Re: Hi need some help please!

Posted on 2022-10-23, 11:21

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by Nexxen

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Ok, starting with the obvious. 1) are HDD and CD-ROM correctly set to master/slave? 2) FSB speed? 3) is the card making a good connection in its slot? tried in another? 4) do you have another i/o card, ISA, to test things? Post high def pics of the motherboard. Rotate the middle pic, let it be easy …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite 200CDS 810 - troubleshooting and general info (KBC error - trying to solve, help needed)

Posted on 2022-10-23, 08:47

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by Nexxen

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I just got a Toshiba Satellite 400CDT that was giving the "KBC ERROR" on boot up. Took the whole thing apart and the standby battery had leaked out of its heatshrink onto the "IC21" HC4044 chip by the keyboard controller, some of the legs had visible corrosion on them. I have a spare very dead …

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Re: Quickshot QS-202 joystick

Posted on 2022-10-22, 13:45

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by Nexxen

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Manual + program Connector on the left is the culprit. I thought using some heat and cutting through the plastic casing. To be clear, the issue is the cables inside, some must have come loose or disconnected altogether.

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Quickshot QS-202 joystick (need some help troubleshooting)

Posted on 2022-10-22, 13:44

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by Nexxen

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I recently acquired this joystick. There's an older topic I posted in but it's better to open a new one. The joystick buttons can be programmed to work as keyboard keys, basically key bindings. One connector is for game port, another is plugged in m/b keyb connector for power and signal, the last …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-10-21, 20:54

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by Nexxen

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FIred up my M321 and the keyboard doesn't work. Tested another one and no joy. Keyb no. 1 is good on another pc. I now have to get everything out and see what's wrong 😀 I like surprises like that water buffalo in Apocalypse Now.

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Re: I got an ASUS K7M 1.04 motherboard recently. Encountering issues

Posted on 2022-10-21, 20:32

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by Nexxen

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Could you inspect te board with a magnifying glass to check if there are some obvious cuts on traces? Time and effort yields eventually. If it beeps it speaks, just gotta figure out the language 😀 Ok, enough pep $hit.

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Re: Quickshot QS-202 Squadron Commander. I need some help!

Posted on 2022-10-21, 14:19

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by Nexxen

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English manual, original documentation scan. Program to edit key bindings, Cockpit Manager.

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Re: I got an ASUS K7M 1.04 motherboard recently. Encountering issues

Posted on 2022-10-21, 10:00

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by Nexxen

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CPU has no movement or give. I am noticing that the left tab is not 100% latched down now. I unseated and attempted to reseat the cpu, but it didn't change what I am seeing. Try removing the plastic brackets and give a good clean to the contacts. See if moving the cpu makes any difference. It's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-21, 09:37

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by Nexxen

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Finally got a Quickshot joystick, model QS-202. With manual and unopened plastic bag with 3.5" disk with drivers.

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Re: I got an ASUS K7M 1.04 motherboard recently. Encountering issues

Posted on 2022-10-20, 21:44

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by Nexxen

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I had slot cpus issues in the past. Try to move the cpu to see if it is a bad cpu contact in its slot.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-20, 15:45

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by Nexxen

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Bought a socket 423 GA-8IDX3 (rev. 1.x) board. Seller said it has stability issues. I can count 4 of those issues :) if it the BIOS I can desolder and flash + add a socket for future stuff. It has dual bios, really easy. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-8IDX3-rev-1x/sp#sp Seller's pic. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-19, 15:17

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by Nexxen

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Taught you what exactly .. dont copy my English .. I failed it, too many rules for my liking and downright stupid spelling. Also Aussie English isnt a great example of good english, we tend to be loose and fast with the rules and like to shorten a ton of words to so they end in "O" When you are …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-19, 10:14

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by Nexxen

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I have a Rdram 423 with a few CPUs for it, the amazing 1.3ghz Willy a 1.9ghz Willy with a 1.4 and 1.6 because they were free, I have been hunting for a 2ghz Willy but they are rather rare and I haven't seen one hit Evilbay yet. Its a rather oddball system really where Im not even sure Intel knew …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-19, 09:31

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by Nexxen

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I owned a Socket 423 1.4 Ghz Pentium 4 from Dell around release. Nothing to write home about, probably not as fast as a similar Pentium 3, but it was stable as a rock. I used it for Windows 98 -> ME -> 2000 -> XP. I did eventually upgrade it to a 1.8 Ghz CPU, but the bottleneck was the 256MB of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-18, 19:14

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by Nexxen

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devius wrote on 2022-10-18, 18:51: Nexxen wrote on 2022-10-18, 15:58: Bought a socket 423 GA-8IDX3 (rev. 1.x) board. Seems like it only supports SDRAM, or am I seeing it wrong? I thought the purpose of having a Socket 423 board was for the RDRAM support. I got it for next to nothing. An offer I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-18, 18:51

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by Nexxen

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Bought a socket 423 GA-8IDX3 (rev. 1.x) board. Seller said it has stability issues. I can count 4 of those issues :) if it the BIOS I can desolder and flash + add a socket for future stuff. It has dual bios, really easy. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-8IDX3-rev-1x/sp#sp Seller's pic. It's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-18, 15:58

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by Nexxen

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Bought a socket 423 GA-8IDX3 (rev. 1.x) board. Seller said it has stability issues. I can count 4 of those issues 😀 if it the BIOS I can desolder and flash + add a socket for future stuff. It has dual bios, really easy. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-8IDX3-rev-1x/sp#sp Seller's pic.

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Re: PC Chips 754LMR+

Posted on 2022-10-16, 21:12

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by Nexxen

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Pics

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Re: PC Chips 754LMR+

Posted on 2022-10-16, 19:31

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by Nexxen

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While reinstalling drivers, it works as a PCI device + shared memory; it works as an AGP device + local memory. A TNT2 + 16/32 MB of sdram @2x agp could be a good guess for results, if anyone wants to check thos of a dedicated graphics card.

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Re: PC Chips 754LMR+

Posted on 2022-10-16, 19:16

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by Nexxen

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So any chance to make it work or no hope? To make it switch to local sdram you need to select "none" at shared memory menu. I should resolder everything back, but I don't have the drive to do it. I lack a camera for precise micro soldering. Without it looks all good but in fact I got into trouble. …

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