Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-29, 09:42

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by tauro

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Also what is up with Vogons and these stupid errors when posting ? I think it was my fault, since I was using a slow computer, it couldn't handle the javascript well and I thought I hadn't posted the first time. Then it wouldn't let me delete the duplicate message. Nah the Vogons errors have been a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-29, 09:35

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by tauro

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About the one you already have that stopped working: It could be a cold solder joint. I'd reflow the IDE pins. I have done this before with these cheap adapters and it works for a bit but more often than not its other parts that fail. There's not a lot to fail on them. They are pretty much passive …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-29, 03:13

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duplicate

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-29, 03:12

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by tauro

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these are the brand new cf to ide adapters i bought on amazon to replace the first one i bought on amazon that already stopped working. i didn't test them. i just returned them. 0 stars. bad.bezos.jpg I think the solder blobs weren't part of the original design :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: …

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2024-01-27, 04:52

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by tauro

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The mere discussion about the possibility of implementing some sort of SBEMU adaptation for Win9x is exciting. No matter how long it would take. Hail crazii!

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Re: Enabling UDMA on a thin client that supports it but with a limited BIOS

Posted on 2024-01-12, 21:34

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by tauro

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SD to IDE adapters can be a source of problems. The ones I tried were not compatible with NTFS because of some hard coded limitation of the microcontroller, they would only work reliably with FAT32. Do you remember what SD to IDE adapters you used? My experience is that the vast majority of the SD …

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Re: Atx form cards

Posted on 2024-01-12, 18:02

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I found this online at CablesOnline for only $7.99. I ordered one and will see if it works. http://www.cablesonline.com/usbatxforcar.html Hello, Sorry to resurrect this thread, but at cablesOnline they are not answering. Can someone help? Maybe buy one and ship here? I am in Italy… My Asus TXP4 is …

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Re: Need help replacing the pins of the Socket3 socket

Posted on 2024-01-10, 02:09

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by tauro

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Nice job! 👏

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Re: Need help replacing the pins of the Socket3 socket

Posted on 2024-01-09, 06:28

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by tauro

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They don't look damaged to me. Do you think they're not making contact correctly with the CPU? You could test for continuity with the processor in, attaching a wire directly to the CPU pin.

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Re: Looking for Game Examples: SS7 K6 II++ Adjustable Clock Speed fixing games

Posted on 2024-01-08, 15:06

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by tauro

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Interesting topic! I think that the main attractive of the K6-2+ is that not only you can change the multiplier but also you can enable/disable individual caches (L1, L2, L3/motherboard's). Doesn't that give you some granularity between all caches off and Pentium MMX 200MHz? If you manage to get the …

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Re: Can I run P3 in this motherboard?

Posted on 2024-01-06, 23:40

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Thank you!!! You're welcome, friend. Also, I need to replace all caps (my first time doing this), I assume I need to get exact same measure / spec capacitors? Is there a generic set I can buy or basically take them all out and write down what each one is and then purchase individually? If the caps …

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Speeding up Windows 98 boot time with a SiS 620

Posted on 2024-01-06, 21:22

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by tauro

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Hello everybody, I'm doing some tests with an M748LMRT, SiS 620 video card, OS Win98SE. Without the video drivers, the boot time is about 10 seconds. When the video driver is installed (either v1.04 or v1.07), the boot time goes up to 17 seconds! I also found a TSR (S620107.exe), without any …

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Re: Can I run P3 in this motherboard?

Posted on 2024-01-06, 21:17

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by tauro

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The chipset is an Intel 440LX, so the newest/fastest you can run on it is a Celeron Mendocino @533MHz. If you want to live dangerously and your motherboard allows you, you could overclock the bus to 75 or 83MHz. Since the multiplier on those processors is locked, in order to push it to the limits, …

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Re: Enabling UDMA on a thin client that supports it but with a limited BIOS

Posted on 2024-01-03, 21:27

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by tauro

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SD to IDE adapters can be a source of problems. The ones I tried were not compatible with NTFS because of some hard coded limitation of the microcontroller, they would only work reliably with FAT32. If I were you I'd get a regular IDE hard disk and see how well it performs. Maybe the SD to IDE …

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Re: Help With Setting up SoundBlaster Live! CT4620 on Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2024-01-03, 19:35

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Hello and welcome! Your southbridge (VT82C686A) probably has a "Legacy" sound device, that's a SB emulated device that can be enabled first on the BIOS, then you load a TSR. It takes up the same resources as a regular Sound Blaster. Perhaps that's what's causing your problem. Check your BIOS and …

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Re: Olivetti M240

Posted on 2024-01-03, 19:25

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by tauro

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Maybe you have a short somewhere, and that's why your ATX PSU won't start if the 12v/-12v lines are plugged in. Just my 2 cents.

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 CT2230 sound disappear

Posted on 2024-01-03, 19:14

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by tauro

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First I'd make sure your card works correctly. Remove all other cards, free up your resources or test the card with a different motherboard just to be sure that the card is ok. DMA = 1 (I have other issues if I set high DMA to other value than low, so it is set to use low DMA) That's low DMA, some …

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Re: Enabling UDMA on a thin client that supports it but with a limited BIOS

Posted on 2024-01-03, 18:51

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by tauro

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What you're saying makes sense. Maybe running PCIset before Windows boots is an option. But first, what about some benchmarks to compare hard drive performance with a different machine with (known to be working) UDMA? Are you using a Compact Flash adapter? I have a few and some don't support DMA ( …

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Re: Windows 98 / Pentium III /Voodoo5/ SD-IDE adapter / 128GB SD card - questions

Posted on 2024-01-01, 20:10

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One thing I found out the hard way using these adapters is that they only play ball with FAT32 filesystems. I remember having a very frustrating experience trying to install WinXP (NTFS filesystem) and perhaps GNU/Linux too (I don't remember). I only remember that the only compatible filesystem is …

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Re: Chaintech Voodoo Banshee - no video output

Posted on 2024-01-01, 19:55

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by tauro

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Sometimes the BIOS can go bad. If you have an external programmer such as TL-866 II with the proper adapter, you could remove the EEPROM, dump its contents and compare its md5sum against all other known BIOSes you can find for this card. Then after making a backup, try flashing a different one and …

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