Dell OptiPlex GS-5133L
The low profile pizza box.
The main rig for demoscene coding, although probably not the best performing
motherboard nor VGA card, but probably similar to what I really had in 1997.
Upgrade plan
To make it more "demoscene" compatible under MS-DOS.
- CPU: use my brave Pentium 200 (the exact one I used in 1997-1998)
- ✅ RAM: 96 MB (2x 32MB + 2x 16MB) with my previously owned modules
- ✅ CD-RW: Philips CDRW800 Series (PCRW804) 8x/4x/32x CD-RW from a previous rig (read:OK, write:KO TBC)
- ✅ AUDIO: Install my old Gravis UltaSound MAX
- OS: upgrade WIN95 OSR1 to OSR 2.1
- VIDEO: Tseng Labs ET6000 was the demoscene standard in 1996 thanks to its
memory throughput. At that time, and if I'm not wrong, I had an ATI 3D Rage.
- HDD: replace the quiet noisy Quantum drive with a Disk On Module?
- NIC: for easier file sharing, needs a PCI 2.0 compatible card. A ~10€
refurbished 3Com 3C905C-TX-M ETHERLINK 10/100Mbps is a good candidate...
Original setup
- CPU: P54CS Pentium 133 Mhz
- Monitor: DELL D828L 15" SVGA 4:3 1024x768 60Hz
- HDD: Quantum Fireball CR 8.4 GB (C/H/S: 16383/16/63)
- FDD: SONY Model MPF920-F (without bezel / bezeless)
- PSU: Dell HP-145SS REV.03 145W (P/N 00009746 Rev.003)
- RAM: 32 MB (4x 8 MB)
Motherboard
- DELL 00094176-12431-773-10EP Rev.A05
- ROM BIOS: Phoenix Plus 1.10 A02
- CPU: Socket 7 Pentium 133-200 Mhz (P54CS)
- Chipset: Intel 430FX (PCIset FX Triton I)
- PCI: 2.0 25/30/33 Mhz (66 Mhz Max)
- FSB Speed: 66 Mhz
- Cache: 256 KB
- 4x RAM Slots: 128 MB max EDO SIMM
(72-pin FPM 7-3-3-3 / 72-pin EDO 7-2-2-2)
- Southbrige: Intel 82371FB PIIX (PCI IDE ISA Xcelerator)
- HDD: PIO Mode 4/DMA Mode 2 (no UltraDMA)
- GFX: integrated S3 86C765 (Trio64V+)
- I/O ports
- 2x ISA slots
- 2x PCI slots
- 1x Floppy interface
- 2x IDE interfaces (40-pin)
- 1x PS/2 keyboard
- 1x PS/2 mouse
- 1x Parallel port
- 2x Serial ports
- 1x VGA
Documents
Pictures
![GS-5133L front](optiplex-gs5133l/gs5133l_front_s.jpg)
![GS-5133L back](optiplex-gs5133l/gs5133l_back_s.jpg)
![GS-5133L boot infos](optiplex-gs5133l/gs5133l_boot_screen_s.jpg)
![HDD Quantum Fireball](optiplex-gs5133l/HDD_Quantum_Fireball_s.jpg)
![GS-5133L motherboard](optiplex-gs5133l/gs5133l_motherboard_s.jpg)
DELL 00094176-12431-773-10EP REV A05 motherboard
![GS-5133L motherboard p/n](optiplex-gs5133l/gs5133l_part_number_s.jpg)
DELL 00094176-12431-773-10EP REV A05 motherboard
![GS-5133L motherboard switches](optiplex-gs5133l/gs5133l_jumpers_s.jpg)
Original jumpers configuration: 133Mhz + Password enable
![GS-5133L expansion board](optiplex-gs5133l/gs5133l_riser_board_s.jpg)
Riser board with 2x ISA + 2x PCI slots
![GS-5133L CPU headsink](optiplex-gs5133l/gs5133l_headsink_s.jpg)
Passive headsink
![SONY Model MPF920-F](optiplex-gs5133l/sony_MPF920-F_s.jpg)
SONY Model MPF920-F (without bezel / bezeless)