Re: Old GPU modules for notebook: can be used?

Posted on 2022-05-09, 16:04

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by chiveicrook

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Unfortunately, MXM is based on PCIe and everything before MXM was a total wild-west like paradigital mentioned. Looks like regular single slot and/or low profile PCI card connected via PCI riser cable (regular pci riser cables start as low as 5EUR) is your best bet, as long as you can mount it …

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Re: Old GPU modules for notebook: can be used?

Posted on 2022-05-09, 13:09

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by chiveicrook

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MXM (whatever variant) with some form of LVDS should be incredibly simple to create PCIe adapters for though. No idea if such a thing exists as I’ve never had the inclination to look! MXM adapters to PCIe used to be pretty common sight among chinese retailers, they are harder to find now but MXM …

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Re: Would you go for any of these Socket 7 boards?

Posted on 2022-05-09, 06:58

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by chiveicrook

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Ad 3 Integrated Trident Blade3D in MVP4 chipset shares system memory and eats a lot of memory bandwidth (according to original reviews) so it might not be the best choice for "high performance". It is surprisingly capable, however. Ad 2 While also not the best choice for squeezing the last drop of …

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Re: my compact flash experience is a dud

Posted on 2022-05-06, 19:10

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by chiveicrook

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stanwebber wrote on 2022-05-06, 15:04: p54c 75mhz on a 25mhz fsb. Just noticed this. I thought that all Pentium 75 models ran on 50mhz fsb with 1.5x multiplier? What laptop is this exactly? I'm curious about its underlying architecture.

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Re: my compact flash experience is a dud

Posted on 2022-05-06, 15:56

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by chiveicrook

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I've just finished experimenting with msdos. It seems that my memory was flaky and it doesn't support multiple partitions on cf cards. Best I can do is to get a card recognized with two drive letters but access to them fails. i have the laptop manufacturer's specific cardsoft drivers and they work! …

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Re: my compact flash experience is a dud

Posted on 2022-05-06, 14:22

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by chiveicrook

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It should be possible to access all partitions regardless. There is an issue with partitions and removable devices (=CF card on usb card reader). Windows, at least until some version of windows 10, only display the first. Argh, too much linux usage for me I guess :-) To make matters more …

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Re: my compact flash experience is a dud

Posted on 2022-05-06, 09:21

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by chiveicrook

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Even generic PCMCIA->CF adapters (which are practically passive since 16bit pcmcia is more or less a direct extension of isa bus and CF cards are native ATA devices and native PCMCIA cards) are good for old laptops which do not support cardbus ATA devices and/or (U)DMA. Keep in mind, however, that …

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Re: Here's an idea: using high endurance (micro)SD cards meant for continuous video recording as storage for retro gear

Posted on 2022-05-05, 06:45

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by chiveicrook

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I still think that cheap "smartphone" sdcards or any other cards with "A1" class are best suited as hdd replacements. Not only do they have guaranteed random r/w performance but also they are more likely to have wear leveling algorithms optimized for such use case. Not sure how lazy (or more likely …

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Re: What scary games require booze to take the edge off?

Posted on 2022-05-04, 16:39

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by chiveicrook

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Not a whole game but "Robbing the Cradle" mission in Thief: Deadly Shadows is awesome, it even has its own wiki article 😀 Decent bourbon to calm the nerves after the mission is recommended 😀

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Re: What the best Pentium 4 (533mhz fsb)?

Posted on 2022-05-04, 06:50

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by chiveicrook

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Cool looking PC! I'd first experiment with the mobo and see what range of voltages is available. If it supports low voltages (1.2V and lower) I'd try a Pentium 4-M 2.6 @ 35W. Otherwise, I wouldn't put anything over 60W TDP in that case: 2.4 Northwood would fit nicely. Is it running stock PSU? It …

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Re: P4B266 motherboard can't boot from IDE2SATA

Posted on 2022-05-02, 15:08

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by chiveicrook

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While I haven't used this particular type of adapter, once the drive is detected in bios it usually should boot without a problem which is why I believe the problem lies elsewhere. What's on the drive that you are trying to boot? Can you force boot with a boot manager (for example plop boot manager …

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Re: Doom 2 & Wolfenstein 3d VS OPL3-SAx sound card

Posted on 2022-04-29, 07:55

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by chiveicrook

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I guess it could be muted by default or it could somehow get stuck in WSS mode. Try UNISOUND: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.81b

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Re: Windows 98 SE setup freezes

Posted on 2022-04-28, 19:36

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by chiveicrook

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1. Probably too obvious but how much ram did you install? Not only does win98 dislike to run with lots of memory but sometimes also struggles to install. 2. Today I've been installing WinMe using usb keyboard and mouse connected by usb hub. I found a bizarre issue that would cause the install to …

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Re: Two very strange Samsung HHDs

Posted on 2022-04-28, 07:17

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by chiveicrook

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Actually, managed to find info that spinpoint 0411 models count in minutes. The count jumped by 404k within a few hours. Even if it's 404k minutes, that would still be 280 days. I still think something isn't right with the firmware. Disregard the 404k count and look at the raw data. Jump from 3k to …

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Re: Two very strange Samsung HHDs

Posted on 2022-04-27, 20:16

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by chiveicrook

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Actually, managed to find info that spinpoint 0411 models count in minutes. (https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/omg … 492/post-326383) The tool used converts this number from hex to hours and it shouldn't. EDIT: fixed some wrong info

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Re: Two very strange Samsung HHDs

Posted on 2022-04-27, 11:15

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by chiveicrook

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From my experience it's really hard to find software that correctly reads and interprets all values from SMART. Best to look at raw values and compare with manufacturer's datasheets for the drive if available. It's quite likely that 63798 is not in hex at all but in, for example, BCD. Could be 63798 …

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Re: What would be your ultimate retro keyboard?

Posted on 2022-04-27, 06:56

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by chiveicrook

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For me, the Microsoft Natural Elite keyboard but with enhanced compatibility with both modern and legacy systems would be the keyboard of choice. Some may dislike unusual arrow keys layout but I like it more than the traditional one - with my relatively small hands I could keep four fingers on keys, …

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Re: Toshiba 220CS doesn't get past BIOS

Posted on 2022-04-19, 19:56

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by chiveicrook

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Does its behaviour change if you try to boot without cf adapter plugged in? what about booting with neither floppy nor adapter?

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Re: Recommended 2D/3D card for a 233MMX PC

Posted on 2022-04-19, 09:33

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by chiveicrook

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I managed to run Heores3 acceptably on P133MMX and C&T F65554 2MB card (Toshiba Sat Pro 440CDT). It wasn't fully smooth but perfectly playable at 800x600. If the virge was slower than rush I'd guess that there's something wrong with driver's DirectDraw acceleration, maybe drivers did not expose it …

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Re: HDD headache

Posted on 2022-04-17, 14:16

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by chiveicrook

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Boot dos 6.22 from floppy and execute "fdisk /mbr" Alternatively, just install windows and it will overwrite mbr. Can't remember if dos installer also did this.

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