Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-03-07, 12:06

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by Boohyaka

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Following this as well, cool project! I don't really care about a box for hardware, modern or retro and I don't think it's really reasonable to invest resources in that for such a "niche" project (no offense, I love projects like this one!). I only keep boxes for stuff I may store for longer periods …

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Re: First haul: 486DX4 100MHz + MMX 200MHz! Questions about what I have.

Posted on 2020-03-06, 21:47

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by Boohyaka

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yup according to the identification and documents found by kixs and assuming they're correct (I didn't check), you're probably better off buying a 486DX-33 off ebay for 15 bucks, swap both computer cases to have the Turbo button on the 486 as it will be most useful there - your motherboard …

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Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?

Posted on 2020-03-06, 14:09

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by Boohyaka

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Add two of mine to the list! I have two SC-55 and one SC-50, out of the three 2 batteries had started leaking, luckily without damage 😀 I removed them all. Thanks Keropi 😁

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Re: First haul: 486DX4 100MHz + MMX 200MHz! Questions about what I have.

Posted on 2020-03-06, 10:19

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by Boohyaka

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You scored! Beautiful machines - they look good as new! People say good things about the first case, but the second one looks great too imo. As someone that just got back into retro hardware and who is actively looking around for old computers to give a second life to, I can only dream of scoring …

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Re: Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-27, 22:15

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by Boohyaka

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Good call! Silly me. I did check the power monitoring in BIOS but did not notice the -5V was at 0. Duh..it's a modern PSU indeed and I've read about that problem before. If I'm not mistaken only some specific ISA sound cards may need the -5V? Is there a list somewhere out of curiosity? I found …

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Re: Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-27, 18:05

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by Boohyaka

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Thanks for the tips dionb, really appreciated! I'll probably go the NXPro+ALS100 route 😀 that should basically cover everything. Thanks for confirming what I thought about operating systems. But please know I'm with you - I have a very, very soft spot for Win2K for some reason 😀

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Re: Help identify unknown motherboard

Posted on 2020-02-27, 17:33

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by Boohyaka

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Damn! Thanks for checking, good find already, the layout definitely is extremely similar. I'll look some more 😀

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Help identify unknown motherboard

Posted on 2020-02-27, 12:23

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by Boohyaka

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Hi guys, I am sure some of you love a good unidentified hardware investigation :) I have an unbranded Socket 3 motherboard I am unable to find anything about online. As I always like to check potential BIOS updates (bigger drives support usually) and just for curiosity's sake I'd be happy to know …

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Re: Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-24, 14:03

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by Boohyaka

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There are few dos 3dfx games that only work on voodoo 1 and not even on voodoo 2. I think most games that work on voodoo 2 can be made to work with voodoo 3, but I have had much more trouble with voodoo 3 ovl files than I had with voodoo 2 ovl files. So I did choose geforce 4 + voodoo 2 SLI for my …

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Re: Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-24, 12:58

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by Boohyaka

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For the most part yes, but you will miss out on hardware EAX because Microsoft removed that from Vista onward. There are ways to emulate EAX on a modern Windows OS, but I personally prefer how the real thing sounds on XP. Other than that, you might get CPU bottlenecked on a few pre-2005 games like …

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Re: Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-24, 12:26

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by Boohyaka

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OK thank you for the comments guys, so I'll try to find a 486DX-33 CPU, that's a good tip! My motherboard is turbo compatible. I guess it will fit my socket 3? Is there anything I should pay attention to or can I go and blindly purchase? dionb, good call on the AWE32, that's going into the P3-600 …

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Re: 486 not booting anymore

Posted on 2020-02-23, 22:00

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by Boohyaka

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It is always a good policy to never remove a working motherboard from a case unless it is being replaced. I have seen some get slightly warped over time that shows when removed because of the years of heat and mount stress. It can cause breaks in solder joints around SMT parts that never would …

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Re: 486 not booting anymore

Posted on 2020-02-23, 21:27

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by Boohyaka

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Thanks Baoran, yes I'd tried that but no luck. At this stage I believe I may have damaged a trace when removing the motherboard by being careless with an annoying plastic fixing pin that wouldn't come out :( I have discussed it with a friend that is an expert with this stuff and I will send it to …

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Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-23, 21:23

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by Boohyaka

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Hi all, so basically I've read about different builds on here and it is all super informative but also quite overwhelming sometimes :) apologies for bringing up some heavily discussed topics but I'd like feedback on my very own builds, and also up-to-date opinions. My goal, as I got back to retro …

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486 not booting anymore

Posted on 2020-02-21, 14:41

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by Boohyaka

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Hi guys, I've dismantled my perfectly working 486dx2-66 to adapt and clean a few things in the case. After mounting it back, it powers up but I get no picture at all...nor any POST error beep or anything (this already existed back on AT computers? it's been so long...) The mobo is a Soyo SY-025K2. …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 23:19

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by Boohyaka

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Only thing I can tell you is that there are convergence settings that can be managed with WinDAS that's for sure, and for some models even a "Dynamic Convergence" setup that sounds to me like that could be what you're after... Check this out: http://dor-lomin.com/images/forums/hardocp/windas-conv/ …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 21:23

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by Boohyaka

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Well noted and I'll probably take on your offer 😉 I got everything needed to do it so I'll definitely do it. Thanks for all the tips. And yes - I did make a backup of the original .dat file I exported from the EEPROM!

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:53

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by Boohyaka

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No I didn't do the full white point balance yet, only reduced G2 value. Result WAS greenish, and it's not my perception I can guarantee you. Here's how it went : the whole picture looked too bright and greenish before, and Image Restoration wouldn't do anything. After reducing the G2 value, the …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:31

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by Boohyaka

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duga3 wrote on 2020-02-15, 19:52: TX should connect to RX. RX should connect to TX. ("sender" to "receiver" basically). OK put that way it actually makes sense haha 😀

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Re: DOS not booting off CF card?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:29

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by Boohyaka

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Sounds like the devices were partitioned/formatted with different C/H/S values than the ones currently set in the BIOS. How would I check that, and how would I do that in the first place? :) Here's what I did: - Go in BIOS, auto-detect HDD, pick "correct" settings - Boot on floppy, fdisk a primary …

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