Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT wont accept any other HDD except its stock one? just wont boot with any other...

Posted on 2023-03-29, 07:26

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by gordesky1

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Ok idk for some reason the laptop hates those 2 drives unless they are on their way out even tho seems to work fine on my windows 11 pc. I tried another 6gb hdd out of another Toshiba planning of upgrading to a higher hdd anyways for that one and after imaging it with the old drive i pop it in and …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT wont accept any other HDD except its stock one? just wont boot with any other...

Posted on 2023-03-29, 04:35

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by gordesky1

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Hmm idk is there a better image tool i should be using? I had a bit newer toshiba from 99 with win me on it. But i wanted too see if that hdd works on it so i pop it in it booted too windows me............. So idk why it doeisnt like the other 2 hdds cause they do work.. All i can see is maybe image …

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Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT wont accept any other HDD except its stock one? just wont boot with any other...

Posted on 2023-03-29, 03:51

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by gordesky1

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So i wanted to do a image of my 430cdt hard drive which went well with easyUSA than i put the image on a 6.4gb ide drive which came from one of my compaq laptops it image right over fine. Pop it in the laptop and it just sits there on the memory counter for like 5mins than it will say non system …

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Re: Anyone here using an MFM drive in an XT-class system?

Posted on 2020-01-09, 00:49

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by gordesky1

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I have a VTECH LASER TURBO xt will a XT-IDE Rev 4.1, ISA 8-Bit IDE Controller work in it? or a compact flash one? Right now it just has the 2 5.25 inch floppy drives and they can be a pain if they wear out mainly the boot floppy lol Would be nice to load all the games i have for it on a storage …

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Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT max size hdd?

Posted on 2019-12-30, 02:45

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by gordesky1

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So i been messing with my old 430cdt again:) But really i cant do much with its 1.26gb hdd that it has in it lol... And it is a great dos and win95 retro gamer:) Is it possible to clone the drive and clone it too a bigger hdd like a 20gig? Tho i do have some 6gigs i can use tho. Right now its using …

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Re: duron 1600 too xp 3000? and bad cap amd64 build:/

Posted on 2019-10-20, 22:49

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by gordesky1

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Hmm yea that's what i was thinking. If i can snag one for super cheap i might go for it but in the meantime i think the duron will be fine for now:) At least till i get my 64bit setup hopefully solved... Going to try my ddr 400 1gb sticks so a total of 2gb in the asrock later tho does not support …

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duron 1600 too xp 3000? and bad cap amd64 build:/

Posted on 2019-10-20, 07:10

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by gordesky1

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So i revive my old xp system i built in 2003:) asrock K7VM4 duron 1600 which i run @2000-2100mhz 2x 256mb sticks of 333mhz. And a ati x800pro <<<--- yea good bit of a bottleneck with the duron lol.. Sytem always ran on a mx420 back than and than was upgraded too a 9600xt. Would there be a nice worth …

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Re: Best laptop for DOS/Win9x gaming?

Posted on 2019-09-16, 17:29

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by gordesky1

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Figure i post the 2 i had good luck with dos and 95 and 98 games:) compaq presario 1692 which is my first laptop i ever got brand new in 98 or 99 and a compaq presario 1675 which i had to replace it with 2 years ago.. Amd k6 433mhz 128mb ram and a 380mhz 192mb in the 1675 both have the ESS 1946 …

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Re: laser turbo xt questions

Posted on 2017-02-27, 19:51

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by gordesky1

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Unless you'd be interested in messing around with old ST-506/ST-412 type hard drives and controllers (I personally love them), your best bet for adding a hard drive might be to try and find an XT-IDE board. It requires a little skill with a soldering iron, but isn't difficult to assemble. Once …

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Re: laser turbo xt questions

Posted on 2017-02-27, 17:43

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by gordesky1

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thanks going to give that a try:) going to make a few copys and see if i can get a 3.5 drive in there again 🤣.. i just wish i can run a hdd in it:(

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Re: laser turbo xt questions

Posted on 2017-02-27, 16:57

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by gordesky1

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i was doing it on the machine itself and just did copy a: to b: cause it has 2 drives. i guess that wont work? and heres a pic i found on google of it. would post mine now but camera is dead:( http://imgur.com/a/0RS4x

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laser turbo xt questions

Posted on 2017-02-27, 12:00

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by gordesky1

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So i found a old laser turbo xt like 13 years ago that someone was giving away free with the monitor too and joystick and bunch of games on 5.25 floppy's like 2 cases full of them.. Worked great but it relies on a boot floppy disk asks to put the floppy in when it says too and it boots to the …

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Re: desktop p4 in a laptop?

Posted on 2017-02-13, 10:36

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by gordesky1

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hp zx5000 - zx5060 on the bottom of it. old cpu was a mobile p4 3ghz 533mhz. The one i put in is a desktop p4 3ghz 800mhz.

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Re: desktop p4 in a laptop?

Posted on 2017-02-13, 07:48

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by gordesky1

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Update! took the p4 out of the dell desktop and turns out its a 3ghz with ht so same speed. After getting both cpus unstuck from the heatsink cause they came out with the heatsink attached... pop the cpu from the dell in the laptop which fits perfect put new thermal paste on. And the laptop booted …

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Re: desktop p4 in a laptop?

Posted on 2017-02-13, 04:30

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by gordesky1

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That Inspiron 9300 is one of my favorite laptops and even now I still consider it a decent machine enough to own four of them, Pentium M does fine provided one isn't doing the latest quality when it comes to content but overall the 9300 was one of the last large media laptops that had decent audio …

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Re: desktop p4 in a laptop?

Posted on 2017-02-12, 23:29

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by gordesky1

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Hmm thanks guys:) So pretty much it wont hurt to try too see what it does? Don't want it to short something out. Just figured sense i have them why not try it to see what it does. The non ht p4s are such a pigs. Cant even stream music while browsing the net with out the music skipping.. Even tho the …

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desktop p4 in a laptop?

Posted on 2017-02-12, 06:14

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by gordesky1

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i have a hp zx5000 with a p4 3ghz 533mhz mobile with out ht. i want to put a cpu in it with ht. instead im buying one i have alot of dell desktops with a p4 2.8ghz 533mhz with ht. will the p4 fit right in? i know it will run hotter but the heat sinks in these are pretty beefy. Ony thing tho there is …

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Re: hp pavilion ze5000 hythreading question

Posted on 2017-02-11, 11:07

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by gordesky1

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Hmm after searching i did find a few for Mobile Pentium 4 RK80532GE083512 (3.06 GHz) a p4 3ghz that has no hyperthreading.. Maybe this notebook has that one? whats weird when i search up the specs it does say it does have hyperthreading... On the bottom of the laptop it does say zx5060us but on top …

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hp pavilion ze5000 hythreading question

Posted on 2017-02-11, 10:10

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by gordesky1

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so i have a old ze5000 which i got free years back but put it in used as a music streaming pc. The specs are intel p4 mobile 3ghz cpu 1gb of ram and a ati 9200. The thing is while searching on the net the 3ghz model should be hyperthreading? But mine doesn't it shows in device manager just one cpu …

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Re: toshiba 430 cdt screen scaling?

Posted on 2017-02-02, 04:37

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by gordesky1

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Welp that works great!!! everything is in full screen even starting the games in windows:) Been trying to find something to do this for ages lol Glad i found this site if it wasin't for you guys i still be looking lol there is tons of people like on youtube that says this laptop sucks for dos games …

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