Re: Black screen on voodoo 2

Posted on 2023-10-04, 03:55

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its made by foinnex.i also have one made by cable matters both are very similar. forgot to mention that the crt does let me pick the refresh rate just not the converter. if it help i have a samsung gaming 144heatz monitor at 2560x1440.

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Re: Black screen on voodoo 2

Posted on 2023-10-04, 03:35

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its currently running at 640 by 480. if you mean the refresh rate in system properties, in the voodoo tab, it only let me at 60 hearts .

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Black screen on voodoo 2

Posted on 2023-10-03, 04:47

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Hello all i Recently got a vga to hdmi converter for my windows 98 pc. it will boot fine on the main video card but when i play a game on the voodoo 2 get a black screen. I hear music playing on it and everything. i have tested with the crt monitor i have laying around and both video cards works …

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ati rage 128 on a socket 7 motherboard

Posted on 2021-09-20, 22:48

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hello, i bought a ati rage 128 16mb video card to install in a gigabyte ga-586hx motherboard. However when i installed the card in the computer all i get is a no video error message. when i put in the other card back its fine. i havent tested in a another pc yet. But assuming that the card is fine …

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Re: dd help error when running empire earth

Posted on 2021-02-10, 11:39

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Windows 98 Intel pentium 3@933 Nvidia geforce 4200 ti 320mb of ram Creative awe 64 gold Voodoo 2 in sli USB card Board is a p3v4x

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dd help error when running empire earth

Posted on 2021-02-10, 01:51

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hello again i need help to get empire earth to working on windows 98. after i got the game installed and tried to run it it gives me the dd help illegal operation error message. i seen this in my other builds with windows 98 and me with the same result. i am aware is a direct x issue and the only …

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Re: video card goes black after windows 98 splash screen

Posted on 2021-02-08, 20:25

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ty repo man11 that driver you link me to did the trick run beautifully now

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Re: video card goes black after windows 98 splash screen

Posted on 2021-02-08, 04:43

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The card works fine.. I test it in a amd xp mobo. also have a 6800 I could try

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Re: video card goes black after windows 98 splash screen

Posted on 2021-02-08, 03:35

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it does have a dvi out put but im using the vga port(have to since i have a voodoo 2 in sli). the monitor is a dell monitor but i dont know the model number but i do know it goes up to 1600 by 1200. i currently got the monitor setting at 1024 by 768. and i just fresh installed many times today but …

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video card goes black after windows 98 splash screen

Posted on 2021-02-08, 01:48

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hello all i recently changed the motherboard and im running into a black screen. i put in a geforce 4200ti but after i installed the via agp driver(from 4.35) and installed nvidia 45.23 i keep getting a black screen and it hangs. are there any drivers out there that are compatible with the nvidia …

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modern power supply on a old pc

Posted on 2021-01-31, 00:35

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hello all I have been looking for a power that will power with these specs: intel 866 cpu gigabyte 6bxc 384 mb of ram dvd drive gotek floppy emulator NVidia GeForce 4200 ti voodoo 2 in sli creative labs awe 64 gold usb 2 card 20gb hdd i well aware that the 5v rail may be a issue and i have been look …

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3d rage pro driver

Posted on 2019-04-25, 23:48

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hello, I have ati 3d rage pro pci card that i can't seem to find the driver. does anyone know where i can find a windows 95 driver

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intel classic pci ninja bios update

Posted on 2019-03-09, 15:48

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hello i have a intel classic pci ed ninja 486 board that i would like to update the bios on but i can't seem to find anywhere. can any point me as to where i can find the bios please. thanks an advance

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15 vs 20ns cache

Posted on 2018-01-10, 00:38

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Hello, just wondering, if I were to replace the 20 ns cache with 15ns cache, will it make a major difference on performance on the ram timings? will the tag ram need to be faster than 15ns should I upgrade?

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Re: write back

Posted on 2018-01-08, 23:24

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tested ctcm and found the cpu L1 cache is in writethru but the L2 cache is in writeback. is there a major difference in using writeback vs writethru? also currently my cache is currently at 20ns if I were to get a 15ns cache will I get any major improvement? Will I get better performance If make the …

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Re: write back

Posted on 2018-01-08, 18:22

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What is ctcm?

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Re: write back

Posted on 2018-01-08, 02:03

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I found out it was running in write thru mode on cpu when using sisoft. But still can't figure out how to enable write back mode on it though. There is no internal cpu chache option in the bios settings though its supported.

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write back

Posted on 2018-01-07, 20:53

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Hello, does any one know how to enable write back on the cpu? My Motherboard is a 4dms-hl3g-l4-vi and cpu is a amd am486 @100 mhz. model 100sv8b How do I know its in write back mode?

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Re: getting a floppy drive to work on a 486

Posted on 2017-11-01, 01:33

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there is nothing wrong with the cables. all the cables worked when I tested in the other machine.

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getting a floppy drive to work on a 486

Posted on 2017-11-01, 00:22

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Hello all again, I finally got my vital parts for the 486 build, but I'm running into a road block. I tried to get the floppy drive going but it won't read disk. I tested two floppy drives a few cables on the io card that is have (its using vesa bus.) Ive tested said floppies drives and cables on to …

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