Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-02-24, 15:40

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by tegrady

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bjwil1991 wrote: I believe (correct me here) that is the guitarist/lead singer from AC/DC. That is Angus Young. He is the lead guitarist of ac/dc. The lead singer is Brian Johnson. (I don't count Axl Rose).

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Re: Biostar motherboard help.

Posted on 2018-02-23, 22:18

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by tegrady

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Video card could be bad as well.

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Re: Need Help Flashing BIOS on ECS Elitegroup P6BX-A+ 440BX Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-21, 01:36

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by tegrady

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Well, I have given up trying to update the BIOS. I just bought a Promise Ultra 133 TX2 IDE controller card for $10 shipped on eBay. Installed it today and it works fine. It recognized the hard drive and installed Windows 98 fine. I'm happy now.

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Re: A couple of retros I'm working on.

Posted on 2018-02-20, 21:55

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by tegrady

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So ..I have arrived at the point where I want to try the XT-IDE card.. Not least because I need 2 IDE ports in order to get the data off the Conor 40mb HD . I'm not sure that the 3200sx even with a modded bios can support 2 IDE channels ? Maybe it can ..but I still need to test the XT-IDE card I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-02-20, 21:52

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by tegrady

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Hi, first post here. I’ve been collecting AGP graphics cards recently and have become quite addicted. Bought a Ti4400 on eBay. Card looked a little dirty in the pictures, nothing major but when I got it, I realized it was completely grease(?) covered. Possibly used in a kitchen? The push pin screws …

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Re: Is Intel SE440BX2 Motherboard PCI 2.2 compliant?

Posted on 2018-02-19, 20:08

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by tegrady

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I have used a Promise SATA150 TX2 on 440BX. Even a 486 once. If you have problems, trying removing other PCI cards and see if it works. PCI can be quite picky about card order. Though frankly I prefer to not add extra PCI cards. It tends to just make the system less stable. More flaky 3rd party …

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Re: Is Intel SE440BX2 Motherboard PCI 2.2 compliant?

Posted on 2018-02-19, 19:28

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by tegrady

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As you said, it appears that the SE440BX2 is PCI 2.1 compliant, which means that the Promise SATA 150 TX2plus will not work for me. Do you know if there are any PCI SATA controller cards that are compatible with PCI 2.1? Thanks.

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Re: Is Intel SE440BX2 Motherboard PCI 2.2 compliant?

Posted on 2018-02-19, 00:20

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What chipset does the SATA card use ? PCI 2.1 https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/support/scsi/2940/aha-2940uw/interop/intel_compatibility.htm?nc=/en-us/support/scsi/2940/aha-2940uw/interop/intel_compatibility.htm http://hw-museum.cz/mb/49/intel-se440bx-2 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/ …

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Is Intel SE440BX2 Motherboard PCI 2.2 compliant?

Posted on 2018-02-18, 20:25

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by tegrady

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Hi, is the Intel SE440BX2 Motherboard PCI 2.2 compliant? I looked online, but could not find the answer. I want to install a SATA PCI Controller card, but the card's manual says that the PCI slot must be revision 2.2 or higher. Thanks.

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Re: CompactFlash as Hard Drive Question. 120mb/s vs 160mb/s.

Posted on 2018-02-18, 20:07

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by tegrady

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Oops. I meant mb/s. My interface is a Ultra ATA 133. It seems like the 120mb/s makes more sense. I'll give it a try. Thanks!

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CompactFlash as Hard Drive Question. 120mb/s vs 160mb/s.

Posted on 2018-02-16, 21:14

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Is there any noticeable performance difference between a 120mb/s CF card and a 160mb/s CF card? I am looking to get a 32gb CF card for installing Windows 98. I am looking at SanDisk models on eBay and the 160mb/s cards are roughly twice as expensive as the 120mb/s cards. Is it worth going for a …

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Re: Need Help Flashing BIOS on ECS Elitegroup P6BX-A+ 440BX Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-16, 19:30

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How do I determine if I have a 1 Megabit BIOS chip or a 2 Megabit BIOS chip? Thanks. Usually Award flash utility will tell you the model and size of your BIOS chip. For example, http://www.ecs.com.tw/extra/flashutl/images/award5-4.jpg Yours doesn't say anything after "flash type -", so it's …

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Re: 4:3 VS 5:4 Screen Size

Posted on 2018-02-16, 19:26

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The Serpent Rider wrote: Most 1600x1200 20/21" displays are not capable to produce 70hz without frame skipping, which is required for DOS. I have a Dell 2000fp and a Dell 2001fp. They are both 20" 1600x1200 LCD monitors. I use them both on Windows 98 / DOS machines and have had no issues with frame …

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Re: A couple of retros I'm working on.

Posted on 2018-02-14, 19:02

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Spent the morning assembling my XT-IDE kit .. without instructions ..but most of it is straightforward .. I will need to get info before setting dip switches and jumpers etc.. Hopefully there will be a link on github ? anyway ..my eyes need resting now .. here it is assembled. ..obviously not yet …

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Re: Need Help Flashing BIOS on ECS Elitegroup P6BX-A+ 440BX Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-14, 14:58

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Well if ECS works for you good, on other hand when i get something like this or shuttle, akorp or other junk brands, i just sell them, while i keep for me the good brands and models.. As is strange for me to see someone to like the bad brands like ECS and similar, instead of moving to a better one …

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Re: Need Help Flashing BIOS on ECS Elitegroup P6BX-A+ 440BX Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-14, 11:46

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by tegrady

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I am fairly sure that I am using the correct bios file as I downloaded it directly from the manufacturer's website. Did you also check the revision of the mainboard? There are very often different BIOS updates for different revisions of a mainboard. You can not e.g. flash a BIOS for rev. 3 if your …

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Re: Need Help Flashing BIOS on ECS Elitegroup P6BX-A+ 440BX Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-14, 11:46

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by tegrady

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Why you even bother to flash ECS ?!?!? I will understand if was some ASUS board like P2B or P3B-F, or Gigabyte BX2000 series, or ABIT BE6 series, or even MSI, but ECS is waste of time and money, just sell it and find one of the one i mentioned, they are by far better choices... Also if you want to …

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Re: Need Help Flashing BIOS on ECS Elitegroup P6BX-A+ 440BX Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-14, 04:04

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by tegrady

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How do I determine if I have a 1 Megabit BIOS chip or a 2 Megabit BIOS chip? Thanks.

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Need Help Flashing BIOS on ECS Elitegroup P6BX-A+ 440BX Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-14, 01:52

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by tegrady

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Hi, I recently picked up an ECS Elitegroup P6BX-A+ motherboard. It came with BIOS version 2.4, which only supports hard drives up to 8gb. It will not even detect a larger hard drive. I am trying to install a 40gb hard drive, but it won't even detect it. I found that the latest BIOS version is 5.6 …

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Re: What is the Shortest Voodoo 1 Card?

Posted on 2018-02-11, 19:13

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Thanks!

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