Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-10-23, 13:23

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by Law212

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I picked up this Creative Nomad Jukebox . It came complete in the box. I love that it had Creative rechargeable batteries in it. I put new batteries in it though. I also found an NEC S/33 Laptop which i didnt take pics of. I dont have a power cable for it so I cant test it yet.... https://i.imgur. …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-10-23, 12:54

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I've been having some fun with Two Worlds, the "Oblivion killer" from 2007. I did enjoy this game back in the day but it took some effort to remember why - it makes a terrible first impression. It looks great but the engine is awful - masses of pop-in and it still grinds along at under 60FPS in …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-10-19, 13:47

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I loved Bioshock 2. I played the heck out of the multiplayer when the game first came out becuase I knew it wouldnt last long.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-10-18, 14:49

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https://imgur.com/kb5rr5Q

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-10-18, 13:40

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Its a 370

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-10-17, 18:36

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The last 3 computers I have found are Pentium 3's. This is the latest one. It is a Dell Dimension 4100. It had 128 Megs of RAM. No HDD, anda P3 933 mhz CPU. I really like this case, so I might transplant a 1ghz cpu into it and more ram. It also had an ATI rage 128 pro in it. https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-10-17, 18:30

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I'm playing through Max Payne 1 on one of my pentium 3 machines. I have never beaten this game, so I hope to finish it and then move on to Max Payne 2. For some reason, the text on the cutscenes is blurry.

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Re: Pentium 4 GPU question

Posted on 2023-10-10, 15:45

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Well, I will stick with this GPU , and see what I can run on this thing. I hope to have some time this week to get it up and running.

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Re: Best video card for 1996-2000 PC? (re: Half-Life, Unreal, Quake, American McGee's Alice, etc)

Posted on 2023-10-03, 16:43

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The hunt for the perfect period correct machine.... I think everyone gets that its , and it seems like there are a ton of YouTube videos about "Building the perfect period ocrrect machine" I settled with 4 retro PCs now. A 486 DX 2 66 A pentium 1 233 MMX with geforce 2 and voodoo 2 12 meg card. …

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Re: Pentium 4 GPU question

Posted on 2023-09-25, 18:20

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Also its 3.40 Ghz not 3.45 It has 2 GIGs or ddr 400 ram, but I want to put 4 GIGS in , i just cant find any DDR 400 1 gig sticks.

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Re: Pentium 4 GPU question

Posted on 2023-09-25, 18:15

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Yes this is the card. I removed the metal piece at the back to fit in the case

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Pentium 4 GPU question

Posted on 2023-09-25, 17:53

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Is a Quadro FX 5600 overkill for a pentium 4 3.45 GHz win xp machine?

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Re: Asus cuv4x motherboard beep code

Posted on 2023-09-15, 13:49

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So Here is the Netvista P3 1GHZ. I think its complete now. I have a sound blaster live and a voodoo 3 2000 inside and it runs great. I now have a pentium 1 233 MMX with a voodoo 2 12 meg card, This P3 , a P4 and a 486. I also have a pentium 2 but i dont need it and will sell it off and I have …

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Re: Asus cuv4x motherboard beep code

Posted on 2023-09-12, 19:54

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Zerthimon wrote on 2023-09-12, 19:18: The "beeping" motherboard, what CPU is it jumpered for? Or is it set to auto detect? There is a jumperless mode where it will autodetect. Same result.

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Re: Asus cuv4x motherboard beep code

Posted on 2023-09-12, 19:12

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Zerthimon wrote on 2023-09-12, 19:08: Law212 wrote on 2023-09-12, 19:00: It was a P3 1000mhz cpu with 500 gigs of ram . Nice! Lots of memory... Lol 500 gigs. I means 500 megs ...

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Re: Asus cuv4x motherboard beep code

Posted on 2023-09-12, 19:00

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HI all, So I tried the original CPu in the Mobo and it still gave the beeps. So heres a quick story with some background into this pc. I had this computer ( I forget where I got it, and I had a cool dual CPU P3 asus cuv4x-D . The dual CPU mobo had two 933 mhz cpus and this one had a 700 MHz cpu. …

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Re: Asus cuv4x motherboard beep code

Posted on 2023-09-08, 16:05

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Looking at the manual it looks like this motherboard only takes up to 800 MHZ . Here I am trying to run a 1ghz CPU on it. Ill have to put the 700 MHz chip back in and try it again. Though i think that cpu is at home and ill have to try it out on Monday.

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Re: Asus cuv4x motherboard beep code

Posted on 2023-09-08, 15:56

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Zerthimon wrote on 2023-09-08, 15:45: I always thought continuous beep means CPU has not started (bad CPU, voltage, clock etc. problem) Hmm, Ill have to check that. Ill do it right now.

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Re: Asus cuv4x motherboard beep code

Posted on 2023-09-08, 15:21

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I cant find what a constant repeating long beep means. I can find the beep codes for other beeps but not this one. Its a socket 370 asus cuv4x motherboard. According to the manual it means that the RAM is not detected. You can find the reference in [Hardware Setup] =>[Starting up the first time] …

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Asus cuv4x motherboard beep code

Posted on 2023-09-08, 14:50

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I cant find what a constant repeating long beep means. I can find the beep codes for other beeps but not this one. Its a socket 370 asus cuv4x motherboard.

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