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Re: Need help with (hypothetical) RetroPC build

Posted on 2023-12-31, 18:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

When I started this post I think I was a little too optimistic thinking to run games from such a time arc on a single PC without emulation. After thinking about it, I realized that most of the games I'm interested in playing are 80% within the Windows XP era, so I'd rather focus my efforts on …

Re: How to:install Microsoft Office 365

Posted on 2023-12-31, 08:54

in Milliways

in Milliways

How does Office 365 relate to DOSBox or retro computing in general? 😕 You should ask this question on Office 365 or Chromebook forum instead.

Re: Need help with (hypothetical) RetroPC build

Posted on 2023-12-31, 07:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

the motherboard is an ASUS A7V400-MX with an AMD Sempron CPU. From looking around it seems that the Sempron is a low budget CPU and it will get replaced, but what abou the Motherboard? Is it a good one? In addition to this, the CD/DVD RW and the floppy drive are in good shape and should be working …

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

Posted on 2023-12-24, 01:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Fixed an Asus P5B Deluxe by recapping four capacitors around the southbridge and BIOS chip. It had the weirdest error I had ever seen before recapping: the year in BIOS would increase to 2099 right in front of my eyes, yet all other values were normal.

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

Posted on 2023-12-21, 19:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

H3nrik V! wrote on 2023-12-21, 18:45: I accidently had the Molex connector the wrong way Just curious: how was it achieved?

Re: What graphicscard is this?

Posted on 2023-12-17, 00:28

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Pretty clear that the card was based on Alliance Semiconductor ProMotion 3210, build by a third party: Filename ProMotion_partners.jpg File size 80.62 KiB Views 1233 views The card maker might or might not be listed; I could only ascertain that it was not by miro or Orchid.

Re: Old PC i reformatted with Windows XP

Posted on 2023-12-14, 22:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@SavageKurtain: You are using a Gigabyte MB in LGA775 and DDR2 era. Gigabyte is one of the biggest MB manufacturer and has a comprehensive product database (all the way back to Socket 5 models), complete with drivers, BIOS, specs, manuals, compatibility lists, etc. You really should download them …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-12-14, 21:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Today I bought a second hand CF. After failing twice to attach a 128GB SSD to my P200MMX using two different SATA->IDE adapters, I gave up and bought a CF->IDE. IMHO 128GB is simply way too large for your Socket 7 motherboard to handle; some models got updated BIOS but many didn't. The 33.8 GB …

Re: Motherboard (sometimes) turns itself on while inserting a PCI card

Posted on 2023-12-13, 01:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Many cheap OEM ATX PSU have no independent power switch (so less knowledgeable users wouldn't confuse it with the momentary power button on chassis, or complain "My computer is dead!" after accidentally switching it off). It's better to avoid those PSU, but if you must use one (such as in this case …

Re: 440bx problem

Posted on 2023-12-11, 05:44

in Windows

in Windows

joker8722 wrote on 2023-12-11, 04:58: How would I find that? A sharp, high-res photograph of your motherboard would help. Examples.

Re: Post the fastest video card you own that works in a 5v pci slot on 586

Posted on 2023-12-08, 22:31

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

You guys have really "new" cards with VRAM larger than system RAM of many Pentium-class motherboards can handle. The latest PCI video card I have is a Gainward CARDEXpert SG4, featuring S3 Savage4 Pro with 16 MB RAM. Currently working on my Asus TXP4. Gainward_CARDEXpert_SG4.jpg I remember the last …

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

Posted on 2023-12-07, 21:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

However, I advise you to get a copy of the manual (pdf), it could help you to set up your PC correctly. I do have manuals of every motherboard* I have physical contact with, either from official sites, TRW, or via Internet Archive. *The only exception was that mysterious " Wei Chih Electronics …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-12-07, 02:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The paste that was used was more like a glue, or perhaps that's what it has decomposed to. I was unable to remove with rubbing alcohol and acetone had no effect. It looks like I'm going to have to use some manual force to get it off. Recently I found out that contact cleaners (either from WD-40 or …

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

Posted on 2023-12-07, 02:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Unlike the previous batch, EPoX EP-51MVP3E-M was the only motherboard that could not POST. A pity for its nice design (ATX power and form factor; accepts both EDO and SDRAM; clearly marked FSB, multiplier, and voltage jumpers). For the record, neither Asus P/I-P55T2P4 nor ECS P5VX-Be in the …

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

Posted on 2023-12-05, 21:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Receiving and testing the second batch of vintage motherboards, expansion cards, etc., from e-waste. The condition of this batch is much better than the previous one ; some of them even come with original box and/or documents. Biostar MB-8500TVG https://images.plurk.com/2aZkxZTjNSeXIDt0ZSwSb1.jpg …

Re: Logitech Unifying with Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2023-12-05, 01:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My keyboard only works in BIOS. In Windows 98 it doesn't. I haven't tried anything special for it though. The most common cause of this problem is that many early BIOS had "USB legacy keyboard/mouse support" disabled by default. But I have another problem with any USB HID devices. When it's plugged …

Re: Win XP 32 or 64 bit?

Posted on 2023-12-05, 01:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

VivienM wrote on 2023-12-05, 00:58: Maybe only the machines with more than 3 gigs of RAM came with 64-bit in 2010? That must be the cause: all four machines aforementioned had only 2 GB of RAM preinstalled.

Re: MSI MS-5169 No Post

Posted on 2023-12-05, 01:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well done! For a couple of days I have been trying to fix an EPoX EP-51MVP3E-M with no POST either (diagnostic card sometimes has random error codes, sometimes has no code at all), but it has no visible sign of damage (shrug).

Re: Win XP 32 or 64 bit?

Posted on 2023-12-05, 00:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

By late Vista era, I think large OEMs (Dell/HP/Acer/etc) had started preinstalling 64-bit on consumer machines. AFAIK Acer and MSI kept installing 32-bit Windows 7 in their consumer machines as of 2010. Specifically, Acer Aspire X1800 (Pentium E5400), emachines ET1830 (Pentium E5700), MSI CX500 ( …

Re: SSD On K8V-MX /s?

Posted on 2023-11-27, 23:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2023-11-27, 20:30: Notice the "Plus" inscription. That's the important bit, since that revision fixed the SATA III bug. Thanks for the info; didn't know that difference until now. Went to check my K8V-MX and it had the VT8237R Plus southbridge. Hooray! 😄

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