Re: sometimes it's glitch and hangs the PC

Posted on 2024-04-21, 18:52

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If you have a USB floppy drive or would consider getting one, the BIOS may support booting from it, which would open up some doors for troubleshooting. But even without that, since you are using a CF card adapter, you could try writing Memtest directly to a CF card and booting it that way. If you …

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

Posted on 2024-04-17, 21:43

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if I remove a DDR2 chip from a VGA card, it will display anyway but with artifacts or it won't at all? https://youtu.be/sWdpb5mw_zQ?si=JrwvbyRnTBy-X3bQ&t=403 here you can see card displaying with texture memory physically removed but it's a very specific case. That's fascinating. I assume this is …

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Re: Gta 1 laggy

Posted on 2024-04-17, 21:29

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Which platform or CPU are you using? I've never played GTA 1, but I remember GTA 2 was surprisingly difficult to get running smoothly on some period CPUs (e.g. consistent 40-50 FPS+).

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

Posted on 2024-04-13, 06:13

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So I thought I'd update the bios using my TL866 programmer. It was all going great until I put the EEPROM in backwards. The POST analyser card now only shows "--" with it. The rom still reads okay on the programmer and I was very worried I'd killed the board? since the ROM connects directly to the …

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Re: ASUS eeePC 701 / 4G FSB Adjustment Utility

Posted on 2024-04-13, 06:08

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in DOS

So cool! The Asus Eee PC was one of the first netbooks. I remember being blown away by how small they were when new. I don't own one so I can't test the tool but still wanted to comment some appreciation. I have a slightly later netbook with an Atom CPU that is running as a low power server to this …

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Re: Help creating my Windows 98 SE perfect clean installation

Posted on 2024-04-13, 05:57

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One recommendation is to get comfy with using SCANREG to create backups of the registry. They are stored with incrementing filenames in C:\Windows\SYSBACKUP. Every time you make a successful change to your system (e.g. drivers installed, patches installed, .NET installed, DirectX installed, etc.), …

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Re: sometimes it's glitch and hangs the PC

Posted on 2024-04-13, 00:59

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Need more info. Post the emulator you're using (VMware, 86box, etc.) or the hardware if it's real hardware (CPU, memory, graphics, motherboard, hard drive, etc.), version of DOS, and the games you're having trouble with, then we can try and help.

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Re: Question about XP Pc

Posted on 2024-04-12, 19:12

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Watch out for the dell’s and hp’s a lot of these are work or generic home computers and many are 64 bit. And you will have a nightmare with obtaining cards to fit in them. It shouldn't matter if the CPU is 64-bit, they still run 32-bit software and OSs perfectly as if they were a 32-bit CPU. They …

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

Posted on 2024-04-12, 04:53

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Today I installed copper heatsinks (9mm x 9mm) on the VRM mosfets on this P2B-B 440bx motherboard to help keep them cool. One of them gets quite hot at 2.0V, too hot to touch, so hope these will help. A case fan will blow over them. I'm slowly overclocking the FSB, starting at 100MHz and am at …

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

Posted on 2024-04-12, 04:51

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Wrangled with some ISA soundcards today. To be more specific, Yamaha SW20-PC, Reveal SoundFX SC400 Pro 16, Samsung Audio Magic X and an OEM HP Aztech 2320. And somehow I revived 2 graphic cards, a no name S3 Trio 3D/2X AGP and a Matrox G200 PCI. Nice, what did you do to get the video cards working …

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

Posted on 2024-04-04, 21:27

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PD2JK wrote on 2024-04-02, 20:01: Finally some working 256k SRAM chips and got this message at the POST, just wonderful to see this line: […] Show full quote Finally some working 256k SRAM chips and got this message at the POST, just wonderful to see this line: DSC_8633.JPG Crammed in the DTK board …

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

Posted on 2024-04-04, 21:23

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The very small bummer about this is that the Tyan board doesn't have a front USB port while the Soyo one does. I'm dealing with this too. Switching from an A-Trend 440ZX AT board to a Asus P2B-B 440BX board, since the latter supports more RAM and has a few more nice features in the BIOS. The former …

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

Posted on 2024-04-01, 18:23

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm waiting on an upgraded Gotek and an XTIDE with an SD Card adapter on it, but I've otherwise gotten my XT in to the condition I want it to be in. Keyboard has been thoroughly cleaned, and the monitor and case have been magic erasered. Only thing I really need to do is figure out how to get all …

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Re: Question about XP Pc

Posted on 2024-03-29, 20:40

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I personally don't want an illegal copy of the software. I found a couple pcs on ebay was wondering if anyone could let me know if these would be good. Thanks in advance https://www.ebay.com/itm/226009195919?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=aFK1pz8eSiu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=JEWGD9rqTWe& …

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Re: The most coolest IDE hardrives....

Posted on 2024-03-29, 20:06

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I tried out a 7200 RPM 68-pin Ultra SCSI drive recently, a Fujitsu MAH3182MP, I think it was 18GB. It had a really nice sound. It's hard to describe but it sounded different from a typical ATA drive in a nice way. Maybe a higher power motor or something? It spins up and down really quickly. I also …

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

Posted on 2024-03-29, 19:45

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Still dunno how to fix that "Unknown CPU Type" string but as long as CPU-Z sees it properly, I'm happy enough. If anyone has a suggestion on how to fix that string (and on a nForce 2 mobo no less), I'm all ears! Maybe the Vintage Edition of CPU-Z would detect it properly? I keep both the Vintage …

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

Posted on 2024-03-23, 16:35

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I have been searching nice cooler for my Slot 1 Tualatin project. It's actually not that easy to get cheap slightly beefier 370 cooler. Then MB+CPU+Memory combo popped up on local auction site with nice CPU cooler. Fortunately no one cares about 370 Celeron CPU-s with 66mhz FSB and no AGP slot so I …

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

Posted on 2024-03-23, 16:18

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Rehoused the Socket 370 build into a new chassis. Always preferred the desktop aesthetic to a tower but it's all subjective of course. Only issue being, I can't use the front panel USB ports (hidden under the flap) at this point because the board uses a funky USB front panel header with ten pins. I …

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Re: USB stalls

Posted on 2024-03-18, 03:23

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It sounds hardware related to me, there's nothing inherent about Windows 11 that would cause file copy stalls. I agree 10 would feel faster on the same hardware though, especially LTSC which has minimal bloat. Could also try a dedicated copy tool like RoboCopy (CLI) or TeraCopy (GUI) which may give …

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

Posted on 2024-03-12, 00:23

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Spent some time trying to test/troubleshoot this cursed multi-boot P4 build. I'm reaching a point where I think this system is a lost cause. It sure does look pretty with all the gold and brown/tan PCB. What's the main trouble with it? Must be something crazy considering all the other projects …

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