Badcaps.net Origin & Roots - Topcat's VP6 Thread!

[momaka]

Re: Badcaps.net Origin & Roots - Topcat's VP6 Thread!

Where do you get so many of these VP6's?!
Last I checked eBay, their prices are pretty steep. Actually, its getting harder/more pricey to find even less old hardware, like socket 754 and 939 stuff.

[Topcat]

Re: Badcaps.net Origin & Roots - Topcat's VP6 Thread!

Where do you get so many of these VP6's?!
Last I checked eBay, their prices are pretty steep. Actually, its getting harder/more pricey to find even less old hardware, like socket 754 and 939 stuff.

This new-old-stock one was an ebay find. Open bidding, not some ridiculous high BIN. I got it for $50 shipped.

[Topcat]

Re: Badcaps.net Origin & Roots - Topcat's VP6 Thread!

After some diddling, it was a success! It was an interesting feat....but finally there.....what better use of poly edition # 1

Anyway, here she is!!



Windows stable, sees things as they should be.




I might have to change the BIOS line to reflect the Tualatin mods.....I don't know if it will run coppermines anymore.....but I'd guess it would.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: Badcaps.net Origin & Roots - Topcat's VP6 Thread!

Sadly, it don't look like there's PCI-X, thus, you probably have "SCSI 133".

Just like when I found and used an Adaptec 29160 SCSI card briefly on a Coppermine motherboard (and later, tested it on my Asus P5QL Pro motherboard) But I got rid of the Cheetah setup I had, because it acted as if the board was damaged, it suddenly went from at least around 60-something MB/s to 30-something MB/s, IIRC.

I suspect an SMD cap got broken off or there was a fractured solder joint. And the Plextor SCSI CD-RW drive, IIRC, wasn't reliable either, apparently, it seemed that it would do a "short read", if not send corrupted data.
It caused the Debian installer to give me the dreaded "MD5 failed" RSOD! Likely when installing Ubuntu...

[momaka]

Re: Badcaps.net Origin & Roots - Topcat's VP6 Thread!

Nice work, as always.

Is this going to be built into an official system, BTW? I don't see an audio card, so I imagine this setup was just something to test/evaluate the system and not so much a permanent build. I'm sure you'll surprise us when you find the right hardware/case for it, of course.

[Topcat]

Re: Badcaps.net Origin & Roots - Topcat's VP6 Thread!

I need to find just the right beige case for this one...

[Topcat]

Re: Badcaps.net Origin & Roots - Topcat's VP6 Thread!

I need to find just the right beige case for this one...

A few months shy of 2yrs later, I still haven't found the right beige case....but I did find a case! It was given to me among a pickup load of other old computer junk. FWIW, I unmodded the Tualatin mod, it was never stable under load, a known & common issue when trying to run Tualatins dual in these boards. They'll run fine & flawlessly with a single.... Ohh well, back to Coppermines. Stay tuned for the upcoming build!!

FWIW, Poly # 2 is still out there somewhere....I never got it back....hopefully it's still working/being abused!