would not know where to find one, in the end it is quite easy to choose, since I want to load Windows 7, I wanted something not too cheap or too powerful, let's say one of 64-128 MB of RAM was right for me, unfortunately as I anticipated I did not keep any, or rather I have any but I am AGP 8X, and for the reasons described in Previously, I would not use on an MB with AGP 4X those of 8X (even if they work without any problem), however to make a long story short, I had two practically very similar cards, I chose the one that seemed older to me, it is a Gigabyte ATI Radeon 9550 ?9600PRO with 256 MB of RAM, I thought I would use it on the P4 3.0 GHz Prescott, but since it is a 4X, here ultimately it can be there!!!

A little more patience, and I connect an HD IDE, the MB does not have SATA, we should use an additional PCI card, I have one from the 20 GB Seagate, but maybe it is a little too small to install Windows 7, let's see if I can find a 40 with XP, I exchange them, unfortunately today I can't make the exchange.

RAM upgrade for the ECS P4IBAS, with 1.7 GHz / 256 KB L2 P4W., 1.75V VCORE.

Having to install Windows 7, the minimum quantity required is 1 GB for the 32-bit version, so without making unnecessary tests I added a second 512 MB module, identical to the one already present.

The next step is that of the disk, I discarded the 20 one because it would be too small and would not allow the addition of other programs, without having to make space, deleting files.

I found the only disk I kept aside for the P3 1000, a 30 GB WD, and I connect it to the primary, in the secondary I have a DVD player, so I avoid connecting them on the same cable, and both should be in Master.

The installation of Windows 7 has started, I don't know how long it can take, probably quite a while, due to the slowness of CPU and RAM, I noticed a message when starting the BIOS that concerns the cable, maybe the 80's should be used, to delete the message, now I've been installing for a while, later, when it's finished I'll see to find one and change it.

As soon as I finished installing Windows 7, I saw that it takes a while before the desktop appears, in short, I understand that the PC is slow and old, that there is little RAM, but I thought it could be a little faster, maybe even the lack of the 80-pole cable, helps to slow it down a little.

Yes, maybe they are not elephant times, but it is a bit annoying if you have little time ⏱, I have not timed but I think it takes a few minutes, one or two (maybe more) approximately, while I wait for the results, of the classification index, I try to assume a maximum value of about 5 for the disc, for the rest, unless there are surprises, it should score less than 4.

Just finished, well surprise !!!!

The minimum score is 2.3, for both the CPU and the memory, very poor disk score (3.6), changing the cable could go up a few tenths (hopefully), the VGA makes scores of 3.4 and 3.5, which to be an AGP, could be quite discreet.

The rest of the benches, I run them in the next few days, for now it is enough, but soon I will update the RAM by adding the third 512 MB module, and I redo the Windows performance index, the RAM will rise beyond the current 2.3.

I finished for today the work of updating the P4 Willy 1700, the RAM is now 1.5 GB (3X 512), I loaded Windows 7 into the 30.7 GB WD disk, I put the VGA AGP, which maybe is also too good, maybe a 128 MB 9250 was quite adequate (???), in short, it only remains to mount everything in the case 🏘.

Returning to the current configuration, with 1.5 GB, the score strangely remained the same only 2.3, I thought it could go up a little, instead nothing to do, however I saw that to enter and view the desktop, it takes about 50 seconds, while for the shutdown it takes about ten, maybe previously it had taken longer because it had to configure some drivers, now honestly the feeling is that it is not excessively slow to enter, maybe with an SSD instead of HD, it is possible that it can improve a lot, at that point it becomes more interesting, I am not Rejecting the WD but it seems slow to me for this PC, maybe as I thought, having six PCI slots, you could use one for a SATA card, and to connect a faster disk.

Update on the P4 Willy 1700, with RAM of 1.5 GB (3X 512), and Windows 7 in the WD disk of 30.7 GB , VGA AGP ATI 9550 of 256 MB, ECS motherboard P4IBAS 478, this is now an almost definitive configuration, I still have to replace the HD cable with the 80 one, and try to see if I get any improvement, in the score of the disk.

It's not easy to find one, and I don't feel like disassembling it from another PC, but in the meantime I do some benches, yesterday for lack of time ⏱, I couldn't do them.

I use some programs, which then are always the same, CPU-Z GPU-Z and SuperPI, then I have ready others like BMX HWINFO32, AIDA64, but for now I start with the first three.

The scores predictably, will not be at the level of the most recent P4, maybe they are at the level of the Celeron 478, little L2 cache and relatively low frequencies, even if at 1.7 GHz times they were high frequencies, then I also put the SDRAMs that brake enough (in my opinion), in short, by way of curiosity the P4 423 from 2.0 GHz with RDRAM, I bet it's better, I don't know how much, but I think at least a 10-20%.