Re: Sound Blaster Live! EAX issues in Need for Speed: High Stakes

Posted on 2021-04-05, 08:42

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You might try setting the "wave" slider to the 50% position. I found out that on live and post-live creative products wave slider behaves weird in Win9x. Its higher than 50% position often results in clipping (but not always) - be it analog or digital output.

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Re: Audigy 2 zs problem on windows 98se

Posted on 2021-02-25, 08:40

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Audigy2/2zs is perfect for Windows 98. And it just works on any Slot 1 or s370 motherboard. No need to search for some specific drivers on the web. Just use VXD drivers from CD which came with the soundcard (using provided Creative utility ctzap or whatever it's called). Check that there are no IRQ …

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Re: Wonky ACPI timer on MSI MS-5169 (FIC PT-2200)

Posted on 2021-02-08, 09:44

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<...> The "T" in "PT" stands for Intel chipset, the little sticker on the BIOS chip, the large "QC" sticker on the backside, the VRM coolers and the black SIMM sockets are typical for any FIC produced mainboard from that period. Obviously the two boards in question have nothing in common. There´s …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2021-01-09, 22:40

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Linpack. Sure, let's also run abacus on it :D Use prime95 with small FFT preset. How long should I run Prime 95 with small FFT preset? Been going almost an hour so far. Hottest core at 44c tops. Well, it depends. There's a holy war going on interwebs right now on what to use, how to test, how long …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2021-01-09, 20:17

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2021-01-08, 01:30: Linpack. Sure, let's also run abacus on it 😁 Use prime95 with small FFT preset.

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2021-01-08, 14:03

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2021-01-08, 00:20: It's pretty stable all-round mobo despite some saying here otherwise. Not with quads. Why? Tons of success stories in this thread with quads.

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2021-01-07, 23:57

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this board is pretty old, I recently tried to install an intel Q6600 on it and it would not post anymore, dont use a strong card like the 980 Ti on that board as its overkill for it. After I switched back to my Pentium D it still wont post but the fans are spinning and the ram is recognized, I hope …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2020-05-25, 08:15

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I believe you can, adding of microcodes to bios *might* be required, but there are guides available on the net on how to do it. Keep in mind however, that X5260 is a FSB1333 CPU with locked multiplier so it'll work on a much lower clock (775dual-VSTA is a FSB1066 motherboard).

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2020-05-21, 13:47

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-05-21, 12:42: They are identical, the difference is only in PLL. Modified BIOS should work too. Cool, thanks. As soon as I get qx9650, I'll report back for posterity sake!

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2020-05-16, 23:08

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Has anybody tried putting quad core (e.g. QX9650) intro 775dual-vsta with modified bios 3.19a? Will it take a quad core at all with such a BIOS? I can't seem to find specifics about differences between 775dual and 4coredual (not SATA2). Only that they're 'really' similar. And that I maybe have to …

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Re: Tualatin on GA-BX2000+ / SlotT

Posted on 2020-01-20, 07:37

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That's some interesting info, thanks! Definitely sounds dangerous though. I believe, most it will do is give me proper Tualatin detection - which I already have. Still... Might try it 😀

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Re: Tualatin on GA-BX2000+ / SlotT

Posted on 2020-01-17, 21:10

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Just to add my two cents. Same problem here with Gigabyte GA-6BXE (I'm starting to think that's the issue with Gigabyte boards, just as the Korean guy told someone here earlier in the PM). I'm using that MSI slotket MS69something v.2 and a P3S-1400, that I bought from the Korean guy. It posts fine …

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Re: Cooling solutions for modded Tualatin P3 1.4S (Slot 1 to S370 slotket).

Posted on 2020-01-13, 07:33

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Hello! I've got somewhat similar config (slot 1 Gigabyte GA6BXE + Korean p3 1.4s on a slotket). In case of cnps6000 - are you afraid only its weight? Will it fit at all on a slotket? There's this interesting topic here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34905 The gist of it that any Socket 370 …

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Re: Reah: Face the Unknown and surround sound.

Posted on 2020-01-10, 18:45

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Qsound is not an API, it's more like an audio engine, I believe. It does not automatically mean 5 discrete audio channels (more often it does not mean that at all: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QSound ) If the game does support discrete surround channels then it'll do it through either OpenAL or …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-01-01, 22:28

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I don't support criticizing work done by people in their spare time and not getting compensated for it. ...hence I'll just quietly cry in the corner mourning the old design and usability. (OMG, at least where's the button for smileys?!)

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2019-12-24, 07:36

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Reading up on it, I guess "Flexibility Option" relaxes some of the RAM timings. If so, then of course it will enhance compatibility at the price of performance. However, I don't think the impact is big if at all noticeable. Still, all this confirms that the chipset does not like your memory modules …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2019-12-23, 12:58

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The board itself should be pretty stable. Try lowering FSB as agent_x007 suggests. I have 775dual-vsta with core duo 7500. It runs great in 98, xp sp3 and windows 7 with 580GTX, 285GTX and fx5950. I'd also try different ram modules still even if they pass in memtest. Just to be sure. Also, at which …

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Re: Frederik Pohl's Gateway and SOFTMPU = MT32 screen messages only

Posted on 2019-12-10, 15:51

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Hello, bjt! I do really appreciate your software. That's exactly what I did - I switched everything to CT2940's address, i.e. MPU, IRQ and SB port and it worked like a charm. It seems I did not completely understand how your utility works. Before that I simply launched it with Yamaha's MPU address …

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Re: Constant BsoD's with XFi Titanium HD on OpenAL games with Windows 10

Posted on 2019-12-05, 19:29

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I have an X-Fi elite pro - a pci card with an external module. I have no problems with it running latest windows 10 build with the updated creative drivers (I'm also using that pci to pcie chinese conversion kit made specifically for the card. AXF-117 or something like that) except crackling when …

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Frederik Pohl's Gateway and SOFTMPU = MT32 screen messages only

Posted on 2019-10-20, 22:16

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Could someone please help me with getting Frederik Pohl's Gateway to run together with SOFTMPU? I've got two ISA cards - Soundblaster 16 CT2940 and Yamaha YMF based one that I'm using only for its bugfree MPU interface. Right now I'm trying to get MT32 music from the game. I'm booting into pure dos. …

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