Re: Pci cards that get detected in device manager,but drivers won't install

Posted on 2020-11-26, 21:26

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by darry

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Yes,what i mean is that no matter if i install the drivers with a installer or manually,the card still doesn't gets recognized,it just shows up in device manager as a "pci multimedia device"with the yellow exclamation mark. As i said i tried different computers,different motherboards the only …

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Re: Pci cards that get detected in device manager,but drivers won't install

Posted on 2020-11-26, 20:36

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by darry

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I have a couple of pci video and sound cards,which get detected in device manager ,but when i install the drivers nothing happens,they just keep showing up in device manger with the yellow exclamation mark (i tried different driver versions),i checked them there is no visible damage,no broken …

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Re: Speaker hum - power supply

Posted on 2020-11-26, 20:27

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by darry

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I've narrowed down my speaker hum to my XP machine. If I disconnect the power cable to the XP machine, the speaker hum goes away. That PC is connected to the receiver through three 3.5mm to RCA cables. Merely touching the computer case with the 3.5 mm jack will cause background hum in my speakers. …

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Re: hdd replacment - sd card, cf card or scsi

Posted on 2020-11-26, 02:11

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by darry

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My controller uses an FC1307A and having the first partition as FAT-16 is fine, maybe this is down to it being the A I have Windows 98SE installed on the first partition and WXP + W2003 on the NTFS partitions https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=96945 That could definitely be the case. My …

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Re: Using a vintage multi-track recorder as a mixer, namely the Roland VS-880EX - might apply to other Roland VS- units

Posted on 2020-11-26, 01:53

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by darry

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I have some more experiences with an FC1307A based adapter . If I create a FAT16 primary partition using Easus Partition Master rather than Windows 10 Disk Management or Linux fdisk, it seems to be perfectly accessible after a power cycle ! The only difference I see at first glance (there may be …

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Re: hdd replacment - sd card, cf card or scsi

Posted on 2020-11-25, 03:58

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by darry

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A retro PC without spinning rust is an abomination unto the machine god. Keep your Seagate, keep it hunnid I'm switching to SSD and CF for all my retro systems, and SSD only for later systems. I am primarily a collector of graphics cards and CPUs, as well as a range of motherboards to cover all x86 …

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Re: hdd replacment - sd card, cf card or scsi

Posted on 2020-11-25, 02:51

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by darry

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2020-11-25, 01:30: A retro PC without spinning rust is an abomination unto the machine god. Keep your Seagate, keep it hunnid 🤣 . To each his own. In my defense, I do have one retro machine with spinning rust, but it's recent, quiet and reliable (hopefully) SATA spinning rust …

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Re: hdd replacment - sd card, cf card or scsi

Posted on 2020-11-25, 00:33

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by darry

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make sure that the first partition on the card is FAT32 or NTFS, otherwise you will almost certainly have issues. That first partition does not need to be big or usable by DOS,or even set to active . If the first partition is FAT12 or FAT16, all the FC1307 based adapters that I have tested will see …

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Re: Using a vintage multi-track recorder as a mixer, namely the Roland VS-880EX - might apply to other Roland VS- units

Posted on 2020-11-25, 00:30

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by darry

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I figured out the behaviour 4 years ago, trying to use an SD->SATA adapter to run a linux box. Couldn't find any similar information on the web so thought I just had a dud device. Wasn't until today when I saw the adapter in my spares box and noticed it used a FC1307 chip that I realized it was the …

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Re: hdd replacment - sd card, cf card or scsi

Posted on 2020-11-24, 23:05

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by darry

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make sure that the first partition on the card is FAT32 or NTFS, otherwise you will almost certainly have issues. That first partition does not need to be big or usable by DOS,or even set to active . If the first partition is FAT12 or FAT16, all the FC1307 based adapters that I have tested will see …

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Re: hdd replacment - sd card, cf card or scsi

Posted on 2020-11-24, 20:12

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by darry

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hello all i been working on 486 build (using a different motherboard for now, till i can get old one working again) i have noticed there is bottle neck somewhere (not within dos itself but in windows 3.11) the hdd that came with pc is old seagate 3000rpm -ish ide hdd and it does work but i was …

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Re: How to retrieve the content of an old backup made of 4 rar files

Posted on 2020-11-24, 09:56

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by darry

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patrmich wrote on 2020-11-24, 09:16: When I try to open the CC12345A file with 7zip, I am getting the following error message : Cannot Open File as Archive Are you sure that you are not missing a file in that backup set ? My memory may be off on this, but wouldn't the first file in a set normally …

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Re: SD Card to IDE Adaptor issues with FIC Slot 1 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-11-24, 09:53

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by darry

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I agree 100% with jmarsh about the FC1307 having issues with FAT16 . For the current issue, however, If it's the system BIOS that's complaining about "Primary Master Hard Disk Fail", my guess is that it does not like the parameters entered for SD card . Specifically, my guess is that the 80GB drive …

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Re: SSD Options for SATA 1.5 Only Motherboard

Posted on 2020-11-22, 20:55

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by darry

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Yes, through a SATA-IDE adapter, you can use it on any IDE port, even on VIA boards. Provided the adapter works, which some of the cheap ones from ebay may not. But on SATA ports, it won't work on boards with those VIA southbridges I mentioned (VT8237, VT8237R, which make up the majority of VIA's …

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Re: Help with Audigy 2 Dell OEM on Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Posted on 2020-11-22, 16:06

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by darry

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@darry I've tried the CD from the link you provided, unfortunately no luck. It looks like I won't be able to get this card going on Win 95. Any recommendations as to Win 95 compatible cards? Would SB Live! be acceptable? I have a SB0220 which is also a Dell OEM, and it also does not want to install …

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Re: 5.25" Floppy drive support.

Posted on 2020-11-22, 05:47

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by darry

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Would anyone happen to know any socket 939 motherboard that would support dual floppy drives? I have a good socket 939 build and I could just switch the motherboard if I found such. Ha No ! Have one and has no floppy support at all. Not even a floppy header for one drive but guess that depends on …

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Re: Gigabyte 6bxc with PCI SATA HBA

Posted on 2020-11-21, 19:11

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by darry

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The FX 5500 was causing other problems for me, it was conflicting with the ACPI in Windows 98 and even if it was the only card in the system it was still unable to work, even after a reinstall. It appears it's just too new a card for the old board. A friend didn't have the conflicts but things …

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Re: Gigabyte 6bxc with PCI SATA HBA

Posted on 2020-11-21, 18:59

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by darry

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Well that's quite helpful, thanks for the additional information. I've done a bit of looking and that Asus board you mentioned the P38-F seems to be a fairly late in the game 440BX chipset board. I'm wondering if it's partly just luck with what works on boards and what doesn't but also if the newer …

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Re: PnP monitor pop up Win 98

Posted on 2020-11-21, 18:28

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by darry

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BetaC wrote on 2020-11-21, 18:12: I have usually had no issue with just clicking next multiple times. Windows usually seems to be able to find the generic PnP driver. That has also been my experience .

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Re: Gigabyte 6bxc with PCI SATA HBA

Posted on 2020-11-21, 17:16

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by darry

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My experience with SIL3114 based cards has been good, both functionally and compatibility-wise, in 440BX boards (Asus P3B-F and Biostar M6TBD OEM) . On a board of such vintage, because of LBA issues, I too prefer using either a PCI SATA controller or a PCI IDE controller that works well with IDE to …

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