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Re: toshiba 430 cdt screen scaling?

Posted on 2017-02-02, 03:09

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Well then yes you're right, there is a TSR that does this in software, but I don't have it. Somebody posted it in a similar thread once, you could try searching for it :) Just did some searching. and found a thread called Tecra 720CDT = Great DOS Gaming Laptop and says There is a screen stretching …

Re: toshiba 430 cdt screen scaling?

Posted on 2017-02-01, 22:42

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

keenmaster486 wrote: There should be a bios option somewhere. I checked bios and there's nothing about scaling or let alone to change anything on the display option:(

toshiba 430 cdt screen scaling?

Posted on 2017-02-01, 11:13

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

So i have a old tohsiba cdt430 which works great and also in pretty good condition. couple years ago when i got found it for free i wanted to use it for win95 dos games which is perfect for them. But there is one problem.. every game is in a small box instead of full screen.. I herd these laptops …

Re: getting dvds to run smoothy in win98?

Posted on 2017-02-01, 03:32

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Have a update. I found another 1675 on ebay days ago cause i needed parts from it for my current one lcd casing cause mine is cracked.. But turns out the parts machine turn into a full working laptop So thats my current one now. The weird thing is. i took the hdd out of my old one and put it in this …

Re: rage lt 2x agp saying agp texture acc not available in dxdiag??

Posted on 2017-01-31, 13:14

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

After trying another driver i found it now works... which is weird cause the other 1675 has the same drivers and it has it.. But anyways just did the Compaq quick restore on the one that wasn't working because it was having other errors too.. Was a ebay laptop so god knows what was on it and seems …

rage lt 2x agp saying agp texture acc not available in dxdiag??

Posted on 2017-01-31, 07:02

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

So i have a Compaq 1675 laptop that shows agp not supported in dxdiag. The thing is i also have another Compaq 1675 which shows its supported in dxdiag... Ony difference with the machines is the one that's showing no is on win98 my 2nd one has 98se.. They both have the same drivers for the card. Any …

Re: cmos battery zaping the bios chip when low voltage?

Posted on 2017-01-31, 01:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Update got the 1675 from ebay in which was pretty much as is but i replaced the cmos battery first cause the first one was 100% drained checking with my volt meter. And push the power button and it booted right to win98 with out any problems!! Its in really good condition too. spent 30$ total on it. …

Re: cmos battery zaping the bios chip when low voltage?

Posted on 2017-01-30, 06:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

K just got 2 new battery's for the 2 1675s. while they not cr1220s but they had cr1216s and i pop it in my current 1675 that has a dead cmos battery and it fits and keeps time so i guess you can use the 1216s too. They a little thinner but not by much and the mah is a bit lower at 55mah vs 75 but …

Re: cmos battery zaping the bios chip when low voltage?

Posted on 2017-01-30, 01:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So i just pulled out the cmos battery on my old 1692 that doeisnt turn on, I checked it with my meter and it reads 2.96volts... Does that mean the battery is still good? I know a few months ago when it powered on and worked it still kept time with no warnings. The battery does say 98 on it so its …

Re: cmos battery zaping the bios chip when low voltage?

Posted on 2017-01-29, 07:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

By just looking at the pins it will show some kind of damage? If so i will check my 1692 which im pretty sure has that issue, all it does is turns on even the fan will start up when the cpu gets warm but no post and even the cap lock key doesn't turn on the caps light hdd does make some noise tho. …

Re: cmos battery zaping the bios chip when low voltage?

Posted on 2017-01-29, 07:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That's my best knowledge so far. Thanks will pick up some battery's in the mean time than:)

Re: cmos battery zaping the bios chip when low voltage?

Posted on 2017-01-29, 06:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow thanks for finding that archived:) So its best to get the cmos battery replace asap when i get it instead of running it with out one?

Re: Questions about a Compaq Presario 425/433

Posted on 2017-01-29, 06:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

After seeing everyone talking about this i had to pull my 425 out has a 50mhz 20mb of ram and i think 80 or 125mb 250mb hdd forgot to check that. But Yep powered right on and booted to win 3.11 lol And wow had some good games on it that i forgot about. rooms of doom catacombs and others. Think i …

Re: cmos battery zaping the bios chip when low voltage?

Posted on 2017-01-29, 01:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ok thanks:) I guess it would be better to remove it before even trying to power it up just to be safe. Still not sure if its 100% true the battery will zap the bios chip on these laptops.. cant find anywhere else about it, But it does seem like it did happen with my 1692 cause that was a fully 100% …

cmos battery zaping the bios chip when low voltage?

Posted on 2017-01-28, 21:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So i have a compaq Presario 1675 parts machine from ebay which the seller said he pretty sure it will boot right up cause he cant test it cause no plug for it but dont get my hopes up. To fix my crack lid on mine or if it works i just use that and use mine for parts. But the question is i also got a …

Re: dell inspiron 8100 windows 98

Posted on 2017-01-27, 02:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I somewhat got dos emu in dos working. By putting c:\essaudio.com with the com file in c drive and some games work with it while other games will just either just play the music or have nothing at all... I guess that's the best i can get to work with the ESS Maestro-3 card. Wish it was like my …

Re: dell inspiron 8100 windows 98

Posted on 2017-01-26, 21:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So far everything is working great with the winme drivers:) At first it had scaling issues making everything in a small windows but fixed that in the nvidia control panel. And also found fn and f7 fixes dos games in windows. Tho is there anyway to get dos emu in native dos? Other than that …

Re: dell inspiron 8100 windows 98

Posted on 2017-01-26, 15:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

thanks will give those a try after 98 formats the drive.. taking forever 🤣

dell inspiron 8100 windows 98

Posted on 2017-01-26, 14:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So i found a dell inspiron 8100 that has xp on it. I was wondering if there is windows 98 drivers for it? So far i can ony find xp drivers for it.. Why i wanted to put 98 on it i would think it would make a perfect win98 dos/98 machine. Cause it has the ESS Maestro 3 PCI sound card in it. Which what …

Re: getting dvds to run smoothy in win98?

Posted on 2017-01-24, 22:03

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

does it play well if you copy the files to hd? how long does it need to copy the files? Didn't try it yet because of 6gb hdd and the dvd is almost 5gbs. So i need to put a bigger hdd in it before i do that. I wonder can i put the dvd files on a flash and play it from there? Or will it be to slow …

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