Re: PCChips M571 gets stuck during boot load screen.

Posted on 2023-12-19, 03:07

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by Jasin Natael

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Hey people thanks for replying! I was still trying to solve the problem, but the problem still persists. I tried to change the external clock to 83MHz, and it really got scarry with a temporally black screen, for a moment the system didn't want to boot anyway. I thought I had corrupted the HD or …

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Re: Something is screwing my games

Posted on 2023-12-19, 02:42

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i'm afraid of doing all of that and the next time i reboot windows will be screwed =( DISM is a tool designed by Microsoft to find and repair issues with the Windows image. It might not fix the problem, but it certainly won't make it worse. I would greatly suggest running them in the order that …

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Re: PCChips M571 gets stuck during boot load screen.

Posted on 2023-12-18, 21:45

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by Jasin Natael

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I had one of these boards that did something very similar. I swapped around multiple different IDE cables, drives etc with different configurations. Eventually I landed on the conclusion that the primary IDE channel would ONLY support one drive at a time. It didn't seem to matter if it were master …

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Re: PC with IBM 5x86C - to buy or not to buy?

Posted on 2023-12-18, 16:04

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by Jasin Natael

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Very interesting CPU. I gave $20 for mine, It was in a baby AT case with a faulty PSU/motherboard. It is a Cyrix branded 100GP. I regard it is a very fast 486, mine is currently clocked at 120mhz (40x3) There are quite a few disabled features that can usually be re-activated to result in a …

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Re: Something is screwing my games

Posted on 2023-12-18, 14:52

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If you suspect a component stor ecorruption, then do this. From elevated command prompt, run in this order. sfc /scannow dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth (should give you message about component store health) dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth (you will almost certainly still have …

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Re: Build engine games running poorly.

Posted on 2023-12-07, 22:45

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by Jasin Natael

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Hi. So, I've been fixing my childhood computer to the best of my abilities and available hardware to me. The problem I have is that build engine games stutters and overall performs rather poorly regardless of resolution. Explosions for example sends the framerate in the single digit. It happens …

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Re: Build engine games running poorly.

Posted on 2023-12-07, 22:44

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by Jasin Natael

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Specifically what build games have you tried? Build engine can be pretty hard on some hardware, but at non VESA resolutions you should be able to eek out a playable experience with most titles. Higher resolutions can bring PIII/Athlon rigs to their knees in some cases however.

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Re: Easier way to install Win 9x ??

Posted on 2023-12-06, 14:28

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by Jasin Natael

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Like I mentioned above as well as others, you can absolutely move installed system drives around. There is no real hardware abstraction layer to contend with. Either remove all hardware from device manager, or just wing it. 9 times out of 10 it won't give you too much trouble. You might have to re- …

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Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-05, 22:43

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by Jasin Natael

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I've got 12-13 retro 90s laptops kicking around. I think all of them are in working/booting condition. I don't think I have anything rare, but when I get some time I'll try to document what I have and send you some photos.

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Re: P3 1Ghz - cC0 vs cD0 stepping

Posted on 2023-12-05, 22:05

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I had my 933 up to 1050MHz (150MHz fsb, AGP at 100MHz), along with a Gf mx480. One of the few agp cards that went ok with the highly overclocked AGP bus. Eventually I put in a Ti4200 but that didn't like a 100MHz AGP bus, so I'm back at 980 (140 fsb, agp at 93MHz) with that CPU. I dont have a 1GHz …

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Re: Turning on printer causes other printer to wake up across the room

Posted on 2023-12-05, 21:33

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by Jasin Natael

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BitWrangler wrote on 2023-12-05, 18:58: Jasin Natael wrote on 2023-12-05, 17:22: Are the printers shared with the other PC via Windows? Yah I'd suspect windows restarting the print service when it detects printer or something doing it. Yep, pretty much what I was getting at.

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Re: Turning on printer causes other printer to wake up across the room

Posted on 2023-12-05, 17:22

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by Jasin Natael

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Are the printers shared with the other PC via Windows?

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Re: Win9x Uninstaller software

Posted on 2023-12-05, 17:03

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Revo Uninstaller works great on modern systems, but I've never tried it on anything earlier than XP

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Re: Easier way to install Win 9x ??

Posted on 2023-12-05, 14:47

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by Jasin Natael

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You can always use something like Macrium Reflect, or Acronis or whatever imaging software you prefer, grab a USB to IDE/CF adapter and create your image as you prefer it. Then restore it to whatever device of your choice. If you take the time to install whatever different drivers that you think you …

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Re: P3 1Ghz - cC0 vs cD0 stepping

Posted on 2023-12-04, 18:52

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by Jasin Natael

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Is your P3B-F stable at 133mhz? Many are, but some aren't. You are probably already aware of this but if not, the chips themselves are multiplier locked, so the 133FSB ones will only guarantee 1GHZ if your board/slotket can run at 133mhz. Like said, you probably already know that, but it's worth …

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Re: Pentium CPU Game Changer that Helped Build the Internet and USA.

Posted on 2023-12-04, 18:34

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The Pentium architecture got a pretty big boost with hand coded software designed to use it, namely Quake. But the trend didn't end there. Still that game was a pretty big catalyst for a lot of enthusiasts to finally swear off their 486 and 486 derivatives from Cyrix and the like.

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Re: Geforce4 Ti 4200 vs Radeon 9500

Posted on 2023-12-04, 15:02

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The last driver released for your card was in December of 2005, 18 years ago. While Phil's theory is a sound one and very likely true, it just doesn't apply to your situation. There will be no more driver releases for such and old piece of hardware. Like others have said, keep the card you have, you …

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Re: Pentium CPU Game Changer that Helped Built the Internet and USA.

Posted on 2023-11-28, 22:38

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This is the CPU that Forced Apple to Switch to the Intel CPU because Apple was losing sales and wanted support from the PC and UNIX community and industries. Um, not arguing the merits of the Pentium architecture...but that's a bit of a stretch seeing as Apple didn't switch to Intel processors …

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Re: Another Cyrix MII Build

Posted on 2023-11-26, 22:05

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by Jasin Natael

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Hi! i was just going to build a MII 300 setup I have some questions, about doom timedemo, please, what version and timedemo is, sound or no sound? max detail, is fullscreen or 1-2 framess less? Same for quake please, not in a hurry And nice build, love cyrix, i just finish making a Cyrix Media GX …

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Re: Another Cyrix MII Build

Posted on 2023-11-26, 20:16

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Quake II v3.05 OpenGL 800x600x16 Standard time demo

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