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Addressing a floppy disk drive which scratches disks

Posted on 2023-09-18, 10:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, I have a 3,5 inch floppy disk drive that scratches floppies when it reads (may be also writes) them. I tried inserting a floppy and turning on write protection and it doesn't seem to have broken the floppy. But this defect does not happen in all cases: sometimes it does not scratch the …

Boxes to store RAM modules

Posted on 2023-09-11, 14:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, Now I have a lot of RAM module sticks each on a single plastic bag into a card box. RAM modules are SIMM 30, 72, PC, DDR... However, it's not so easy to manage them in this way. How can I store them in an effective way? Are available some kind of RAM boxes?

Re: Adding a cdrom drive to an old PC

Posted on 2023-09-03, 10:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I tried to invert: I put CD burner as master and the drive as slave but the situation is worst, no boot is possible from hard drive. I'm going to try putting a compact flash adapter instead of the HD.

Re: Adding a cdrom drive to an old PC

Posted on 2023-09-02, 15:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I found the jumper on the bottom of the hard drive. The C/D pins are already jumpered (shorted) and this means "SINGLE DRIVE" or "PRIMARY DRIVE". So the CD burner should be the slave (secondary drive). But this setting I already tried unsuccessfully. Ref: https://www.computerhope.com/hdd/hdd0047.htm …

Adding a cdrom drive to an old PC

Posted on 2023-09-02, 10:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, does the controller embedded on wearnes-pb3905 ( https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/wearnes-pb3905 ) motherboard support CD burners (no need of burning features but only reading CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW)? I would like to add a CDROM drive to this 386 motherboard but (after installing OAK …

Re: VCS - A capture utility for certain Datapath capture cards

Posted on 2023-08-29, 11:42

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

I managed to use it VideoLAN client to capture the images: DOS and BIOS screens (after trying a lot of settings) with Vision RGB-PRO on Windows XP SP3 (english) 32 bit. Now I have only to flip vertically the recorded video because VLC captures it flipped. Playing instead of capturing it's fine, not …

Re: VCS - A capture utility for certain Datapath capture cards

Posted on 2023-08-28, 19:17

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

Eventually I got the Datapath VisionRGB-PRO (DGC103C) and Windows XP installed along with 7.14 driver. Capturing with Datapath software generates black videos using Datapath Vision Player software...and it's a weird format. Using VLC client only a part of the screen is displayed. I end up to play …

Re: VCS - A capture utility for certain Datapath capture cards

Posted on 2023-08-18, 07:57

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

Hello, I would like to get the Datapath VisionRGB-pro card. Is this software and its drivers compatible with Windows 7 (32 or 64 bits)? Regards

Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2023-07-20, 11:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Does the motherboard work with a GeForce GT 210 like ZT-20314-10L ? It should be PCI Express 1.1 compatible.

Ideas about Ps2 To 2 Port 2 USB 2.0 Pc Card

Posted on 2023-05-09, 20:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, I bought a 486 computer which AT motherboard does not have USB and PS/2 mouse, only serial. I have PS/2 keyboard adapter but I have no serial mouse. I found a "Pc Ps2 To 2 Port 2 USB 2.0 Pc Card For PC Keyboard Mouse Combo Adapter Card" on aliexpress which has ps/2 keyboard, ps/2 mouse and 2 …

Re: Mobile Core2Duo upgrade

Posted on 2023-03-29, 14:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The cpu must be supported by the BIOS/EFI of your laptop also. So you need to check what is the list of suppoted cpu of your laptor model. Sometimes you only need to update the BIOS to the last version to get last processor support.

Cooler for PPGA Intel Pentium MMX

Posted on 2023-01-26, 13:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, I would like to buy a socket 7 PPGA Intel Pentium w/MMX Tech which top surface is not ceramic. Like SL27S model with 296-pin PPGA (FV80503233). Can I use a "normal" socket 370 cpu cooler like Startech FAN370PRO or similar? I'm concerned about the components that are exposed on top surface. …

BIOS programming

Posted on 2023-01-10, 16:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, I need to program a SST 29EE010 BIOS chip, which should be compatible with AWARD BIOS CHIP called PCI/PNP 586, for a socket 7 asus motherboard. Which programmer tool (like ti886) should I use? What kind of procedure should I follow? Thanks for your suggestions.

Re: Windows 95 OSR 2.5 - Duplicate drives

Posted on 2022-06-25, 11:24

in Windows

in Windows

I experienced a similar problem with floppy drive: I got 2 floppy drives (A and B), none accessible. It turned of that the floppy cable was inserted backwards. Try to reinsert the cable and pay attention to the right direction.

Parallel printer not working

Posted on 2022-06-13, 15:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, I have to repair an old PC of an old man. This PC has Windows Millenium Edition. The computer is blown out. The power supply made a puff of smoke because some of the motherboard capacitors were swollen. The Ps/2 mouse no longer works and has been replaced with a USB one. Replacing the ECS …

ATX power supply for a ECS P6BAP-A+ motherboard

Posted on 2022-04-03, 08:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, I need to replace the ATX power supply of a ECS P6BAP-A+ that blowed up. I've no PSU so I do not be able to find any suitable replacement. Currenty I do not have any ISA card. Ideally, the MB has ISA slots so I should buy a second hand PSU with -5V. But this are hard to find and sometimes …

Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2020-05-25, 07:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, can i put a dual core Xeon X5260 (modded 771 -> 775) on a Asrock 775dual-VSTA? Thank you

Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2019-12-31, 13:55

in Milliways

in Milliways

Left Vogons for few days and what...? What a change! I think it's better then before.

Re: Can watch 1080 on Pentium III?

Posted on 2019-12-05, 19:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I own a Dell Inspiron 6400 with Intel Core Duo T2400, 2 GB RAM and ATI x1400 video card. Do you think it will improve video streaming/Youtube by adding such Broadcom card? BCM970015 will cost me about 16 euros, while BCM970012 about 7 euros.

Re: FAst XP gaming PCs - socket 1155, 1156, 1366?

Posted on 2019-11-25, 15:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, I think I7 3770K (BX80637I73770K) is faster then 2600K. It uses 1155 socket and Z77 chipset.

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