Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-03-09, 19:49
To be honest you're both still in the win for now - I'm waiting on two VP6s 🤣
Re: eBay Voodoo 2's (Project BRICK) Retro build
Posted on 2024-03-09, 12:09
Tevian wrote on 2024-03-09, 10:58: Sad about the V2 "beyond salvation". Must be bad! 😥 Indeed. One of the TMU is gone and I have no way to source another to fix this card. It's the one closest to the TI TVP3409 DAC chip.
Re: eBay Voodoo 2's (Project BRICK) Retro build
Posted on 2024-03-09, 10:44
If I can suggest, I'd be looking into an ATX Socket 7 board - something along the lines of ASUS TX97-XV, P5A, AX59 Pro. That way you won't have to deal with the CPU socket being in the way. While I didn't encounter this issue in the same way (with V2s, the only one I have is beyond salvation, shame …
Re: "Natural Copper" - a 650MHz rebuild
Posted on 2024-03-09, 08:28
Aand not long after I found the culprit. Apparently if I launch Crazy Taxi the whole system crashes down. Rebooting and trying all the other games besides CT and they all work.
Re: "Natural Copper" - a 650MHz rebuild
Posted on 2024-03-08, 18:52
Haven't had much time to do stuff on it... but for whatever reason games that previously worked (SW Episode 1 Racer, Tank Racer, and a few more to name) will not launch at all now. I did add Crazy Taxi and it didn't launch but I brushed it off as probably having issues with 9x (I don't recall …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-03-08, 08:23
I might be wrong but if the "Acorp MVP3 board" is the one above that "Pentium MMX" case in the 3rd photo, that's a Luckytech board, not an Acorp. I think you're right, it looks a lot like the P5MVP3 from lucky tech - https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/acorp-5via77 Acorp didn't make their own …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-03-07, 23:16
I might be wrong but if the "Acorp MVP3 board" is the one above that "Pentium MMX" case in the 3rd photo, that's a Luckytech board, not an Acorp.
Re: Why build the "fastest" Windows 98 system?
Posted on 2024-03-07, 23:11
I think I had a "fast" 98SE machine aswell that I sold, comprised of: - P4 HT 630 - ASRock 775i65G - FX5500 I think - 120GB Hitachi SATA HDD off an Xbox 360 (set to Compatibility Mode I think) - 512MB DDR400 It ran rather well, with very little issues. I know, a GF6 or 7 would have been the true " …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-03-07, 22:57
With these it's usually a safe bet to check if there's a sticker, and the naming convention goes like this in that case: 6VIA85P - Apollo Pro+ 6ZX85 - 440ZX And it's not a near identical mobo. It's the same PCB used for both of the boards! They reused the PCBs and just changed the chipsets at their …
"Natural Copper" - a 650MHz rebuild
Posted on 2024-03-07, 20:30
As the title says, I'm doing a rebuild of a older build I had. Specs: - Seasonic SS-350FS PSU - Soyo 6BA+IV mobo - Pentium III 650MHz, SL3XK - 256MB PC133SDR - Quantum Fireball Plus AS 20GB HDD - MSI Geforce 2 Pro 64MB - RTL8139D NIC - VIA VT6212L USB 2 0 card - SB Audigy 1394, model SB0090 - Sony …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-03-06, 19:06
Nice, it's been a long time since I last heard of CIH.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-03-05, 21:42
I wonder if it would be easier to pop off the chip and use a TL866II to reprogram it. Are those little micro probes you have there attached to it? I've never tried to reprogram a flash chip in-place before. Kynar wire, the same type I'm using to do PS2 and Xbox 360 glitch chips. I did pull it off …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-03-05, 12:02
The Dell OEM A2ZS (SB0358) won't detect when trying to install the standard Audigy 2 ZS drivers. I got a EEPROM dump (thanks to @LoStSOul) and it should be as much as just writing the EEPROM that fixes it and turns it into a retail card.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-03-05, 10:55
Prepared an Dell OEM Audigy 2 ZS to be converted to retail 😀 Off to download the required stuff (EEPROM dump, AsProgrammer and CH341 drivers) ASUS RoG G71GX is the machine of choice 😁 - Core 2 Duo T9600 and GTX260M.
Re: Retired build - Celeron 466 / Abit ZM6 / Voodoo3 / AWE64 Gold / YMF744 / SC-155
Posted on 2024-03-04, 21:17
IIRC most Mendocino BX (and as such, ZX as well since ZX=BX, just like EX=LX) boards I've seen will easily run 66FSB Coppermines, as long as the voltage regulator can go down to 1.8v. There are a few BXs that may fry the chips but so far I haven't found any yet. The only one I know of that will …
Re: New PSU killed motherboard?
Posted on 2024-03-04, 20:19
Looking for Green 500W on eBay... I'm not impressed. The PSU looks like the typical generic POS gutless wonder... and it goes for $25! WTF?! There's plenty of cheaper and better PSUs out there, especially 2nd hand. The only thing that Green PSU would be good for is (de)soldering practice and (small …
Re: New PSU killed motherboard?
Posted on 2024-03-03, 23:49
I would chuck that "Green" PSU (the one from ebay) straight in the bin. That's a gutless wonder of a fire hazard just waiting to happen, even more so as they just stole the PSU design from Hercules PSUs (which are abysmal in quality.) As @Horun pointed out, get an branded PSU - FSP, Delta, Newton …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-03-03, 15:16
I got a cheap 8800GTX about last year and it's nice. Leadtek PX8800GTX, the G80 kind. It's a surprise it hasn't died (yet) but the thermal pads might need a replacement as they look pretty nasty. Otherwise it has chugged along pretty nicely on an Athlon 64 x2 4600 skt939. Moved it to a Core 2 Duo …
Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98
Posted on 2024-03-02, 22:31
I've been seeing here that someone claimed that GF8 series supposedly were working under 9x but with no solid proof. I'm willing to test that out with a nF4 machine for testing purposes. (figured I'd go with something that is as much compatible as possible - I would've used a 915 based mobo but I'm …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-03-02, 13:10
Heh, now I know what manufacturer made a Riva 128ZX I sold two days ago. Thanks. That FCC ID style seemed pretty familiar to me.
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