Re: Intel to remove all BIOS updates on November 22nd, 2019 from their website

Posted on 2019-09-20, 09:22

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by marvias

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so, um, does anyone have mirror of downloadcenter.intel.com? I started to mirror it using winhttrack, but it seems to be cycling in product pages/download pages, it downloaded over 4500 product pages, but only 236 downloads at this moment after about 12 hours. Also, actual files are stored at …

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Re: Burning CDs and DVDs for older drives

Posted on 2019-08-11, 22:01

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by marvias

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You could try 4x cd-rw. I think Verbatim still sells them. Other option would be external USB drive. edit: also dye color might matter. Verbatim AZO (blue dye) has higher compatibility then Extra Protection (light green dye). Also there are cd-r with gold reflective layer, which have better …

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Re: Windows 98 SE VM on a Ryzen 3000 not working

Posted on 2019-07-23, 23:38

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by marvias

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vmware 15 is not usable. Just when you disable those 32bit disk drivers it starts working somehow. Also in that case, network stops working too. But, I downgraded to vmware 12.5.9 as was advised in one of those vmware community threads linked in earlier posts, and it looks like it actually works as …

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Re: Windows 98 SE VM on a Ryzen 3000 not working

Posted on 2019-07-23, 23:12

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by marvias

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in VBox, after enabling scitech display driver, I booted into "Windows protection error" Then I masked CPUID to Pentium III S with disabled VME bit and scitech driver installed fine. I also tried to install ie6 and Unofficial SP2.1. They give errors during install. I tried to reinstall from scratch, …

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Re: Windows 98 SE VM on a Ryzen 3000 not working

Posted on 2019-07-23, 19:16

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by marvias

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not really, but when you disable also vt-x / amd-v then it slows down a lot.

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Re: Windows 98 SE VM on a Ryzen 3000 not working

Posted on 2019-07-23, 18:49

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by marvias

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Thanks for all the links. Disabling nested paging in VBOX really made it work fine. And after toggling "disable 32bit disk drivers in protected mode" in safe mode in vmware VM, it started working too. I actually expected AMD would fix this issue in zen2. I might give it a few more tries in vmware …

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Re: Windows 98 SE VM on a Ryzen 3000 not working

Posted on 2019-07-23, 13:52

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by marvias

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in virtualbox, installation gives error with shell32.dll and explorer.exe, then it does nothing (image attached). after reset, it gives same error and does nothing again. I found this thread with same error but no solution. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/ryzen-on-vm-windows-98.3361871/ here …

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Re: Windows 98 SE VM on a Ryzen 3000 not working

Posted on 2019-07-23, 11:01

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by marvias

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I thought that its issue with RdRand instruction, which was introduced originally in Ivy Bridge CPUs, so Win98 shouldnt know about it.

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Windows 98 SE VM on a Ryzen 3000 not working

Posted on 2019-07-23, 00:19

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by marvias

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Hello, I upgraded from Sandy Bridge to a new Ryzen 3000 matisse. Problem is, that my Windows 98 VM is practically unusable now. It gives error about missing DLL with name that doesnt make sense, invalid operation from rundll32.exe when I try to run any program including "my computer" or even …

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2019-04-15, 17:51

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by marvias

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How I got this: I installed XP with SP3 from clean MS iso, updated registry with PosReady tweak and installed: KB898461, windowsupdateagent-3.0, and KB892130. After this both auto updades and Windows update web started working. Here is list of XP Embedded updates only (it showed also many post-sp3): …

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Re: Best IDE/PATA DVD Burner Drive?

Posted on 2019-01-09, 20:56

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by marvias

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I have good experience with LG. GSA-4165/6/7 or H10 and newer are super multi (dvd+, dvd-, dvd-ram). Also they are very common and cheap. Plextors were good and expensive, but after certain point in time, they just started selling OEM drives for 3times the price. I think last true Plextor is PX-760A …

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Re: POST hang on 486 after barrel battery removal

Posted on 2018-11-11, 13:56

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by marvias

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Looks like that I was just impatient. I originally waited just about 10-15 secs because of that terrible speaker sound. Today I charged the barrell battery, it took only 4mAh and voltage went up to 4.6V. I disconnected speaker, started pc and waited. After about 30 secs or so, I got error saying …

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Re: POST hang on 486 after barrel battery removal

Posted on 2018-11-10, 22:11

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by marvias

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Its this motherboard http://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/m/U-Z/32207.htm I just realized that I even found manual for this thing, so here is battery connector description. Should external battery be connected to pins 1 and 3?

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POST hang on 486 after barrel battery removal

Posted on 2018-11-10, 21:50

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by marvias

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Hello, I decided that it is time to remove the barrel battery from my 486. So after de-soldering, I connected battery pack to EXT battery connector. But now, regardless if its connected or not, system hangs after checking memory and printing WAIT... to screen. Num lock on keyboard then blinks once …

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Re: Silicon Image Sil3112 PCI SATA Controller - looking for old BIOS

Posted on 2018-09-17, 15:38

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by marvias

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4.1.50 is here https://www.bios-mods.com/resources/index.php … 112A+v4.1.50%2F but its in raid bios folder

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Re: [Project] 3D Printed CPU Tray's

Posted on 2018-08-14, 18:57

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by marvias

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I too have my own for 50x50 (s7,370,462) pentium pro and 486. I am not at home so cant take photos right now. I was thinking about publishing them too, but design could use some tinkering. Unfortunately say for s370 I already printed over 20 of them and changing dimensions would break stackability. …

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Re: Ontrack 9.57 on CF card - can't view on modern PC

Posted on 2018-02-04, 14:03

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by marvias

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I was able to read CF with ontrack and Win95 in my windows 7 system until I rebooted win95 to DOS mode (using Phil's pif file). Since then, Win7 just doesnt recognize partitions on CF. Also after each return from DOS mode, win95 said that mbr was modified and I should check changes because it might …

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Re: New Pentium Pro system!

Posted on 2017-05-25, 16:01

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by marvias

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I had issue finding Socket 8 cooler for reasonable price too. Went for http://www.ebay.com/itm/292045186053 and in the meantime still looking for original ones.

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Re: Storage trays for old socket 7/370/A CPUs 50x50mm

Posted on 2017-05-25, 13:11

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by marvias

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Printing them actually crossed my mind, but I didnt find any model and have no experience in 3d design (yet). PET fillament price is around 15-20EUR per kg. Thanks for that ebay link, shipping is quite expensive tho, he wants 20EUR for first and 2 for each additional (which is 50% from the price) I …

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Storage trays for old socket 7/370/A CPUs 50x50mm

Posted on 2017-05-22, 14:38

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by marvias

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Hello, wondering if anyone has good tip where to get these. I tried to look on ebay but didnt find anything usable. Mostly I found trays for socket 775 and newer 115x which are 37.5x37.5mm but need also some for old Pentiums and Athlons which are all 50x50. Only ones that would take these CPUs are …

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