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New MessageImportant past threads (modified 0 times) Linuxguru
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In the spirit of ckbone's I-Opener tips threads, I'm starting a thread with links to important threads in the past. This will help keep the information (much of which has fallen off the radar screen) easily accessible in the future. Feel free to post to this thread, with a brief description of what the original thread contained, and a link to the thread. Use a backslash to make the link clickable, and trim the end of the html in the link after the Post=<number>, which helps keep the text wrap formatting of the page OK.

As an example, the following thread started by Solder Boy on the K6-300 CPU upgrade was one of the first to discuss hardware hacks for CPU upgrades:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=709

07-13-2001 11:54:08

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First report of the V4 and differences from the V3, by Shadow:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=1060

07-13-2001 11:59:50

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Reason to flash the BIOS on V3 and later, and various ways of doing it:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=1198

07-13-2001 12:15:50

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Basic how-to on how to flash the BIOS on V2, using QNXFlash and images obtained by dial-up ftp:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=698

07-13-2001 12:20:55

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Report of V3 units, and ways of circumventing the tamper-resistant screws, etc:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=868

07-13-2001 12:32:22

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How to flash V3, step-by-step:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=1027

07-13-2001 12:40:09

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The QNX drive image trick (with QNXFlash, to flash V2/V3/V4), problems with certain hard disks, and how it works:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=975

07-13-2001 12:46:31

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Eliminating the BIOS splash screen:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=933

07-13-2001 12:49:27

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WinChip, WinChip2, P200 MMX benchmarking and comparisons:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=902

07-13-2001 12:57:04

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The most important hack of them all! For historical reference, the discussions leading to the QNX drive image to trick the BIOS into booting a hard disk on V2 and later:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=584

07-13-2001 13:13:33

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Probably the first definitive report of V3:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=817

07-13-2001 13:19:30

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Release of QNXFlash by smogbound, and its use to flash V2 (Note: updated version 1.02 works on V2/V3/V4):

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=675

07-13-2001 13:27:58

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Screwdriverless (!!) install of FreeBSD on a V1/V2:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=115

07-13-2001 13:36:48

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Offer of reward for QNX-based flash program and the creation of QNXFlash:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=488

07-13-2001 13:52:41

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Hardware mods for AMD K6-III+/450 on V3b, and possible first mention of k6clk:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=1736

07-13-2001 14:07:17

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First mention of AMD K6-III+/450ACZ upgrade, and detailed information on the required mods for all IO versions:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=1695

07-13-2001 14:10:45

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Detailed thread on the Vcore mods (by Turbo3) to allow the use of the AMD K6-III/333AFK on V1/V2/V3/V4a:

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=1624

07-13-2001 14:16:50

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Tradeoffs and benchmarks of various CPU upgrades (Rise MP-6/P200MMX/K6-III):

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=technical&Post=1714

07-13-2001 14:22:58

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