Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-01-30, 20:07

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by elcrys

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Salvaged this little monitor from recycling bin at work. Dell 2007FP 20", with LG IPS panel. 4:3, 1600x1200, DVI, VGA, composite, S-video, 4-port USB hub. Height ajustable stand with pivot. Not very retro itself, but very usable with lot different of retro hardware, thanks to the aspect ratio, high …

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Re: Post the fastest video card you own that works in a 5v pci slot on 586

Posted on 2024-01-25, 18:31

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by elcrys

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Another interesting buy. I bought two of these: FX5200_128MB_PCI_DVI_Chaintech_1.jpg FX5200_128MB_PCI_DVI_Chaintech_2.jpg They work perfectly on my P1 build. I was hoping they will, because they are basically the same as Repo Man11's FX5500: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1028334#p1028334 …

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Re: Post the fastest video card you own that works in a 5v pci slot on 586

Posted on 2023-12-08, 19:45

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by elcrys

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in Marvin \ Video

Interesting development. Additionally I tested this PCI 6200 GeForce on three VIA MVP3 motherboards I have and none was able to post with it - mostly 1 long, 3 short beeps. Since I used ATX PSU this time and more modern motherboards, I was expecting better results. It seemed one of the motherboards …

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Re: Searching for a good and fast LCD 4:3 (vintage gaming)

Posted on 2023-11-19, 12:51

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by elcrys

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I have Fujitsu-Siemens P19-2 (19" 1280x1024, S-PVA), bought new back in the day and it's very good for DOS games. It can do 70Hz without frame skipping and a response time has a good characteristic (not very fast, but no smearing). You can set a sharpness of VGA input and scaling is very nice. …

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Re: Post the fastest video card you own that works in a 5v pci slot on 586

Posted on 2023-11-15, 14:53

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by elcrys

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I will refresh it here a bit. Currently I use Quadro4 200 NVS 64MB PCI on my P200 MMX build (based on PC Partner VIB804DS; VIA VPX chipset). However, the card has an issue with VESA modes (unrelated to platform): https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=93297 Practically it's not a big deal as …

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Re: ASUS CUBX-E / ASUS CUBX-L differences

Posted on 2023-10-12, 08:24

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by elcrys

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You don't need a driver to install OS on this controller. Utilizing onboard controller BIOS and INT 13h it works even under DOS. In fact you will get a performance boost, because it somehow applies UDMA transfer mode. Note the linear read speed: SSTIMG01.PNG This is on CUBX-E with integrated Promise …

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Re: SSD and K6-3+ a chance for stable operation?

Posted on 2023-09-28, 19:18

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by elcrys

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

"UDMA66/100/133 on UDMA33_only_MB patch" From report: UDMA66/100/133 on UDMA33_only_MB patch: not found. BIOS JE4333 Do I need anything extra for it to find? I still have all the files so I ran it on JE4333 with the same result as you. Looks like you are out of luck for an easy fix. For PC Partner …

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Re: SSD and K6-3+ a chance for stable operation?

Posted on 2023-09-27, 20:07

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by elcrys

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Or try another non-modified CPU to eliminate any issues with that. I have a Socket 7 system that only supports up to UDMA-33 and in combination with a HDD that is UDMA-100 capable it always crashed at Windows 98 installation. The reason was the board expected the HDD to run at UDMA-33 while the HDD …

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Re: Help with a Gigabyte GA-5AA rev 2.2

Posted on 2023-09-27, 19:46

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by elcrys

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kinetix wrote on 2023-09-25, 16:06: I think your TC39 is my TC40. Can you check that one, is the square point connected to the inductor? I checked TC39 and it's as you wrote, square point is connected to the inductor.

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Re: Help with a Gigabyte GA-5AA rev 2.2

Posted on 2023-09-25, 13:38

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by elcrys

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I was checking my GA-5AA rev 3.2 and schematics is quite different. But maybe it will help you (TC40 is on the left side from the bottom): IMG_20230925_151209.jpg IMG_20230925_151257.jpg Round soldering point is connected to ground (as suggested) and there is no measurable conductivity between …

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Re: S3 ViRGE DX - missing red colour

Posted on 2023-09-12, 20:20

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by elcrys

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in Marvin \ Video

I found a replacement ferrite bead from other faulty card and after a bit of soldering the graphics card is fixed. It turned out the bead was cracked in half (probably due to mechanical stress during VGA cable connecting). Red is back and I wasn't able to detect any other problems with the picture, …

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Re: S3 ViRGE DX - missing red colour

Posted on 2023-09-08, 18:30

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by elcrys

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Thank you all for your hints. Since I don't have my test bed assembled at the moment I went ahead with the suggested measurements and voilà, we have a likely culprit. Traces separately were OK for R, G, B; resistors were OK according to their nominal values, ferrite beads were OK for G, B, but NOK …

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S3 ViRGE DX - missing red colour

Posted on 2023-09-07, 15:45

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by elcrys

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I bought this nice Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro (as untested), but it has an issue - red colour is completely missing in its video output: doom.jpg So far, I have ruled out my LCD monitor, VGA cable and I have also tested conductivity from VGA connector terminals to PCB. There is no apparent damage …

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Quadro4 200 NVS 64MB PCI (NV17 based) - poor VESA compatibility

Posted on 2023-03-19, 21:25

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by elcrys

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I was looking for some video card for a PCI only build, that will also have a digital output and I managed to get this one: IMG_20230312_145604.jpg IMG_20230312_145712.jpg What I was able to find, HP used to sell them as part of their workstations. As it's based on NV17 (GeForce4 MX 440 and similar) …

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Re: PIII-s on a 694T: mysterious memory errors

Posted on 2023-02-24, 16:21

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by elcrys

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OK, no problem, I always store photos of each component: IMG_20200812_085911.jpg BIOS file is "A6309VMS.750", the latest version from MSI site. BIOS settings: cmos.txt This settings can be restored using CMOS.COM v1.00 (05-05-1999 Charles Dye). Syntax: CMOS /LOAD cmos.txt EDIT: One additional hint …

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Re: PIII-s on a 694T: mysterious memory errors

Posted on 2023-02-24, 15:08

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by elcrys

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I have stumbled upon this thread while researching my new Shuttle AV18E2 (also VT82C694T chipset). By chance I have MSI 694T Pro VER 5 too and I was running PIII-s (SL5XL with 512KB L2 Cache) for some time in it with no memory related problems. I dug up this on my HDD (I no longer have this board in …

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Re: Incompatibilities between Voodoo2 and some AGP cards?

Posted on 2022-09-06, 18:51

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by elcrys

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I have a similar issue (or maybe the same). My setup (Win 98SE): BCM BC845DL Intel Mobile Pentium 4 2,3 GHz SL789 @ 1,6 GHz 512 MB DDR nVidia GeForce4 MX440 128MB (128bit) AGP DVI XpertVision 3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB PCI PowerColor NEC D720101GJ USB 2.0 PCI ESS AudioDrive ES1869F ISA with wavetable ES981P …

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Re: K6-III+ Build having trouble determining baseline performance

Posted on 2022-09-02, 16:55

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by elcrys

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For a reference: Gigabyte GA-5AX AMD K6-2+ 570 MHz 570ACZ @ mod K6-III+ 600 MHz/1,7 V 256MB SDRAM (CL2, fastest timing in BIOS, write allocation on) nVidia GeForce4 MX440 128MB (128bit) AGP DVI XpertVision 3Dfx Voodoo 1 4MB PCI Yakumo (Biostar) NEC D720101GJ USB 2.0 PCI Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 …

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Re: K6-III+ Build having trouble determining baseline performance

Posted on 2022-09-01, 18:19

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by elcrys

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For a reference: Gigabyte GA-5AX AMD K6-2+ 570 MHz 570ACZ @ mod K6-III+ 600 MHz/1,7 V 256MB SDRAM (CL2, fastest timing in BIOS, write allocation on) nVidia GeForce4 MX440 128MB (128bit) AGP DVI XpertVision 3Dfx Voodoo 1 4MB PCI Yakumo (Biostar) NEC D720101GJ USB 2.0 PCI Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2022-06-13, 19:24

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by elcrys

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Yesterday, I finally decided to go with the mod for the best CPU (#3) in the batch. After de-lidding, some cleaning (btw. plastic eraser is great for scrubbing the remnants of TIM from CPU) and de/re-soldering of the link (here I am not sure if it's a 0 Ohm link or a capacitor because my measurement …

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