Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on 2022-07-15, 19:36

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by SolidSonicTH

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I managed to use an Ultra UM5273A-20 six-port (4x external, 2x internal) card and Windows 98 found all the drivers it needed from the CD. It uses some sort of Nvidia chipset on the card itself. I needed the internal ports to hook up an NZXT header hub and connect my case USBs. Originally I tried …

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Re: Phil's "MS-DOS Mode Super Easy"...

Posted on 2022-06-16, 15:11

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ Software

Grrr...fine. I guess I'll just have to stay on 98 SE...

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Phil's "MS-DOS Mode Super Easy"...

Posted on 2022-06-14, 23:46

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ Software

Does it work in Windows Me, perchance?

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How new should a system be before you don't have to worry about having a separate DVD video decoder board?

Posted on 2022-06-05, 11:58

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ Video

Is there like a cutoff for that (maybe around 2000-ish)?

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

Posted on 2022-05-29, 08:37

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've got a pair of Voodoo 2 cards arriving today. This is the picture from the eBay listing: https://i.ibb.co/XC4jFgQ/s-l1600.jpg They were pricey but worth it (if ever so slightly) in order to pursue the concept build I have in mind for them. Did they include the VGA cables ? Yep. You can see how …

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A WIP Voodoo 2 SLi build...

Posted on 2022-05-28, 23:30

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ System Specs

This build is still in-progress but I figured it's far enough along to show it off. https://i.ibb.co/cL3yQGB/20220528-224152153-i-OS.jpg https://i.ibb.co/vqnHKyx/20220528-224200326-i-OS.jpg https://i.ibb.co/S5R7qZc/20220528-224206098-i-OS.jpg This project was born from an interest in building a …

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

Posted on 2022-05-28, 09:58

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by SolidSonicTH

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've got a pair of Voodoo 2 cards arriving today. This is the picture from the eBay listing: https://i.ibb.co/XC4jFgQ/s-l1600.jpg They were pricey but worth it (if ever so slightly) in order to pursue the concept build I have in mind for them. Oooo whatcha drop on those? What are you gonna put em …

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

Posted on 2022-05-28, 09:44

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by SolidSonicTH

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've got a pair of Voodoo 2 cards arriving today. This is the picture from the eBay listing: They were pricey but worth it (if ever so slightly) in order to pursue the concept build I have in mind for them.

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Re: How do I turn these on?

Posted on 2022-05-25, 11:31

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just to let everyone know the SBC works. I figured out with its dedicated 20-pin ATX connector I could just turn it on by itself without being in a backplane. It's running a 1.2GHz Pentium III CPU and it has 512MB of RAM installed. The CF card slot works and I successfully booted my Windows Me CF …

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Re: How do I turn these on?

Posted on 2022-05-21, 20:44

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looks like an iei Rocky 3786? If so, there's a manual here: https://www.manualslib.com/download/895286/Iei-Technology-Rocky-3786ev.html Page 33 says CN5 (up near the VGA port) is a 2 pin ATX power switch connection. Will I still be able to use the backplane if the power is coming from the board? …

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How do I turn these on?

Posted on 2022-05-21, 16:52

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

https://i.ibb.co/pRJGfDY/E7923538-6215-4-A86-9899-BADA64-A42-E1-A.jpg I'll admit I'm somewhat out of my depth when it comes to AT stuff so I know what I'm looking at here but not how to interact with it. I've got a backplane and an SBC but I don't know where the interface for turning the PC on …

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Re: Microsoft enters “final phase” of disabling SMB1 file-sharing in Windows 11

Posted on 2022-04-24, 13:52

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by SolidSonicTH

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I don't like using insecure protocols but ASUS's stupid Samba functionality on their routers requires SMB1 to be enabled. As I don't want to invest in dedicated NAS hardware that needs a separate box with its own uptime and power consumption needs I'm forced to abide by enabling SMB1 client support …

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Re: Microsoft enters “final phase” of disabling SMB1 file-sharing in Windows 11

Posted on 2022-04-23, 23:10

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Windows

I don't like using insecure protocols but ASUS's stupid Samba functionality on their routers requires SMB1 to be enabled. As I don't want to invest in dedicated NAS hardware that needs a separate box with its own uptime and power consumption needs I'm forced to abide by enabling SMB1 client support …

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Re: I'm looking for a mouse that meets some specific criteria...

Posted on 2022-04-07, 22:25

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Two AAs. The listing says it's an LX5. The DPI on the mouse seems pretty good. More than capable of getting around a 1280x1024 resolution display without running out of runway.

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Re: I'm looking for a mouse that meets some specific criteria...

Posted on 2022-04-07, 15:30

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Update time: I went on eBay and decided to take a stab at this: https://i.imgur.com/Q0uFHJP.jpg Shipping was a bit steep but the seller did accept my best offer so I bought it. Got here today, plugged it into my KVM, and it works (including the still-wrapped 10 year old batteries, no less)! Even in …

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Re: I'm looking for a mouse that meets some specific criteria...

Posted on 2022-03-30, 21:21

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by SolidSonicTH

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

To be fair, whatever mouse I settle on is going to be used with a period-accurate machine hooked up to a period-accurate display so I don't need massive DPIs to get around the display, just something that would have been relatively comfortable enough at the time. I'm not looking to use this on a …

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Re: I'm looking for a mouse that meets some specific criteria...

Posted on 2022-03-30, 20:48

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by SolidSonicTH

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought some passive PS/2 adapters but I guess those don't work with those tiny nano adapters, which is why I've started going down this rabbit hole. I've found several wireless mice that have base stations that seemingly work with these converters so I guess I can try one of those. Hopefully they …

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I'm looking for a mouse that meets some specific criteria...

Posted on 2022-03-30, 16:14

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by SolidSonicTH

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is there such a thing as a wireless, optical mouse that has PS/2 compatibility and will work with a PS/2 KVM box? Ideally I'd like to find a mouse and a KVM that both work together but just the mouse would be fine as well so long as it's (assumed) working with a KVM.

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Re: what projects have you yet to get to?

Posted on 2022-03-19, 20:59

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by SolidSonicTH

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Building a home arcade machine. Recapping an Xbox motherboard.

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Re: No SATA detection on HP Pavilion a420n/ASUS A7V8X-LA...

Posted on 2022-03-19, 18:24

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by SolidSonicTH

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So what I ended up doing was buying a 32GB SATA I SSD (these are pretty dang uncommon -- mine is from HP and I'm guessing it was an enterprise SSD since I figure the enterprise sector gets all the cool toys before the consumer market) and that seems to work (mounting it was annoying, I had to use M2 …

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