Re: Searching for old Sony CD Driver
Posted on Today, 01:41
Was this a Sony driver or a 3rd party one (Adaptec Easy CD or Corel CD Creator perhaps - can find these OK, certainly for the CDU920S anyway)
Re: HP IPAQ RX3700
Posted on Today, 00:42
My uncle gave me this fantastic HP IPAQ RX3700, with two new working batteries. Everything is there, except the CD which he couldn't find. You only need to change the backup battery which is worn out. Can you tell me what type of battery, so I can order it? I can't find the CD on the internet, can …
Re: Please help for pinout of onboard vga connector - Soyo SY-5TS0 / SY-5TS2 / SY-5TS5
Posted on Yesterday, 07:34
Not that it helps much, but this is about the best pic I could find of the breakout card (seems to differ from the manual where not all the ports are hardwired). From the traces it looks like the (approx) inner 16 pins on the m/b connector are for vga. There are a few posts elsewhere from the late …
Re: PC tower cases by year
Posted on Yesterday, 05:06
Nothing specific on the case but Comtrade go back to the 286 era (plenty of hits on Google Books - ads, pics & system reviews). Also... https://web.archive.org/web/19971008121040/ht … //comtrade.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/19970703162442/ht … omtrade-pc.com/
Re: Looking for information about ISA Media Magic sound card
Posted on 2024-04-23, 19:21
As for confirmation that it's an OPTi 928 / MAD16... try and run the initializer software for MAD16 and see if it registers. Thanks! I'll try to see it this weekend. The two wavetable headers (or something that looks a lot like it) are very unusual, I'm willing to wager that J1 is related to the …
Re: Dell dimension p75t motherboard
Posted on 2024-04-23, 06:56
Thanks I did find that website and as far as I can tell no I didn't get the breakout but I plan to use a PCI card anyway. I'm not sure how I would use multimeter to plot out ATX wiring without a PSU, other than tracing continuity from feeds to known component values, but while I'm handy with …
Re: Pentium PRO?
Posted on 2024-04-23, 05:45
Is it still possible to find correct VRM modules for these boards - sure I have an old Siemens board somewhere, just no processors (easyish?) or VRMs (hard?!) At the moment you have the chance to get some really cheap, it´s article number 135001060040 on Ebay. These VXI VRMs are top quality, but …
Re: Dell dimension p75t motherboard
Posted on 2024-04-23, 05:28
On an impulse I bought the above motherboard with what appeared to be a standard ATX connector. After thinking about it I remembered that Dell liked to do weird things with proprietary PSUs, so now I'm questioning whether my purchase was a mistake. Is anyone familiar with this particular …
Re: Pentium PRO?
Posted on 2024-04-21, 14:23
Is it still possible to find correct VRM modules for these boards - sure I have an old Siemens board somewhere, just no processors (easyish?) or VRMs (hard?!)
Re: Weird cards found inside Dell Dimension M233a
Posted on 2024-04-21, 14:12
Those CL cards are working.... sort of :-) Anytime when one of these are in isa slot then signal from integrated vga is disappearing. When pull it out then integrated vga gives signal again. Seems like that cards are overriding signal or disabling integrated vga card. Would be great having cable …
Re: Weird cards found inside Dell Dimension M233a
Posted on 2024-04-21, 07:49
Interstingly I bought one of the other machines that was for sale from this vendor and I would agree - come from some kind of lab. Mine had a 488.2 data acquisition card in it and two video cards with *twin* ET4000's on them :-) Also weirdly I can't find any info on Dell Dimension M233a systems... …
Re: Weird cards found inside Dell Dimension M233a
Posted on 2024-04-21, 06:52
Looks like a system with previous industrial use... ...top two pics are likely data acquisition cards (488.2 on the bottom one refers to IEEE 488.2) Would guess multi-chip CL cards are for some form of associated multi-monitor display, probably on breakout cables from the 37 pin d-sub connector. …
Re: ASUS V3800M-LP REV. 1.00 Driver Problems Windows98 (No card found)
Posted on 2024-04-20, 08:10
Hi Everyone, I have this ASUS V3800M-LP graphics card and can't get drivers to work for it in windows 98. I know this is basically a rebranded TNT2. Does that mean Nvidia's drivers will work for it? The Riva 128 driver package from the Vogons driver library installs but doesn't work after reboot if …
Re: How hard is it to find retro/vintage computer hardware where you live?
Posted on 2024-04-19, 05:30
As others have mentioned, the UK scene still seems reasonable for supply though 'silly money' prices being asked likely continue to be a downer for most. Was never much of an ebayer though with most of mine done through trades /contacts. However, tbh, I've consciously gotten nothing in the last 18 …
Re: Need help with a HP Pavilion 6357 not doing its POST and not booting up.
Posted on 2024-04-19, 05:09
Good to hear 😀
Re: Weird cards found inside Dell Dimension M233a
Posted on 2024-04-19, 04:36
Hi all, Need help with identification of some cards which I've found inside of Dell Dimension M233a. Never seen anything like it before, especially those two ISA cards with two Cirrus Logic GD5428 processors on each card and 37 pin d-sub connector ??? Also another cards which I have no clue what it …
Re: Need help with a HP Pavilion 6357 not doing its POST and not booting up.
Posted on 2024-04-18, 12:12
I'm gonna take the board out of the case whenever I can, but for the chip replacement, I don't have much money, so I don't know if I will be able to afford one :/ Plus where I live, no one sells those chips, and I absolutely do not know how to desolder a chip and flash it again... What kind of …
Re: Need help with a HP Pavilion 6357 not doing its POST and not booting up.
Posted on 2024-04-18, 11:30
The one I currently have is a HP original 32MB stick, but the failing one was a 256MB one I found on a garage sale. Probably time then to get the board out of the case for a closer visual inspection - also get some detailed pics to post here and maybe the more eagle-eyed here might spot something. …
Re: Need help with a HP Pavilion 6357 not doing its POST and not booting up.
Posted on 2024-04-18, 10:58
I've tried a NVidia GeForce4 MX420 and FX5200 AGP cards, but still nothing. The freezes were due to a failing RAM stick, which I threw away when i discovered that, a couple days before the machine stopped working. This machine is missing the FDD, and no LEDs are lighting up on the keyboard when …
Re: Need help with a HP Pavilion 6357 not doing its POST and not booting up.
Posted on 2024-04-18, 10:47
When I press the Power button, the PSU fan spins, and nothing else. The machine has no HDD, but it should display a video output at least. The CPU gets warm when being touched a few minutes after power on, and I've tested the PSU in another machine to confirm that it was all working properly. My …
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