Re: Help identify motherboard (486)

1999-07-03 Thread aidanc
Kent West wrote: > On 1 Jul 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: > > > Hi all: > > > > I've inherited a i486 DX4 from a friend, that's supposed to run at > > > > > It looks like it was bouhg in 1994 or around that time. I'd appreciate > > any pointers as to where to look for its specs. I'm also interested

Re: Help identify motherboard (486)

1999-07-02 Thread Kent West
On 1 Jul 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: > Hi all: > > I've inherited a i486 DX4 from a friend, that's supposed to run at > It looks like it was bouhg in 1994 or around that time. I'd appreciate > any pointers as to where to look for its specs. I'm also interested to > know whether there have bee

Re: Help identify motherboard (486)

1999-07-01 Thread Arcady Genkin
Bradley Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 1 Jul 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: > > It says 486DX-AC-WBu-25/33/40/50-L3-ZZ in the top line of the screen, > > it also prints: > > > > "32MHz CPU Clock" just below the BIOS box where it lists all the > > system info. If my CPU is DX4, does it mean tha

Re: Help identify motherboard (486)

1999-07-01 Thread Bradley Bell
On 1 Jul 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: > It says 486DX-AC-WBu-25/33/40/50-L3-ZZ in the top line of the screen, > it also prints: > > "32MHz CPU Clock" just below the BIOS box where it lists all the > system info. If my CPU is DX4, does it mean that it multiplies 32Mhz > by 4? no. DX4 means it is ca

Re: Help identify motherboard (486)

1999-07-01 Thread Arcady Genkin
Revenant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know it's obvious, but I have to ask: Does the BIOS tell you on > bootup? It says 486DX-AC-WBu-25/33/40/50-L3-ZZ in the top line of the screen, it also prints: "32MHz CPU Clock" just below the BIOS box where it lists all the system info. If my CPU is DX4,

Re: Help identify motherboard (486)

1999-07-01 Thread Arcady Genkin
Matthias Murra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >It looks like it was bouhg in 1994 or around that time. I'd appreciate > >any pointers as to where to look for its specs. I'm also interested to > >know whether there have been any BIOS updates, and BIOS manual too, > >because I've never had a 486 be

Re: Help identify motherboard (486)

1999-07-01 Thread David Wright
Quoting Arcady Genkin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi all: > > I've inherited a i486 DX4 from a friend, that's supposed to run at > 100MHz. However the computer seems very slow. There's no documentation > to the motherboard, and I'm afraid I'm running it with "Turbo" turned > off, and I don't know whic

Re: Help identify motherboard (486)

1999-07-01 Thread Matthias Murra
>It looks like it was bouhg in 1994 or around that time. I'd appreciate >any pointers as to where to look for its specs. I'm also interested to >know whether there have been any BIOS updates, and BIOS manual too, >because I've never had a 486 before... You might want to try this site http://p

Help identify motherboard (486)

1999-07-01 Thread Arcady Genkin
Hi all: I've inherited a i486 DX4 from a friend, that's supposed to run at 100MHz. However the computer seems very slow. There's no documentation to the motherboard, and I'm afraid I'm running it with "Turbo" turned off, and I don't know which pins are responsible for "Turbo" (they are only mark