Grem Five wrote on 2026-06-08, 06:56:I dont remember this whole thread but how did the memory test out? Only 440FX board I have is a Dual PII 3oos but it was a bit quirky with a couple of sticks of EDO I had.
The memory appears to be fine.
I’ve made some headway on my Dual Pentium Pro. I now have the Matrox Millennium G450 (2000) as well as the ICP SCSI card running in the system without any IRQ conflicts.
The Matrox Millennium G450 (2000) will at least enable me to get XP onto this thing with driver support!
I still need to sort out the POST problem.
The DALLAS chip has already been drilled, so I can easily fit a coin cell holder to it. Its current battery voltage is sitting at 2.9v, which could be part of the problem! (I just need to get the part.)
What exactly is the post problem again? Does it only post "sometimes"?
maxtherabbit wrote on Yesterday, 21:40:What exactly is the post problem again? Does it only post "sometimes"?
That's pretty much it!
It didn't support the Matrox card before the BIOS update, so that at least worked!
Irinikus wrote on Today, 02:09:maxtherabbit wrote on Yesterday, 21:40:What exactly is the post problem again? Does it only post "sometimes"?
That's pretty much it!
It didn't support the Matrox card before the BIOS update, so that at least worked!
Is it basically random, like it would work one minute and then not the next without you even touching anything inside the case?
maxtherabbit wrote on Today, 15:28:Irinikus wrote on Today, 02:09:maxtherabbit wrote on Yesterday, 21:40:What exactly is the post problem again? Does it only post "sometimes"?
That's pretty much it!
It didn't support the Matrox card before the BIOS update, so that at least worked!
Is it basically random, like it would work one minute and then not the next without you even touching anything inside the case?
That's correct!
I think that the DALLAS Chip may be part of the problem, as the CMOS is not resetting with the CMOS reset jumper and I've had issues saving settings to the CMOS.
On one of the Boot Cycles I got this message:
Even with this message concerning the keyboard, the keyboard was connected and working correctly. (The next successful boot did not show this message.)
This kind of points to the DALLAS Chip
On Monday I'm going to purchase one of these replacement chips from a seller in New Zealand:
This should eliminate the DALLAS Chip as a possibility.
I'm going to get this thing DHL Express'd to me! (The Shipping's going to cost twice as much as the item, but I don't have the stomach for the snail mail at this time!)
The Diagnostic card's also going to take a while to get here!
I'M HATING THIS MACHINE AT THE MOMENT!!!
