Re: Artex's Build of the Week - 2016 Updates

Posted on 2016-02-27, 00:17

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by darksheer

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Too bad my DFI LanParty UT nf4 Ultra-D that I bought in 2006 died last year :blah: Paired with an o/c Opteron 146 and my XMS Pro Kit it was such a nice build till the end :dead: Badcaps? Nothing a soldering iron and decent soldering skills can't fix. Nope, sudden death syndrom (caps were still like …

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week (Valentine's Day Bonus Build!) - "Back to Black" (aka - Devil Inside)

Posted on 2016-02-15, 23:02

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by darksheer

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Nice to see some p4/AGP stuff here again :cool: (those 3Ghz of power were totally awesome at that time, not only because of its popularity back then and now I suppose :lol: ) Sorry to hear that it gaves you some troubles to work as intented, it's always sad when hardware die whithout much reasons : …

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week - "Always Bet On Black"

Posted on 2016-01-22, 22:38

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by darksheer

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Don't you just love it when stuff like that happens? Excellent news darksheer! Thanks :blush: That was totally unexpected I felt so lucky to found this forgotten pc and make it run like it was new hardware :lol: I'm sure there's a thread about SP2 vs. SP3, lost to the ages here on VOGONS. :D This …

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week - "Always Bet On Black"

Posted on 2016-01-22, 11:59

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by darksheer

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I remembered that a friend of mine gave me his old p4 pc that was declared "dead" 3 years ago. When I brought it up home and opened it I discovered that the PSU was a really "crappy" one. :dead: To think the pc was running with that for years I was like "nevermind it may not be a good idea to revive …

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Re: My Retro Rigs - Andariel and Duriel

Posted on 2016-01-18, 18:07

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by darksheer

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Nice builds :cool: Thoses cases completely fit with the hardware inside 8-O I'm using a Bitfenix case too (a BitFenix Merc Alpha) for my maxed Win98SE pc. It would be a bit safier to have a fan blowing fresh air between thoses two Voodoo 2 :blush: It may not be a big deal if it work flawlessly as it …

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Re: Performance comparison of 486 motherboards with VLB-only, PCI-only, and PCI+VLB

Posted on 2016-01-18, 14:14

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by darksheer

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I suppose VLB is considered faster because of the specification. PCI above 33MHz is out of spec, while VLB goes up to 40 or 50 MHz. Well, correct me if I'm wrong but if your vlb cards are stable enough @40 Mhz bus with no WS added (for memory and its timings as well) it's indeed the case but @50 …

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week - "Always Bet On Black"

Posted on 2016-01-16, 21:26

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by darksheer

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Artex wrote: nearly silent Keep a p4 cool and "nearly silent" is already quite an achievement itself 🤣 F.E.A.R should run at maximum settings at 1600x1200 with some 2 or 4x AA and 16x AF 😎

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week - "Always Bet On Black"

Posted on 2016-01-16, 21:16

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by darksheer

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Nice, impressive for an AGP based system 😁 Its 3DMark05 score is not that far from the 7800 GTX I had back then 😳

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week - 2016 Updates

Posted on 2016-01-15, 15:20

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by darksheer

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If Arterx says "very rare video card" and really cool hardware that means it's gonna be an awesome build 😁

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week - 2016 Updates

Posted on 2016-01-15, 15:03

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by darksheer

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I definitely sense some Corsair XMS pro memory here :-D http://images.highspeedbackbone.net/skuimages/large/corsair_pro_memory.jpg Too bad my DFI LanParty UT nf4 Ultra-D that I bought in 2006 died last year :blah: Paired with an o/c Opteron 146 and my XMS Pro Kit it was such a nice build till the …

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Re: 486 board can't boot

Posted on 2015-09-20, 15:57

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by darksheer

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Yeah the KB broken fuse can indeed be an issue to explore as well as broken traces and bad contacts for the BIOS/cache chips but if he does not have the TAG chip installed yet, that won't change anything.

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Re: 486 board can't boot

Posted on 2015-09-20, 15:21

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by darksheer

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Is it behaving the same with unplugged keyboard? Oh I make a great mistake by "boot" I was refering it as "post" in my previous answer. A 486 motherboard without keyboard should post but won't allow you to boot if you don't have set the settings that allow it before (Like alt on : no errors) in the …

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Re: CF Card Through IDE - SLOW!

Posted on 2015-09-20, 14:58

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by darksheer

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Then maybe a conflict between the IDE HDD and the CF because they are on the same IDE ribbon cable ? Is using the CF alone in the primary IDE channel set as primary Master and disable IDE HDD Block Mode into BIOS resolve the issue ? Edit : I'm using MicroSD cards in a mSD to CF adapter and with a CF …

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Re: 486 board can't boot

Posted on 2015-09-20, 14:40

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by darksheer

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Wait for confirmation but I think that only 486 motherboards with fake cache chips will allow you to boot without it installed because their BIOS have been customized to counter that, else it should not boot if you don't have some or you're not respecting the specified configuration.

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Re: CF Card Through IDE - SLOW!

Posted on 2015-09-20, 14:26

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by darksheer

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Win98SE may have forced DMA without notice and it cause the slowdowns you are experiencing (some CF will allow it and some won't). Try to disable it from devices manager if you could (I don't remenber if you can while in safe mode), if not just find a way to do it with regedit and restart the …

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Re: identify this case , never seen one

Posted on 2015-08-14, 14:08

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by darksheer

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I had to junk a case like that last year for missing some vital pieces. It really hurt on the inside when I did :( It would have been for my "2000 junk P4 machine" with all the year 2000 stuff I owned and installed into for the ultimate turnofthemillenium experience, and right now it's in some …

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Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2015-08-13, 22:21

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by darksheer

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Well, if you had ever played Blade Runner and get the related ending 🤣

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Re: AoE I era MIDI sound options

Posted on 2015-08-01, 13:26

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by darksheer

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Interesting. So I can load 'soundfonts'. How do I do that? If drivers have been correctly installed you should be able to choose between 3 soundfont for your Audio PCI (2MB, 4MB and 8MB). You'll be limited by thoses 3 because it's a proprietary format that restricted any ways of custom made …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-28, 13:20

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by darksheer

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Was in San Diego for the weekend and decided to check out one of the famous swap meets in the area I've heard so much about. unfortunately didn't find much except a few boxed MS-DOS games and this http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e385/0blivi0n1/20150727_012622_zpseri33wzh.jpg only $7, I never …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-07-28, 13:02

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by darksheer

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Just finished transferring my favorites MT-32 OST's along with some OPL3 recordings on cassette tape and give them a suitable visual for the plastic cases. The result is a warmer sound and an easier listening, to give them a proper vintage touch. The cassette deck used is a TEAC V-1010 (that I …

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