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--- blog:pentium_pc_compaq_armada_1750 [2025/03/13 20:15] – [Third Armada 1750] john
+++ blog:pentium_pc_compaq_armada_1750 [2025/03/15 11:39] (current) – [Benchmarks] john
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 **Specs**
-   * Intel Pentium II: 400MHz - this is actually the best possible processor for the Armada 1750, so I see this as a win, and I'll likely leave it as-is, rather than upgrading to the PIII module.
+   * Intel Pentium II: 366MHz (shows as 400MHz in the diagnostic screen, but all other software identifies it as 366MHz... the MMC-2 module itself is marked as a 366)
    * ATI Rage LT 4MB (AGP) video
    * 14" TFT LCD @ 1024x768
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    * Remove the power cable
    * Remove the main laptop battery pack
-   * Remove the keyboard (release the two clips; under the left 'Alt' key and the right 'Ctrl' key
+   * Lift up the keyboard (release the two clips; under the left 'Alt' key and the right 'Ctrl' key) - if careful, you don't need to fully remove it
-   * Unplug the CMOS battery pack (to the right of the machine - silver coin cell with a short 2 pin cable)
+   * Unplug the CMOS battery pack (to the right of the machine under where the right Shift key was - a silver coin cell with a short 2 pin cable)
    * Leave the machine with everything unplugged for a few minutes
-Now refit the batteries and plug the mains cable back in. The CMOS values will have been reset, including the password. Press F10 on boot to enter the BIOS setup (you'll need the BIOS boot floppy to do this; the Armada 1750 needs to load the setup routine from disk... //not// ROM).
+Now refit the batteries and plug the mains cable back in and refit the keyboard. The CMOS values will have been reset, including the password. Press F10 on boot to enter the BIOS setup (you'll need the BIOS boot floppy to do this; the Armada 1750 needs to load the setup routine from disk... //not// ROM).
 **3.** There is a single-pixel yellow vertical line on the left edge of the screen. Also the screen is filthly (so is the rest of the machine).
 __Fortunately none of the above issues are deal-breakers__; I only intended to use the motherboard from this machine, since the //second// laptop has by far the best case, plastics and screen.
+====== The Frankenstein ======
+The Frankenstein is my combination of parts from all three machines to get the best working setup possible.
+It has:
+   * Case from the second machine
+   * Screen from the second machine
+   * Keyboard from the second machine
+   * Motherboard and CPU module from the third machine
+   * Floppy drive and CD-ROM from the first machine (since they were both tested working)
+   * Main battery from the third machine (since it at least partially holds a charge)
+This leaves me with the following parts:
+   * 1x Armada 1750 with:
+      * PII-333
+      * 64MB RAM
+      * Won't power on
+      * Stuck pixel vertical line on screen
+   * 1x Armada 1750 with:
+      * PII-366
+      * 64MB RAM
+      * Error 102 System Board Failure
+Plus the following spares:
+   * 2x Floppy drives
+   * 2x CD-ROM drives (1 with cracked mounting bracket)
+   * 1x Spare main battery
+   * 2x HDD caddy trays
+=== Frankenstein Pictures ===
+{{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315102843.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315102912.jpg?225|}}
+{{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315102925.jpg?200|}}
+PC Player benchmarks:
+{{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315103119.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315103159.jpg?400|}}
+Quake; 320x240 and 640x480 benchmarks:
+{{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315103232.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315103327.jpg?400|}}
+Doom; low details and high details benchmarks:
+{{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315103353.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315103428.jpg?400|}}
+Landmark and Speedsys benchmarks:
+{{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315103440.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:pentium:armada1750:img20250315104024.jpg?400|}}
+==== Benchmarks ====
+^ Test                 ^ Base Config   ^ +FASTVID      ^
+| 3DBench 1.0c         | 233 fps       | 276 fps       |
+| Chris 3D Bench       | 180 fps       | 180 fps       |
+| Chris 3D Bench SVGA  | 102 fps       | 102 fps       |
+| PC Player VGA        | 90.1 fps      | 89.9 fps      |
+| PC Player SVGA       | 47.2 fps      | 47.2 fps      |
+| Doom (low detail)    | 211 realtics  | 191 realtics  |
+| Doom (high detail)   | 896 realtics  | 658 realtics  |
+| Quake (320x200)      | 73.8 fps      | 73.6 fps      |
+| Quake (360x480)      | 33.2 fps      | 32.9 fps      |
+| Quake (640x480)      | 26.8 fps      | 26.8 fps      |
+| Norton SI            | 915.3         | 915.3         |
+| Landmark CPU         | 4563 MHz      | 4563 MHz      |
+| Landmark FPU         | 5956 MHz      | 5956 MHz      |
+| Landmark Video       | 21845         | 21845         |
+<code>
+Fastvid: FASTVID.EXE 111 4 40000000
+</code>
+Oddly on this system enabling FASTVID / write combining makes almost no difference what so ever.