That Enermax PSU... I'm drooling.

@thesmokingcap

Жыл бұрын

haha old 90's Enermax as well, still going but could do with a re cap I think

It's always a pleasure to seee a restoration of these old PC's. Excellent job!! A 30 minutes restoration bliss.

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! I like having them all back togeather in a working state. Once unloved but now working again

I'm really late to the game, but I think it's a great video and an excellent restoration! Also liked the comparison Cyrix/PMMX. Haven't seen a regular S7-Machine with AGP before. One thing I wanted to mention concerning VIA-Chipsets: they not only have shabby AGP-Implementation. The Apollo VPX (1997) has full UDMA-Support, but is a major PITA to get stable - regardless which driver I tried or what drives I used. It works whenever it feels like it and suddenly it locks up the entire machine. I'll never use VIA on Socket 7 again.

@thesmokingcap

11 ай бұрын

No worries! Better late than never. I like hearing other peoples experiences with such hardware. It's good to know that my issues are not related just with my motherboard. I get the feeling that the standard was a basket case with these chipsets.

@borlibaer

4 ай бұрын

I as well slightly remember, that VIA Chip Set was generally a no go these times. It was negatively burned into my brain for quite a long period of time.

Still a fun build and you cleaned it up really nicely. I'd have been disappointed without the obligatory soldering section! 🤣

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

haha, I don't have many more projects that need solder work, well not yet at least. Glad you enjoyed the build as it's been waiting for a few years

I've never seen an AT board with AGP. I had no idea that was even a thing. The first time I ever saw an AGP card I was already on ATX, and I must have assumed at the time that ATX predated AGP. That aspect alone had me glued to your video, which was great by the way.

@thesmokingcap

Жыл бұрын

Not too common the old Baby AT motherboard with AGP. Mainly super socket 7 or a early slot 1 type. Too bady it's an early adoption of the tech and is quite crashy. Glad you enjoyed the video as well!

Voodoo agp cards don't use all the features of the agp slot, so they tend to work better on early agp implementations.

@thesmokingcap

Жыл бұрын

Ahh yes, I did see there was some jumpers suited for a Voodoo AGP card. It's a shame I don't own a AGP Voodoo cards. I've got just the one Voodoo 1 in my Socket 7 machine. But will give some other ideas a try as well.

Win me todo un temerario jeje 🤣😂

If it works, it is super ;)

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, not wrong there! It still does work

Socket 7 + AGP that is elusive combination to find, very nice save. But to bad for AGP issue, hope 1x will solve issue. Thanks for video

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was surprised when I looked into the motherboard and found it pre dates super socket 7. I've since tried some more cards and BIOS settings. It helps a little, but the machine is still unstable at times. This also could be due to old caps on the board. But seems to work pretty good using a PCI card. Glad you enjoyed! :)

@RaPtOr9600

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pinup, from video caps seems ok, but old VIA chipsets always had problems with AGP. But still finding one today in working condition is treat, especially with case like that

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaPtOr9600 yeah not totally sure what's going on with it. But I'm going to do something with the baby at case! Just waiting on postage

@xsc1000

Жыл бұрын

@@thesmokingcap I think that problem can be a combination with TNT2 card. It has higher power consumption, but those early board had only linear stabilizer for 3,3V line, so maybe its overheating. I used similar board with Riva 128 or Intel740.

@thesmokingcap

Жыл бұрын

@@xsc1000 I do have a old Intel i740, so do you think that's worth a try again? I need to get the motherboard back out and do some testing as I removed it from the case

I can't blame the mobo. First implementations usually are crap.

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's definitely an odd ball system. I thought it was a super socket 7 MB. But seems they dropped it quickly to make Super Socket 7 ones. I think I will try using a PCI card longer term

That's one beautiful case. Nothing beats a baby AT case. Hard disk was from a Mac!?!?!

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

You can never have too many AT cases! Yes It was an old 10Gb hdd from a G3 I think. Also I believe it is dying slowly. It makes some odd sounds now and then 😬

that's a bummer about the AGP situation. is it possible to run the AGP port at 1x instead of 2x? doing this could fix stability.

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

Humm good point. Is that possible to change the speed or is it down to the card?

@blakecasimir

2 жыл бұрын

This was my first thought also. I recall forcing 1x could resolve some crashes. Should be possible in the BIOS settings. Unfortunately though VIA chipsets were like this in the late 90s up to mid 00s...

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

@@blakecasimir Good tip! I will have a look this weekend and see what options are in the BIOS

@FOIL_FRESH

2 жыл бұрын

@@thesmokingcap heres some text from a tomshardware article "The next thing I stumbled across was a problem with Socket7-systems based on the Ali Aladdin V chipset. I could only start Windows 98 when disabling 'AGP Turbo Mode' in the BIOS setup of the Asus P5A, but once that's done TNT2 runs without any problems. I'd still prefer to see this issue sorted out though, because the P5A is simply faster with 'AGP Turbo Mode' enabled."

@thesmokingcap

2 жыл бұрын

@@FOIL_FRESH Ahhh yes! I did hear of this and forgot all about it. I Don't know if it's in the BIOS but in the chipset drivers, there might be an option to turn it off. I think Phil's computer lab did a video on this but I had trouble finding it for some reason

Careful with that screwdriver. You'll punch a whole into the "metal"

4:00 before intel did? Intel never did it. Intel created agp and it was with slot1 at the beginning and never with socket 7 from intel.

@thesmokingcap

Жыл бұрын

I probably should have clarified that intel never made socket 7 chipsets with AGP until the 440 series slot 1. Both around 1997