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Re: What Is the Best Way to Creating a Windows XP/98 Dual Booting Environment?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 18:19

Dhigan wrote on 2024-04-22, 14:34: How about using racks ? That's so funny! At one time, I actually implemented this idea using that same exact rack system, except mine was white. I can't remember why I stopped doing that. I seem to recall that it worked well.

Re: What Is the Best Way to Creating a Windows XP/98 Dual Booting Environment?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 20:33

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ Software

I definitely had problems with XP on the D: drive and 98 on the C: drive with some installers. Most software handles it just fine, but not all of it. I don't want software I install in Windows XP messing with my 98SE install, hence the "complicated" solution without ntldr. Agreed, 100%, totally, …

Re: Your most shitty motherboard?

Posted on 2024-03-14, 21:56

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I suppose I've been pretty lucky. Some bad systems I've encountered: IBM ThinkPad T23 - The Worst! They have a bad habit of components on the bottom of the system board spontaneously breaking free of their solder joints. I have observed this failure in at least eight of these laptops. It is a …

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-10, 22:41

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey sorry for the long delay work stuff but had another question about this ThinkCentre if it is a BTX system would a modern PSU work with it? or do i need a special type of PSU? NotSure.jpg I am now curious along with you. I never replaced the PSU in my Dell T3400 because I never felt a need to do …

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-09, 05:42

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTX_(form_factor)

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-08, 16:16

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It looks like your M52 is a BTX system. Am I seeing that right? If so, how cool! I've got a Dell Precision T3400 that is BTX as well. I always thought this design was superior to ATX and never understood why it didn't catch on.

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-07, 22:11

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The ABIT KT7A, my namesake, is the poster-child of the capacitor plague. Yep, I'm well aware of it. Chris Passalacqua over at BadCaps.net has earned plenty of my cash over the years. I highly recommend his services if you have an affected PC that you want to preserve. His service is expensive, but …

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-07, 18:54

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Fan failure message: Check to make sure all the fans are connected properly and are spinning. Sometimes a janky fan will cause that error even if it's spinning, but slowly. I have this problem with my ThinkPad T60, and I'll replace the fan soon to fix it. CMOS Battery: Replace that. CR2032 is cheap. …

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-07, 08:46

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You did clear the CMOS (with a jumper) and reset the BIOS, right? If problems persist, what are the symptoms? What's going on? All the software for the M52 is still available here: https://download.lenovo.com/eol/index.html Some other documentation is still online, here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ …

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-07, 07:43

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Many moons ago when I worked for IBM, I supported the ThinkCentre M52 SFF models in a corporate environment. When we first deployed them we received many complaints about loud fan noise. Just like PC Hoarder Patrol said, a BIOS update fixed the problem eventually. I also seem to recall that one of …

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-07, 07:35

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Or, if you can't make a visual confirmation that the motherboard is from an M52, try to figure out what type of ThinkCentre it is by examining your motherboard. If you can figure out what ThinkCentre models used your motherboard, you should be able to find a BIOS flash update for it. Can you provide …

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-07, 07:18

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've saved the page at the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20240307071532/https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds000714-flash-bios-update-thinkcentre-a52-type-8153-8154-8155-8156-8157-8158-8159-8160-8161-8162-8163-8164-8165-8166-8167-8168-8169-8170-m52-type-8099-8110-8111-8112- …

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-07, 07:05

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go atm https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds000714-flash-bios-update-thinkcentre-a52-type-8153-8154-8155-8156-8157-8158-8159-8160-8161-8162-8163-8164-8165-8166-8167-8168-8169-8170-m52-type-8099-8110-8111-8112-8113-8114-8115-8116-8211- …

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-07, 06:53

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

SFMG wrote on 2024-03-07, 06:04: so atm what do i do? You never go atm

Re: 32-bit OS that will run best on 8MB 386sx-16

Posted on 2024-03-04, 20:38

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ Software

I ran OS/2 Warp 4 back when it was new on an AMD 486DX4/120, then later on my Tyan S1563 system which you can see here . This is my (abbreviated) story: Back in early 1995, when I first got into computers I was a DOS/Win3.1 user. It took awhile to learn it but it wasn't too difficult to grasp. I had …

Re: Tyan S1564S to S1564D single to dual processor conversion (also s1563 and s1562)

Posted on 2024-02-19, 17:17

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My guess is the GF2 MX400 will probably perform similar to the Radeon 9250. However, with the GeForce card you can run the magical v45.23 drivers and you also get palletized texture and fog table support.

Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2024-02-18, 18:55

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ Video

Ah, that makes better sense now. As I was writing my reply to you, I was even thinking to myself, "Am I misreading this? This can't be right." Hang onto your Tyan boards like they're made of gold. If you haven't seen the prices for them on eBay lately, they're priced like they're made of solid gold. …

Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2024-02-18, 16:39

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ Video

Btw, replying to OP, thread long, hope this is still relevant. Greetings, fellow Tyan S1563 user! I'm still out here. I just don't spend as much time reading VOGONS as I used to. There comes a point where one has learned pretty much everything one needs to know for their realm-of-interest in this …

Re: Tyan P200 MMX Voodoo 1

Posted on 2023-12-03, 15:40

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ System Specs

While saving my stuff from PhotoBucket, I found these additional four photos in the same folder for this thread, but they were never posted. I don't know why. I'm posting them now. TyanS1563SGhettoCoolerInstalled1_zpsd8db415d.jpg TyanS1563SGhettoCoolerAim3_zps938c210d.jpg TyanS1563SGhettoCoolerAim1_ …

Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2023-10-26, 14:48

by KT7AGuy

in Marvin \ System Specs

v1.2 and v1.3 KT7A boards work really well as long as you use an ISA sound card. If you use a PCI sound card you'll want to read up on the 686B southbridge bug to mitigate that problem. However, the v1.0 KT7A gave me headaches with weird issues that you can read about here . Things I've learned …

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Re: What Is the Best Way to Creating a Windows XP/98 Dual Booting Environment?

Re: What Is the Best Way to Creating a Windows XP/98 Dual Booting Environment?

Re: Your most shitty motherboard?

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Re: 32-bit OS that will run best on 8MB 386sx-16

Re: Tyan S1564S to S1564D single to dual processor conversion (also s1563 and s1562)

Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Re: Tyan P200 MMX Voodoo 1

Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+