Re: Should I get a cooling fan for a Voodoo 3 2k?

Posted on 2023-10-14, 11:29

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by Baoran

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I don't know if it is the most common but for me it just seemed easiest to screw 4 screws between the fins of the heatsink lik this for both of my voodoo 3 cards. The fans are still properly stuck. Filename P_20231014_142459.jpg File size 1.17 MiB Views 80 views

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2023-09-29, 10:30

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by Baoran

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I tested my corsair ax1600i that is on my main pc with psu tested and it could handle 200W load on the 5V rail easily.

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Re: Fastest integrated GPU Platform for Windows XP?

Posted on 2023-08-22, 00:22

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by Baoran

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Anyone has any idea how well would nvidia gpu on motherboard like Asus P5N7A-VM work for such purpose? I think it was released in 2008 so it most likely should still have XP drivers.

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-21, 20:35

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by Baoran

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Is there a good software for taking screenshots in win98 that works with both direct3d and glide? I still have my original lands of lore 3 CDs if they still work I could try to test it some time soon if I can get it to work. For Direct3D and OpenGL, you can use pretty much anything that has a …

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-21, 19:18

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by Baoran

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Is there a good software for taking screenshots in win98 that works with both direct3d and glide? I still have my original lands of lore 3 CDs if they still work I could try to test it some time soon if I can get it to work.

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Re: List of Windows games which look better when using 3DFX Glide (compared to Direct3D and OpenGL)

Posted on 2023-08-21, 05:16

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by Baoran

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I have remember Lands of Lore 3 looking better with glide back then but I cant test that myself right now. Even in the latest patch notes it recommends using glide instead of direct3D when possible.

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Re: Removing one cpu from GA-6BXD motherboard.

Posted on 2023-08-10, 22:56

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by Baoran

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Main reason I am considering this motherboard is because I heard 440BX chipsets are stable and if leaving the second cpu there will mean it is more stable I will definitely leave it there. I got it with 2 CPUs installed and four 128MB sticks of ram for total of 512MB. I thought it might make a …

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Re: Removing one cpu from GA-6BXD motherboard.

Posted on 2023-08-10, 17:12

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by Baoran

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it has two slot 1 Pentium 3 550Mhz cpus. Another thing that this made me wonder is that would the second cpu use much power if I just left it there even if it is unused. Another question is of course if taking it out would make sense in a sense that I would have a spare if the cpu that is on the …

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Removing one cpu from GA-6BXD motherboard.

Posted on 2023-08-10, 02:37

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by Baoran

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Anyone knows if with GA-6BXD motherboard If I were to install win9x and the OS cant use 2 cpus anyway can I just remove one of the cpus or would I need some kind of terminator card in the empty slot that I would not have?

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Re: Cpu write back cache causing issues.

Posted on 2023-07-29, 06:03

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by Baoran

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P24D settings fixed half of the problem. Floppy drive works in WB mode fine as long as multiplier is 3x but stops working in 4x. Turbo button still not working in WB mode even with 3x multiplier but works fine if WT mode with both 3x and 4x multiplier. Or perhaps you could say that it is working …

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Re: Cpu write back cache causing issues.

Posted on 2023-07-26, 15:40

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by Baoran

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the 25 MHz setting should be fine for 33 MHz it's getting funny with 40 MHz and 50 MHz 2-1-1-1 SRAM burst is a challenge on 40 MHz (most likely it needs SRAM in 2 banks = 8 chips + TAG), perhaps you need to slow it down to 3-1-1-1 or 2-2-2-2 on 50 MHz it most likely will be a 3-2-2-2 burst DRAM …

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Re: Cpu write back cache causing issues.

Posted on 2023-07-26, 14:23

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by Baoran

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the 25 MHz setting should be fine for 33 MHz it's getting funny with 40 MHz and 50 MHz 2-1-1-1 SRAM burst is a challenge on 40 MHz (most likely it needs SRAM in 2 banks = 8 chips + TAG), perhaps you need to slow it down to 3-1-1-1 or 2-2-2-2 on 50 MHz it most likely will be a 3-2-2-2 burst DRAM …

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Re: Cpu write back cache causing issues.

Posted on 2023-07-26, 09:52

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by Baoran

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I removed wait stated before from bios when I was trying to make it faster before so I will try tomorrow to change if they make any difference. I meant you need those waitstates when you increase FSB from 33 (100 MHz) to 40 (120 MHz) or 50 (150 MHz). The lower the FSB frequency the lower the …

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Re: Cpu write back cache causing issues.

Posted on 2023-07-26, 01:51

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by Baoran

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P24D settings fixed half of the problem. Floppy drive works in WB mode fine as long as multiplier is 3x but stops working in 4x. Turbo button still not working in WB mode even with 3x multiplier but works fine if WT mode with both 3x and 4x multiplier. Or perhaps you could say that it is working …

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Re: Cpu write back cache causing issues.

Posted on 2023-07-25, 23:16

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Right, this may be the problem. The 80486DX4 jumper settings for the EXP4045 don’t support L1 cache WB mode! The iDX4 is basically a L1 Cache WT only CPU. Okay, Intel later made a WB Enhanced DX4 version, but the jumpers for that model are not in this manual. A way out of this jumper hell is this …

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Plastic gotten sticky around laptop keyboard.

Posted on 2023-07-25, 02:07

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by Baoran

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I have a problem with an acer laptop from 2005. The plastic all around the keyboard has gotten sticky and it cant be affected by normal cleaning like IPA. Is there anything I can do to get rid of it? I was considering trying some kind of abrasive to try get rid of the sticky layers but I was worried …

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Re: PSU Watts - How much is too much?

Posted on 2023-07-24, 14:04

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by Baoran

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Not sure if it is true in reality but I always thought that they have to use better quality components inside a psu to reach that higher efficiency and higher quality components would also mean that they last longer. I was never worried about efficiency itself either but I wanted a good quality psu …

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Re: PSU Watts - How much is too much?

Posted on 2023-07-24, 12:49

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by Baoran

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It is really all relative. Looking at efficiency curve of my Seasonic TX-850, it still shows bit over 90% efficiency at 50W compared to 96% efficiency at 50% load which means if I am getting 60W at wall plug means computer itself is using 54.55W and if I was at optimal load getting 96% efficiency …

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Re: PSU Watts - How much is too much?

Posted on 2023-07-24, 01:04

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by Baoran

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Don't worry about it. I have 850W Seasonic prime TX PSU on a socket 7 PC that uses max 60W measured at wall plug when under heavy load. I had a psu failure on it recently and that was the only ATX psu I had that was not in use.

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Re: Cpu write back cache causing issues.

Posted on 2023-07-23, 18:21

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by Baoran

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Jumpers are set exactly like for 80486dx4 based on https://theretroweb.com/motherboard/manual/32985.pdf jumper manual except JP16 that controls the multiplier needs to be set to similar to 2x in the table in that pdf to get 4x multiplier. Right, this may be the problem. The 80486DX4 jumper settings …

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