Re: New Tualatin Build
Posted on 2014-03-04, 14:07
Since your card load-out is so high, maybe ditch the Live! and its bus mastering issues.
Re: Life span of parts
Posted on 2014-03-01, 19:41
In regards to parts that sit, capacitors have an idle time of around 15 years, not before they die, but before their values waver, largely which could cause problems in the circuit. Solder joints can go cold or crack if the part is in a place where there is lots of hot, then cold such as a garage or …
Re: A home for P3-933
Posted on 2014-02-28, 13:40
There are several. Look here for examples: http://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/hotline/9 … 18/440bxmb.html
Re: Exploring Socket A
Posted on 2014-02-27, 20:03
A lot of this XP talk is boggling. For me, SP2 was slow, but SP3 returned to being quick. I would suggest however, that on an older system, SP1 may be the best choice because you can still disable ACPI which speeds up XP noticeably.
Re: Background Noise with ISA sound Cards
Posted on 2014-02-26, 13:59
DonutKing wrote: What model SB16 did you use? Ive also recapped psu's, motherboards and sound cards, but none of them seem to help with my SB pro. Swap to a later SB16 vibra or a different brand card and the noise goes away. That may account for it, then. I used a 2770.
Re: Background Noise with ISA sound Cards
Posted on 2014-02-25, 15:47
There's not much you can do about this. I've got the same issue with multiple systems, and no amount of recapping, swapping PSU's or moving slots seems to resolve it. I'd suggest a later model Creative card that doesn't suffer from this issue - CT2800 or CT2900 if you want real OPL3, or an AWE64 …
Re: WCPUL2D - L2 cache overclocking (also, 120MHz AGP clock)
Posted on 2014-01-31, 07:39
You're on a Coppermine, correct? I'm interested to see how it improves Katmai cores since they were about half the speed.
Re: Ideas for a Pentium MMX System?
Posted on 2014-01-31, 07:36
Logistics, I haven't had issues running Live! with P233MMX. I never had problems with mine, either but if you look around, they are known for their bus-mastering issue. Even when I did ACPI installs in XP, I didn't have troubles, but I predominantly did no ACPI installs to improve performance/ …
Re: WCPUL2D - L2 cache overclocking (also, 120MHz AGP clock)
Posted on 2014-01-31, 02:34
My mind is so gone. I forgot which forum I read about this... I thought I found it randomly while searching the net and then posted about it as well. Haha. Darn that's sad.
Re: Ideas for a Pentium MMX System?
Posted on 2014-01-31, 01:50
The live is known for problems caused by bus mastering issues. Technically, the Live! and Audigy or similar cards all have a PII-350, or there-abouts, as a system requirement. Are you running ACPI in 98SE? I don't even remember how it worked in 98SE... been so long. If it were my system, I would …
Re: Aopen/Acer VI15G Socket 3 Mobo: Bad Cache?
Posted on 2014-01-31, 00:15
Are you looking for specific information from the manual or just want a real hard-copy of the manual? VVVVVV
Re: Voodoo3, shaky picture and snow
Posted on 2014-01-28, 01:12
Did you try changing the PSU?
Re: Help me identify my Creative cards?
Posted on 2014-01-27, 03:25
Just Google the CT# and the exact model should surface. Sound Blaster 16 and a Soundblaster 2.0 (which is desirable)
Re: Where were you when the world was DOOMed?
Posted on 2014-01-27, 01:05
I don't remember at which point I came in... I think after DoomII was released, but I was soon engulfed in DWANGO wads on BBS's. IIRC, I was using Juno to connect to the internet and play DoomII on Head2Head for 15 minutes at a time. Of course I steamlined the process so I could maximize my play- …
Re: Someone is looking for retrobright?
Posted on 2014-01-27, 01:02
really nice! But does it stays the same? Or should it be yellowed again? Any plastic that gets retrobrite'd will re-yellow, because the process that yellowed it in the first place will just happen again. The only way to prevent it would be to coat it with something clear, or paint it like badmojo …
Re: Someone is looking for retrobright?
Posted on 2014-01-27, 01:00
I wonder if those packets of hair-bleacher that come in dye boxes would work for this.
Re: Aopen/Acer VI15G Socket 3 Mobo: Bad Cache?
Posted on 2014-01-26, 23:46
I would try reseating all the cache chips. If you have any DEOXIT then I would apply some to all pins with a saturated q-tip.
Re: Replacing an ISA slot
Posted on 2014-01-26, 02:52
Find a replacement card-edge slot with GOLD-PLATED contacts, and say you upgraded that slot for use with quality sound cards or fast ISA graphics adapters.
Re: Someone is looking for retrobright?
Posted on 2014-01-25, 02:56
If you don't care about the original texture, you can wet-sand the sides of the face with 500-grit, followed by some thousand, and polish them. It's just to take the degraded plastic off the outside. I experimented with this on some AppleDesign M6082 speakers. They polished up, beautifully and had …
Re: The best way to sell old pc's
Posted on 2014-01-25, 02:49
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