Nice thank you idspispopd, will check for it next time I use it, atleast then there is one less hassle with the laptop, but I still wish it was dead...

There is a few youtube users busy restoring them, Retrojunkie pops to mind http://retrojunkie.net/blog/category/amstrad-mega-pc/ Edit: Its allso worth noting that they need a 15khz compatible display for the megadrive section...

Regarding using keyboard and touchpad at the same time: Usually this is intentional. The goal is that when you are typing for example in MS Word and you touch the touchpad accidentally the touch is ignored. You could have a look around in the mouse options in the Windows control panel. On the …

Well there are a estimated 220 000, Dial-Up users still in south Africa, this isnt due to any other reason than our local telecom company keeping a monopoly on broad band and keeping broadband internet capped, and very expensive, two years ago we finally got uncapped due to a non-telkom regulated …

My current laptop, I upgraded from a HP workstation 8710w laptop C2D 2.2ghz with a 17" screen and a Nvidia Quadro FX 1600M, to a eMachines E732G i3, 500gb hdd and a ATI 5470, at the time I thought it was great, very cheap, but when I started using it (alas after I already sold my old lappy) it just …

Sorry about that, when I saw it I just had to get it, I remember reading about them in the PC Format but for some reason they never sold them here, only voodoo 1 cards. If its any consolation the card has found itself a good home, and I will be building a P1 233MMX dedicated just for it 😀

Just bought a Nec PCX2 ,cant wait to test it against a voodoo1

It could be a cold solder joint. You may need to bake the thing for a few mins. Since its the AGP version of the card, did you mod the card to work on the 939? I dont really want to go that extreme, but I will look and see if I can find some one with a infra red rework station and do a reflow there …

I think its about time I updated this thread, after waiting 4 weeks for RS to order my capacitors, they told me that they have been discontinued, and arent made any more in that size/formfactor any more :/ So I had to go for "similar ones" while not ideal it should work 100%, so what I went with is: …

http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h398/fasmanza/retro%20pc/2012-05-01171708.jpg Just got these off of Amibay from Timmy :) 1x Sound Blaster Live!! SB0060 (2nd last part for my current project) 1x Maxi Gamer Phoenix Voodoo Banshee 16MB PCI (For a new project I am about to start 1x Generic, Yamaha …

Liking the case! Turn that HDD around so you can hide the wires better. I wonder if you could pull the coolermaster logo on the front and replace with the 2nd 3dfx logo :) As for the big ones my card shows a 470uf @6volts (10mm size) and then 10uf @ 16volts (4mm). On the back it is said most are . …

Just a small update to the project I finally decided on a case initially I wanted to get a white case from the late 1998-2000 for the project but after looking for one I just could find something that I was happy with, and that will match the look of the system, so I decided to go modern: Cooler …

Welcome to Vogons! First, I really like your video cards, even if they aren't "best in slot". There is just something special about using legendary legacy. Second, is there a particular reason that you want a Sound Blaster Live! card? If so, what is that reason? (I'm not challenging your decision, …

Hi every one I just joined recently after finding the website while looking for some info on a old sound card I had. Seems like a great site, and I thought what a better way to introduce myself than to share my current project and what will eventually be my main retro PC :) I'm interested mostly in …