Tomb Raider (1996) on the fastest 486 CPU (Part 4)

Bits und Bolts January 19, 2024
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Hi everyone. I am happy to see you on my channel and hope you enjoy going back in time. I grew up in a very exciting time of PC computing. The internet was not yet widely used, but it became very common to have PCs in every household. The first PC I did not share with anybody else was an AMD 486 DX4 100 with Windows 3.11 and later Windows 95. I read a lot of PC Magazines back in the '90s and enjoyed new hardware releases like the Voodoo accelerator cards, Pentium II in their Slot 1 configuration, and many more. Unfortunately, I did not have the money to buy them all. 25 years later, it seems to become a hobby of mine to play around with old hardware. If you like to see old hardware and odd projects here and there, please subscribe to my channel and join me in exploring the world of retro hardware!

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This AMD CPU will be a tough nut to crack! No, this CPU is not from the scrapyard - I bought this poor thing on eBay. It is one of the fastest 486 CPUs that is available for the socket 3 platform. In todays video, I will try to restore this CPU to complete the final tests of Tomb Raider in software mode, provided the CPU works. ▬▬▬▬ *Affiliate Links* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Titanium Alloy Tweezers Professional Repair 🔸https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Ddjx3jb 7-45X Continuous Zoom Stereo Trinocular Microscope 🔸https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32880372287.html AliExpress: Mechanic Solder Mask 🔸https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Ddyj7W7 (this is the exact item I am using) Solder Mask from Amazon US: 🔸https://amzn.to/43K8KOy (6pcs) 🔸https://amzn.to/470ISRw (4pcs + UV light) DE 6pcs: 🔸https://amzn.to/3Dr49WU 🔸https://amzn.to/43Av6lC 🔸https://amzn.to/44XIbGB FNIRSI HS-01 Soldering Iron 🔸https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DE45RR1 Flux for easy soldering 🔸https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFkc3YL InfiRay P2 Pro Thermal Camera 🔸https://xinfraredx.com/products/infiray-p2-pro-thermal-camera?sca_ref=4242204.29WR4PdRCs&sca_source=YouTube ▬▬▬▬ *Support Bits und Bolts* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Patreon:🔸https://www.patreon.com/BitsUndBolts Bitcoin: bc1q2dvf9flf78lam33qjj9w9xgvfxdgre7g9x3rmw Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BitsUndBolts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitsundbolts ▬▬▬▬ *Timestamps* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 Intro 00:57 Heating the pins? 01:45 Pins look bad 03:20 Reinforcement & Information 06:02 We have casualties 06:43 Making things better 08:14 A trick for success 08:51 Drop-in-socket test 09:14 First power on 09:56 Benchmarks 133 MHz 11:03 Tomb Raider 133 MHz 12:51 Overclocking 13:31 Benchmarks 160 MHz 14:11 Tomb Raider 160 MHz 15:58 Outlook

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