Re: VirtualBox and 3D acceleration

Posted on 2014-05-26, 01:57

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by mockingbird

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Jorpho wrote: Holering wrote: Think the best option is vga passthrough via Linux. Are you suggesting that the VM can access the video card hardware directly? I didn't think that was possible. Yes, but only if your system supports VT-d.

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Re: Heatsink touching capacitors and power connector.

Posted on 2014-05-25, 21:44

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by mockingbird

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You really ought to replace those capacitors. Judging by the vent style, they look like Hermei, which is a very poor quality brand. Running a Tualatin adds to capacitor stress because of the higher power draw, and it also doesn't help that these capacitors have aged after all these years. Vintage …

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Re: Help me find GOOD WORKING ATi Radeon 7000 VE drivers for '98!

Posted on 2014-05-20, 04:25

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by mockingbird

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in Marvin \ Video

1) Go to this page: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/archive/radeonaiw-98me 2) Download the link "WDM Driver Package" 3) Extract it, and then force install through Device Manager (Update Driver, search from directory, specify directory that it is extracted to). Pretty simple, not rocket science …

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Re: are all the k6plus with bad health in my hands?

Posted on 2014-05-11, 14:47

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by mockingbird

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I never had a + chip, but after 6 months my old K6-3 450MHz wasn't even stable at 450MHz. I had to run it at 400MHz just to stop all the crashes. Probably an external problem with my board or PSU or something, but I never figured that out at the time. Bingo! I remember having problems with a K6-2 …

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Re: are all the k6plus with bad health in my hands?

Posted on 2014-05-09, 23:38

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by mockingbird

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Like swaaye said, it's probably your motherboard, or power supply, or both... Doesn't matter how relatively low the power draw of that generation of CPUs are compared to modern CPUs, if the capacitors on the motherboard and PSU are defective, there is no guarantee of stability whatsoever, even if …

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Re: Help with dead motherboards

Posted on 2014-04-23, 20:28

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I checked the MSDS of a brake cleaner brand... It said 85% or so petroleum solvent (probably a clean hydrocarbon like charcoal fluid), and 15% alcohol. Is this not the case with your brand of brake cleaner? I've got to admit though, charcoal fluid does evaporate pretty well... Maybe their is …

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Re: Help with dead motherboards

Posted on 2014-04-23, 20:09

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by mockingbird

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have had motherboard that were from computers taken out of warehouses. They were covered in a black soot. I used automotive break cleaner on them with great results. Break cleaner evaporates quickly, does not leave a residue, and is non-conductive. Not a good idea... It's probably very corrosive, …

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Re: Help with dead motherboards

Posted on 2014-04-23, 17:45

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by mockingbird

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Don't wash your boards in water... This won't help one bit. If you want to get your boards spotless, just vacuum them with a brush attachment. Washing with soap and water is only useful for reviving boards with gum residue like tar from heavy exposure to cigarette smoke, and the likes. I'm 99% sure …

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Re: Anecdotal accounts of Windows 7 on dual Tualatin rigs for everyday computing

Posted on 2014-04-13, 22:45

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by mockingbird

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Be careful with Catalyst verions past 10.4 or so, when ATI removed legacy OpenGL support. Also, regarding HD2xxx series and hardware decoding, I remember there was a debacle back in the day when it was discovered that the flagship 2xxx cards (2900 Pro and XT) lacked some sort of decoding that was …

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Re: 1.4ghz p3 or 1.8ghz p4 for win 98

Posted on 2014-04-06, 16:58

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Building a P4 rig is wandering out of vintage territory. Theoretically, you can get an i945 board and put a single core 775 celeron in it that will not perform as well as the fastest P4 Northwood on an i845, but you'd be getting the benefits of ICH7, DDR2 (the slowest DDR2, PC2-3200, is on par with …

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Re: Audio Capacitor replacement

Posted on 2014-03-20, 00:42

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by mockingbird

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Audio-class caps don't make one bit of difference, and so-called enthusiasts can't differentiate between them and other caps with equal specs in blind tests. Don't pay the huge premium for them. Use Nichicon PW, Panasonic FC, or UCC LXZ series. Other options are Nichicon HD, Panasonic FM/FR, or UCC …

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Re: ALLADIN V with Radeon 9800 FREEZING

Posted on 2014-03-18, 01:50

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

How clean is the 5v/12v power from your PSU? I bet that's what's casuing your crashing... The higher the power demand you place on your system, the more the effects of aging/failed capacitors will manifest... If you're using IWILL, you might consider re-capping it because I'm pretty sure they used …

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Re: anyone else use ActiveGS (Apple IIGS emulator)?

Posted on 2014-03-17, 07:06

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by mockingbird

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Ok, turned down the system speed, so far so good (didn't notice the speed slider before)... Found the save states, awesome! (Only four slots?) Nice little emulator.

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Re: anyone else use ActiveGS (Apple IIGS emulator)?

Posted on 2014-03-17, 05:26

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by mockingbird

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Just gave it a shot (Standalone ZIP on Win7 64), crashed on me after a while... Is there a way to do save states with this? Love the ability to increase the system mhz... Is it just me, or is it a lot faster than kegs??? Interesting also how it worked out of the box so-to-speak without downloading …

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Re: What old game would you like to see remade?

Posted on 2014-02-23, 22:13

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Wolfenstein 3D - Let me elaborate. When Wolfenstein 3D came out, it was not only revolutionary in the sense that it was an unprecedented demonstration of new technology, but also in that it captured the aura of the Nazis perfectly. The graphics were crude, but they were there to demonstrate the …

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Re: Anyone collecting older SLI/crossfire cards?

Posted on 2014-02-23, 05:02

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in Marvin \ System Specs

I've got an old 1st gen 2900XT (Well actually two, but the second one I bought as non-working and couldn't fix it myself. I originally intended to run them in crossfire). There were two generations of the 2900XT, the first one had 512MB GDDR3 and then they released the 1GB GDDR4 version when …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-02-19, 06:18

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by mockingbird

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got a second MSI K7N2 Delta 2 FSR motherboard.. Its included with mobile processor, 512MB ram, ATI 9500 graphics.. Iam had only intrests in the board and memory.. Dont going the use the processor, iam going to sell that and the ATI 9500 card as well. http://www.ebay.de/itm/MSI-K7-N2-K7N2-Delta2- …

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Re: Top game pics for 286 era

Posted on 2014-02-18, 23:23

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Colonel's Bequest. I remember playing that back in the day on a 286. It was the EGA version of the game and I had a boxed copy.

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Re: AdLib has become oh so rare!!!

Posted on 2014-02-14, 02:43

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by mockingbird

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I can only assume this is an Adlib clone from the early 90s... These came in a white square box with a yellow mascot on it, and it was called "Baby Boomer". I never ended up selling any and gave most of them away to be scrapped. I kept one card (without the box) for a keepsake: http://s30.postimg. …

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Re: Motherboard Choices, what to pick for my new old stock AT case...

Posted on 2014-02-13, 09:09

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by mockingbird

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Let's see the innards of the power supply. I recommend this because of the age. PSUs can become defective with time even without use.

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