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

Posted on 2019-01-01, 21:38

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by bjwil1991

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Backed up all of my GameBoy Game Saves using the InterAct Mega Memory Card for GameBoy and GameBoy Color games (battery backup games only) that I've had for 2 years as a precautionary measure. Might buy an adapter to read the EEPROM chip to make a backup of it as well to be safe. I wonder if there …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2018-12-31, 17:46

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by bjwil1991

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That is one decked out laptop.

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Re: Monkey Island 1&2: Roland MT-32 + Sound Blaster support

Posted on 2018-12-31, 00:38

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by bjwil1991

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Burrito78 wrote: Use this link: http://web.archive.org/web/20180101205256/htt … php?f=7&t=35820 The patch for MI2 is on the first post. Three patches for different MI1 releases are on page 2 of the thread. You're awesome, man.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2018-12-31, 00:34

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by bjwil1991

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That Sound Canvas PCMCIA card is a nice touch.

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

Posted on 2018-12-30, 02:53

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by bjwil1991

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That's alright. I also suggest a battery holder for a CR1220/1225 battery to save the additional 10-20 seconds for the system to POST and it's recommended to prevent the system from doing the 1-4-2-1 beep code with the BIOS being a revision or two higher than the old one.

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

Posted on 2018-12-30, 02:25

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by bjwil1991

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Got my ATI Radeon 9600XT card to work correctly for Windows 98SE after disabling a few things and changing the AGP Aperture size from 64MB to 16MB, but, my VooDoo2 card isn't responding to playing a certain game (will test a few others to see what happens). Glad I got the card to work after a recap. …

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Re: ATI Radeon 9600XT and Windows 98SE issues

Posted on 2018-12-30, 02:23

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by bjwil1991

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Changed the PSU to no avail, however, after disabling the fast write and other things on the AGP slot and lowering the AGP Aperture size from 64MB to 16MB, installed the 6.2 drivers, and it's working without any issues. Going to install the 4.3 driver set for better clarification. Now I need to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-30, 02:20

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by bjwil1991

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Cool keyboard. And $4 is pretty good for that. Test it on an XT machine and see how it works.

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

Posted on 2018-12-30, 02:19

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by bjwil1991

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I have the original one on my Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1P0uAcU2msT9 … yc_vI5QUEmjyb94 Rename it to PB450M.BIN for the phlash program.

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Re: ASUS PCE-AC55BT Bluetooth issues

Posted on 2018-12-29, 15:48

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by bjwil1991

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Fixed the Bluetooth issue by uninstalling the ASUS Bluetooth drivers (BT400) and it looks like it's working.

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Re: ASUS PCE-AC55BT Bluetooth issues

Posted on 2018-12-28, 22:45

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by bjwil1991

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The Broadcom driver is tied to the ASUS BT-400 USB Bluetooth adapter and when I uninstall the driver, it reintalls itself. I'm planning on looking in Programs and Features to see if there's anything that says Broadcom or WIDCOMM after I get home from work.

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

Posted on 2018-12-28, 14:19

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by bjwil1991

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Flash the older version and see what happens. Do you have any Level 2 cache installed as well and are you using an external battery? Sometimes, the BIOS is picky when it comes to an external battery being used instead of the one on the board, such as the CR1225.

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

Posted on 2018-12-27, 20:54

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by bjwil1991

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If you see the notch at the end of the socket, the notch on the chips themselves must follow to prevent them from baking.

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Re: ASUS PCE-AC55BT Bluetooth issues

Posted on 2018-12-27, 06:06

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by bjwil1991

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I downloaded the version 20.90.0.3 drivers and there aren't any issues yet, however, I get a code 10 {access denied} on the Broadcom Bluetooth Hands-Free Audio driver for some reason and that is only for my ASUS BT-400 USB dongle. Edit: issue started again. Why can't I win? Event viewer: event …

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[SOLVED] ASUS PCE-AC55BT Bluetooth issues

Posted on 2018-12-27, 04:32

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by bjwil1991

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I recently purchased an ASUS PCE-AC55BT network card that has both Wireless AC 1200 (Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260) and Bluetooth 4.2 (Intel Wireless Bluetooth(R)) that requires an open USB 2.0 header on the motherboard. After I installed the card and its drivers, everything was working, for the …

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Re: ATI Radeon 9600XT and Windows 98SE issues

Posted on 2018-12-25, 08:58

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by bjwil1991

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Update on the card: I recapped the card with the new 1000uF 10V caps that has a 10000 hr at 105C lifespan (the through-hole caps) and I don't get the Out of Sync message on my monitor any longer. YAY! Good news is, the card works, bad news is the drivers won't work well (has Catalyst 6.2 installed, …

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

Posted on 2018-12-25, 08:55

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by bjwil1991

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Recapped my Radeon 9600XT AGP card and I don't get the out of sync message on my monitor any longer (replaced the 5 10V 1000uF caps with newer ones that has a 10000 hr at 105C lifespan) and put on two new 16V 10uF caps on my VooDoo2 card (the ones I ordered were too small, but, they soldered on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-25, 08:52

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by bjwil1991

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That's what it looks like to me as well.

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

Posted on 2018-12-24, 22:22

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by bjwil1991

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Did you check to see if the LDEV bypass jumper is set accordingly as well?

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-23, 23:23

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by bjwil1991

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On Saturday morning, I went to Microcenter for 100 packs of DVDs and Jewel cases, and came out with an ASUS PCE-AC55BT that does Wireless AC1200 (867Mbps @ 5GHz, 300Mbps @ 2.4GHz) and Bluetooth 4.2 (Windows 10 would throw a code 10 and 43 error, and the audio driver says access denied). However, the …

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