Re: MS-DOS Hardware check for future build?

Posted on 2020-06-02, 15:51

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by gryffinwings

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Where's the battery on this motherboard? Is that Huston Tech chip some non-standard curse like the DALLAS chip on many boards? I would always recommend to try to find a motherboard that has a coin cell battery... It's a standard coin cell battery, and it has a cover, I posted another picture in my …

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Re: MS-DOS Hardware check for future build?

Posted on 2020-06-02, 15:50

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by gryffinwings

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Look closely at those pins next to the keyboard port and see whether they are for a PS/2 keyboard or mouse. You also need two serial ports on ribbon cables and a parallel port on a ribbon cable. The headers for those are right below the power connector. You can always use a serial mouse. Whether …

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MS-DOS Hardware check for future build?

Posted on 2020-06-02, 15:22

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by gryffinwings

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Hi guys, been a while since I've been here, but I need a hardware check on a future MS-DOS computer build, this is my first attempt at one and I'm getting parts that are easier to find, so it's going to be a Socket 7 system. The motherboard and the CPU I already have purchased. Also need information …

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Re: Drivers for Gateway G6-400?

Posted on 2018-11-09, 02:03

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by gryffinwings

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Actually I ended up finding the drivers I needed, but for the record, I was looking for Windows 98 drivers as I was using Windows 98 SE for this machine. The problem I was running into is that naming schemes for drivers and the name on the chips themselves were not uniform and not clear what was …

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Sound Card Recommendation for old P2-400MHz?

Posted on 2018-11-07, 01:55

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by gryffinwings

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Hi guys, I'm looking at getting sound set up for my old Gateway G6-400 that I picked up with a bunch of other computers, effectively it was 5 USD. So currently on the board itself there is a Creative ES1373, haven't a little trouble finding the drivers for it, but I also hear this chip is quite …

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Re: Drivers for Gateway G6-400?

Posted on 2018-11-07, 01:38

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by gryffinwings

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Motherboard is actually manufactured by Intel and standard Intel drivers work best 3.20.1008 been the latest https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/5411/Intel-Chipset-Software-Installation-Utility-INF-INFINST-ENU-EXE- Onboard sound is a bit harder as its during the time Creative took over …

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Re: Drivers for Gateway G6-400?

Posted on 2018-11-07, 00:25

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by gryffinwings

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Finally figured out the chipset, which is buried under the Slot 1 mounting plastic is the following: Intel AGPset FW82443BX chip Intel PCIset FW82371EB chip Creative ES1373 I found the drivers for the AGPset chip, nothing for the PCIset.

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Drivers for Gateway G6-400?

Posted on 2018-11-06, 03:49

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by gryffinwings

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If anyone is familiar with this system or knows where to look, I need to acquire all the drivers except graphics drivers for this PC, can someone direct me to a reputable place that would have the drivers I need.

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Shocked by AMD! Old Drivers still available!

Posted on 2018-11-06, 03:14

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by gryffinwings

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I'm actually pretty shocked that AMD keeps an archive of seemly all the video cards they have ever produced, heck I still able to get drivers for the ATI Rage™ LT PRO AGP card that came in the Gateway G6-400 Pentium II computer that I got really cheap recently. Has anyone found anything they don't …

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Re: PSU and Case for Gateway Pentium 2 Computer?

Posted on 2018-11-06, 02:48

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by gryffinwings

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Those gateway 200W power supplies are pretty common and cheap on eBay. I have a few of these era Gateway towers and the 440BX boards have a 3-pin fan header. So you could swap in a standard 20-pin ATX power supply and just replace the CPU heatsink with one with an attached fan and connect it right …

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Re: PSU and Case for Gateway Pentium 2 Computer?

Posted on 2018-11-06, 00:09

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by gryffinwings

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Well it is a standard ATX motherboard. If you transplant it into literally any standard ATX case then using a good quality power supply becomes much easier, as well as cooling. If you want to keep the case but replace the psu then I think Sparkle or Athena Tech, as well as other companies make " …

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Re: PSU and Case for Gateway Pentium 2 Computer?

Posted on 2018-11-03, 20:21

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by gryffinwings

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The cards look like: - a network card - a modem card with integrated speaker (the L-shaped one) - an ATI 3D AGP graphics card with a memory extension bay (with extension module) Nothing special or weird really. Probably they are OEM versions. As for the power supply, it mostly looks rather dirty …

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PSU and Case for Gateway Pentium 2 Computer?

Posted on 2018-11-03, 03:49

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by gryffinwings

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Hi guys, I picked up a Pentium 2 computer, a Gateway G6-400. I picked it up with a lot of 8 computers and servers for a combined price of $40 for all the computers, so essentially a $5 computer. Looks to have a Pentium II 400 MHz CPU, can't really tell what motherboard it has, but it has an ISA slot …

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Re: Old Portable Find at Thrift Store - Osbourne 1

Posted on 2018-09-24, 12:56

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by gryffinwings

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I'm still debating to go get it, I bet I could get it working, the youtube channel, The 8-Bit Guy, did a 3 part series on one of these.

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Old Portable Find at Thrift Store - Osbourne 1

Posted on 2018-09-23, 23:05

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by gryffinwings

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Hey guys, just sharing part of my hunting through thrift stores here in San Diego, CA, trying to find an older machine to run MS-DOS. Ran across this old Osbourne 1, I've only seen this on one Youtube channel, The 8-Bit Guy, they wanted 25 dollars for it as is, it was a bit ratty, not sure if it was …

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Re: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Palomino Thermal Management?

Posted on 2018-09-23, 03:33

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by gryffinwings

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The Serpent Rider wrote: Most BIOSes run the cpu at 100% They aren't. I didn't think so, but I was quietly waiting for someone that could answer this. BIOS puts either no load on the CPU or almost none, so why the heck would the CPU be running at 100% if there isn't anything to use all the CPU …

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Re: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Palomino Thermal Management?

Posted on 2018-09-22, 16:58

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by gryffinwings

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BIOS = idle temp. That's a bit too much. Sorry, forgot to clarify, I took BIOS temps after running some software, so it was still dissipating heat, I finally found software that I can get some in Windows XP temps, Motherboard Monitor works great. Currently with just running Windows XP and playing …

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AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Palomino Thermal Management?

Posted on 2018-09-22, 15:46

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by gryffinwings

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Hi guys, I was wondering about how much heat the 1700+ Palomino puts out. I'm not sure what is normal for it, haven't found much information about it. Currently, I'm using an all aluminum Coolermaster heatsink with Arctic MX4 thermal paste and modified with an adapter to run an 80mm Arctic F8 3 Pin …

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Re: looking for a decent soundcard

Posted on 2018-09-22, 14:52

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by gryffinwings

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I have a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS myself and do not have the mentioned symptoms, the scratch on the back could cause all sorts of issues with that card, I would just try and get another as they are actually pretty good cards and as you said to try and get a refund for the bad card.

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-09-19, 22:15

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by gryffinwings

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liqmat wrote: cyclone3d was first, so he got it. Oh well, better luck next time, definitely a useful tool even if it's not exactly new.

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