stangman517
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Yeah I saw one on eBay for a buck fifty. That's a pretty penny. Without popping the case on my mod 30 does it replace the 286 chip? How exactly does it plug in to the 286 mobo?
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IBM PS/2 model 30 286 upgrade question
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lowen
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It does.
I'm saying that while I'm not actively looking to sell it, it could be bought. So, yes, I would consider selling it.Bannon
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Yesterday I installed an ATi Mach64 video card to my 30-286 and the system wouldn't even POST. In fact, the memory test never even appeared. Does anyone have any ideas why that is? I just bought the card and the seller tested it prior to shipping. Unfortunately I don't have another system with ISA slots to validate it myself.
Stone
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Bob, I think this card requires a 386 or greater, even though it's ISA.
Bannon
Member
Thanks Stone. That would certainly explain it.
Cimonvg
Experienced Member
hello.. Mach32 works well in 8bit slot - i also did try mach64 in 8 bit slot , but did not get it working..
/cimonvg
/cimonvg
Bannon
Member
Thank you for checking. Now if I can only find a deal on a Mach 32 ...
Stone
10k Member
We're not talking about 8-bit slots. A 286 has 16-bit slots but the Mach64 needs a 386 or higher processor.
Bannon
Member
My goal is to upgrade the video on the Model 30-286 to XGA or even SVGA in DOS and possibly even Windows 3.X. Is this even possible and if so, what video card would you recommend?
I recommend SVGA (with ISA) card, because your PS/2 Model 30-286 have 16bit ISA card only (No MCA).
But XGA is for MCA only, so you can't use XGA with Model 30-286
P.S. By the way, I want to know your BIOS ROM chip number or BIOS date of PS/2 30-286
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Bannon
Member
fs5500, agreed but I found that not all ISA SVGA cards work. For example, I have a Mach64 card that I learned requires a 386 processor or better.
stangman517
Experienced Member
If you had an 80287 math-co I presume you had to remove it?
Stone
10k Member
If you want to trade the Mach64 for a 1MB VGA card that is 286 compatible let me know and I'll have a look to see what I have.
Why is that?
stangman517
Experienced Member
Hello Iowen.
There was one on eBay (HyperACE SX). The seller wanted $150.00 for it. Last night I decided to offer $100 since his item was about to end, and I never thought in a million years they'd accept - they did, so I bought it.
My question is do you have any documentation for these add-on boards? Or have a link where I can find some info on this board? I'll check this sites documentation links. Eh guess I'm getting lazy. ;-)
Thanks!
There was one on eBay (HyperACE SX). The seller wanted $150.00 for it. Last night I decided to offer $100 since his item was about to end, and I never thought in a million years they'd accept - they did, so I bought it.
My question is do you have any documentation for these add-on boards? Or have a link where I can find some info on this board? I'll check this sites documentation links. Eh guess I'm getting lazy. ;-)
Thanks!
stangman517
Experienced Member
Hello.
I bought one of these off eBay; installed the upgrade; it works. However when I ran Norton "sysinfo" it showed the CPU speed at 3.6. I said huh?!?! I booted up another Mod 30/286 and Norton showed it at 5.6. So what's up with this being an upgrade?!?! I made sure I turned switch 4 to On per the board itself inside the PLCC socket for the 386SX co.
Any ideas? What exactly should the switches be set to?
Thanks
I bought one of these off eBay; installed the upgrade; it works. However when I ran Norton "sysinfo" it showed the CPU speed at 3.6. I said huh?!?! I booted up another Mod 30/286 and Norton showed it at 5.6. So what's up with this being an upgrade?!?! I made sure I turned switch 4 to On per the board itself inside the PLCC socket for the 386SX co.
Any ideas? What exactly should the switches be set to?
Thanks
vwestlife
Veteran Member
Did you install the driver software? The HyperAce SX includes 64K of cache, and it will need a driver to enable the cache, or else the performance will not be nearly as good as it should.
stangman517
Experienced Member
No I didn't install software because unfortunately I didn't get any with it - just the card. Do you know what the driver name is? Or do you have it you can email me?
When I search I keep getting info on old terminal software.
When I search I keep getting info on old terminal software.
lowen
Veteran Member
When I get the time to look I'll check to see what is on the drive in my 30/286, once I put the HyperACE back in it. I'm glad you were able to get that one on eBay; as I have mentioned via PM to a few folks I'm not exactly looking to sell it, but a high enough offer would likely not get turned down (where 'high enough' would change from day to day based on the mood of the day and whether I'm in a retro/nostalgia mood or not..... )
Cimonvg
Experienced Member
Another cpu upgrade for the Model 30-286. This one has a 486SLC2 running at 50 MHz
hello (not me selling) one on ebay, 486slc looks like this :
www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-54G1045-486SLC2-Processor-card-/282048045484
/cimonvg
WARNING: In the description it shows: "Think pad 9552". Maybe this upgrade is not what it seems.
The photo of the upgrade is borrowed from internet (is my 30-286 upgrade)