need help with 3850 hd on windows 2000

Posted on 2023-03-08, 17:44

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by RetroVixen2K

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I got LCD framerate issues in DOS so I bought a 3850HD AGP. I had a lot of success the last time with a pair of 6990HD cards using Blackwingcat's modded drivers. but then the capacitors and board failed and that was a completely different build. right now I have windows 2000 loaded up with SP5, the …

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Re: funky epox board needs repairs.

Posted on 2023-02-20, 09:49

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Can you post a picture of your board ? I bet the caps around the Slot-1 and/or the VRM near the BIOS chip are going bad (which can cause many odd issues). Am facing similar issues with two recent found boards but one def has cap issues (bloated and brown goop on tops)... ok, you were spot on about …

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Re: funky epox board needs repairs.

Posted on 2023-02-03, 23:58

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

slight update, I managed to score a good 900mhz CPU for the K7m but its glitching on windows for both the install CD and the pre-existing system. I'm hearing something about timings getting too tight above 800mhz but this board just is too dumpy to handle more than 110mhz bus clock. can anyone …

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Re: funky epox board needs repairs.

Posted on 2023-01-30, 19:54

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

that was the first thing I checked. if it were that easy I'd have done it myself. I was going to take pictures with my new phone when it arrived but while me and my secretary were looking it over we found gouges on the back. we sent it to a youtuber with a repair shop who can do deep board repair …

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funky epox board needs repairs.

Posted on 2023-01-26, 02:39

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ok, so this is the second epox EP-7KXA that I've received that has major problems. last one got sent back. this one was listed as "no returns". I'm gonna be perfectly honest here: I may be nifty with tools and good at what I do but I'm not stupid enough to attempt further repairs myself, not on an …

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Re: Need a new midi/gameport header as well as a missing chip.

Posted on 2023-01-22, 17:06

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in Marvin \ Sound

There were some CT2950 that had the OPL3 chips instead of the CQM, maybe ask on this forum for some high res pics to figure out what to swap and replace. I have a CT2950 w/CQM unfortunately or I would help. I never thought about recapping mine until now, I just remember when I bought it new back in …

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Re: Need a new midi/gameport header as well as a missing chip.

Posted on 2023-01-21, 15:32

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You aren't missing out on much with the asp chip , I got one just mostly because the empty socket on my sb16 was bugging me xD. TFX is the only game that supports it and the effect is really underwhelming to the point you wouldn't even notice it , it just kinda pans the audio around. Only other app …

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Re: Need a new midi/gameport header as well as a missing chip.

Posted on 2023-01-17, 04:50

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I don't mean to double post but on the off chance anyone else is having an issue or experiment like this here an update: I solved the port issue, here is the solution: DO NOT GOOGLE IT AS "MIDI GAMEPORT" that returns it with USB and DIN5: IMG_20230116_213606_163~2.jpg IMG_20230116_215531_737~2.jpg …

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Need a new midi/gameport header as well as a missing chip.

Posted on 2023-01-14, 10:50

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The soundblaster 16 I've been repairing needs a new port. I tested the lines with a bunch of them pirate hook lookin probe thingies to see if it worked past the header, it does. The port is just crudded up with midi-cheese. (yeah I don't know how to properly describe that gunk or the tool names but …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-07, 17:04

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in Marvin \ Software

CONCLUSION OF ISSUE SUMMARY: launcherbox was the best solution. I may never know what dad did on his machine but at least we got ours working and back to the same level as his. the backup machine is ready and waiting in case of issues with the faster machine. the old boards in dad's machine tested …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-07, 05:18

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in Marvin \ Software

I'd suggest having an F-PROT boot disk handy, as a boot sector virus can potentially cause that problem. If your BIOS has a virus check option (which checks for boot sector modifications) that's also useful.. actually I think it might have been power fluctuations in the building destabilizing the …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-07, 04:06

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in Marvin \ Software

ok this went to crap in a hurry. the drive or 6.22 went bad on me and is saying its not a bootable drive. anybody know if DOS 2000 is any better than DOS 6.22? or more accurately the question should be which version of DOS should I be using to maximize memory capacity for gaming? last I knew DOS …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-06, 00:04

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alright I'll give devicehigh a go today. pity it can only see 640kb and not in the MB range. is there a way that FreeDOS can be configured to use a K7 or at least the resources worth of a 586/686/786? right now its stuck in 286 mode and is being ridiculous. I tried finding the config.sys file but …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-05, 18:29

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in Marvin \ Software

For sure you had 3 partitions, a bootloader, and in DOS a boot menu Maybe the bootloader was NT one, in this case, you need to install DOS and win95 first, then last one NT, or dump the DOS boot sector to a file, for win95 and DOS partitions well that tells me my suspicions about how he had the …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-05, 03:41

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I'm back, the menu program for games sort of worked. but there are still massive issues here is how it went and where I am stuck: so I tried the menu program in freeDOS, welp I got the program working at least. no games ran. finally after hours of remaking installation floppies for games I had and …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-03, 22:51

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in Marvin \ Software

boot.ini is a hidden system file. You need to type at a command prompt: attrib -s -h c:\boot.ini notepad c:\boot.ini thank you, that explains why it seemed to be missing. I know the topic is "how did my dad..." but his way may or may not be the best way, do what works best for you...unless you …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-03, 19:03

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Under Win 2K/XP you can setup a boot menu to pick from multiple operating systems by adding entires to the BOOT.INI file. Under MS-DOS you can make menus with CONFIG.SYS... see here: http://smallvoid.com/article/dos-multiple-configurations.html I recall one of the PC magazines back in the '90s …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-03, 02:14

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in Marvin \ Software

To make a NT bootmenu easy, check this tool http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm awesome, I just woke up. google is still being useless. its now giving me truck and TV buying guides when I ask about DOS speaking of a third party program, you don't suppose there is a DOS menu creator program out …

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Re: ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens?

Posted on 2023-01-02, 13:13

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in Marvin \ Software

For sure you had 3 partitions, a bootloader, and in DOS a boot menu Maybe the bootloader was NT one, in this case, you need to install DOS and win95 first, then last one NT, or dump the DOS boot sector to a file, for win95 and DOS partitions well that tells me my suspicions about how he had the …

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ok guys, I give up. how did my dad make DOS menus and boot screens? (solved)

Posted on 2023-01-02, 12:12

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by RetroVixen2K

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in Marvin \ Software

so I decided that since my dad died last spring and given the retro cluster**** he left me in his will and that I should go ahead and finally tackle that retro arcade project(s). you know cause a mid life crisis is a great time to work on a project I've procrastinated on for the past 20 years. …

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