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Amand TihonThere were no picture of the AOpen AX65 <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/PentiumPro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PentiumPro</a> board on <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/TheRetroWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheRetroWeb</a>, so I did my best with my <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/fp5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fp5</a> and it turned out OK.I then proceeded to remove the BIOS chip and dump its content with the <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/minipro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minipro</a>.Now, when dealing with motherboards where the BIOS has a sticker with its version on it, I never know if I should update it in place and make the sticker lie, or replace the EEPROM with a freshly flashed one instead and store the original.<a href="https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/aopen-ax65" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/aopen-ax65</a><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

ltning<a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/overclocking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Overclocking</a> time! One of my favourite 286es is getting a makeover!This one has a weird chipset branded "Solutions", but it turns out it's really a bog-standard (but very cool!) C&T NEAT chipset. The board itself seems to be of the brand Cotek, but that's just going by the stickers on the BIOS and KBC. According to <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/theretroweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheRetroWeb</a> however*, the brand is PCT - but no model name is to be found anywhere. The stock configuration of this board seems to be a 25MHz CPU with a 50MHz crystal driving it. So it's already a damned fast 286 - but there's no reason it can't go even faster!Well, long story a bit shorter: After some extremely clumsy soldering on my part, I was able to replace the main 50MHz crystal with the Any_Clk, a custom, variable clock generator from MiGron**.Turns out this machine is stable at 31.25MHz! Now if that doesn't take this 286 well into 386 performance territory, I don't know what will!See the beautiful close-up pictures in this post (details in the alt-texts), and look for benchmarks and a hint of drama in the follow-ups!<a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/hardwaremods" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardwaremods</a> #286 <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.anduin.net/tag/needforspeed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#needforspeed</a><ul><li><a href="https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pct-unknown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pct-unknown</a> ** <a href="https://migronelectronics.bigcartel.com/product/any-clk-devices-for-ibm-xt-286-386-486-overclocking-underclocking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://migronelectronics.bigcartel.com/product/any-clk-devices-for-ibm-xt-286-386-486-overclocking-underclocking</a></li></ul>

XenenicI've done my part for <a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/TheRetroWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheRetroWeb</a>, submitted two BIOS version for the "ASUS PTGD1-LA (OEM) R1.07". Now to wait for them to be approved and uploaded to the site!<a href="https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-ptgd1-la-oem-r1.07" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-ptgd1-la-oem-r1.07</a><a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a>

XenenicRound 2 for getting a new P4 motherboard to replace my failed Biostar P4M80-M4. Picked up an "Emachines D4362" motherboard. As far as I can tell its not listed on <a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/TheRetroWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheRetroWeb</a> so I'll make sure to submit an entry for it once I receive it.<a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a>

XenenicBacked up the <a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BIOS</a> and submitted the backup images to <a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/TheRetroWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheRetroWeb</a>.<a href="https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/mitac-trigon-typhoonb-compaq-oem" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/mitac-trigon-typhoonb-compaq-oem</a><a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://creatorstudio.space/tags/compaq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compaq</a>

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