Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue

Posted on 2013-10-09, 19:06

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by carlostex

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That's what i tried to tell you. I dodn't used that editor because it does not save the changes you do to the file. I used MODBIN instead. I recommend you that for now, you just flash the chip with the original Gigabyte F4 BIOS. Get the board online again, then we might think what went wrong. …

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Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue

Posted on 2013-10-09, 18:54

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by carlostex

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OK. I can hear two types of beeps. The first type of beep is a high pitched one and i hear it as a 1 long and 2 short beeps. This indicates a problem with the video adapter. Now, i know this is weird, but a BIOS checksum error should give a different beep code. Another problem is that it is hard to …

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Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue

Posted on 2013-10-09, 18:43

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by carlostex

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You need to know first what type of EEPROM you have on your motherboard. So you might need to remove the sticker from it. I believe by that time they were already using EEPROMS instead of EPROMS. I have this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genius-G540-USB-Universal-Bios-GAL-Programmer-EPROM-FLASH- …

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Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue

Posted on 2013-10-09, 18:18

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by carlostex

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Oh dear. Just tried it and it bricked the board :depressed: It does a few PC speaker beeps and then hangs. Floppy LED is lit. Will have to do a BIOS hotflash on another board I guess. What could have gone wrong? I see you use a BIOS editor. Might have a play with this myself... :angry: How many …

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Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue

Posted on 2013-10-09, 17:51

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by carlostex

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Mau1wurf1977 , i guess this is what you need: I've just modded the latest version available of the Gigabyte GA-5AX BIOS, to include ACPI option to enable/disable: http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a620/carlostex/ga-5axcustom_mod_zps36f76a32.jpg?t=1381340705 ATTENTION: USE THIS BIOS FILE AT YOUR …

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Re: MediaVision PAS questions

Posted on 2013-10-09, 15:30

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by carlostex

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Everytime Cloudschatze posts his cards pictures i watch. Beautiful pics!

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Re: Late 90s gaming (and other uses) machine build - Voodoo2

Posted on 2013-10-07, 23:28

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by carlostex

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: My Time-Machine uses AGP video cards. It's a Super Socket 7 machine, Pentium CPU, Cache disabled for all the 386 games. Gave up on the K6-III?

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2013-10-05, 12:03

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by carlostex

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If by your 'difficult CMS titles' you mean games that are marked in your article as 'working only with original Game Blaster', I didn't test any of them. The Adlib/Soundblaster part of my SB 2.0 definitely works (I have sound in Win98 and in Miles 3.x games), but 388h port is inaccessible. Miles …

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2013-10-04, 09:41

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by carlostex

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Jepael wrote: Does anyone know if original Creative chips work with problematic CT1336A cards? And happen to have access to oscilloscopes and logic analyzers? The original Creative CMS upgrade does not work with CT1336A cards. Actually documentation for cards sold with CT1336A bus chip lack any CMS …

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Re: Need some advices for a new retropc build (II)

Posted on 2013-10-03, 18:21

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by carlostex

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N3T wrote: Yeah I know, but softMPU still have issues with a few games no ? Which ones? I thought everything was pretty much working, even picky games that specifically need IRQ 9 for MPU-401. You can even get rid of the buffer overflow issues with the DELAYSYSEX command.

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Re: The Little Tandy That Could

Posted on 2013-10-03, 09:11

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by carlostex

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Hey Eric, what the hell are you doing? You are moving into dangerous ground... You wanna kill us all? You are this close to build Skynet! 😵 😁

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2013-10-02, 22:34

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by carlostex

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Yep, it seems I hurried too much to announce good news. I have tried some other games. CMS works everywhere, but Adlib and Soundblaster parts work almost nowhere. As far as I have determined, Miles 3.x games (tried Wacraft 2 and Magic Carpet 2) work ok if Sounblaster SFX/Music is selected. Music …

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Re: Need some advices for a new retropc build (II)

Posted on 2013-10-02, 19:21

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by carlostex

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I'd say you better go for the Pentium II with a 440BX. Most of the stuff you are aiming is Windows 95. Get a 440BX slot 1 board and a Pentium II Deschutes. That should work great for you.

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Re: Late 90s gaming (and other uses) machine build - Voodoo2

Posted on 2013-10-02, 15:57

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by carlostex

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Wow. Is the K6 200 really 20% faster than a P233MMX? Depends on the benchmark or application. Generally the MMX 233 will be faster. There is so much about benchmarking... From those days to today, everything will be optimized for primarily Intel CPU's. You can design an amazing x86 micro …

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2013-10-01, 21:05

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by carlostex

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The only difference between working rev05 and non-working rev04 and rev06 I can think of is that rev5 is using soldered smaller YM3812-F, and rev4/rev6 utilize a socketed YM3812 one. We need more tests from you... As of now, it seems you have the only CT1336A equipped card that works correctly with …

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2013-10-01, 19:48

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by carlostex

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Here's my card and it for sure has DSP v. 2.02 and CT1336A bus chip. The reason for other cards failure must reside elsewhere. You gotta do a little more testing. But if it works correctly then it seems that only Revision 6 cards are affected. Funny how this story keeps going... EDIT: Actually one …

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2013-10-01, 19:41

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by carlostex

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Hearye, hearye! To all brave an' loyal dwarves! My 059316 revision card seems to be working ok. I hear CMS from Codename:Iceman, and SB PCM/Adlib music from Warcraft 2. No time to do further tests for now, but I will do it in future. Sorry for being so lazy and procrastinate it till nowadays. Big …

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Re: Am I the only one that gets pissed off about...

Posted on 2013-09-30, 23:59

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by carlostex

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I often wonder how many stuff that is rare now keeps being destroyed/shredded everyday. As you can see on my signature, i'm looking for an original AdLib card. How many of these historic cards have been shredded across the world? How many AdLib Golds have disappeared? How many are left? One of my …

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Re: What sound hardware do I need for old DOS gaming?

Posted on 2013-09-30, 12:46

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by carlostex

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I always wanted to grab a Yamaha based card, if for no other reason than just to have one. How about this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/ISA-16bit-Sound-Card-Chip-YMF718-S-Yamaha-Audician-32-plus-/200965841109 Yep that will be fine. Although the dos software is nothing special, the card is not hard to …

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Re: What sound hardware do I need for old DOS gaming?

Posted on 2013-09-30, 09:19

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by carlostex

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Unless you have a Roland MPU-401AT, let me remind you that the CT1600 does not have a UART compatible MPU-401. If you still want Creative go with a SB 16 CT1740, or if SB Pro compatibility is more important go with a YMF718 or 719 chipset card.

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