Re: Forcing IRQ on AsRock K7VT4A+

Posted on 2021-05-10, 09:10

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auron wrote on 2021-05-09, 18:07: did you actually try just changing the IRQ in device manager? win95 OSR2 and up support PCI IRQ steering. Thanks for that hint - I forgot to mention. Yes I already tried that. But sadly windows doesnt let me change this value. 🙁

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Promise FastTrak TX2000 - disable RAID

Posted on 2021-05-10, 07:30

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Dear Vogons, do you know a possibility to disable the RAID mode in this card to use it as a normal IDE controller? Normally I would guess to pull the ROM, but sadly there is no explicit ROM on that board. Or is there an alternative ROM for it? Thanks for your advice. 😀

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Re: Protective coating for pins?

Posted on 2021-05-10, 07:23

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I suspect you mean a mechanical protection so that it is not possible to bend the PINs or otherwise mechanically damage them? There are certainly an extremely large number of adhesives or epoxy resins with which you can do this. But you have to be aware that all of these materials have different …

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Re: Using Audigy drivers with a Sound Blaster Live

Posted on 2021-05-07, 13:03

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Many thanks for this great tutorial. I was able to reproduce it and it works absolutely fine. Running it on this system: Pentium 4, i875P, 256MB RAM, SB0100, Windows 98SE "naked" (only chipset and VGA driver)

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Forcing IRQ on AsRock K7VT4A+

Posted on 2021-05-05, 10:59

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Dear Vogons, I am still doing experiments with different setups ;-) This time I have a problem with assigning the right IRQ to the right PCI card. The setup: Asrock K7VT4A+ mainboard (KT400A) https://www.asrock.com/mb/VIA/K7VT4A+/index.asp A simple AGP card Only one PCI card: Terratec TTSOLO1-N The …

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Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2021-04-29, 09:22

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Using RivaTuner did the trick - I forced Vsync=off via this tool and it worked 😀

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Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2021-04-29, 05:41

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I have already read in this thread that you have to switch off VSync within the use of 3Dmark99 via the driver in order to get over 60FPS in the first two tests. First I tried it via the global settings of the NVIdia driver (setting not left to the application) and switched off VSync. But that …

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Re: No DirectSound with AWE64 gold

Posted on 2021-04-27, 07:16

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The cards have basic Directsound support. The most interesting thing is they can use installed synthesizer RAM for DirectSound static buffers (storing sound samples for repeated use). I'm not sure if that was something that game developers bothered with. It's actually similar to X-FI X-RAM, which …

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Re: No DirectSound with AWE64 gold

Posted on 2021-04-26, 10:18

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It works again, but the way of solving this was pretty strange. I manually completely removed directX and the sound card driver from the system (as best as I could). Reinstalled the driver and reinstalled directX and voila: It worked again. Perhaps I'm too spoiled because of the ease with which …

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Re: No DirectSound with AWE64 gold

Posted on 2021-04-23, 12:14

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Okay, I think I can answer the question of the DirectSound support of the AWE64: yes she has DirectSound support and its full asccelerated. There is no need for disabling hardware acceleration in dxdiag. So I think there is some minor/major driver mess here. I will try removing directX and removing …

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No DirectSound with AWE64 gold

Posted on 2021-04-22, 18:11

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Dear Vogons, This is my system: Windows 98 SE DirectX 8.1 I am using these drivers: https://www.philscomputerlab.com/drivers-for-awe64-gold.html Tualatin 1.26Ghz 128MB RAM Mainboard with VIA Apollo Pro 133 When starting dxdiag and when performing the DirectSound Test I cant hear anything. There is …

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Re: Please help me finding a suitable setup

Posted on 2021-04-08, 07:17

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Sorry, I have to come back here to ask some questions regarding the setup of the SOLO-1. Maybe I didn't understand the setup proceedure at all... ;-) I downloaded the ESS Solo-1 drivers from Phils website. I think this should be the most reliable source for this. Until I get the SOLO working I …

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Choosing an ISA graphics card

Posted on 2021-04-06, 08:20

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Dear Vogons, in parallel to my other projects I'm currently trying to choose a graphics card for another retro project. But: I find it very difficult to classify ISA cards. I have a mainboard on which (according to the manufacturer's information) there is a Chips & Technologies CT W65545AE3 (written …

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Re: Dying cooler - looking for replacement and cleaning advice

Posted on 2021-04-05, 08:47

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If you want single slot cooler you can try passive one like Zalman VNF 100 (fan still recomended). Titan cuv-3 may be sufficient, as well as stock 9x00 coolers from 9800 series (depends on your pcb though, may not fit). Many thanks for the two hints for altermatives. I will check the data and …

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Re: Dying cooler - looking for replacement and cleaning advice

Posted on 2021-04-05, 08:45

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when you remove the cooler, there is a raised square around the GPU die area. That is the "shim". Basically it interferes with the heatsink making contact with the die. It's original purpose was to provide protection to the GPU die being crushed, and ensure an even fit to the heatsink and GPU die. …

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Re: Dying cooler - looking for replacement and cleaning advice

Posted on 2021-04-05, 07:34

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texterted wrote on 2021-04-03, 19:25: Remove that die shim too! I am no native speaker: what does this mean? Whats a die shim? Thanks for the cooler hint. Do you have an alternative in mind? The problem is the height of the cooler - it covers the next PCI slot on the mainboard.

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Re: Dying cooler - looking for replacement and cleaning advice

Posted on 2021-04-05, 07:30

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The thermal paste was petrified, and I used Arctic Silver thermal compound remover and a single edged razor blade to remove it, using care to not damage the GPU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7Dr3en3zU Thanks for the hint for the "remover" liquid. I wonder what it is ;) Also thanks for the hint …

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Dying cooler - looking for replacement and cleaning advice

Posted on 2021-04-03, 18:30

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Dear Vogons, I found Ssome older VGA cards in my stock. All of them seem still bto be working but I would feel better doing some revise on them. Fans are getting noisy or even are stuck. And maybe replacing the thermal paste. So my questions are: My ATI Radeon 9500 Pro is really getting hot. I am …

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Re: Please help me finding a suitable setup

Posted on 2021-04-03, 18:06

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@dionb Many thanks for your detailed answer and advice. I will follow your recommendation soon 😀

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Re: Please help me finding a suitable setup

Posted on 2021-03-31, 09:49

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Now, real MPU-401 MIDI is something no Sound Blaster 16 is competent at. Even the best (that AWE64 Gold) have slowdowns when playing DA and MIDI at the same time. So for the X2, you want a different card. The ESS Solo-1 is the obvious choice here. Depending on the card (ESS Solo is the chipset, do …

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