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Re: My selection of builds ‘97 - ‘00!

Posted on 2021-07-20, 10:16

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Snookeroo wrote on 2021-07-17, 15:45: Very nice builds. I can't believe you have a Voodoo5 5500! I can't even get my hands on a Voodoo2 or Voodoo3 where I'm from. Can the Pentium III run Morrowind okay? I haven't tried this yet and it isn't my video but this might give you some idea: https://www. …

Re: My selection of builds ‘97 - ‘00!

Posted on 2021-07-19, 11:45

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Thanks! yeah like to mix things up a bit. Thinking of adding a Dreamblaster wavetable card of some description to the P233 build as that's the main one I use for DOS. The P200 and '99 build are baby AT and mATX respectively so I may bring these into use more in future just being a more manageable …

Re: My selection of builds ‘97 - ‘00!

Posted on 2021-07-17, 15:51

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Very nice builds. I can't believe you have a Voodoo5 5500! I can't even get my hands on a Voodoo2 or Voodoo3 where I'm from. Can the Pentium III run Morrowind okay? Cheers! I won’t say it was cheap but I did pick it up before eBay prices went 🤯 That’s a good question - if I do try it out I’ll let …

Re: My selection of builds ‘97 - ‘00!

Posted on 2021-07-17, 15:38

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in Marvin \ System Specs

1998 - Pentium II 450, 128MB RAM, ATI Rage Pro Turbo + Voodoo2 12MB SLI, MSI MS6119 board, ESS ES1869 soundcard 852E82FE-4956-4A98-AEE7-05CCF5732BCC.jpeg 9CA632DA-C455-4BA5-8E32-99D257563480.jpeg 1999 - TBC - Pentium III 450, Biostar M6VBE board, Voodoo3 2000 - Pentium III 933, 256MB RAM, Voodoo5 …

My selection of builds ‘97 - ‘00!

Posted on 2021-07-17, 15:37

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Hey all, now my builds are mostly in a state I’d call “finished” I thought I’d share some pics/specs 😀 The earliest computer I used was a Win95 AT model - one at home and they had them at school - don’t remember anything else about them. When I really got into building/messing around with them they …

Re: Late 90's Windows 98 - Internet Explorer build

Posted on 2021-07-17, 15:17

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in Marvin \ System Specs

I had that very same case back in the day - remember the random IE logo - a very well specced build!

Weird CPU issue or coincidence?

Posted on 2021-07-11, 12:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just working on a new K6-II (for now) build. Had a weird issue with it - it's an AT PCChips board and I tried to use "suspend" from within Windows 98. The screen went black and the computer stopped responding so I switched it off and then on again - it refused to POST. Tried reseating everything and …

Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-11, 06:47

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I will always recommend 98SE/98lite with one of the 95 shell swaps for this — all of my current systems are running it, it’s about as quick and lightweight as 95 but you get the superior stability and driver+USB support of 98SE

Re: PCI slots fouling CPU heatsink

Posted on 2021-07-09, 16:38

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The other way to go might be to look for tail end of socket A heatpipe sinks that are tall enough that cards fit between the pipes. Not a bad idea - I’ll keep my eyes peeled for one. For now I think the cut down heatsink works well enough. Top slot is still restricted and I don’t have anything that …

Re: PCI slots fouling CPU heatsink

Posted on 2021-07-09, 12:38

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

pan069 wrote on 2021-07-09, 10:30: It happens to AGP boards as well 😀 PCPartner Socket 7 epic design fail It does make you wonder what they were thinking when boards with perfectly fine layouts had been manufactured before… 😂

Re: PCI slots fouling CPU heatsink

Posted on 2021-07-09, 09:50

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That board definitely gets a "Fail" for layout! A mix of expansion slots and IO headers where only expansion slots should go? The layout is awful - completely defies logic, it would have been a cheap board in its day but if the CPU socket was just half an inch higher for example you could use any …

PCI slots fouling CPU heatsink

Posted on 2021-07-09, 08:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So I’ve picked up a nice little baby AT machine recently for another “build” - it’s all up and running as is but with onboard everything so the plan was to just throw a Voodoo1 in it and a sound card, and call it a day. There’s been a fail with the board layout of the PCChips M598LMR though - …

Re: Retro computer builds that surprised you the most because they worked better than expected

Posted on 2021-07-08, 08:07

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just finished a P233 and Voodoo graphics build and genuinely surprised what it can do in 3D games, I expected it to be a bit of a potato

Re: Need help with Toshiba laptop

Posted on 2021-07-06, 21:17

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is it a laptop multi voltage adapter or one of the wall wart type ones?

Re: New socket 370 boards from China?

Posted on 2021-07-06, 15:34

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It’s pretty cool to see the board actually in action and also being a clone of a Gigabyte board. Already got an NOS S370 spare board so I really don’t need it but that’s never stopped me buying anything before…

Re: Toshiba Libretto 50ct blank screen on boot

Posted on 2021-07-05, 15:16

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Solid HDD light and no POST is definitely the symptoms I’ve had before with a bad/incompatible adapter. I’ve tried CF and SATA too all with good results. I’d be picking an 8GB CF card or something up just to eliminate the SD setup as a cause (which I think is likely).

Re: Toshiba Libretto 50ct blank screen on boot

Posted on 2021-07-05, 09:28

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It could well just not like the adapter, do you have an IDE drive to test it with? It's certainly normal behaviour for my 110CT when there's no hard drive in it or one it doesn't like. Hey thanks for the answer. I can try to extract one from another laptop, but I don't think I have anything that is …

Re: Toshiba Libretto 50ct blank screen on boot

Posted on 2021-07-05, 08:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It could well just not like the adapter, do you have an IDE drive to test it with? It's certainly normal behaviour for my 110CT when there's no hard drive in it or one it doesn't like.

Re: New socket 370 boards from China?

Posted on 2021-07-03, 19:57

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah - Tualatin but no DDR. It’s just kind of cool they actually still make new ones (unless they’re NOS). They do have some quite cool ISA boards on there, wonder what compatibility is like. does it really have tualatin support? The Apollo 133A chipset doesn't officially support Tualatin chips... …

Re: New socket 370 boards from China?

Posted on 2021-07-03, 08:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Was browsing AliExpress today and stumbled across these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32895091971.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.62dd535aKLi5gF&algo_pvid=bfec1f31-b4b0-43a4-b050-242d5eec3570&algo_exp_id=bfec1f31-b4b0-43a4-b050-242d5eec3570-2 Cheap it ain't - but it is apparently brand new. …

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