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ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

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Reply 620 of 641, by DesertPanther

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holaplaneta wrote on 2024-10-17, 05:04:
DesertPanther wrote on 2024-10-16, 20:03:

Yes, and yes. 😀

Excellent! Thanks. Do you happen to know if the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W preloaded comes with the pins already soldered? The picture on the site and the description do not mention this.

Yes, the pins will be attached to RPi Z2 W! 😀

Reply 621 of 641, by Many Bothans

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Thanks DesertPanther for putting this group buy together. And of course to Eivind!

I know some folks may have missed the first buy and do not have the vision, dexterity or skill to hand assemble like snipe3687 and ahmadexp did. Guys, btw, totally amazing work there.

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Reply 622 of 641, by breakz

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hi to all!

i have ordered it and i am wuite excited to receive it..i have some wuestions to ask:
- what could be the range of playable games?..Bgate2 could be ok?
- is it posdible to find a backplate somewhere for ther mother board to use it in a mini-itx case?

thanks in advance!😊

Reply 623 of 641, by fluxrez

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breakz wrote on 2024-10-19, 05:33:

- what could be the range of playable games?..Bgate2 could be ok?
- is it posdible to find a backplate somewhere for ther mother board to use it in a mini-itx case?

Baldurs gate would run fine. The range is early 3d games. And anything DOS.

There is a 3d print file for the backplate in this thread. I had to modify it slightly but it worked really well.

Reply 625 of 641, by BinaryDemon

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Im curious why AGP, and not PCI, or PCIe - or a mix of possible options? Just best fit for a P233 class cpu?

My apologies if the answer is in this thread somewhere, I skimmed it.

Check out DOSBox Distro:

https://sites.google.com/site/dosboxdistro/ [*]

a lightweight Linux distro (tinycore) which boots off a usb flash drive and goes straight to DOSBox.

Make your dos retrogaming experience portable!

Reply 626 of 641, by breakz

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@fluxrez: thabk you for yourcreply! i got it.
i think tha bgate 2 is too much.minimal pc requirements Pentium 1000 Hz,so..🥲..and i also would like to to team-up with sardaukar about a list of agp video cards that are working with no problem with the Llama😊😊

Reply 627 of 641, by fluxrez

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breakz wrote on 2024-10-19, 13:17:

@fluxrez: thabk you for yourcreply! i got it.
i think tha bgate 2 is too much.minimal pc requirements Pentium 1000 Hz,so..🥲..and i also would like to to team-up with sardaukar about a list of agp video cards that are working with no problem with the Llama😊😊

The requirement is only a Pentium II, 233 MHZ. I have the box right here.

UPDATE: installed it. Runs great.

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Reply 628 of 641, by breakz

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@Fluxrez: thank you very much! i love that rpg! so that means that also the expansion and also Torment,icewind dales should work!!!
To install it did you usde an usb cd-rom? or..?
anyway ....SUper Oh yeah!

I also want to ask you another question how did you fix the fan (which size?) above the vortex module?
anf which agp vga are you using?

Again thanks in advance!

Reply 629 of 641, by Thgill

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Hi folks!

I could use a little help. I have an ITX Llama from eivind's first fun late last year. I just recently started using it as I received it after Christmas last year and simply stored it away as we were selling our house and I didn't have time to tinker with it. I recently pulled it out and ordered a CPU for it. I have spoke to eivind on the discord about the issues I am having and thought i would post them here for suggestions.

Problems:

1. USB keyboards work sporadically. Sometimes I plug a USB keyboard in and it will work just fine. Turn the ITX Llama off and back on and the keyboard stops working. I have tested this with multiple keyboards, both membrane and mechanical and both wired and wireless. And the jumpers are set correctly. However a PS/2 keyboard works perfect everytime.

2. Low audio volume. This may or may not be an actual issue. The audio line out seems to be maybe 8 to 10db lower in volume than other line level sources. I need to compare to more analog audio stuff to know for sure.

I have swapped PSUs as I thought that might be an issue and neither issue was changed by it. I tested the voltage at the fan headers (both 5v and 12v jumpered) and the voltage rails seem ok. I also inspected the board under my digitial microscope looking for anything that might be an issue and didn't see anything. I also removed the CPU and checked each individual CPU header pin on the board to make sure they were soldered ok and they all appeared solid.

I am out of ideas on where to look next.

Reply 630 of 641, by Thgill

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Also of note about the USB keyboard: when it works, it will continue to work if you press the reset button on the ITX Llama or use ctrl+alt+del.

However if you turn the board off and back on, it stops working. Then you have to power cycle the board another 10 or 20 times before it works again.

Reply 631 of 641, by fluxrez

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breakz wrote on 2024-10-20, 04:19:

To install it did you usde an usb cd-rom?
I also want to ask you another question how did you fix the fan (which size?) above the vortex module?
anf which agp vga are you using?

I used Daemon Tools in WIndows 98. I do not have a cd-rom attached.
Fans:
1) make sure you buy the PWN fan.
2) Double check the jumpers.

I am using a RADEON 7500 low profile card. I also tried a GeForce MX card but it was giving me some problems.

Reply 632 of 641, by holaplaneta

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fluxrez wrote on 2024-10-20, 17:46:

I am using a RADEON 7500 low profile card. I also tried a GeForce MX card but it was giving me some problems.

Is your graphics card similar to this one with 32 MB of memory then?

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Reply 633 of 641, by PapaLaz

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holaplaneta wrote on 2024-10-20, 21:04:
fluxrez wrote on 2024-10-20, 17:46:

I am using a RADEON 7500 low profile card. I also tried a GeForce MX card but it was giving me some problems.

Is your graphics card similar to this one with 32 MB of memory then?

No DVI 😭

Reply 634 of 641, by fluxrez

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holaplaneta wrote on 2024-10-20, 21:04:
fluxrez wrote on 2024-10-20, 17:46:

I am using a RADEON 7500 low profile card. I also tried a GeForce MX card but it was giving me some problems.

Is your graphics card similar to this one with 32 MB of memory then?

Yes, this looks identical. 32mb. VGA and s-video.

Reply 635 of 641, by janih

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Thgill wrote on 2024-10-20, 13:44:
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Problems:

1. USB keyboards work sporadically. Sometimes I plug a USB keyboard in and it will work just fine. Turn the ITX Llama off and back on and the keyboard stops working. I have tested this with multiple keyboards, both membrane and mechanical and both wired and wireless. And the jumpers are set correctly. However a PS/2 keyboard works perfect everytime.
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I have swapped PSUs as I thought that might be an issue and neither issue was changed by it. I tested the voltage at the fan headers (both 5v and 12v jumpered) and the voltage rails seem ok. I also inspected the board under my digitial microscope looking for anything that might be an issue and didn't see anything. I also removed the CPU and checked each individual CPU header pin on the board to make sure they were soldered ok and they all appeared solid.

I am out of ideas on where to look next.

I had problems with my USB keyboard (Logitech K400+), so that the keyboard+mouse would stop working shortly after when I launched a game.

I was using some old and used 60W PicoPSU and since I changed to a new 250W passive ATX PSU. I've not had those issues anymore.

Reply 636 of 641, by ChAoS Overlord

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Eivind wrote on 2023-03-31, 14:01:

- Wavetable connector. There isn't room for the old gigantic ones, but modern boards like the S2 and X2 from Serdashop fit nicely.

Will it fit this one: https://www.serdashop.com/DreamBlaster-X16GS

It's a bit larger than the X2: 77.5 mm x 52.26 mm instead of 65 mm x 38 mm

Reply 637 of 641, by fluxrez

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ChAoS Overlord wrote on 2024-10-23, 10:51:
Eivind wrote on 2023-03-31, 14:01:

- Wavetable connector. There isn't room for the old gigantic ones, but modern boards like the S2 and X2 from Serdashop fit nicely.

Will it fit this one: https://www.serdashop.com/DreamBlaster-X16GS

It's a bit larger than the X2: 77.5 mm x 52.26 mm instead of 65 mm x 38 mm

hard to say for sure, but just eyeing it, it would run into the main SOM.

Reply 639 of 641, by Dothan Burger

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Overmann wrote on Yesterday, 18:20:

It seems like a good fit for a Voodoo Banshee. Do you think it would have any trouble with that card/would it actually be a good fit?

I think the Banshee would be a great fit. The Voodoo 3000 seems to be CPU limited by the slow Vortex86EX.