Turbo Switch Troubles

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:29 pm

To Whomever It May Concern,

I am trying to build a good dos system but am having trouble getting the turbo button hooked up. This functionality is very important to me because the 486 DX-2 w/ 66 Mghz is still too fast on a few of my really old dos games.

The problem is like this. My case has a 3 pin turbo switch connector, the wires being BLACK, WHITE, & ORANGE in that order; but my motherboard only has a two pin turbo connector to attach it to. I have tried plugging it in in both directions, WHITE & BLACK together/ WHITE & ORANGE together, but neither of them work.

Does this mean that I will need to break the plastic covering somehow in order to seperate the 3 pins so that I can try connecting BLACK & ORANGE together; as I have been unable to try that so far because of the fact that there are 3 pins on the wire and WHITE is in the middle?

Furthemore, which colors designate - & + and etc.?

I would have tried doing this already, but I'm not sure if accidently connecting the pins wring can harm my hardware, or if break the plastic plug end in order to seperate the 3 pins is even a good idea.

Please help me if you can, and thanks,

Matt

dr_st · Post by **dr_st** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:17 pm

Maybe you're ought to consider a software slowdown utility.

SLOWDOWN is my favorite.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:26 pm

Thank you, but I HATE software slowdowns. I want the real thing.

Post by **emmzee** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:33 pm

I searched the <a href="http://www.pcguide.com">PC Guide</a> (the best place to read about hardware issues like this) and it sounds like it depends on your motherboard ...

http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/case/l ... tch-c.html

So, if you have or can find the manual for your motherboard, you may be able to get the info that way.

But, like dr_st suggested, using a software-based slowdown utility works just as well. If your computer is working fine now, I wouldn't bother messing with the Turbo button at all, and would just use a slowdown program, like <a href="http://www.hpaa.com/moslo/basic.asp">Moslo</a> (download it at the bottom of that page). This also has the added benefit of being able to control exactly how much slower you want the game to run. (ie. with Moslow you can specify that you want the game to run at 50% of normal speed, or 35% or whatever)

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:13 pm

Well, the article didn't help, and I've noticed that when using slow-downs like MoSlo that the performance gets somewhat shaky. I want it to be smooth as possible.