Re: Matching hardware with software?

Posted on 2014-09-05, 09:13

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by shamino

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I've noticed something odd with the memory limitation on XP. My video card is a GTX260, which has 896MB. Yet the accessible RAM under XP is shown as 3.25GB. That doesn't add up. It's as if the video card's memory is not in the same address space, but I thought that was the primary component normally …

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Re: Awe32 CT2760 Jumpers 12 and 13

Posted on 2014-09-05, 05:41

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by shamino

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I have a CT2760 hooked up right now and definitely working, so I was going to check how my jumpers are set, but apparently my CT2760 and your CT2760 are different. So much for model numbers. I don't have any jumpers in that area. The problem you're describing sounds familiar, I think my CT3990 …

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Re: Socket 370 - VIA Apollo Pro 133 vs Intel 440BX

Posted on 2014-09-05, 03:56

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by shamino

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If the 440BX satisfies the needs for that system, then I'd use it. I wouldn't be very interested in the Apollo Pro 133. I can't remember if I've ever used the 133 though, so maybe it's okay. If that's the Apollo Pro 133 A (with the 694X chip part number), then I'd be more in favor of it. 133A has …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2014-09-02, 05:11

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by shamino

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Tyan's support page for my socket 940 board actually lists support for one model of 4GB DDR333 module. Strangely there's only one model listed, so it makes me wonder if these things ever really materialized on the market, but apparently they certified one of them. This was only at DDR333 though. At …

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Re: PCI-X capable mainboards vs. PCI only, better?

Posted on 2014-09-01, 00:03

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by shamino

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I suppose a system designed to support faster PCI might have less latency per individual transaction, but I don't think that would end up making any difference. I think the lower clock rate would still end up dictating the throughput over the long term. Also, keep in mind that Voodoo3s didn't …

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Re: Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2014-08-31, 18:24

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by shamino

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Personally, I used to get furious with Win98 and I'd still avoid it when possible. The Win98 era is when BSODs were becoming such a rampant nuisance that everybody started to complain about it, and the reputation has stuck with Microsoft ever since, even though switching to the NT architecture fixed …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 CT1740 with ASP

Posted on 2014-08-28, 11:34

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by shamino

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I don't have anything to suggest for repair, but if you do give up on it, I'd at least save it as a parts donor.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2014-08-28, 09:49

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by shamino

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Put together a VIA 694X based P3. Then found that out of my 3 512MB PC133 modules, only one of them passes memtest. 😒

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Re: Memory for a Cirrus Logic 5426

Posted on 2014-08-27, 05:30

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by shamino

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In case it's ever useful to anybody, I looked at my old CL-GD5426 video card with 1MB. It has 2 of these RAM chips soldered: MT4c16257DJ -7 These are 512KB capacity, 16-bit wide Micron Fast Page DRAM chips with 70ns access time. I don't know if they are in parallel on a 32-bit bus, or if they're at …

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Re: Some New Purchases

Posted on 2014-08-26, 01:02

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by shamino

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I guess RAMBUS is finally getting affordable. :) I have an old HP with the 512KB version of those Xeons, I wonder how much difference the cache size makes on those. In a way it's an immensely well built system that I've thought about repurposing, but it frustrates me with it's BIOS limitations so I …

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Re: FireGL and Quadro cards: any good for gaming?

Posted on 2014-08-25, 16:38

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by shamino

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Coincidentally, last night I had out a Quadro4 900 XGL for a system I'm putting together. I understand it's the equivalent of a Ti4600 128MB. From looking at the Quadro, and comparing to the TI4200s I've had, I believe the Quadro has some real advantage in it's component quality. For one, the …

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Re: New retro Ahtlon build, and related question

Posted on 2014-08-24, 00:51

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by shamino

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Could this be the reason the internal USB isn't working correctly anymore? Data transfers over USB fail after a few minutes. I suppose it's possible, but I don't know. Certainly bad caps don't make the chips happy, since the voltages would be fluctuating more than they're supposed to. Early VIA USB …

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Re: New retro Ahtlon build, and related question

Posted on 2014-08-23, 01:19

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by shamino

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Changing all the caps is best, unless any of them are good brands, but sadly they probably aren't. As awesome as ABit's boards were, they used terrible caps in that time period. It ruined their reputation and it's probably the reason they're not in business anymore. They switched to good caps later, …

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Re: Does this look like a murder weapon?

Posted on 2014-08-21, 04:01

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I can't figure out why it takes 128KB of memory to remember 5 sets of keymaps and a DPI setting. Programmers these days...

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Re: Viper powermulti 586ce2

Posted on 2014-08-21, 03:13

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by shamino

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That thing looks scary. But I sympathize with anybody who wanted to upgrade a socketless CPU back then. I was desperate for our wimpy 386SX to go faster, and if I'd seen something like this I probably would have been trying to convince my dad to buy one. So this disables the original CPU? I wonder …

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Re: Windows 2000 extremely unstable

Posted on 2014-08-20, 04:49

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by shamino

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Well, I ran Memtest, which turned up no errors. I ran ChkDsk and the drive came up with 8 gigs worth of bad sectors. Thinking that was the obvious problem, I reinstalled Win 2000 on a Seagate 40GB PATA drive (with SeaShield anti-static cover). Have you tested the current hard disk? I like using …

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Re: Dual Katmai PIII (Warning: Photos are a bit big)

Posted on 2014-08-19, 16:01

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by shamino

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Welcome to the forum. I love slot-1 builds. Those test results do look weird, but I'm still feeling skeptical about the chance of that multiplier being able to change under any circumstances. It just seems like that would be an exploit that the motherboard manufacturers would have found ways to take …

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Re: IBM PS/2 Model 80 'Blue Lightning' Restoration / Recapping

Posted on 2014-08-18, 13:17

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by shamino

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Looks cool. I've never had any experience with these early IBM PCs. I don't think I've even used one - I saw some common desktop models occasionally as a kid but that's it. Several years ago I was in a local computer shop and they had an old IBM that they were giving away for free. I left it there, …

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Re: K6-III Win98 Question.

Posted on 2014-08-18, 01:45

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by shamino

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If you're comfortable with modding then I'm thinking it might be possible to resolve the AGP overcurrent issue on these boards. Not wanting to spam or anything, but I posted something about this here that might be pertinent: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=39568&start=40#p374265 It also …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-08-18, 01:08

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by shamino

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Voodoo3 cards are known for drawing (for the time) a lot of power from the AGP slot. http://www.falconfly.de/info/faqV33k2k.html#q9 9. Is the Voodoo3 2000 and 3000 compatible with my motherboard? ... The FIC PA-2013 (other than revision 2.1 PCB) has a voltage issue which will burn out the …

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