DX4-100 Overdrive & SRAM Cache

Posted on 2024-01-27, 22:17

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by wirerogue

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

greetings, i just replaced the intel dx2-66 with a dx4-100 overdrive (DX4ODP100) in my winpro 486e. now my board is reporting bad sram, cache disabled during post. it was working good prior to this. i even ran the cachechk utility when the dx2-66 was installed and everything was good. it works well …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-26, 04:51

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by wirerogue

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card works great so far. just playing some duke3d. only one problem so far. just a wee bit tall for my current machine. Filename PXL_20240126_043356382.MP.jpg File size 1.83 MiB Views 1036 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-26, 02:38

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by wirerogue

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i found this on ebay and thought it looked interesting. i can't find many references to this card on the internet or here on vogons. a new orchid kelvin mpeg vlb. it has a cirrus logic gd5434 along with a em7000 mpeg-1 decoder all on the same board. orchid.kelvin.mpeg.box.front.jpg orchid.kelvin. …

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

Posted on 2024-01-23, 00:12

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by wirerogue

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i added a diamond stealth 64 vlb card to my winpro 486e. i also converted it to 2gb compact flash, installed ez-bios, installed dos, mouse and cd-rom drivers. ready for some games. Filename PXL_20240121_191736505.jpg File size 1.66 MiB Views 668 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-15, 23:41

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by wirerogue

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Bought this video card for my winpro 486eon eBay. Wasn't cheap. Diamond stealth 64 vlb dram. Filename PXL_20240113_212510647.jpg File size 1.76 MiB Views 1043 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-13, 21:33

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by wirerogue

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HomeLate wrote on 2024-01-13, 09:41: Another Compaq AP550 with dual 1Ghz PIII processors and an HP Kayak XAs. […] Show full quote Another Compaq AP550 with dual 1Ghz PIII processors and an HP Kayak XAs. 20240113_103827.jpg 20240113_103726.jpg I now have two AP550's :-] dual piii 1ghz and rdram. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-13, 01:26

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by wirerogue

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follow up to my earlier leading edge winpro 486e post since i didn't have time yesterday. 30 year old hard drive stil good. quite clicky though. booted right into windows 3.1 although, i do need to get this converted to cf asap. Filename post.jpg File size 536.48 KiB Views 1152 views Filename …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-12, 04:17

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by wirerogue

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i won this on ebay and the seller delivered. and i mean he really delivered. all 50 pounds of it. leading edge winpro 486e, dx2-66, trident, soundblaster 16 and all the manuals and software. my first 486. hooray!!! winpro486e.front.jpg winpro486e.interior.jpg trident.soundblaster16.jpg opl.ymf262. …

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Re: Voodoo 2 4444SX

Posted on 2024-01-08, 18:07

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by wirerogue

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awesome!!!

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-12-17, 03:03

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by wirerogue

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here are some photos of my recently acquired and upgraded dell precision 220. dual piii 1ghz, 512rambus, voodoo5, audigy, adaptec ultra2, 2x quantum atlas 36gig, scsi plexwriter. the seller didn't pack this well, so ended up paying nothing for the dell. replaced the fans on the voodoo5. these …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-13, 20:58

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by wirerogue

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The screenshot total MHz is incorrect - CPU-Z is not calculating correctly. The multiplier is correct, though. Actual MHz and FSB is below. 3DMark 2000: 29936 CPU: Presler Pentium D 945 3.40GHz@4688MHz/293MHz RAM: 2048MB DDR2 1066 Dual Channel@1172MHz GPU: GeForce7 7950 GT@600MHz/783MHz is that …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-13, 03:25

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by wirerogue

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i think this will be my last socket 775 entry. same 780i board and pentium 4 650, now at 4.2ghz and ocz nvidia/sli memory at 1167 and i'm using a gtx280 instead of a gtx285. 23,129 Filename 3dmark2000.4.2.gtx.280.png File size 92.05 KiB Views 1406 views Filename 3dmark.2000.4.2.gtx280.pdf File size …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-11, 02:16

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by wirerogue

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here's a tip for everyone. forceware drivers, control panel, change max pre-rendered frames from default (3) to 8. helpful when working with slow cpu.

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Re: Intel i820 chipset thoughts/ year 2000 build

Posted on 2023-12-08, 23:10

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by wirerogue

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looks like a winner to me.

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-05, 03:07

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by wirerogue

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here are my scores with a pentium 4 650 clocked at 4ghz. couldn't get 4.1 no matter how hard i tried. motherboard is evga 780i sli. gpu gtx285 3dmark.2000.4ghz.stock.png 3dmark.2001.4ghz.stock.png 3dmark.2003.4ghz.stock.png That's an awesome 3DM2000 score, I can't get near it no matter what …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-04, 03:35

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by wirerogue

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here are my scores with a pentium 4 650 clocked at 4ghz. couldn't get 4.1 no matter how hard i tried. motherboard is evga 780i sli. gpu gtx285 2K - 22,150, CPU=4000, FSB=235.5, GPU=gtx285 3dmark.2000.4ghz.stock.png 01 - 33,595, CPU=4000, FSB=235.5, GPU=gtx285 3dmark.2001.4ghz.stock.png 03 - 43,457, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-24, 23:27

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by wirerogue

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a couple of ebay purchases. $40 for a plextor scsi cd burner for my dell precision 220 and a socket 423 pentium 4 2.0ghz which i already have but was only $11. socket 423 pentium 4 2.0ghz willamette pentium4.sl5sz.jpg scsi plexwriter 12/4/32 px.w124tsi plextor.px.w124tsi.front.jpg plextor.px. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-24, 22:10

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by wirerogue

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a couple of ebay purchases. $40 for a plextor scsi cd burner for my dell precision 220 and a socket 423 pentium 4 2.0ghz which i already have but was only $11. socket 423 pentium 4 2.0ghz willamette pentium4.sl5sz.jpg scsi plexwriter 12/4/32 px.w124tsi plextor.px.w124tsi.front.jpg plextor.px.w124tsi …

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Re: The "Why even bother?" PC - Intel Timna build

Posted on 2023-11-07, 16:50

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by wirerogue

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definitely deserves a "never obsolete" sticker.

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Re: Motherboard cleaning

Posted on 2023-10-19, 21:11

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by wirerogue

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

i took a shower with my dell xps 730x. i like to tell everyone it was due to all the dirt and it's large size but, let's face it. the 730x is one sexy beast. 8-P

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