Re: Socket 370 Zif repair ?

Posted on 2019-09-15, 03:29

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by Doornkaat

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I am doubtful you will be able to mount one socket on top of the other without going through much more effort than desoldering the old socket would have been. Your first problem is the pins of the new socket are likely too thin to be held in place by the old socket. CPU pins are rather thick …

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Re: When did optical drives stop support cd audio despite still having the connector for it? How to avoid buying one?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 06:33

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by Doornkaat

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Xenphor wrote: how can I be absolutely sure a drive will support cd audio without being able to test it beforehand? I'd say look it up in the manual. There is no certain date or manufacturer. It really depends on the specific model.

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Re: Questions about Quadro fx3000.

Posted on 2019-09-13, 18:04

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by Doornkaat

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This won't really answer your question but for games past 2001 I would suggest a WinXP machine. Use quad core CPUs, PCIe, GeForce 600 series or ATi/AMD HD 5/6/7000 cards, X-Fi sound cards - go to town! Why be restricted by limitations of Win9x if you are playing WinXP games? 😀

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Re: K6-2 / Gigabyte GA-5AA - Unstable?

Posted on 2019-09-13, 13:22

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by Doornkaat

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Hey nullvalue! Can you post a picture of your motherboard configured for the 500MHz CPU? What CPU speed is reported in memtest or diagnostics programs?

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Re: Any advantages to Voodoo 5 AGP cards ?

Posted on 2019-09-13, 09:39

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by Doornkaat

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Maybe eBay stepped in already? I have reported them and am sure others did as well. Too bad eBay does not disclose their actions but having zero items could mean they are banned behind the scenes, pending an investigation perhaps. I'm pretty sure many reported those auctions. I guess we all have …

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Re: Voodoo 5 6000 on eBay

Posted on 2019-09-13, 03:50

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by Doornkaat

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It's been relisted as https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/362752852481 with what to me look like photos of the actual card, but none show the serial Again the pictures have been cropped ridiculously. They also look like someone took photos off of his screen while playing back videos. I am 100% certain those …

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Re: Any advantages to Voodoo 5 AGP cards ?

Posted on 2019-09-12, 17:35

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by Doornkaat

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no serious collector with a little bit of self-respect and healthy dose of OCD would do that. Could be his/her kid or other relative which just sells stuff after he/she died. Not really into it, but smart enough to google its value to set an auction. Yeah, that's why he'd rotate the picture he …

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Re: Packard Bell 640 motherboard - no video from onboard or PCI graphics

Posted on 2019-09-12, 13:53

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by Doornkaat

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Maybe the BIOS was damaged? Can you set it back to BIOS recovery mode and reprogramm the EEPROM?

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Re: RIVA TNT 2 M64 garbled output

Posted on 2019-09-12, 10:59

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by Doornkaat

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The next troubleshooting step would be to get another older PCI graphics card and test it in the system to see wether the system does not like PCI graphics cards at all or if it just doesn't like the M64. Or maybe a different PCI card like an IDE controller to find out wether the bus works at all.

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Re: Finished build, want to install some voodoo card, will it work?

Posted on 2019-09-11, 21:14

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by Doornkaat

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derSammler wrote: You only need a card that works with DX9 and the TI4600 does. Goot to know, thanks!

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Re: Any advantages to Voodoo 5 AGP cards ?

Posted on 2019-09-11, 21:01

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by Doornkaat

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The Voodoo 6000, which is unobtainium. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/362751530027 This is very likely a scam. According to this list the card with this serial number (1V6J) belongs to Surrimugge from Switzerland. He has confirmed he's not selling. The pictures are identical to those on this website . …

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Re: Finished build, want to install some voodoo card, will it work?

Posted on 2019-09-11, 14:38

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by Doornkaat

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OT: Doesn't nGlide require a DX9 card?

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Re: Latest Bios Revision ASUS P5A SS7 mobo

Posted on 2019-09-11, 10:49

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by Doornkaat

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Your sticks are rated faster than what's required. As long as the chips are compatible with the motherboard and in the right organisation they should work. You also have the on die L2 cache so caching limitations do not apply. :-) My recommendation is to just try it out. You won't break anything by …

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Re: RIVA TNT 2 M64 garbled output

Posted on 2019-09-09, 22:10

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by Doornkaat

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Strange. Ever tried another PCI graphics card in that machine?

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Re: 486 Overdrive CPU's - Intel and AMD ?

Posted on 2019-09-05, 13:31

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by Doornkaat

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Two ideas: Many of those are proprietary form factors. Maybe the CPU would not physically fitin the case because of the large heatsink or it would collide with long expansion cards? Or is it possible that those boards simply would not support AMD CPUs? I've had motherboards that would not run an …

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Re: 486 Overdrive CPU's Intel and AMD ?

Posted on 2019-09-05, 11:21

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by Doornkaat

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I would suppose the extra pin is meant to make sure the CPU is inserted correctly. Pin D4 is listed as 'Key' in the official datasheet.

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Re: is this AGP 8x or 4x GF 4200

Posted on 2019-09-05, 10:57

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by Doornkaat

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I really hope you're going to prove me wrong but I highly doubt this issue will be resolved by another GF 4200 Ti. Bad AGP implementation on SS7 and problems with Nvidia cards were a well known issue back in 1999. Other troubleshooting tips are reinstalling Windows then chipset drivers then 2002 GPU …

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Re: Overdrive CPU's Intel and AMD ?

Posted on 2019-09-05, 09:10

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by Doornkaat

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If you are running them on the same motherboard they should perform identically to their 'native' 3.3V counterpart. It's the same core after all. 😀 But running them on a motherboard with 3.3V support kind of defeats their purpose.

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Re: is this AGP 8x or 4x GF 4200

Posted on 2019-09-05, 06:23

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by Doornkaat

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PCB date and 64MB of VRAM suggest the older 4x variant. :-) However you can only be certain after removing the heatsink and looking at the chip. NV25 is the 4x chip, NV28 the 8x part. Still both chips should be AGP 1.0 and 3.3V capable. If the crash only occurs in 3D but the card boots and runs 2D …

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Re: An odd Nvidia card in my collection ?

Posted on 2019-09-04, 11:52

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by Doornkaat

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GeForce 256 32MB SDRAM. The three legged transistor plus the capacitor in the right upper corner are really characteristic for the reference design of both the SDR and DDR variant of the GF256. 😀 Sets it apart from the GF2 GTS and all TNT2 that might look similar at first glance. Keep it. 😉

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