Re: 75 MHz fsb on 430TX memory issue

Posted on Yesterday, 18:18

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I used to have a Soyo 5EMA+ that would lock up when I tried to run CPU-Z 1.03. At some point I had to clear the CMOS, and after that CPU-Z worked fine! I was curious as to what setting I had changed that caused the problem, but I was not curious enough to go through the settings one by one to find …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-05-13, 17:42

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Well, the 3.06 has Hyperthreading, which the 2.8 doesn't. Might very well be why the motherboard doesn't like it? Could be. This board can use the BIOS for the first revision of the P4S5A and I know that there were modified BIOS ("Cheepo") available back then that had some overclocking options; I'd …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-05-13, 14:00

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I'm sure the difference between a 2.8 512/533 P4 and a 3.06 512/533 CPU isn't much, but I wanted to max out the CPU in my P4 Win98 system. It seems that the 2.8 GHz CPU that I wanted to replace with the 3.06 is the highest speed CPU this very basic motherboard can use. I was hoping that the Ebay …

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Re: Old Compaq SYSTEM_SAV partition, how to use?

Posted on 2024-05-12, 19:40

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Using this search term "Presario 700 recovery disk" I got a hit for "Compaq Presario C700 C751NR Recovery Discs" at The Internet Archive. I won't link to it because of possible copyright issues, but I think that's what you're looking for.

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Re: Old Compaq SYSTEM_SAV partition, how to use?

Posted on 2024-05-12, 17:53

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Those sort of systems didn't usually ship with actual install media (like a Win98 CD) but instead had a recovery partition on the hard drive that could be accessed by using a "Recovery CD" included with the manual(s). It would be much simpler to format the drive and install whatever OS you choose ( …

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Re: Necroware's S7-VRM

Posted on 2024-05-12, 00:32

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I've been slacking on this, easy to put it off because I've never used gerber files to order a PCB. And now I don't have to because someone is now selling the PCBs on Ebay. Of course I'll still have to order the components and do the soldering once I get them, but it's step in the right direction. …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 16:35

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I'm sure the difference between a 2.8 512/533 P4 and a 3.06 512/533 CPU isn't much, but I wanted to max out the CPU in my P4 Win98 system. It seems that the 2.8 GHz CPU that I wanted to replace with the 3.06 is the highest speed CPU this very basic motherboard can use. I was hoping that the Ebay …

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Re: Clonezilla not work

Posted on 2024-05-10, 14:36

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in Marvin \ Software

Is there a version of this software that will work on hardware this old? I've used Clonezilla successfully on newer hardware, but when I wanted to clone my Socket 7 machine I gave up and used Norton's Ghost instead. A version of Clonezilla that would work on such old hardware would be great. They …

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Re: Mainboard GIGABYTE GA-7VT600 -> DOS

Posted on 2024-05-10, 13:23

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had an FX5500 AGP video card with bulged caps. Being an FX5500 I didn't care about it too much, but I did want to fix it. I bought some cheap capacitors from a seller on Amazon, recapped it, then stress tested it. I looked at the card the next day and a couple of the new capacitors were bulging! …

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Re: ASUS CUSL2 1.02 and Tualatin. My Journey (so far).

Posted on 2024-05-10, 01:48

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I purchased one of his modified Tualatins some months ago, and I also ran into an issue with the fit in a socket. In my Soyo 7VMA-B the CPU seemed to want to pop out of the socket when closing the lever. I held pressure on it and was able to secure it so that it worked, but even with the pressure of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-09, 23:29

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I installed my recently purchased Akasa card cooler on my 6800 Ultra today. It was very easy, it fit the card perfectly. I was relieved to find that it came with thermal pads for the memory chips, there was no chance of reusing the originals.

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Re: USB ports on Abit board not fully working

Posted on 2024-05-09, 18:44

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Does everything appear normal in Device Manager?

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Re: is seeking out a slot 1 celeron worth it?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 17:58

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The interesting thing about these CPUs to me is how, with their integrated L2 cache, Intel no longer needed to use SEPP. Intel could have chosen to use it in Socket 7, but there was no way Intel was going to go back to having a non patented socket that could also house products from competitors, so …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 17:49

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I've just begun Max Payne for the first time. Many years ago a neighbor gave me a demo, but I wasn't interested because my obsession was flight sims. This is the first third person shooter I've ever played, so the perspective's a bit odd. It runs nicely on my Soyo Dragon Plus system which I would …

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Re: Maximum motherboard AT format

Posted on 2024-05-08, 14:34

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There are Pentium 3 AT boards that can be converted to run a Tualatin CPU, and there were Socket A motherboards in the AT form factor. But the Socket A AT motherboards are incredibly rare, so I wouldn't hold out for one, and the power supply and case cooling could also be a factor with those. More …

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Re: 478 to 479 adapter anyone running one?

Posted on 2024-05-08, 01:39

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While my AOpen Socket 479 motherboard is nice, when compared to an Asus P4P, it only has AGP 4x, no dual channel memory, and no voltage adjustments for either the memory or the CPU. It's too bad those adapters are so rare.

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Re: Replacement for Chaintech 5AGM2 bracket?

Posted on 2024-05-08, 01:04

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I happened to be working on a CDROM today that had the same sort of connector that I salvaged (actually a pair of them) from a dead CDROM to use with the USB backplate years ago. The spacing and size are correct, but I had to trim and file down the plastic to make a pair of them fit on the pins.

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Re: 478 to 479 adapter anyone running one?

Posted on 2024-05-07, 21:52

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A typical score with the same video card in my Socket A 8KRA2+ system with an overclocked XP mobile:

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Re: 478 to 479 adapter anyone running one?

Posted on 2024-05-07, 21:39

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

One benchmark doesn't tell the full story, but here's the same video card with the same driver, OS, system memory and a P4 overclocked a fair degree:

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Re: 478 to 479 adapter anyone running one?

Posted on 2024-05-06, 15:02

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I was lucky enough to purchase an AOpen 479 board years ago in a lot of parts. I maxed out the CPU, and though this board has limited overclocking options (no CPU voltage adjustments) I was able to overclock the CPU by quite a bit. There is at least one member here who has an adapter on his Asus P4P …

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