First post, by TheWeekendSlice
Hi,
So I bought a complete socket 7 PC.
Here are the specs:
Cyrix Cx6x86MX/MII 266 @ 208 (as per Windows 98)
64 Mb Sdram Pc 66/100
6 GB Hdd Samsung
Video Pci S3 Virge 2 Mb
Audio Pci Creative Ensoniq Es 1370
Cd-Rom 48x (I replaced it)
3,5" Floppy Drive
Procomp TX Ali B587 rev.1.1 Socket 7 Motherboard
System Board Specifications:
Intel 430TX high perfomance chipset
Support 75-233MHz Pentium, Cyrix 6x86, AMD K5/K6, M2
Support up to 256Mb RAM
4 x PCI 32bit bus slots
3 x ISA 16bit bus slots
AT board size 220mm x 240mm
I added a Voodoo 1 and might replace the soundcard with an ISA one a Super SCD1868-3D ES1868F card for better DOS compatibility
If you look in the pictures I uploaded, the motherboard seems to have an ATX plug besides the AT ones.
I was wondering if an EVGA 450BR PSU would work with this PC?
It's got 20A on both the +3.3V and the +5V rails for a total of 120W.
I am also wondering how an ATX PSU would fit into the case.
The PC works just fine as it is, as in it boots up into the fresh Windows 98 install the seller placed on it with 2 issues 1) the soundcard gives an error that it cannot load the midiset (don't know what that is to be honest) and 2) everytime I try to start a game it gives me a message that sound cannot be started as the soundcard is in use by something else.
The seller installed a program that gives a detailed description of the hardware and that program says that the CPU is running at 208 MHZ and a bus speed of 83. Those are exactly the specs I found online. I wonder though if it's actually running at those specs or if the program is just reported the CPU type.
I have no idea if there's jumpers on the motherboard that need to be set up in a certain way for this CPU and if they are set appropriately. I don't have a manual for the motherboard and can't find one online at a glance.
I did find a posting on eBay for what seems to be the same motherboard I have and it's listed for way more than I paid for the whole PC + shipping. I paid 180 Euro total.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/174811915616?mkev … 76&toolid=10001
If you have any thoughts on the PC, PSU suggestions, etc. They are more than welcome.
I bought it instead of building one as it had what I was looking for and I thought that the price was good. Plus it works.