Re: Show off your beige computer cases here

Posted on 2016-11-21, 18:31

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I build all my modern systems in old-school beige. :cool: I'm not much of a modern gamer, so I stick to low end and energy efficient cards, like the GT 210 or GT 730 for my builds. CPUs.... I'd strive to find the beefiest cooler possible in order to make up for the outdated airflow design in my …

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Re: Irony regarding published esd precautions

Posted on 2016-11-21, 18:17

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I killed my first Commodore 64 back in the late 1980's because I touched a TV screen while having my hand on the keyboard (static took out the RAM chips). Some plastic can be staticy, others not so much. I keep cards in a plastic drawer shelf with no issues. I find it odd that it died so easily. …

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Re: Coppermine slot 1 support on earlier WS440BX boards

Posted on 2016-11-21, 07:31

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Oh shoot, my bad. I was tired when I wrote my previous post. Would the updated Gateway BIOS be able to run the PIII under 2V or will it be stuck at 2V? I have my GX1 here and it does not seem to have any trouble running a PIII with BIOS A07 although being designed for PII's. The site I visited …

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Re: Coppermine slot 1 support on earlier WS440BX boards

Posted on 2016-11-21, 07:26

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candle_86 wrote: I've got a coppermine 800 in my gp6-400 Did you have to update the Bios first? Your cpu has been running with no issue since?

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Re: Irony regarding published esd precautions

Posted on 2016-11-21, 07:16

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I wonder why I never killed anything while touching the plastic panel the same time as the motherboard and cards. I always touch and hold the metal on the case while working on a PC. There's the reason. If you were to rub the plastics on your head or something similar, I think you'd have issues. Ha …

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Re: Windows 95 OSR 2.5 and 128-256mb ram

Posted on 2016-11-21, 02:58

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Past 256 MB windows 95 will start to get errors, and it will actually slow your computer down. The slow-down could/would actually be a motherboard limitation. Motherboards of this era (particuarly thinking of Socket 5/7/super 7) have a "cacheable" RAM size which is usually half or lower of the …

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Re: Irony regarding published esd precautions

Posted on 2016-11-21, 02:47

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Also, maintaining moderate humidity is an important part of moderating the risk of static discharge (which is also cheap in your home). Most of the other techniques, like air de-ionizers and anti static floors and desks get quite expensive. Is the plastic used for PC front panels static free? No, …

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Re: Hanging note bug on old sound cards

Posted on 2016-11-21, 02:26

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The same here. I sometimes load games to listen to them. The same goes for graphics -If I can, I just stop there to admire. Oh yes, rightly so! If theres any redeeming quality about boring childhood games, it has to be the game music! The music used in MSB Human Body is the perfect fit for a horror …

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Re: Hanging note bug on old sound cards

Posted on 2016-11-21, 02:23

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On the video I noticed it hangs on a single note during the last few seconds of the MIDI piece.

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Re: Show off your beige computer cases here

Posted on 2016-11-21, 02:15

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My Two Beige Cases. Both need retr0bright doing on them! I have a third NOS AT tower case coming which i'm excited to receive! http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/hive81/20160926_222540.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/hive81/20160523_215329.jpg I tend to not like Enlight cases, to …

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Re: Irony regarding published esd precautions

Posted on 2016-11-21, 02:12

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Is the plastic used for PC front panels static free?

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Re: Coppermine slot 1 support on earlier WS440BX boards

Posted on 2016-11-21, 01:51

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Oh shoot, my bad. I was tired when I wrote my previous post. Would the updated Gateway BIOS be able to run the PIII under 2V or will it be stuck at 2V? I have my GX1 here and it does not seem to have any trouble running a PIII with BIOS A07 although being designed for PII's. The site I visited …

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Re: Windows 95 OSR 2.5 and 128-256mb ram

Posted on 2016-11-21, 01:44

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I read online that once Windows 95 gets 256mb, the "law of diminishing returns" starts to take off. I don't understand what that means and how it will affect the OS. Up to a certain point, the more ram you put in gives you equal amounts of power, but past that point your pc can no longer compute …

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Irony regarding published esd precautions

Posted on 2016-11-20, 13:50

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Hehe.. I just thought of something. According to general ESD precautions, you are not supposed to keep plastic items near your work area where you are handling computer circuitry. Yet think about it.... The computer case itself has a plastic front panel or even plastic side panels on some models. …

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Hanging note bug on old sound cards

Posted on 2016-11-20, 11:06

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I believe this bug describes the occurrence of when MIDI playback on a single note hangs. I have this Youtube video which appears to be having a hanging note at the very end of the sequence. Please tell me if I'm correct that this is indeed a hanging note bug. Here is the video, regarding one of my …

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Re: I heard AMD K6+ cpus can fix the Pentium Socket 7 64MB memory cache limitation

Posted on 2016-11-20, 08:07

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The pentium III is another matter. It has SSE witch lots of later games use (best example would be Quake III) and scales up a lot better then the K6-III. A 600MHz PIII wrecks a 600MHz K6-III due to diminishing returns in the K6's risc86 architecture. Aha, the law of diminishing returns. Possibly …

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Re: I heard AMD K6+ cpus can fix the Pentium Socket 7 64MB memory cache limitation

Posted on 2016-11-20, 07:47

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The K6-3 suffers still from a weak FPU and i can't really recommend it to play 3D Games :) Correct, though it seriously tempts me with it being known as one of the quickest clock-per-clock cpus ever made. I may tinker with one someday. I have an untested K6-3 400 sitting around somewhere.. I'll see …

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Re: I heard AMD K6+ cpus can fix the Pentium Socket 7 64MB memory cache limitation

Posted on 2016-11-20, 07:44

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I find working through all the "trouble" to be more rewarding that the result. To each their own, I don't have as much patience with "misbehaving hardware" Haha! I quit using Win98 for a reason ya know, I can't stand the endless levels of buggy bugs. The same goes for hardware. I desire to keep …

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Re: Coppermine slot 1 support on earlier WS440BX boards

Posted on 2016-11-20, 07:37

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It's an OEM board, and it boots up fine with a Sloket III Slocket. An early 1999 Gateway board just like mine? Yup, I even got it in one of these cases (not my image) http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f375/cheese93007/phpjanKwGPM.jpg Is that an XP sticker I spy on that case? You also have a newer …

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Re: Coppermine slot 1 support on earlier WS440BX boards

Posted on 2016-11-20, 07:35

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OH YEAH NICE MOTHERLOAD!!! 😁 I Can't wait to find one of those one day. My full tower G's are two identical looking P5-75 and P5-100 cases. Artex has the same looking towers I have. I also used to have a giant P5-200 case but with different styling. Thanks for the photo.

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