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Re: Various games freeze in Windows 95

Posted on 2019-10-25, 20:33

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Ok, so I put in another HDD (also a Quantum) and made a clean install on it along with all the drivers and programs. Added thermal paste also on the CPU. Unfortunately I am still getting some errors and the USB file transfers are... terrible... It freezes the system 8 out of 10 times now... In games …

Re: Various games freeze in Windows 95

Posted on 2019-10-25, 02:37

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Make sure that your CPU fan is working and your CPU heatsink is installed straight with a tiny drop of fresh thermal paste between the CPU and the heatsink. Try MemTest86. If MemTest86 doesn't identify a RAM problem, then try a different video card. If a different video card doesn't fix the problem …

Re: Various games freeze in Windows 95

Posted on 2019-10-25, 01:59

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I was just trying Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and on Level1 i got Blue screen " DISK WRITE ERROR" - Unable to write to disk in drive C: ... is this a HDD issue or the same problematic Windows95? Do a virus check. really? viruses already? i just put the system up and running for a few days, no network …

Re: Various games freeze in Windows 95

Posted on 2019-10-24, 23:20

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I was just trying Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and on Level1 i got Blue screen " DISK WRITE ERROR" - Unable to write to disk in drive C: ... is this a HDD issue or the same problematic Windows95?

Re: Various games freeze in Windows 95

Posted on 2019-10-24, 22:46

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

realnc wrote: Why do you want to keep W95 on it? I thought W98SE is fully compatible with all W95 games. For using some older software that was intended for Win 3.1 / 95 . Also for variety purposes and experimentation. I have multiple PCs with different operating systems each.

Re: Various games freeze in Windows 95

Posted on 2019-10-24, 22:12

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Hi guys, did anyone experience frequent freezes / crashes on Windows 95 while gaming? All the time. Windows 98SE fixed quite a bit of that in my case. Yup. My experience was about the same. The one and only time I saw Win95 being stable was on my father's 386DX40 (Win95 RTM). :) Also.. - CPU: …

Re: Various games freeze in Windows 95

Posted on 2019-10-24, 21:18

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

realnc wrote: kasper21 wrote: Hi guys, did anyone experience frequent freezes / crashes on Windows 95 while gaming? All the time. Windows 98SE fixed quite a bit of that in my case. I will setup WIN98 on another machine also, this one is just for WIN95 at the moment. So it's just a faulty OS ? no …

Various games freeze in Windows 95

Posted on 2019-10-24, 21:03

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Hi guys, did anyone experience frequent freezes / crashes on Windows 95 while gaming? Some games seem to work ok, but others sometimes freez up and block the whole system (keyboard, mouse, everything - i have to reboot and go through the scandisk each time...) These are the setup specs: - …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-15, 14:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey guys, I am still not decided on a good, decently fast and safe storage option... the current HDD is terrible and very small for all the stuff I plan to put in it. (a Seagate Medalist 2GB and it is literally A TRACTOR when it comes to noise, I had old HDDs before but this one is grinding non stop …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-12, 21:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I picked up some stuff today, both some hardware and some software which i think will be pretty usefull for my PC projects that i started. HARDWARE HAUL : 1. S3 VIRGE DX 2MB - PCI video card 2. 4xUSB 2.0 PCI controller (VIA VT6212L chipset) 3. C3DX HSP56 - CMI 8738 - PCI sound card 4. Zoltrix AUDIO …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-12, 01:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Don't be too down. I think the price you paid is reasonable for the case alone. Consider everything inside a bonus. You can get by with what you have for a while. I'm not familiar with Jamicon, but TBH, the Pentium generation is at the tail end of an era where noname outfits made all the clone …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-11, 23:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

VXPRo-II... you really won the PC-Chips lottery. That's a board with the Utron UT801X chipset. As far as I was able to ascertain there were only ever two boards with that chipset, or even from that chipset vendor, both by PC-Chips (or relabeled as Amptron etc). The UT801X is therefore hardly …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-11, 22:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So i got the MMX and the Vectra today. I will start analyzing and tweaking the MMX first then move on to the other. I opened up the case and found 2 VXPRO-II chipsets, but no other branding, after searching a little came to the conclusion that it's most likely a M558 Motherboard - PC CHIPS? (please …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-11, 11:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi kasper21, Last night I took a look to all the 4 systems and the kits mentioned by you along this thread(on olx, I'm from RO also...) and I would do like this: 1. I would definitely buy the P166 MMX system, the case is very nice and is in very good condition, probably you could max out the …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-11, 01:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is very close to what I have: A Pentium 166 MMX with W95, a Pentium II 350MHz with W98, and a Pentium III Tualatin 1.0GHz with Win ME. But, you really don't need all three. There's no real advantage to having a PII if you have a Pentium and a P3. The MMX will reach up into the games that the …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-11, 00:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Uhhh... I don't think it will. That layout is almost 180 deg of normal. The ports on the back would usually mean the CPU is somewhere along the top of the board. Here, it's in the bottom front, and the slots are on the top. No standard ATX board will fit that layout. ok, so I definitly have to look …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-10, 22:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is just me, but I would prioritize the case first, then worry about the guts. You seem set on the MMX, which I agree would be a great machine to have in any retro setup. So that leaves the PII/III... If that Celeron mini-tower is a standard form factor, that would sway me that direction. But, …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-10, 22:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So for later 90s, early 2000s games and software is the INTEL board a good choice ? It's a really solid option for running a P3 and arguably better than the VIA board. However, the 815 chipset came along at a time that AMD was beginning to eat Intel's lunch with Athlon / Socket A options. Ok, …

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-10, 15:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ok, I don't want to overclock / underclock this system because for DOS games i will be using the 166MMX to cover that period. So for later 90s, early 2000s games and software is the INTEL board a good choice ? this will be the more "modern" machine from the bunch.

Re: advice for Retro Rigs

Posted on 2019-10-10, 12:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thinking of getting one these kits instead of the P3 500mhz machine. What do you guys think on these 2 kits: KIT 1 : - CPU Intel Pentium 3 700Mhz, FSB100, 256k L2, Coppermine + cooler - MB ATX socket370 - Wincor Nixdorf WN-EMB 1.0, chipset VIA Apollo 133A, 1xAGP, 5xPCI, 1xISA, 3xSDRAM, 2xIDE, …

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