Am5x86 Write Back mode on Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4

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Reply 20 of 21, by Jackhead

Posted on 2025-07-14, 08:55

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For example with my WB:

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i seen another member running pretty same results. Its possible with good WB.

Dos 6.22: Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 Rev 2.0 1Mb L2 - A5x86 X5 P75 - 64MB - AHA-2842A VLB - ET4000W32P VLB - CT2230 - MPU-401AT with YucatanFX / Roland CM64
Win98SE: Asus XG DLS 1x SL4XY - SG Voodoo 5 6000 PCI - 1GB RAM ECC- Audigy 2 ZS - MX300

Reply 21 of 21, by zuldan

Posted on 2025-07-14, 09:36

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Here is my setup. AMD 5x86 @ 160 MHz. L1 and L2 (256KB) WB working. Rev 2.0 board. Booting to SDCard (512MB) via VLB IDE controller or 2GB SDCard with XTIDE. I uploaded the WB patched BIOS from feipoa to TRW (https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-v … -486sv2gx4#bios) last week.

One thing to note; I’ve never got a IDE CDROM to work with this board. I’ve tried the second IDE port on the VLB controller, a Creative CT1870 and a IDE port on a Aztech sound card. In all situations, when the CDROM driver loads, lights blink on the CDROM but the drive is never detected.

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