Re: USB 2.0 driver for Windows 2000
Posted on 2020-11-22, 16:03
Windows 2000 SP4 comes with USB 2.0 drivers out of the box. Is USB 2.0 enabled in the BIOS? Does an _Enhanced_ USB host controller appear in devmgmt?
Re: Possible to mount a hard drive to an empty folder in NT 3.51 / NT 4
Posted on 2020-11-21, 20:40
I was thinking symlinks as an alternative, but google says that they are a prerogative of NTFS 3.0 (NT 5.0), and NT 4.0 uses NTFS 1.2. BUT NT 4.0 can also speak NTFS 3.0 after SP4, so it could be interesting to see what happens if you feed a NT4 SP4+ machine a NTFS 3.0 volume with links. Obvs don't …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-11-12, 21:17
IMG_1393r.jpg Just as a curiosity, as I know nothing about this era of hardware. The keyboard connector is labeled XT, but there is another DIN5 footprint 1 cm down labeled PC. Is this just so the connector matches the hole in the case (does it move between XT and AT chassis?) Or the KBC is …
Re: Compaq/HP Restore Plus! Machine check
Posted on 2020-11-05, 18:55
The best restore CDs probably were those made by Fujitsu Siemens. They took a standard XP iso and added: - oeminfo/oemlogo sysdm branding - SLP key and oembios files for SLP preactivation and that's it. Every other software (nero, powerdvd, works, etc) came on its own separate disc so if you …
Re: re: Aux-IN, CD-IN Audio Connector cables
Posted on 2020-11-04, 19:30
Yes they do it’s a standardized connection for audio from the 1990s Yes, it's a standardized connection - but that doesn't mean you'll find it as an output on an internal sound card. I'm looking at the CT4830 I happen to have handy, and it has connectors for TAD, CD_IN, and AUX_IN, but there's no …
Re: Getting a P133 to run full speed on a Compaq socket 5.
Posted on 2020-11-04, 19:27
https://i.imgur.com/iz8OcZ2.png Here's the pinout from the datasheet flipped as if you are looking into the socket to match your picture. Use 2 small strands of copper (I usually pull them from a piece of mains wire) bent in a U shape and dropped in the right holes to ground BF0 and BF1 for 2.5x ( …
Re: Compaq/HP Restore Plus! Machine check
Posted on 2020-11-04, 15:48
I've figured it out. In the Restore Plus CD bootable CD, in the TOOLS directory there are several ini files called RWDB hhhh .ini, where hhhh is a hex number that is the machine identifier. To add support* for your machine, copy/edit one of these files renaming it with your computer's ID. You also …
Compaq/HP Restore Plus! Machine check
Posted on 2020-11-02, 20:36
Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows of any tricks, like undocumented command line switches or config file edits, to make a Restore Plus CD work on a computer that's not on its whitelist. I've tried a D530 CD on a D510 and a DC7800 on a DC7700, and in both cases they error out stating that this …
Re: Windows 7 licenses
Posted on 2020-11-02, 19:20
**The source leak from last month it's missing Winlogon and, therefore, the activation stuff, so that can't be either. Darn. I was hoping a one-and-done offline activation patch would come out of that. Maybe there's something in the 2003 tree, but I haven't followed that much. The best way for now …
Re: Windows 7 licenses
Posted on 2020-11-02, 19:01
Updates should finish soon, then I'll try again. I t says it is invalid for activation, but it did say I could try activating by phone. I might try doing that tomorrow. I have found some unused codes, so hope they will still be available when I can next pay in 11 days. Is there any chance the key …
Re: Need Video card for P3-933mhz. computer ( 2001 )
Posted on 2020-11-02, 18:14
Some sort of R200 Radeon? I run a 8500@9100 on a Celeron 1100A@1466 and it seems well balanced. As you have a slower CPU a 9000 or 9200 will probably be fine. Or a Geforce3. Even the often derided Geforce4MX is not that bad in my opinion* (assuming we are talking about a DDR/128bit bus version). In …
Re: Pentium II build for replacing an Pentium 233MMX system
Posted on 2020-11-01, 21:48
Many manufactures had low-endish or OEM oriented 440LX/EX with Onboard Rage Pro Turbo graphics (wired through AGP) and some sort of half-decent onboard audio, for example: Gigabyte GA-6LMM7 (LX, Socket 370, with YAMAHA YMF-740) MSI MS-6159 (LX, Socket 370, with SoundBlaster PCI128, also known as …
Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)
Posted on 2020-11-01, 18:38
Robert B wrote on 2020-10-30, 20:39: The card was full of scratches, mud, dust and the cherry on top a wood screw and a shard of glass stuck in the fan! 😁 A Fermi card with wood screws? Seems appropriate to me. 🤣
Re: Hosed my Seagate FireCuda 1000GB
Posted on 2020-10-29, 17:17
What does the serial terminal say?
Re: Desperate BGA reball repair on Riva 128 and Geforce 2 GTS
Posted on 2020-10-27, 17:05
how do you know its not the memory the issue? - I dont, I just hope it's not. These memory chips are not BGA chips, so solder faults are easy to find - also not so probable. Finding electrical fault + replacing memory chips does sound very time consuming and frustrating process what I'n not going …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-10-26, 09:56
PROTIP: If you are thinking of doing this yourself, don't. If you really want, then Capton the edge connector and use lots of flux. And remember to edit the SPD to suit the new layout. You can't show us those nice results and then say _that_... ;) Where did you pick up these skills? Professionaly? …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-10-26, 09:15
After last time's success, today I repaired a Radeon VE that also had bad memory. This time the chip donor was a borked Seagate 7200.12 disk (parts are pretty much the only thing F3 Seagates are good for). https://i.imgur.com/fzKY85P.jpg And then made some more useful DIMMS, 128 and 256MB from 2 …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-10-25, 21:37
After last time's success, today I repaired a Radeon VE that also had bad memory. This time the chip donor was a borked Seagate 7200.12 disk (parts are pretty much the only thing F3 Seagates are good for). https://i.imgur.com/fzKY85P.jpg And then made some more useful DIMMS, 128 and 256MB from 2 …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-10-22, 14:27
Impressive soldering work. I can't even tell if it was modified or not. As if it came out of the box. Thank you :) In the meantime I replaced the 2 Mira brand chips off the 9600 with the last 2 Samsungs off the Sodimm, as I thought it would be better for all the memory to be the same. Despite often …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-10-21, 16:13
Impressive soldering work. I can't even tell if it was modified or not. As if it came out of the box. Thank you :) In the meantime I replaced the 2 Mira brand chips off the 9600 with the last 2 Samsungs off the Sodimm, as I thought it would be better for all the memory to be the same. Despite often …
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