World's most pimped 386?

[AtomicGuY]

Is this a pimped Intel 386 Machine?


Intel 386 DX-33 @ 50MHz
20MB Ram
10GB Maxtor 7200rpm Hard Drive
TNT2 32MB PCI
SBLive! FULL PCI
10/100 ethernet isa
and so on...


Plays GL Quake with a steady 46fps with 640x480x16 and everything set to max and all extra enhancements installed.

DetXP is installed, before, I had gotten 40fps, so thats a 6fps jump with the TNT2!

The processor was overclocked 17MHz and I installed a heatsink which wasnt there before. but its still fanless!

EDIT!: R.I.P, see my post below...

[AtomicGuY]

Here is a picture of the processor when out of the box!

[Zuck Gou :)]

Yeesh, thats sweet. Even got a SB live! in there.

[alan]

Originally posted by AtomicGuY
Is this a pimped Intel 386 Machine?


Intel 386 DX-33 @ 50MHz
20MB Ram
10GB Maxtor 7200rpm Hard Drive
TNT2 32MB PCI
SBLive! FULL PCI
10/100 ethernet isa
and so on...


Plays GL Quake with a steady 46fps with 640x480x16 and everything set to max and all extra enhancements installed.

DetXP is installed, before, I had gotten 40fps, so thats a 6fps jump with the TNT2!

The processor was overclocked 17MHz and I installed a heatsink which wasnt there before. but its still fanless!

Err.. What does "pimped" mean? Haven't seen that word in overclockers forums before. :rolleyes:

[Sohryu Asuka Langley]

Did you make sure you removed the warranty void if removed stickers?

[OC-Master]

****, his warenty is void HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ohwell, like it matters anyway LOL

[Ridenow]

What? No 387 coprocessor?

[AtomicGuY]

OPPS!, almost forgot about that bad boy, its there too!
,,,

[AtomicGuY]

Well, it looks like the end of this CPUs life has come.

Yesterday evening, I came down stairs to find the computer screen displaying a bunch of garbled text. So I turned the thing off then back on and nothing happened.

To cut to the point, the CPU burnt out from (lifespan;) ) and it took the SB Live and the TNT2 with it:(

OMG, this is a sad day for me.

[jdmcnudgent]

very pimped.:D

[funnyperson1]

Originally posted by AtomicGuY
Well, it looks like the end of this CPUs life has come.

Yesterday evening, I came down stairs to find the computer screen displaying a bunch of garbled text. So I turned the thing off then back on and nothing happened.

To cut to the point, the CPU burnt out from (lifespan;) ) and it took the SB Live and the TNT2 with it:(

OMG, this is a sad day for me.

nooooo...thats horrible....you sure the SBLive and TNT2 are dead?

[AtomicGuY]

yeah man,

I tested the TNT2 on an old Pentium system that I got and the card never took off.

The Sound Blaster also has the same issue but this time, there is init bad hardware failure under Windows98. I have two of the same identical sound blasters so I just decided to swap them and thats when I noticed:(

The 386 must of shorted out some of the boards when it went. That kinda scares me cause its got me thinking, what will happen when the day comes that my Athlon shorts out:mad: :eek:


I'm worried now and I think I'm going to start turning the PCs off to save there precious lives. LOL, too bad the warrenty is void on all the parts:beer:

hmm, RMA? LOL

[funnyperson1]

well if your 386 lasted 10+ years im sure the Athy can manage a whiel longer

[Darryl_D]

NOOOO that means my 6 year old pentium 233mhz is next NOOOO say it isn't so!

[nipster]

i think this is a total lie

firstoff, im not sure that PCI even EXISTED back durring the 386 era...

i NEVER saw a 386 motherboard with PCI slots, EISA maybe, VLB maybe, but NOT PCI

furthermore, even if by some chance they DID make a PCI board for the 386, it would NOT be PCI 2.0 or 2.1 spec which these cards REQUIRE to operate. I tried like hell to make tnt 2 pci and geforce 2 MX cards to work in older pentium systems, but they would not because they were not PCI 2.1 spec PCI slots

this is a total sham

[tensop]

Load of BS.

tnt2 requires pci 2.1
iirc the earliest pci was on the 486, in pci 2.0 spec and didnt have full bandwidth capabilities.

there were no pci chipsets for the 386.

10gb is over the maximum the board will support.

sblive also requires 2.1

nice joke though :)

[AtomicGuY]

Joke?

what are you talking about, there was many motherboards that had PCI compatibility based on 486 systems.

The motherboard that I have is a 486 board with a socket for a 386 chip if one does not have a 486. So essentially, there is two sockets on the motherboard for CPUs, one for a 386 and one for a 486.

When Pentiums came out, PCI became impleted in 486s and I got a 486 board and I'm using the 386 socket on that board.

I dont know what you are talking about, PCI 2.1 compatibilty???? I think thats a load of BS since I've never had an PCI issue ever throughout the 386/486 and pentiums that I've had. BTW, all my cards are PCI2.0, so even u say 2.1, It wouldnt have matter anyway.

As for the hard drive, I simply used a daughter card since 486 boards do not have the IDE built onto them. I simply got a Promise ISA IDE card.


tensop,

"tnt2 requires pci 2.1
iirc the earliest pci was on the 486, in pci 2.0 spec and didnt have full bandwidth capabilities."

-I dont know what your talking about, this Creative Blaster TNT2 that I have worked perfect in my 486 motherboard, no issues what so ever.

"there were no pci chipsets for the 386."

-Ya well who said I had a 386 motherboard. It is a 486 motherboard with universal compatibility to support the 386 processor and also has a socket for the 387.

"10gb is over the maximum the board will support"

-LOL, 486s had IDE built on??? I think you've been taking way to many pills man. All 486 motherboards required external IDE support. I was lucky to come around and get ahold of an UDMA33 ISA IDE card which had 4 IDE support. Infact, most people needed to hook there cd-roms to the sound blasters IDE port (EX: Sound Blaster 16 ISA has IDE channel). This was not an option for me with SBlive so I had to go with the 2 channel.

"sblive also requires 2.1"

-Wrong, it clearly states on my Sound Blaster Live box (Original) that it supports PCI2.0.

[JudgeDredd]

Why would he lie? His computer wasn't THAT pimped anyway... ;)

[CSHawkeye81]

guys your pimped our rig is dead time for a funeral, i will bring something for your condolences lol :D

[ghostnet]

Well one obvious flaw in his story is the fact that he's using a 387 math co-processor on there seeing as how DX chips already have them built into the processor.

[Garrett_thief2]

Hmmmm.....this post makes me think....i have a few boxes full of parts...

I have a 486 DX4 100 mhz,486 mobo with 4 pci and 2 isa slots,,Ati Mach 64,and a 30 gig drive that i'm not sure is good or bad.

Plus i have this really hip looking full tower AT case that could hold a wild watercooling system........This case is 4" taller than my Aopen HX08

Anyone overclock a DX4?

Been thinking of building a dedicated download rig for edonkey2000...

Looks like i have work to do.......:burn:

[OC-Master]

386 processor required the 387 processor regardless simply do to the fact that the 386 had no FPU. All floating points were made with the 387. So that statement still holds true.

LOL, I got a 386 DX-25 (20MHz) computer collecting dust in the basement so I kinda know this stuff :)


AXIA

[jd300]

i think a moment of silence is in order for the the dearly departed machine:eh?:

[nipster]

so how about posting a picture of this mysterious motherboard for a 386 that supposedly has PCI slots...

[CSHawkeye81]

:"plays taps"

[jazztrumpet216]

Originally posted by nipster
so how about posting a picture of this mysterious motherboard for a 386 that supposedly has PCI slots...

AtomicGuy already told ya dude, it's a 486 mobo, NOT a 386.

*jazz plays taps for the dead 386*

[ghostnet]

Yeah it seems you are correct about the 387. DX designation for onboard FPU's was on the 486. my bad.

[Kafoopsy]

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeese post a picture of that motherboard!!! I'd looove to see it. And I'd like to get a i387 co-processor for my collection too. I have a motherboard that wil take 386/387 or 486 CPUs but it has EISA slots, not PCI. And I think it is dead.
I'd love to see shots of the 386 you described!