Re: Some hard drive issues...

Posted on 2016-02-04, 08:47

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Alexanrs - thank you very much for that pointer. I looked up a manual for the hard drive online (which I found here - http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/maxtor/en_us/documentation/quick_specs/diamondmax_40_vl_ultra_ata_100_quick_specs.pdf and enabled the 'cylinder limitation' jumper. All installed …

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Re: Some hardware issues...

Posted on 2016-02-03, 23:43

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Does 20GB Maxtor drive have a jumper to limit it to 8.4gb? If so, you could try that. Also manually specifying the HDD parameters to the maximum you BIOS supports might work. I would have to check on the drive jumpers tomorrow when I get home. I suppose if worst comes to worst I'll just try and …

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Some hard drive issues...

Posted on 2016-02-03, 18:04

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So I'm trying to get Windows 95 thrown on an old Pentium machine to rekindle my childhood memories but I'm having issues getting a decent sized hard drive working on the system. I have a quite old Western Digital Caviar working fine on the system but unfortunately its only 430MB and just doesn't cut …

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Re: Strange flickering CRT monitor issue...

Posted on 2016-02-03, 17:46

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If the solder joints were cracked, it almost certainly was due to mechanical stress, not cold solders. Maybe the VGA cable's been strained, someone yanked it by mistake at some point, or something like that. Cold solders would just come loose from the pins, solder pads, etc, without cracking. …

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Re: Strange flickering CRT monitor issue...

Posted on 2016-01-31, 18:58

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I inspected the entire board and all the other joints looked spotlessly clean and healthy. Just the ones around the VGA port appeared to have visibly cracked. At the very least I like to think I've possibly broken a record for thread revival here. This of course means I will now be spending the next …

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Re: Strange flickering CRT monitor issue...

Posted on 2016-01-31, 18:30

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Thought I'd follow up on this as I finally got around to checking for cold-solder joints today. I know... 4 years... been quite busy but finally decided to investigate the flickering monitor issue. Had a look around on the PCB of the monitor and it looks like there were a few cold solder joints …

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Re: Old Pentium system not recognizing CD drive...

Posted on 2013-06-13, 21:51

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Resized image in OP in line with your suggestions. Apologies. Anyway, I had been fiddling around all night with this and finally found the solution and frankly, it was easy. According to a manual I happened upon, it turns out setting the fixed disks to 'Auto' in BIOS does not work for CD drives; you …

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Old Pentium system not recognizing CD drive...

Posted on 2013-06-13, 14:27

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Hi all, I recently got hold of a beautiful old Fujitsu ICL Indiana desktop from 1995. Found it on ebay, just couldn't let it go. http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb427/Gigagator/WP_000476.jpg Ignore the things that look like scratches - that's my dodgy camera. It's immaculate, except for the fact …

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Re: Strange flickering CRT monitor issue...

Posted on 2012-05-31, 20:48

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Thanks for the response. What exactly is a cold solder joint?

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Re: Strange flickering CRT monitor issue...

Posted on 2012-05-31, 11:36

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Just a thought, do you think it could be a PSU issue? The power supply for the monitor comes from a cable that is plugged into the PSU of the computer itself. Its a Fujitsu ICL monitor by the way.

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Strange flickering CRT monitor issue...

Posted on 2012-05-31, 11:03

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Hi all, I'm having a weird problem with my old CRT monitor that I use for my old 95 gaming system. Basically, it works perfectly but then it randomly begins to flicker with large horizontal bars moving up/down the screen. It looks similar to a TV with bad vertical hold settings and it becomes almost …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2012-04-12, 18:46

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This is my system I restored and built up a few years ago. Some of you may be able to shed some more light on the Fujitsu ICL line of computers, the brand of which which came and went pretty quickly in the mid 90's. Sadly its not the original Fujitsu ICL that my parents bought for my brother way …

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Re: Help getting Theme Park to run correctly, please :)

Posted on 2012-04-10, 18:10

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Thanks for that, will try this tonight. I don't think I've ever experienced the cursor disappearing issue. Or the issue mentioned by AdamP about the cursor being limited to half the screen. More concerned with sorting the freezing issue.

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Re: Help getting Theme Park to run correctly, please :)

Posted on 2012-04-10, 15:49

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No but it sounds complicated. Could you talk me through the process of patching the necessary executable? Do you know that this fixes the mouse freezing issue?

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Re: Help getting Theme Park to run correctly, please :)

Posted on 2012-04-10, 10:35

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It seems you've completely overlooked my comment... No, I haven't overlooked your comment; I read every word of everybody's posts. I just don't think that trying not to move the mouse between switching screens is a solution in itself. Besides, I think when I've been playing it and kept the mouse …

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Re: Help getting Theme Park to run correctly, please :)

Posted on 2012-04-10, 01:38

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Yes, I've only ever experienced a mouse lockup when changing from a lo-res screen to a hi-res screen. But even if you play the game in low-res mode, the mouse will still lock up when changing screens sometimes. Like you said, totally random and I've experienced it on lots of different hardware, …

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Re: Help getting Theme Park to run correctly, please :)

Posted on 2012-04-10, 01:07

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Not sure exactly what I did AdamP... a few things. I reformatted and reinstalled Windows 95, didn't really have a need to but I did it anyway. I think what is most likely to have fixed it was something I changed in BIOS settings. Under Integrated Peripherals, I disabled 'Onboard Parallel Port' and ' …

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Re: Help getting Theme Park to run correctly, please :)

Posted on 2012-04-09, 15:08

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Good news, sound is working perfectly now. Game runs well and its great to play it again. The only remaining issue now is the mouse locks up from time to time and the only option is to close the program and restart. Not sure how to fix this but its always done it even when I played as a child but if …

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Re: Help getting Theme Park to run correctly, please :)

Posted on 2012-04-07, 23:27

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Hi all, Looks like there's some good support here so thanks for the responses. I'm at work right now (I do night shifts) so when I get home in the morning I will post all the information you've asked for. Hopefully it won't be long before im finally playing Theme Park again. Happy Easter!

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Help getting Theme Park to run correctly, please :)

Posted on 2012-04-05, 23:18

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Hi all, I'm hoping some knowledgeable people here can help me get the original Theme Park to run correctly in Windows 95, although it was built for DOS. I tried this a while ago but gave up in the end after someone had suggested I use DOSBox, which I absolutely do not want to do. I have my reasons, …

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