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From: rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner)
Subject: motherboard buzzes when system is busy
Organization: York University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 01:06:56 GMT

A friend's Tiawanese-clone 386-33 motherboard makes very distinct and
varied buzzes whenever the system is not idle.  The sounds are
unrelated to disk activity, and they seem to be louder on warm days.
They sound something like very quiet hard disk noises (but that is not
what they are -- I've checked very carefully).  The sounds appear to be
coming from the mainboard itself, and seem to be related to bus activity.

I've never heard anything like this before.  Has anyone else?
-- 
Richard Reiner........rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca........416-538-3947

Learning, n.  The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_.
From: cullip@pooh.cs.unc.edu (Timothy Cullip)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 586-CLONE
Keywords: 586-CLONE
Date: 4 Sep 92 13:00:35 GMT
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In article <1992Sep3.180238.4144@tom.rz.uni-passau.de> hermann@catull.uni-passau.de (Michael Hermann) writes:
>Hi, two weeks ago I read an article which said that there are rumours 
>about a 586-Clone developed by Nexgen which will be produced by Fujitsu
>and HP and distributed by Ascii. It should be available this fall (according 
>to the mag).
>
>They also said if this is true that the prices for the upcoming 586 should
>be very low (just slightly above what you currently pay for a 486-50).
>   - Mike

Believe it when you see it. If I recall, Nexgen came into existence several
years back in order to produce a high performance 486 clone. Well it kept 
being postponed, and finally cancelled. Now they are suposed to come out with 
a 586 clone before Intel releases the P5? I could be wrong but I seriously 
doubt it.

These opinions are mine alone, I reserve the right to be dead wrong. I don't
have (nor want) any affiliation with either Intel or Nexgen.


-- 

   Tim Cullip
   cullip@cs.unc.edu
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From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Subject: Program to erase IBM Mod 80 password (Was: Re: program to erase AMI BIOS passwd)
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 04:43:06 GMT

Does anyone have a program that will erase the password from an
IBM Model 80 PS/2?  If you can supply the source as well it would
be appreciated.

Please send via email and I will summarize.

Thanks!

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From: s870694@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Alfred Porziella)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Hardware EMS Vs "Emulated" EMS.
Date: 23 Aug 92 16:39:42 GMT


Does DOS 5's EMM386.EXE provide emulated EMS? If so does this explain
the reduction in performance when this driver is installed.

So what is the optimal way to set up EMS so that it can be accessed as
efficiently as conventional memory. Is an EMS driver which is specific to
the particular chipset being used required, or can EMM386 do the job?

Can EMM386 be loaded into upper memory, if so can somebody suggest how
to setup config.sys in order to acheive this....


I will post a summary of all responses if anyone is interested.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: Re: HELP! Need info on Opti motherboards
Originator: smintz@alamo
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:27:36 GMT


I have one with AMI bios, and can take 64megs on board, and 512k cache I am in
loce with mine, however, I have a terrible time getting rbgdemo to work, but then
that was written for a Eteq compat board, so it isn't opti's fault...
Organization: Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:55:38 -0400 
From: "Paul J. Dujmich" <paul+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: memory speed

The only good way to check the speed of a ram chip is to
watch it's response on an oscilloscope. Connect one channel of
a scope to trigger on RAS or Row Address Select. (CAS or Column
Address select can be used as well). The other channel of the scope
is connected to Data out. You'll need a small test program to
access the chip at that address in a fast loop. If you get this far,
you read the time (ns) that it takes Data Out to become stable after
RAS (or CAS) is asserted.  In other words...if your testing an 80 ns
chip, the Data Out pin will become a stable High or a Stable Low
AT LEAST 80 ns after RAS and CAS are asserted. Maybe this explination
is a tad too technical, but it's the only sure way I know.

Paul Dujmich

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From: gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka)
Subject: Re: HELP! Memorey Parity Error--System Crash
Keywords: Me too!  (Sh!+ happens.)  
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: comp
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 08:28:46 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.043028.25598@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> huhta@crs.cl.msu.edu (Chris Huhta) writes:
>
>  I have recently come across a problem where Windows will crash, the screen
>will wig out, and turn blue, stating "Memory Parity Error.  System Halted."  I 
>think it is a BIOS error message, not a windows one, but I cannnot seem to
>figure out where it is coming from.  I am paraluzed...Sometimes my computer
>will boot up windows fine, only to unexpectedly hang like this and give me
>this error message.  I need help badly, since I ned to use my computer very
>urgently.
>
>huhta@crs.cl.msu.edu
>Thanks.
>
>Please forward your suggestions and help to me if possible.

I had this exact error the other day. Had to reboot. Don't know why, just
know you'll feel better that you're not the only one! ;}
I have QEMM on the 386 in question. Someone had recently added or updated
several Windows apps., i.e. MathCad3.1, Visual Basic, HPIB DDL, Norton Desktop
...  I double clicked the icon of either V.B. or HPIB when I got the "blue 
screen" and mem. parity error, system halted crap. Upon rebooting I noticed
a message like cannot load high, not loaded, rerun optimize.  So I ran 
QEMM's optimize, no more load message, and no mem. errors since. However,
I'm not assuming that this was the cause and solution - just one possibility.

What memory manager are you using? Have you installed new software recently?
Other programs that used extended memory? Is everything in config.sys and
autoexec.bat being loaded correctly? Any conflicts? Watch the messages when
you boot up. Look at " mem /c | more" and mem /d | more" for clues.

Hope this gets you somewhere ...

---
 Greg



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From: ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro & Graphics Ultra +
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:38:01 GMT

>Does anyone know about any monitors that can refresh this fast?
>The fastest NI refresh I have ever seen on a monitor at 1280x1024
>is 60Hz, this includes viewsonic, NEC, etc...
>If so, I would like to hear about them, especially $$$$
>-Mike G (gilem@rpi.edu)

	In PC Magazine's review of 17" monitors, the NEC 5FG was listed as
   capable of 1280x1024 noninterlaced at 74hz.

							G.Greene

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From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
Subject: Wanted SCSI Tape Drive for Adaptec Controller
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 06:37:12 GMT

I am looking for a tape drive that will work with an Adaptec SCSI
controller (154x, 164x, 174x). It should have software for backing up
under DOS or OS/2. Maynard makes several drives that meet this criteria,
starting at about $2,000, but I would like to find a unit that is under
$1,000 (250MB capacity would be enough, but more would be better).

Please respond to ferch@ucs.ubc.ca. Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: 890491g@dragon.acadiau.ca (Don Graves)
Subject: 640X480X256 on a VGA monitor with 512K card ???
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 18:50:48 GMT


	I was wondering about something:

I have standard VGA (256K with a standard VGA color monitor).  Is it possible
to have 640X480X256 using a SVGA 512K card on my standard VGA monitor?  I mean, 
the monitor can do 640X480, but does the amount of simultaneously displayed
colors depend on the card alone, or is it also bound by the monitor?  Any
comments?
-Thanks.

-- 
--
Don Graves
Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S. Canada
don.graves@dragon.acadiau.ca || 890491g@ace.acadiau.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,sci.electronics
From: jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth)
Subject: Re: Resetting a computer by phone
Organization: The World
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 02:54:52 GMT

In article <FgPXPB2w165w@inqmind.bison.mb.ca> bills@inqmind.bison.mb.ca (Bill Shymanski) writes:

   and so un-hung.   Really ugly, but we had a surplus Radio Shack answering
   machine and an extra phone line.  You would need one that has a 
   remote access code to record a new message.   The main advantage is
   not having to build anything from scratch that connects either to
   the phone line or the computer.   
     I wonder why someone doesn't build a card that can do this ?

There are two products I've seen ads for :  they advertise in the 
back pages of Computer Shopper, for example see p 834 of CS July 92. 
One is Remote Access from Vant Systems, $129.95, 818-706-1733, 
and the other is "Remote Computer Switch!" from 800-226-2122, $119.95 
(no  company name, address or non-800 number). The pictures look sort of
similar, maybe they're the same product ? Anyway, it says it's 
DTMF controlled, can switch on/off a unit connected to it. 

/ Jon Sreekanth

Assabet Valley Microsystems, Inc.           |  Fax and PC products
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Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Date: Tue,  1 Sep 1992 14:00:06 -0400 
From: Ke-Wei Ma <km4c+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro & Graphics Ultra +
	<1992Sep1.012545.18976@bnr.ca>

On 01-Sep-92 in Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro ..
user Tracy Blomquist@bnr.ca writes:
>On another note, any other 17" monitors that will do 1280x1024 @ >=70Hz?
>I have found the NEC 5fg and the Nanao T560i so far, the former is in
>the running for my purchase, the latter is too many $$$.
   If I am not mistaken I believe both monitors only do up to 60Hz at
1280x1024 at 60Hz (Max) according to PC Mag review of 17" monitors.  I
think another monitor to consider is the Mag 17F which along with the
Nanao T560i (or was it the T550i) was rated Editors Choice.
    Anybody know if this is running interlaced or noninterlaced?

Ke-Wei
From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: NEED: Docs on old Hazeltine Terminal: Mod. # 4DTD155207
Date: 3 Sep 92 22:34:31 GMT
Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris ESS, Melbourne, FL


	Please...

	Thanks.

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Subject: WANTED: Info on Gateway ethernet cards
From: chris@bclwn.wn.bcl.co.nz (Chris Mackerell)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:24:52 GMT
Organization: Business Computers Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Hi,

I've got some mystery (to me anyway) PC ethernet cards here.

Can anyone shed some light on the switch & jumper settings?

The cards are labelled "Gateway Communications Inc", "G/Ethernet" and
G-ETHER 8220031-REV.02 in various places on the card.

They are 8 bit cards.

There is one 8 bit DIP switch with a block of 4 jumpers next to it in the
middle of the card, plus two blocks of jumpers (4 + 6) along the bottom
of the card.

The cards have both AUI & coax connections.


Can anyone shed some light on these cards for me? Do they emulate some other
type of card? What are the switch & jumper settings? (No I haven't got the
manual :-) ). Does anyone have a packet driver for them?

Thanks,

Chris

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: thomas@bnlux1.bnl.gov (Richard A. Thomas)
Subject: Re: Is the maxtor 213 meg a good buy at $470?
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 15:04:38 GMT

gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys) writes:
: 
: 	That is the configuration that I am running. And with no problems at
: all. The older LXT213 happens to be the master (it was before) and the new
: LXT7213 is the slave. I just connected it, fdisked it, formatted it, and used
: it. My "controller" card is a cheap "do it all" multi i/o board that I've had
: for about a 2 years. The type 47 issue is bios dependent, but every one I've
: had direct experience with (that even had a type 47) actually has two spots in
: the table for the drive parameters.
: 
: 	/s/	Bob Gettys

Thank you for your reply.  An e-mail message also confirmed that you CAN
have both disks as Type 47  but with different definitions for what Type
47 means stored in the CMOS.  (That is, what the user puts into CMOS
under Type 47 is specific to the disk for which the entries are made.)

Unfortunately, we do NOT have the same configuration.  My older Maxtor
disk is the LXT-200A not the LXT-213A, which is the Maxtor 200 Mbyte
IDE drive of the generation preceding the LXT-213A.  So perhaps that
is why it doesn't work.  Or it may have something to do with the AMI BIOS
(dated April 9, 1990).  I will try making the LXT-200A the master and the
7213A the slave.  I had hoped that by staying with the same manufacturer
I could get two IDE drives that were compatible, but I may have been
wrong.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: cs70353t@chyde.uwasa.fi (Jukka Matila)
Subject: HELP. I need info on Amstrad EXT-connector
Organization: University of Vaasa, Production economy
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:35:56 GMT


If anyone knows the pin order of 

Amstrad PC2086/30's  External connector 

please let me know.


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From: jliukkon@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Juha-Matti Liukkonen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP: DIPs of modified Paradise VGA card???
Date: 1 Sep 92 21:53:57 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: University of Helsinki

And hi again!

My friend has this VGA card that has a Nokia modified Paradise BIOS &
associated chipset. The card says Paradise PVGA1A and Nokia 99263/TA.
We'd need to know the DIP switch settings for this card. (Obviously the
only Nokia manipulation was to remove MDA emulation - otherwise it seems
to be the standard Paradise card).

If you have any info concerning this, please e-mail to
jliukkon@cc.helsinki.fi, thanks!

-- 
               Juha Liukkonen, aka jliukkon@cc.helsinki.fi
       University of Helsinki, Dept. of Paranormal Investigations
           "Trust me, I know what I'm doing." - Sledge Hammer
From: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Future Domain TMC-850
Date: 30 Aug 92 13:26:12 GMT
Reply-To: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Organization: University of Lethbridge

I have a microchannel future domain controller card, so perhaps
the following may apply; I assumed your TMC-850 is SCSI. Use
the utility Disk Manager; it works fine for this.

Norm Buchignani/University of Lethbridge/BUCHIGNANI@HG.ULETH.CA
"If we have been accustomed to deplore the spectacle...of a workman occupied
during his whole life in nothing else but the making of knife-handles or pins'
heads, we may find something quite as lamentable in the intellectual class, in
the exclusive employment of a human brain in resolving some equations, or in
classifying insects. [This] occasions a miserable indifference about the
general course of human affairs, as long as there are equations to solve and
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sct@beta.lanl.gov (Stephen Tenbrink)
Subject: 486DX2-66 Overdrive chip   
Keywords:  486 DX2 Overdrive
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:52:45 GMT

I have found out that the 486 DX2 66 Mhz chip that Gateway will be shipping
with their just announce system is the "Overdrive chip" rather than a
physical replacement for the 486-33.  This chip has a built-in heat sink.
Does anyone know of any ramifications of using the overdrive chip versus a
replacement of the 486DX-33 cpu with a 486DX2-66?


-- 
Steve Tenbrink
sct@lanl.gov
From: crandall@spock.usc.edu (Mike Crandall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! Problems With Microsoft Mouse
Date: 1 Sep 1992 21:59:21 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: spock.usc.edu

<stuff about problem with jittery MS-mouse...>

I saw people with this problem again and again, then it happened to me.
When moved vertically, the mouse would sometimes stop and then "jump" to try
to catch up. (Actually, I mean the cursor, not the mouse :)

I took it apart and cleaned it, which worked for a little while, but eventually
the sucker started jumping again.  At this point a good smack on the table
seemed to work pretty well (the mouse, not the cursor :).  

Eventually I took the whole thing apart and checked it out.  As you found, when
I rolled my finger on the roller, I worked fine.  However, when used on the 
table, I surmised that the ball put a reasonable amount of force on that 
roller.  Lo and Behold! When I pushed ohard on the roller, it would pop into
a state where it would roll without moving the cursor.  Releasing the pressure
brought it back into its natural state.  I concluded that the pressure exerted
by the ball was very close to the critical pressure which pushed the mouse
into the next energy state, allowing it to jitter back and forth between states

My solution? I couldn't fix it and get it to stay fixed.  I looked around a 
little for a new varistor to put in, but no luck. 
I forked out $55 for a Logitech Mouseman, which I like very much all in all.
The old mouse?  Ironically, my cat has a great time chasing the little rubber-
coated ball around.
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From: ncc1701@madoka.its.rpi.edu (Mark O. Chadwick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP : 486sx-25 cpu gets HOT, real HOT!
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:29:45 GMT
Reply-To: ncc1701@acm.rpi.edu

pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) writes:

>In article <14141@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> s870694@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Alfred Porziella) writes:
>>
>>The 486sx-25 CPU in my system (Compumate - Opti chipset) gets so hot that
>>I can hardly touch it! (even after a few minutes!).

>This is normal for an Intel 486. You should try a 66 MHz Intel 486...

Oh?  My 33 MHz DX doesn't get hot at all, even after hours of on-time.
(Hot meaning you can see the logo and numbers burned into your fingertips...
but I can leave my hand on it for a few minutes before it starts getting
uncomfortable...) 

Chips aren't really designed to work at temps higher than 50-60 degrees C,
and if it's really hot, you may want to put a heatsink and/or a fan
on it...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: burleigh@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Frank Burleigh)
Subject:  Bigger monitors
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:56:22 GMT


I'd like to get a 16" or 17" monitor capable of
non-interlaced 1280x1024 resolution.  The PC will
likely only have 1024x768 for a time, of course.

I'd appreaciate hearing experiences and suggestions,
and in particular the lowest cost source for the
monitor.  

Thank you in advance.
--
Frank Burleigh
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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI Controller Question
Keywords: SCSI-2
Date: 29 Aug 92 16:47:00 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <l9u15eINNc19@aludra.usc.edu> ddurby@aludra.usc.edu (Dennis Durby) writes:
>I am getting a new motherboard this week:  AMI EISA 33DX, with 16 meg. RAM.
>I need to get a SCSI controller and hard drive.  The vendor sells both MYLEX 
>and AMI, recommends AMI for flexibility.  I'd planned to get an Adaptec 1742B 
>(or is it a 1740???).  I'll basically be running under OS/2, but may have a 
>partition reserved for DOS and Windows 3.1, so I can run 3.1 apps until OS/2
>supports them.  My questions:
>1.  Which controller is "better", and why?  I want to be able to add later a
>    tape backup unit or a removable disk drive, possibly CDROM, Sound, etc., 
>    and possibly another drive, or other SCSI stuff.

For OS/2 purposes, the Adaptec 17xx is currently the favorite (because
it has the best driver support for devices other than hard drives).

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From: charles@muug.mb.ca (Charles Carlson)
Subject: Re: HELP with Fuji Hard Drive DIP switches
Organization: Manitoba Unix User Group, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:22:26 GMT

In <1992Sep1.004333.8707@ee.ubc.ca> williaml@ee.ubc.ca (William Low) writes:

>I am trying to figure out the function of two sets of DIP switches
>at the back of my 20M Fuji Hard disk. There is a bank of 4 switches
>on the left and a bank of 8 switches on the right. The name stamped
>on the side of the disk is "FK302-26" and the name silkscreened on
>the PCB at the bottom of the drive is "Mk 3B19286   302-001".

The bank of 4 is used to select drive number, the bank of 8 is used to
select the terminating resistor.   The bank of 8 should all be one direction,
more than likely to "on".  To select the drive number you just turn the switch
of the number you want it to be to on, and the other three off.

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