Re: Keep GeForce 4 to cards from dying

Posted on 2021-01-31, 18:45

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A PSU's voltages may check out ok with a PSU tester, but it could be passing hundreds of millivolts of AC ripple to system components. Do not use old PSUs unless they have been re-capped.

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Re: Best LGA 775 Motherboard with AGP and DDR400?

Posted on 2021-01-24, 18:47

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It sounds like PAT might be your issue... Looking at some really old posts on PAT and the 865, it seems as though PAT was just an enhancement enabled in the BIOS for what was essentially only meant for binned chips (875) that could handle it (which infers that 865 chips could not). I'm going to try …

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Re: EWS64 XL MIDI TROUBLES

Posted on 2021-01-22, 16:47

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thank you for answers guys ! yes, sounds like very loud and clipping, but not. First what i try - change volume levels for synth and effects off. I think about capasitors, but i check it all for short circuit (negative all) and all looks good - no leaks and plump up. ok, i try to change it all on …

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Re: EWS64 XL MIDI TROUBLES

Posted on 2021-01-21, 23:16

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This card is notorious for the capacitors needing to be replaced. You might want to try going that route. And there are around 60 of them on the PCB. IIRC they are almost all 10uF.

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-19, 01:47

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AMD's Driver section of their site is down. I posted a thread about it on their forum. Let's see how long it takes for this wonderful company who everyone says should supplant Intel to fix the issue. I was going to do a comparison on driver availability with regard to something Intel released in …

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Re: The story of the QuForce FX 5800 Ultra...

Posted on 2021-01-18, 18:12

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I strongly recommend you underclock the memory of the FX3000 to at least 200Mhz below spec. The DDR in the FX3000 is notorious for not lasting long at stock clocks. This does not apply to Quadro 1000 and 2000 which used vastly improved DDR2. I would advise doing this via a BIOS mod rather than …

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Re: How to set Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 (SiS471) into L2:Write-through mode?

Posted on 2021-01-16, 23:49

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OzzFan wrote on 2021-01-15, 20:00: Ah ok. I don't have one of those. So these aren't flashable EEPROMs? No chance of getting an image file? The image file would be the modded BIOS file posted a few posts up. You can use a flashable EEPROM instead of an EPROM, namely the W27C512.

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Re: How to set Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 (SiS471) into L2:Write-through mode?

Posted on 2021-01-15, 16:21

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OzzFan wrote on 2021-01-15, 14:13: What flash utility did you use? I'm having trouble locating the right one. You won't fine a flash utility because the flash chip is an EPROM that needs to be erased with UV light and programmed externally.

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2021-01-15, 02:29

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My plan is to replace an old 28-Pin E PROM with a flashable 32-Pin EE PROM, once I receive it: Atmel AT29C512-12P = 512 kilobit = 64 kiloByte I will hotflash it with a i440BX board, using uniflash software. Then install it in the 486. Did you have success with this? I noticed that the Asus VL/I- …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-13, 04:38

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Nup, it's just a pissed-off guy extrapolating his one little issue out to encompass an entire industry. I get the anger, but anger is a poor judge of truth and context. And I won't allow it that masquerade. AMD has done we enthusiasts huge service over the years, and brought massive benefits to the …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-13, 04:06

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Your petty little issue regarding a redundant two-generations-old processor is meaningless to me, and to everyone on the planet outside your little sphere of targeted irritation. Every large tech company has it's own little cadre of disgruntled haters on the internet who have run into "stupid …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-13, 03:12

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If I applied your reasoning to everything I've seen major technical issues with over the decades, I would now Forever Hate Intel, Microsoft, Linux, Sun, IBM, AMD, Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung, and basically every single brand and company that exists. Please explain how this is acceptable: …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-12, 22:59

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I've had many and varied awesome systems for decades, based upon processors from both manufacturers. The merit of a given PC comes back to the skill and choices of the system builder. Not some silly "brand loyalty" thing. I feel I should qualify what I said with something substantive in terms of …

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Re: The story of the QuForce FX 5800 Ultra...

Posted on 2021-01-12, 19:54

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by mockingbird

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If you dump yours I can do it for you, but it should be pretty simple to do it yourself.

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Re: The story of the QuForce FX 5800 Ultra...

Posted on 2021-01-12, 19:11

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I strongly recommend you underclock the memory of the FX3000 to at least 200Mhz below spec. The DDR in the FX3000 is notorious for not lasting long at stock clocks. This does not apply to Quadro 1000 and 2000 which used vastly improved DDR2. I would advise doing this via a BIOS mod rather than …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-12, 19:05

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Why is it that when confronted with the choice of an AMD or Intel system, where the AMD system vastly outweighs the Intel system in the price/performance ratio, I still opt to spend more for the Intel system which is often two generations behind, performance-wise. Is this a shortcoming on my part, …

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Re: 440BX AGP experts, let's settle this once and for all.

Posted on 2021-01-12, 01:35

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I confirm that GeForce 6800 GT/Ultra works well with modded AGP connector. For example this fancy SDI version of Quadro FX4000 which is the pro equivalent of GF 6800 Ultra works just fine - https://www.petershipkov.com/temp/retro_pc_images/p3/vga_agp_quadro_fx4000.jpg I might try this mod with a …

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Re: Maxing Intel P45 memory

Posted on 2020-12-27, 21:20

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These are early pre-2010 chips DDR2 memory was mostly dropped after 2010, so there are no innovations or more mature revisions. I'll give it a shot for you... Gotta get an OS installed first. Interesting, I have P5K too, was my daily driver for nearly 7 years, still have it. Now bios modified to …

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Re: Maxing Intel P45 memory

Posted on 2020-12-27, 20:11

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-12-27, 19:53: DDR2 800 6-6-6 memory Oh, can they work at 5-5-5-15 at least? I didn't try, but I doubt it. These are early pre-2010 chips, so probably not a very mature stepping. I don't want to mess with it too much because these chipsets already dislike having all …

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Re: Maxing Intel P45 memory

Posted on 2020-12-27, 19:52

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Which chips? Nothing special, just bog standard DDR2 800 6-6-6 memory... Single row, double sided 256Mx8 (plus 1 ECC chip per side totalling 18 chips instead of 16... So DDR2 "ECC" memory doesn't use special ICs, they just have extra ones and a modified EEPROM). I have also used DDR3 ECC memory on …

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