So I tried setting up SoftGPU on Windows 95. I have used both VMware & Virtualbox due to various reasons. The installation was fine, Installed the driver manually as was advised to do. although first few attempts, I had a black screen, and could hear audio, but eventually booting to safe mode, …

Hi all I am assisting a client of mine who repairs industrial machines. One machine is driven by a 386 PC, and whenever the power goes off (and it does fairly often here in South Africa) the machine loses it's settings, and needs to be reconfigured. Upon my advice we are going to replace the CMOS …

Still struggling to get it to POST. What could it possibly be.

Hi all. So I got this beautiful old motherboard complete with Pentium MMX 200mhx CPU & a GX2 card, with a few other bits & pieces. When I plugged it in, everything was dead on the screen, and the CPU fan doesn't spin. I can't for the life of me find any model number or anything, so that I can find …

Hi all, a sad update, Unfortunately another capacitor blew, when I powered it on, and I saw smoke elsewhere on the board, and ended up discarding it.

Hi all. I was given an old 286 desktop which looked like it had been sitting gathering dust on a shelf for the past 20+ years. When I plugged it in & powered it on, I heard an audible bang, and funny smell. I assumed it was the power supply, and opened it, but apart from a loose +5v wire, which I …