Re: SSD fun with Windows XP

Posted on 2022-08-19, 16:07

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For my XP rig with an SSD I used "WinSetupFromUSB" to create the usb thumbdrive. I also used nLite to slipstream some extra drivers (like SATA controller) into the iso. This was the only way I could get XP to install correctly. Trying to do it right from the install CD had all kinds of problems even …

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

Posted on 2022-08-18, 17:07

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And yes as you mentioned some underDOG shit brands like PCchips, ECS, ASSrock, QDI and many others i rarely see them dead, i am not sure what the deal is with these doggo brands really, but they just dont die easy.. I actually still use AsRock boards. Work great for me and for previous generation …

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

Posted on 2022-08-18, 16:51

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And yes as you mentioned some underDOG shit brands like PCchips, ECS, ASSrock, QDI and many others... Right now I'm building a system on DFI CA64-TC. When the time comes, will you come and say that I built this on "underDOG shit" ? )) I mean to be fair he didn't include DFI in the dogshit list lol …

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

Posted on 2022-08-18, 16:45

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I never considered EVGA as quality brand too, many seems to think they are, cuz their custommer support is OUTstanding. I have a friend who swears by EVGA. According to him, whenever there's a problem they replace it. Which, ok, that's good. But he doesn't seem to realize he's had to return 90% of …

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Re: eBay Experience....

Posted on 2022-08-18, 14:09

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I usually go through spurts of selling on Ebay. It will be fine for a while until I get some asshole or scammer that just makes it more stressful than it's worth so I stop selling for a while. It's just a hobby afterall. As a buyer, there's plenty of dipshit sellers too. Usually poor packaging and …

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

Posted on 2022-08-18, 14:00

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by effy

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I never considered EVGA as quality brand too, many seems to think they are, cuz their custommer support is OUTstanding. I have a friend who swears by EVGA. According to him, whenever there's a problem they replace it. Which, ok, that's good. But he doesn't seem to realize he's had to return 90% of …

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

Posted on 2022-08-18, 13:50

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by effy

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From working in a shop back in the mid 90's through early 2000's, I actually agree with Asus, at that time, being very poor quality. We constantly saw issues with their motherboards. Whether it was instability or straight up dying. We never really carried them anyway but had bought some slot 1 …

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Re: Windows 3.11 stuck in at Logo Screen

Posted on 2022-08-14, 16:41

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by effy

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Resolution will depend on how much video memory your S3 has but I would expect it to throw an error instead of locking up at the logo screen if you try to use a resolution that is too high. Have you tried running Windows setup from DOS and changing to VGA display driver for now to see if you get …

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Re: Ati Radeon Mobility 7500 keeps showing black screen for a moment, no glitching.

Posted on 2022-08-11, 14:47

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by effy

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I have a "mobility" chip on a discrete GPU too. Haven't done much testing with it though.

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Re: How to clean 3.5" floppy disks (not drives)?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 23:45

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by effy

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Naphtha maybe? Not sure if it would eat the media. Generally safe on plastics so might work ok.

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Re: Socketed Video Card memory - different manufacturers?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 18:40

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Ok so I think all these chips should be ok. I had intermittent issues with every chip while going through them, some not detecting at all. I went back to Horun's suggestion of cleaning and gave them a good clean with contact cleaner (and not normally something I'd do but a quick once-over with some …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 18:12

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by effy

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If we were going for somewhat period correct and just having fun I'd go for a 486 or early Pentium build I think.

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Re: Socketed Video Card memory - different manufacturers?

Posted on 2022-08-08, 23:15

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by effy

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It's an S3 Trio64V2/DX OK, I get it. You are supposed to fit the sockets "above" (further away from the PCI slots) the two soldered chips first, those are labelled "U4" and "U6" (that's why it names these two positions in the "2nd MB" comment on the card). They complete the "half-filled bank" made …

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Re: Socketed Video Card memory - different manufacturers?

Posted on 2022-08-08, 19:31

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It's an S3 Trio64V2/DX

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Re: Socketed Video Card memory - different manufacturers?

Posted on 2022-08-08, 14:59

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by effy

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Here's the two datasheets Onboard: https://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/v … C16258HK40.html New: https://www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/data … 56A-25J-pdf.php

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Re: Socketed Video Card memory - different manufacturers?

Posted on 2022-08-08, 14:55

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by effy

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It could be either one. Invisible minor corrosion/film/etc in the sockets can cause that. Bad card or bad memory chips can too. Try Qtip and ISO Alcohol in the sockets and see if it helps. Can you post a picture of the memory chips ? Both the card and chips look quite clean but I can give them a …

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Re: Socketed Video Card memory - different manufacturers?

Posted on 2022-08-08, 14:51

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Does anybody know if I should be able to upgrade the video memory of an old VGA card (in this case they are SOJ-40 sockets) with different model memory chips, if they are the same type? (256 x 16 edo 5v). Does it matter if the access time is faster than what is soldered on board? Be careful. You …

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Re: Your opinion on the ATi Rage IIC and Rage Pro

Posted on 2022-08-07, 15:34

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by effy

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I'm mostly doing 2D DOS gaming, but I'm currently using the Onboard Rage IIc 4mb in my mATX DOS/Win3.1 rig and like it quite a bit. Seems accurate and performance is fine. Looks good in Windows 3.1 with the mach64 drivers even if I have to change resolution and color via system.ini.

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Re: Socketed Video Card memory - different manufacturers?

Posted on 2022-08-07, 15:28

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by effy

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yes no just dont do it if its a cirrus logic VGA, upgrading ram does nothing for them Thanks for the response. This is for an S3 card. I got a good sized lot of really cheap ram chips from the people's republic, but when installed they cause a bunch of screen artifacts. Curios if it's a card …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.78b

Posted on 2022-08-07, 15:24

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by effy

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That's weird. I am using an A-Trend motherboard that has a YMF715 OPL-SA3 onboard that UNISOUND picks up just fine.

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