First post, by Azriel_Strife
Hi folks, I'm having a heck of a time getting a working PCI 486 board. I've spent well over 300 dollars now on boards that have seemingly arrived DOA.
I have an ADZ 5x86 AMD cpu in the machine running at the Cyrix 5x86 voltage of 3.6v rather than 3.35 to be sure it will post.
So far, this 4DPS ver 3.1 is the only board to give me beep codes, though it's intermittent and doesn't make sense. I'm getting constant short beeps, turn it off, then back on, and i get no beeps, turn it off and back on again the beeping starts again, it's random.
I have yet to get video signal, i have tried 4 different PCI video cards. trio 64, ATi rage, cirrus 5430 and a virge dx.
I went and got myself some FPM ram to be sure it wasn't a memory issue. tried multiple different sticks to no avail.
I have yet to find a manual for a ver 3.1 anywhere. it doesn't seem to exist on the internet.
I'm at the point now where I may give up trying to build a PCI 486. I've been at it for months and purchased all the other hardware, but a board seems to be impossible to find. (if you have one for sale I am interested).
does anyone have any ideas on these issues?