LGR just released a video where he "restored" (LGR's version of restoration is a new CR2032) a Gateway and it ran OpenGL but crashed with DirectX. He ended up replacing the GPU after losing his mind trying different driver versions. Different GPU fixed it. It is doing it in windows XP (SP3) now too …

Has your Thunderbird got all it's corners? Ppl used to report all kinds of weird crap happening back in the day for minor die chips... though "no noticeable problems" and completely inoperable seemed to also happen for what looked like the same amount of damage. Years ago I set some friends up with …

Has your Thunderbird got all it's corners? Ppl used to report all kinds of weird crap happening back in the day for minor die chips... though "no noticeable problems" and completely inoperable seemed to also happen for what looked like the same amount of damage. Now that you mention it, there is a …

Did you replace all the big capacitors on the board (~470uF and bigger), particularly any near the AGP slot? For example, there's a picture of a K7T Pro2 here: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms-6330-ver-1.0a where you can see someone has replaced 3 big caps up by the CPU, but not the …

less aggressive agp bios settings? or just failsafe settings across the board? i think you're using the same via 4-in-1 version i am if memory serves so not sure what else to try. I'll give it a try. Doesn't seem to make sense being stable in OpenGL (Half-Life) but refuses D3D. The machines haven't …

I have an SN25P and use an Asus 7800GT, the one with a single slot blue LED hsf. In an air conditioned room playing Oblivion it wouldn't get over 77c. It is PCIe. Maybe test with on-board sound and see how it goes. I won't put my ZS in there because it's likely going to trap too much heat in.

kingcake wrote on 2024-03-19, 04:55: To clarify, these are the boards you mentioned recapping? Have you ran memtest on them? They are yes. I have run memtest on them and they passed 5+ times.

Not mentioned, but based on the Direct X versions you're using Windows 98? If it were me, I would put in a spare hard drive and try Windows 2000 or XP. This would either narrow it down to something wrong with the OS/drivers, or if there are issues with either of those operating systems then you …

Recently I recapped a couple of older mobos. First one an MSI K7T Pro and 2nd AOpen MK33. Ever since installing any DirectX (7 thru 9) none of my DirectX games or 3dmark will load. Unreal, after switching from software to DirectX throws an illegal operation. The game is the original CD, patched to …