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

Posted on 2019-01-21, 20:15

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My test base is a computer case that had its guts taken out and lots of standoff mounts left from the other 2 cases. Heck, the one case that had the Intel D850GB board in is almost to the bottom end of my computer desk in my basement. Speaking of retro activity, I had to reinstall Windows 98SE on my …

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Re: Intel D850GB motherboard drivers causing BSoD in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2019-01-21, 18:42

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got it to work after removing the Windows folder completely and re-installing Windows, and restoring the OS from the backup from my 200GB (32GB limit set) HDD to the 60GB HDD. Prior to doing so, I copied the important folders, such as the Profiles, Desktop, and Start Menu folders and sub-directories …

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Intel D850GB motherboard drivers causing BSoD in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2019-01-20, 03:56

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I decided to swap my Socket 370 board with a Socket 423 board, an Intel D850GB that has RAMBUS RDRAM-184 RAM, which I've never had a computer that used it, except for my Nintendo 64. Prior to installing it, I let all of the parts, including the PSU to warm up since it was in my car for 2 weeks, took …

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Re: Phoenix BIOS 4.03 v1.1a ISA Only (Packard Bell PB450M Motherboard) FCC ID: 450-459

Posted on 2019-01-19, 16:31

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think the last official Packard Bell BIOS 4.05.07 was meant for systems with the PCI riser card. That BIOS never worked for me, only the 4.03 BIOS and the Micro Firmware BIOS. I suggest flashing the 4.03 BIOS and then, the Micro Firmware 4.05.10 BIOS.

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Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)

Posted on 2019-01-18, 21:00

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by bjwil1991

in Milliways

in Milliways

Friday: getting ye olde Socket 754 board out for my Windows 98SE machine or the Pentium 4 system that's been sitting in my car for 2 weeks since my VooDoo2 card never liked VIA chipsets and attempt to replace the water pump on my car before the deep freeze Saturday: bowling, thrifting, and picking …

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Re: VooDoo2 card detected in Windows 98SE, but, not in DirectX Diagnostics, games, and Display properties (error)

Posted on 2019-01-18, 20:59

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Apparently, the VIA chipsets are the issues (found a forum when I was looking up VooDoo2 and VIA on Google that has a list of chipsets that everyone is having issues with).

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Re: Is anyone here into component level repair on Graphics cards?

Posted on 2019-01-18, 19:49

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I've recapped my Radeon 9600XT card and added 2 caps to my VooDoo2 card (never done that before a day in my life) back in December (Christmas Eve/Day). As for reflowing the video chip, I've never done that before and a lot of people recommend a heat gun and flux to reflow the solder underneath the …

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Re: Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer.

Posted on 2019-01-18, 04:32

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Changed the board and I got a Fatal 0E has occurred at 0337. Edit: placed the Shuttle board back in and it's working (kept the USB controller out). Going to bring in the Pentium 4 system out of my car, clean it out, and install or test the board to see if it still turns on, or grab my Socket 754 …

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Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer.

Posted on 2019-01-18, 02:55

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is the message I get when I try to boot into Windows 98SE with my nVidia GeForce4 Ti4400 card installed. What could be the issue? I even changed things in the BIOS to no avail either. Specs: Board: Shuttle AV18V31 CPU: Intel Celeron 1.4GHz HDD: 60GB Maxtor ODD0: LG CD-RW ODD1: Samsung DVD-ROM …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2019-01-17, 22:03

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Packard Bell PB450 BIOS: 1) OEM Phoenix BIOS 4.03 v1.1a ISA only PnP: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QHJh0qAGsA9fschLwoLtGcCLZwYGXGFi 2) Micro Firmware 4.05.10 (supports WB, up to 128MB RAM, and up to 8GB HDD): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pWxmWpxn7FSlMt-JciMA60_yYICL0sEl Micro Firmware info …

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Re: 10,047 post count

Posted on 2019-01-17, 19:40

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by bjwil1991

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in Milliways

Congrats, man. Here's to another 10053 more.

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Re: Is a 16x CD-ROM considered too loud for game play?

Posted on 2019-01-17, 19:37

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Drives faster than 32x are too loud for me, especially CD burners that are reading CDs. My old Lite-On DVD Burner is louder than my laptop's slim DVD Burner when reading CDs.

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Re: Phoenix BIOS 4.03 v1.1a ISA Only (Packard Bell PB450M Motherboard) FCC ID: 450-459

Posted on 2019-01-17, 19:34

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Are you using the original BIOS?

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

Posted on 2019-01-16, 22:19

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Protip: Don't press the reset button, because it gets stuck, then you have to try to get it unstuck for 20 minutes with a dental pick, or disassemble the button to release it. :dead: Speaking of stuck reset buttons, my Nintendo 64 and GameCube have 1 thing in common: the reset or eject button gets …

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

Posted on 2019-01-16, 14:51

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Older Tandy systems, like the 1000SL, had a socket for an SRAM RTC module.

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Re: Demo of Chuck Jones: Space Cop of the Future now available

Posted on 2019-01-15, 17:42

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by bjwil1991

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Cool. Over the weekend or on Friday night, I'm planning on dusting off my Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus, hook it up, and test the game. For now, it'll be my Windows 98SE desktop for testing the game.

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Re: Sound blaster 5.1 Live (asking for version and drivers)

Posted on 2019-01-15, 14:28

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by bjwil1991

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in Marvin \ Sound

Not yet. Haven't had the time so far due to stress and working late 5 days a week.

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Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)

Posted on 2019-01-14, 14:19

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by bjwil1991

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For the SoftMPU that'll work with the Dreamblaster S2P card, here's a link I found: https://github.com/pdewacht/softmpu

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

Posted on 2019-01-14, 06:03

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tested the Dell Latitude D600 laptop after getting it out of my trunk of my car to see if it powered on. It didn't at first, but, after spraying the contact cleaner in the RAM slots, the system sprang to life. The original owner(s) must've wiped the hard drive, so, I tested the HDD in Lubuntu ( …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-01-13, 02:39

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by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is what I got today during my thrifting adventures today: InterAct SV-708A 3-button Serial Mouse* New Western Digital 80GB IDE Hard Drive * looked new to me, but, I'll have to verify. Pics to follow.

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