12:20 The clockgen chips are programmable and made specifically for each customer/manufacturer so to replace it you would have to find one from a similar or same brand motherboard. But it would be interesting to check the clockgen chip and see if clocks are actually coming out of it. Edit: If the clockgen chip is outputting you could also check the P4 socket and find the clock pin and check if there's a clock there on the socket. Maybe something as simple as a corroded trace or open via on the clock line to the cpu.
RICHARD!!!! I KNOW THE FIX FOR THAT HIVE! It doesn't even have to boot! Boot it from Hiren's or wh, then: -Copy the files in the \Windows\System32\config folder to a backup folder -Open the Registry Editor app -Select the HKEY_USERS subtree -Select File > Load Hive -Load the \Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM file This brings 'em back from the dead!
That crystal mounting area has traces that go right into the CmI9739 IC at pins 2&3 XtalIn& XtalOut. Just for reference pins 29 and 30 are XTALS0 and XTALS1. In this configuration the crystals don’t reference to ground a 24.576MHz crystal sits in between pins 2&3. That’s a 6 channel audio codec IC with no clock source.
The pad I saw is by the second PCI slot. There's another crystal right by it. But it was likely never installed either. On video it is hard to see details.
When Pentiums are the "oldest" machines you find ... it really makes me feel old. For me old are XTs, 286, 386 ... and I'll push it to 486. That's not counting real retro being pre-PC for me
12:20 The clockgen chips are programmable and made specifically for each customer/manufacturer so to replace it you would have to find one from a similar or same brand motherboard. But it would be interesting to check the clockgen chip and see if clocks are actually coming out of it. Edit: If the clockgen chip is outputting you could also check the P4 socket and find the clock pin and check if there's a clock there on the socket. Maybe something as simple as a corroded trace or open via on the clock line to the cpu.
The MSI Neo boards were very good boards... in the days they were from 100 to 300 dollars new depending on the chipset used
Heya,nice carboot video again and some nice scoores you have there
RICHARD!!!!
I KNOW THE FIX FOR THAT HIVE!
It doesn't even have to boot! Boot it from Hiren's or wh, then:
-Copy the files in the \Windows\System32\config folder to a backup folder
-Open the Registry Editor app
-Select the HKEY_USERS subtree
-Select File > Load Hive
-Load the \Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM file
This brings 'em back from the dead!
That crystal mounting area has traces that go right into the CmI9739 IC at pins 2&3 XtalIn& XtalOut. Just for reference pins 29 and 30 are XTALS0 and XTALS1. In this configuration the crystals don’t reference to ground a 24.576MHz crystal sits in between pins 2&3. That’s a 6 channel audio codec IC with no clock source.
The pad I saw is by the second PCI slot. There's another crystal right by it. But it was likely never installed either. On video it is hard to see details.
When Pentiums are the "oldest" machines you find ... it really makes me feel old. For me old are XTs, 286, 386 ... and I'll push it to 486. That's not counting real retro being pre-PC for me
That's a "Nokia" style case, they were supposed to look like Nokia mobile phones from that era like the Nokia 8310.