Re: Broken socket 7 board - Epox P55-TF. Stuck in post
Posted on 2024-04-28, 18:41
Is the 5V rail from the PSU at 5V without the motherboard connected? Would seem like something is shorted perhaps?
Re: Choosing a GPU for a P4 build?
Posted on 2024-04-27, 19:09
The final result might be something like a small lan-center, retrocomputers scattered around the house networked together. Also easy to take somewhere else. Possible games to play; - Total Annihilation - C&C (Tiberian sun and later) - Q3A - Unreal Tournament - Maybe qw/tf (gl) - Maybe some car games …
Choosing a GPU for a P4 build?
Posted on 2024-04-27, 14:35
Hi there. I'm working into the future, passing into 2003-ish. There's this tower with a MSI 865PE Neo2-P. The CPU is a later P4 (S478) but I don't recall the exact version. Could be HT even. As it sits, it's got 4x512MB ram so I'm thinking XP sp3 OR Win2k SP4. Might even do a Win98+later dualboot - …
Re: No POST or picture from Asus TX97-XE
Posted on 2024-04-27, 08:23
Check PSU voltages (without it connected to the motherboard). Remove CPU, check voltages. Test the different components in a different mobo (CPU, RAM, VGA). Check CMOS-battery voltage. Check for an FSB (can't recall the pin) I had an Epox VP3 that crapped it's 3,3V rail when the PWM-controlled died. …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-04-17, 14:23
Bought and or found again: - MS InPort mouse, with both RS232 and PS/2. I guess this is what our family had in the early 90's. - 4x128MB RDIMM ECC - LP Quadro NVS 280 2x VGA dongle - The box for Soltek SL-02A++. I gues the jumpers will need to be documented - As I remembered, the box contained a …
Re: 486 PCI motherboard doesn't POST
Posted on 2024-04-17, 05:04
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/shuttl … ot-433-ver.-1-3 and here you have a few BIOSes as well
Re: 486 PCI motherboard doesn't POST
Posted on 2024-04-16, 09:55
Check basics; - Visual overview, any clear damage - CPU voltage - is the oscillator doing it's thing (present on the FSB-pin on the socket). - Are the socketed IC's correct - Is the bios corrupted or not. Do you have an POST analyzer card?
Re: Octek Rhino 9 (430HX)
Posted on 2024-04-13, 16:56
@majestyk, could you upload a few pictures of that coast module, so that I could try and find a similar? I know the performance gain is neglible, but still 😀
Re: Octek Rhino 9 (430HX)
Posted on 2024-04-13, 16:52
Hi oh2ftu, I also looked into the BIOSes for your Octek Rhino 9 board and this what I found: • The latest official 97-017 BIOS does doesn’t have the Int 13h extensions and that is causing the 8GB HDD limit you found. • The nice April 1998 Evaluation BIOS from majestyk has the Int 13h extensions, …
Re: Octek Rhino 9 (430HX)
Posted on 2024-04-13, 15:58
Short update. MR BIOS did work to some extent, but very buggy with the CD-ROM and HDD. That beta-bios didn't have working PS2 (at least not in windows98 installer). I'm back to 97-017 and a 7,5GB HDD. I will look into XT-IDE, but I didn't plan on using an isa-card for this. The PCI-cards most have a …
Re: Octek Rhino 9 (430HX)
Posted on 2024-04-13, 09:46
I did some digging last night on the wayback-machine. Too bad it hasn't mirrored the Octek FTP-site (ftp.octek.com.hk or .com.au). Found a manual for rev 1.4, and the latest official bios (97017) and a beta bios that seems to be the same @majestyk posted. Also it seems I've been running that poor …
Re: Octek Rhino 9 (430HX)
Posted on 2024-04-12, 17:15
majestyk wrote on 2024-04-12, 17:13: This is the BIOS I´m running on my Rhino 9: Latest_Eval_Rhino9.7z I think it´s supposed to be the latest one. Thanks! is this suitable for rev 1.4?
Re: Octek Rhino 9 (430HX)
Posted on 2024-04-12, 12:45
*sigh* 8GB limit for HDD in bios. Any good ideas? I'm trying to use a 15GB HDD
Octek Rhino 9 (430HX)
Posted on 2024-04-11, 16:21
When we got our family computer in 1999, it wasn't available to take to lan-parties. My friend had recently gotten CIH on his P200mmx (iirc) and got a completely new computer. I bought the remains for 300FIM (about 50e on straight conversion). Little did I know about flashing the BIOS. Only thing I …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-04-10, 05:07
Oh, a lot in the last few weeks. - Fixed a leaked battery on MSI's MS-4118. Honestly, not too bad - Acquired required stuff for it - Got it up and running using a 128MB DOM (dos 6.22) and 8MB of ram Getting turbo, led-display etc working was another thing, but done. I still need to figure out the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-04-10, 05:00
Not today, but a in the last weeks: - MS-4118 Motherboard - Ram and io-controller for above - more ram, another io-controller and a VGA-card for abobe - Finally, an Octek Rhino-9. The first motherboard I ever purchased.
Re: Soltek SL56D5 Cache upgrade 512k -> 1MB
Posted on 2024-04-10, 04:59
The tag is SB61L256BS-8. No extra pads are available. I don't have a clue if that's enough for it though going to 1MB..
Soltek SL56D5 Cache upgrade 512k -> 1MB
Posted on 2024-04-09, 17:53
Hi, I resurrected an Soltek SL56D5. New (used) CPU-socket (pita to remove), caps, reflow this and that. It's got 512kB cache, and one footprint on the PCB is empty. The present cache-chip is the ISSI IS61SP6464-100pq, 64k x 64 -> 512kB. The epox VP3 got dismantled for parts, 5V has gone in places it …
Re: MSI MS-4118 jumper settings
Posted on 2024-04-05, 06:43
Right-o. Finally got some ram and made some trace repairs. I'd like to use an external battery pack, but I'm a bit at loss how to connect it. The ISA486GSi (quite similar, but not exact) states the following: - External battery J3 pins 1 & 4 - Battery type select internal. J3 pins 2 & 3 closed (this …
Re: Chaintech CT-7NJL4 power rails shorted to ground
Posted on 2024-03-27, 17:36
Ok so just to verify; pulled the SB off -> the last shorts are gone. They are available on aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006379447748.html And the ITE is available on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400080140446 I presume the ITE is not pin-compatible with a Winbond equivalent. …
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