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

Posted on Yesterday, 21:33

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Backed up a previous owners 2gb dos drive with games etc from the ga-5ax build. Really noisy drive. Looks like they had awe32 installed, dir /w awe32 folders. Only have pci cards, want to finally figure out dos. The previous owner has tonnes of saved games for sshock etc.

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

Posted on Yesterday, 19:11

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soldered new reset button on megadrive 2 now i can use saves on mega everdrive x3. success. followed this guide: https://youtu.be/6klndBZFU7Q?si=kP8HxS-LMTYh-f9b desoldered one capacitor (JPCON 10V 1500uF) from MS-5191 which was bulging. motherboard works but crashes when changing audio properties, …

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

Posted on 2023-09-24, 22:19

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I want to save this Medion (Lifetec) MT4 Pentium 3 Tower. 2023-09-23 23.14.48.jpg Of course the caps are exploded. I didnt expect anything else. 2023-09-23 23.31.35.jpg2023-09-23 23.31.57.jpg But... 2023-09-23 23.30.59.jpg There is an unpopulated ISA slot and a SB_Link header between the pci slots …

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

Posted on 2023-09-24, 22:17

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Gonna give a go at recapping ms-5191 motherboard. Is OEM socket 7. Bought some bits online. Never done this before. Motherboard full of tayeh and Jpcon caps which I've read are sh*te

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

Posted on 2023-09-20, 09:56

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Does anyone know where I can dump images of the reload cd and the recovery diskette? http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/ works as well. It's worth uploading to both. I personally don't always find things easily on archive.org I love Vogons, but it's always good to have a backup option. The Internet …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-20, 01:07

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Just picked up an SC-55 today! Unfortunately, I'm only getting sound out of one of the RCA outputs. I'll keep it, as I can use the headphone jack, but it would be nice to be able to use the RCA jacks working too. I tried a factory reset and checked the panning. Neither of these helped, so I suspect …

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

Posted on 2023-09-07, 21:11

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Installed Windows 7 on iMac 2011 27". Tried to get to windows 10. No cigar... Windows 10 is way better than windows 7 and protected... It wanted a product key. This iMac has a gorgeous lg 2k display with Inky Black's and nice internal speakers, really bright too. Beats my benq ex3210r in picture …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-05, 20:48

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Finished Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition , after who knows how many attempts of playing all the way through it and being a pain in my ass for 20+ years Baldur's Gate is finally done and beaten! And what an ending it had, straight to credits immediately after the main antagonist bit the dust. No end …

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

Posted on 2023-09-05, 19:43

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PD2JK wrote on 2023-09-05, 15:05: I'm an idiot. Trying to install Vortex drivers. Why won't it work!? DSC_6020.JPG Oh it's a Vortex 2, all this time I thought it was a Vortex 1. lel, thats a dell turtle beach variety, nice

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-05, 19:41

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delete

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-05, 19:41

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2017 imac 27" 5k 😁

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-02, 16:42

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The only game i've sat down to play recently was Kingdom Eighties. Really enjoyed it and finished it very quickly, I think in a couple of sittings.

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

Posted on 2023-09-02, 16:29

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lel, transplanted ssd with time pc restore image from socket 462 to socket 939 neo2 platinum with opteron 180. it works with no note hanging when using soundcanvas midi. i think the pci 128 soundcard is good for these systems. also now using startech ide sata controller. previously aureal or sb live …

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Re: Need help troubleshooting a new Windows XP build (no video)

Posted on 2023-09-02, 05:26

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Ati 4870 1gb gddr5 would go well with that system. Dead GPU more bother than its worth especially xfx cards

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

Posted on 2023-09-01, 21:27

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Installed Windows 7 on iMac 2011 27". Tried to get to windows 10. No cigar... Windows 10 is way better than windows 7 and protected... It wanted a product key. This iMac has a gorgeous lg 2k display with Inky Black's and nice internal speakers, really bright too. Beats my benq ex3210r in picture …

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

Posted on 2023-08-30, 20:35

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Finally got round to installing windows xp on z87-g45 gaming motherboard I had laying around for over a year. It has a 4770k installed in it. I think I gave up because of ahci issues. Stuck in a spare Asus mini gtx 970. After downloading various copies of xp and slipstreaming ahci drivers I finally …

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Lenovo/hp case audio speaker w/ non-oem motherboard

Posted on 2023-08-30, 08:24

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Does anybody know how to use the case audio speaker from lenovo/hp computers on a non oem motherboard. I would like to reuse an e72 thinkcentre case with the handle for a win98 build.

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Re: Ultimate Windows XP Build (Intel i7-3770k / GTX 980Ti / 24" Asus ProArt display / X-Fi Titanium)

Posted on 2023-08-29, 21:13

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Nice I've upgraded my xp build with x-fi titanium and silent frozr msi gtx 970 from my daily use build as I've upgraded to silent Asus 3060ti tuf. It's not had much use but hasa large hard drive with a tonne of good games of olde courtesy of mercs123 :) I may install xp on an iMac 2011 27" that I …

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

Posted on 2023-08-29, 06:13

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Does anyone know where I can dump images of the reload cd and the recovery diskette? http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/ works as well. It's worth uploading to both. I personally don't always find things easily on archive.org I love Vogons, but it's always good to have a backup option. The Internet …

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

Posted on 2023-08-28, 21:58

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Does anyone know where I can dump images of the reload cd and the recovery diskette? http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/ works as well. It's worth uploading to both. I personally don't always find things easily on archive.org Thanks I will try this. Archive.org can't search for what I've uploaded. On a …

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