Re: Advice on Socket 478 motherboard - Intel D865GLC

Posted on 2016-07-22, 08:42

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You might run into issues with defective capacitors, mine had six Nichicon HN/HM series capacitors that all needed replacing. Many motherboards from that time suffer from this. Other than that i'd recommend it, while the bios is simplistic it's stable and POSTs quickly.

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2016-07-21, 10:02

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I think "meh" is the expression you're looking for, great video as usual!

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Re: Real or fake (what do u think)

Posted on 2016-07-15, 15:11

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One of the headers on the card is labeled SPDIF, the other is cd audio-in.

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Re: Real or fake (what do u think)

Posted on 2016-07-15, 03:55

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AC97 was a standard for audio codecs set by intel in... 1997. They all adhere to a certain feature set and there's loads of em. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC%2797#Codec_chips I'm having a hard time remembering which one the other cards use but i believe they're all the same (sigmatel maybe?), …

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Re: Real or fake (what do u think)

Posted on 2016-07-15, 03:38

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It'll be real in so far as having a real Vortex 2 chip but i doubt it was manufactured by Aureal. It doesn't seem to be missing any essential components and the codec used is a standard AC97 one, other than the missing wavetable header i don't see this being a bad card at all. My comment about them …

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

Posted on 2016-07-15, 00:23

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Neat!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-14, 02:14

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Looks like some chinese factory got their hands on surplus Vortex 2 chips and rolled their own card, the dates on the files on that CD seem to support that theory as Aureal was long gone by 2003. It has the revision B0 chip which is interesting, those don't come up too often but nobody really seems …

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Re: Building yet another Windows 98 SE Box

Posted on 2016-07-12, 18:59

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I didn't have issues with the USB drivers, i just install the intel usb2.0 drivers followed by the mass storage driver and everything works. However i do so before the audio drivers since i need usb to transfer them. The sound card setup works the same for me (vortex2 + CT4620), no issues. I just …

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Re: Building yet another Windows 98 SE Box

Posted on 2016-07-12, 14:34

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I tend to use discjuggler but on a modern machine, mostly since its cdi format is best suited for my console related needs. imgburn usually does the job but maybe there's some copy protections getting in the way? In other news i've swapped to the fastest 'early 2002' Pentium 4 now, 2.53ghz FSB533 …

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Re: What is your biggest Pentium 4 Collection?

Posted on 2016-07-10, 17:13

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Alright screw it, i'm drawing the line at early 2002 to fit the GF4 ti 4200 in the system. If i start screwing with it now i'll never stop and since the first wave of FSB533 CPUs dropped just a month after the GPU that'll do. Adding the Northwood 2.53/512/533 SL6D8

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Re: Windows 98 Audigy Install

Posted on 2016-07-10, 17:07

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What was that about keeping away from the Audigy and shifting goal posts? 😵

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Re: What is your biggest Pentium 4 Collection?

Posted on 2016-07-09, 20:32

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The cooler i'm using now is a Scythe Mine, four heatpipe tower cooler. Should be capable of handling any of them. I'm not planning to overclock. Right now it's a fast 98SE box but i'm thinking of extending its span by a few years moving into XP territory. Another system would be smarter but also …

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Re: What is your biggest Pentium 4 Collection?

Posted on 2016-07-09, 19:51

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Northwood 1.8A/512/400 SL63X Prescott 2.8E/1M/800 SL79K I got the 2.8E with the Mainboard i'm using but 55°C in bios was a bit much, as i was expecting to stick with small coolers i replaced it with the 1.8A. My scope has since expanded a little so i'd like to get a faster option. Board …

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Re: What's your favorite thermal compound?

Posted on 2016-07-09, 10:01

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Neither are glue, MX-4 has a lot less tendency to cling to stuff for sure. Ceramique on the other hand is legendarily hard to work with and clean, people only really use it for LN2/dry ice cooling shenanigans anymore. AS5 hasn't been the top dog for a really long time yet people can't get away from …

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Re: Can't find drivers for Creative Soundblaster X-fi MS-4132 for WinXP

Posted on 2016-07-09, 09:54

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MSI still offers them, it'll be the first entry here once you select XP as the OS https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/K9N2_ … -driver&XP%2032 Keep in mind this isn't a proper X-FI card, EAX features are merely software emulated and only up to EAX4.0.

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B' PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2016-07-07, 16:30

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Turns out the Noctua colour scheme fits really well on these old boards, who knew!

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

Posted on 2016-07-07, 06:16

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Which Hakko do you have? I have an FX-888D and I think I aimed too low. It's certainly a lot better than the cheap iron I used to use, but I still get frustrated with lead-free multilayer boards. Most people rave about the 888 but most people don't solder on the heavy lead free boards that we do. …

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Re: What is the best way to handle multiple soundcards in Windows 98

Posted on 2016-07-07, 05:59

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Good catch, it did overwrite a3d.dll! Given my card isn't a 5.1 but the original Live! i used the drivers off the liveware 3.0 disc. Creative don't seem to offer a full driver download for it, only an update.

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Re: What is the best way to handle multiple soundcards in Windows 98

Posted on 2016-07-06, 14:23

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My CT4620 came in and i got it running fairly easily. The only small issue is the SBL hogging IRQ5 which was easily fixed by reserving it for the Vortex2 PCI slot in the BIOS. I have disabled the SB16 emulation and Gameport in the device manager, the vortex dos support and gameport still work fine. …

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Re: Building yet another Windows 98 SE Box

Posted on 2016-07-05, 02:54

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Chipset should be the same being an 865g with ICH5 but on socket 478 instead. It's an Intel D865GLC board. Memory bandwidth may be a factor indeed, 266mhz is the highest a CPU with 400mhz FSB will allow, 533FSB goes up to 333mhz and 800FSB goes to 400. The versatility of the 865 chipset is somewhat …

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