Re: The Soundblaster DSP project
Posted on 2025-06-07, 14:11
maxtherabbit wrote on 2025-06-07, 13:11: DMA clicking can not be fixed in software What is cause or more than one causes of DMA clicking? What is needed to fix this? Cheers,
Re: Compaq (197005-001) cache module - open source reproduction
Posted on 2025-05-18, 15:52
Thank you for the cache module, recently arrived, can't wait to plug it in for a test. At this moment I'm enjoying the Victoria day long weekend, since I'm full time devices tech. In meantime, doing nothing. Cheers,
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-05-18, 15:46
Sander's Compaq cache module arrived, have to check it out when I have time. Cheers,
Re: End of Skype
Posted on 2025-05-13, 17:54
Dittooo. I don't like skype. Overbearing and terrible. I was on ICQ and it was like tunnel of open air exposure airing my private data. I'm glad of the facebook nowdays. Cheers,
Re: Diagnosing Zenith Data Systems ZCM-1495 CRT VGA monitor
Posted on 2025-05-10, 11:59
Difficult to repair due to house part numbers and yes, was high failure rate. Even back in the day, seen 1 or 2 and they were new back then. I was working at university that bought Zenith stuff. Some of them had that fan to cool the internals. Cheers,
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2025-05-04, 14:21
Pair of used HP Z4 G4 workstations decent CPU, 64GB ECC memory (4 sticks), and ample of NVME storage using NVME HP black clamp on heatsinks, for family and mine to finish transitioning to windows 11. Choice of 750W or 1000W power supplies. Best decision I made. The old family's computer was a …
Re: Hardware you are glad you never bought
Posted on 2025-04-01, 21:46
Glad I didn't: P4 Celeron, my employer let me borrow the computer upgrade kit and play with it, gave it back, at this time, I was on athlon computer. Computer parts that are consumer level and overclocker's parts are overratted. I only buy HP workstations and high end workstation notebook. Before …
Re: Which New HDDs R Still Made as 512e(or 512n),thus Usable as Spare/Upgrade Parts for Legacy PCs & Legacy OSs.
Posted on 2025-02-25, 22:49
I have done this as well on Pentium and PIII, using large capacity SATA hard drive or SSD using a 3ware with cache PCI-X to SATA controller card. Card plugged in the 32 bit part of PCI works and I can boot DOS and see four 2GB partitions. Cheers,
Re: why were these vesa modes unpopular from start?
Posted on 2025-02-18, 16:16
compact Macs like the 128K, 512Ke, SE,SE/30 and classic is 512x384 Cheers,
Re: How to supply power to socket 4 on DEC Celebris 560?
Posted on 2025-02-11, 19:02
As others have said. 60/66 pentiums in socket 4 are 5V, therefore no need for VRM. If using 75MHz thru 133MHz , you do need to use socket 5 and 3.3V VRM installed. Cheers,
Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2025-02-06, 16:24
Gah, I hate modern smartphones. They all have almost non-existing bezels and the stupid selfie camera drilled into top of the screen. I have less than zero need for the selfie camera... I'm not sure Sony is still to be trusted with their screens going bonkers after few short years in their mid- …
First ever request. Windows 10 game compatiblity that works but breaks on windows 11?
Posted on 2025-02-05, 18:46
Tried the google and could only find very little. Wanted to know if this exists with some older games that only works with windows 10? Wanted to ask because I cannot keep one computer around as I wanted to get Z440 eventually soon for high end windows 1o game computer, I have to let go of one …
Re: Can anyone give me an example of a laptop that uses PC100/PC133 MicroDIMM memory modules?
Posted on 2025-02-03, 23:46
Sony notebook used these as well. I know as I had one. Was for one of early Pentium M type. Cheers,
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2025-02-03, 23:40
Good buy on Advantech, did responded to my requests last year for one Pentium 430FX SBC I was looking for firmware and got it. I recently purchased a newer but used computer, A real HP workstation! Z4 G4 to be exact. All up ready to use and is windows 11 supported. This will hold up for years for …
Re: Has anyone here had issues with Aliexpress?
Posted on 2025-02-03, 23:27
I ordered 1 microscope from them and I got an email saying that they had shipped part of my order and pushed back the date by a month. Then they emailed me asking for my mobile phone number and a credit card number to unlock my account. This seems like a scam. Has this happened to any of you? They …
Re: 2010 PC and TPM
Posted on 2025-02-03, 00:53
TPM concept go much eariler back around 2005 or so. I found this out that IBM computer I bought used cheaply, for boss use at old work running XP, at this time local computer shop was selling Pentium III machines (desktop), running XP. It does have TPM module daughter board that removed, will not …
Re: Help with fixing a Compaq SLT/286
Posted on 2025-01-28, 18:37
One of the long tube of capacitor is bad. I had this happen long ago. Cheers,
Re: Family's computer video cards issues. Had to replace dead 270X with GTX 960 and got code 43. SOLVED!
Posted on 2025-01-16, 00:33
I was lucky that R9-270X lasted 5 years of daily use and hardly any dust, I remember bought that before bitcoin craze hit which drove GPUs prices crazy high. Thanks on this GTX 1080 tidbits, I'll make sure I use premium thermal paste on this. I plan to buy either Vega 64 or Titan X but making sure …
Re: Family's computer video cards issues. Had to replace dead 270X with GTX 960 and got code 43.
Posted on 2025-01-14, 23:18
Turns out the GTX 960 is also defective along with the dud R9 270X (no image) . 960 Will not initialize and caused a code 43. All I do was swap for another EVGA GTX 960 card and started up the PC and driver initialized correctly without any playing around. So what I did was not the problem. In …
Family's computer video cards issues. Had to replace dead 270X with GTX 960 and got code 43. SOLVED!
Posted on 2025-01-13, 23:52
Had to swap video cards to get image back on windows 10 PC. 270X was giving no image and while in bios settings, is corrupted image, so this for real is a GPU death. First time in our computers in my lifetime. So I pulled out my spare PC that has EVGA GTX 960 and put this into family's PC and I had …
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