Re: x86 #GP/#SS fault in modern operating systems?

Posted on 2019-05-29, 05:23

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Is the #GP/#SS fault used in any case with modern operating systems, but for other effects than terminating the offending program/driver/OS? Absolutely used in paging and memory allocation. A #GP is raised if the program tries to access memory that isn't currently allocated/loading in. The OS will …

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Re: Placing a bid under 5 seconds (Ebay)

Posted on 2019-05-29, 00:46

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It really doesn't matter that much really how you bid on ebay. If it is a hotly contested item (voodoo 5, awe32), then it will sell for far more then you expect. If people aren't really hot on it, you have a good chance of scoring it at the minimum price.

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Re: Abit BF6 P-III motherboard capacitors ?

Posted on 2019-05-28, 10:46

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by canthearu

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European seller don't know if they are genuine ? 10v 1500uF Sanyo: https://www.ebay.com/itm/10V-Electrolytic-Capacitors-470uF-2200uF-LOW-ESR-Genuine-CHONG-CHENGX-SANYO/222608660271?hash=item33d482972f:m:mwV2Jlz1k_6XFL2T1vVaqJw Read here that 10V 1500uF is better than 6.3V 1500uF https://arstechnica …

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Re: x86 #GP/#SS fault in modern operating systems?

Posted on 2019-05-28, 04:47

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by canthearu

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Is the #GP/#SS fault used in any case with modern operating systems, but for other effects than terminating the offending program/driver/OS? Absolutely used in paging and memory allocation. A #GP is raised if the program tries to access memory that isn't currently allocated/loading in. The OS will …

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Re: Placing a bid under 5 seconds (Ebay)

Posted on 2019-05-28, 03:45

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I usually bid early and try and grab things at a good price if there is no other interest in the item. Otherwise I bid within the last 5 minutes or so with a solid bid, if someone else wants to outbid me for something, so be it, I probably wasn't going to go that high anyway.

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Re: Some woes with a 486 computer

Posted on 2019-05-28, 01:55

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by canthearu

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Thats pretty normal for a DX66 to be choppy in DN3D at 640 x 480. It just doesn't have the pixel pushing power needed for that mode. At 320 x 200, a 486 DX2/66 runs duke3d pretty ok ... not amazing, but certainly playable. I prefer a fast Pentium/Pentium II for duke3d ... can really crank it up high …

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Re: Two multi IO cards in one system

Posted on 2019-05-27, 23:27

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by canthearu

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If you are using normal 40 conductor IDE cables, you can reverse the IDE cable. Normal IDE cables have a longer cable between the host plug and the first drive plug, use that between the CDROM and hard drive, and then place the IO card close to the hard drive and plug it in at the end of the cable. …

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Re: Abit BF6 P-III motherboard capacitors ?

Posted on 2019-05-27, 12:32

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by canthearu

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I'd probably use panasonic FR and FS series capacitors if it was my motherboard. Bought from mouser or RS-online. I'd give ebay and other non-trusted dealers a wide berth. Fake/dodgy capacitors are still a thing, and the only thing worse than recapping a motherboard once is recapping it twice :-) …

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Re: Makeshift power supply tester. Do I interpret measurements correctly?

Posted on 2019-05-26, 05:21

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by canthearu

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Polymodding PSUs generally doesn't go nearly as well as motherboards. Use good quality low ESR capacitors in PSUs. Try to match ESR as best as possible, but don't stress too much about it. There is a decent amount of tolerance in the PSU design.

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Re: General PC Chips flakiness, or do I have a hardware problem?

Posted on 2019-05-26, 01:35

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by canthearu

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I'd start by cleaning the contacts of all the memory and ISA cards. Use a pencil eraser to clean them. Exercise the ISA/VLB slots by inserting and removing cards multiple times to try and break any corrosion there. I'm not too sure what could be causing your memmaker problems though. Have you tried …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-05-26, 01:02

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by canthearu

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Unlikely to burn out a CPU like that. Just random part failure. Just as likely to happen during 24/7 being turned on unloaded, or even just sometimes sitting on the shelf.

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Re: Sorry, non-retro: Anyone get an Audigy PCI card to work in Win10 with Line-In ?

Posted on 2019-05-23, 13:17

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by canthearu

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Do these drivers work? http://danielkawakami.blogspot.com/2017/01/sb … rt-pack-62.html

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Re: Best memories of Windows or OS?

Posted on 2019-05-22, 12:53

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I believe it was 2000 or thereabouts when we got our first 802.11b access point, so I no longer had to do the NAT stuff on my own PC. That was when I moved to Windows 2000 and basically stuck with it until Windows XP SP3 or so.. At first when I got ADSL, I had a USB DSL modem and did the routing on …

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Re: Best memories of Windows or OS?

Posted on 2019-05-22, 12:40

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Slackware Linux - It's reliability was legendary, with features that wouldn't make it to PCs for years (like IP masquerading AKA NAT). Compiling your own linux kernel was a fun and necessary adventure. My friend and I were using Windows 95's Internet Connection Sharing to do this early 1999. I was …

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

Posted on 2019-05-21, 10:28

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by canthearu

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On that third card there is jumper block JP3 and JP4, but I don't have a clue what their settings are Switch both those jumpers over, you will get much better quality output from that 3rd ESS card because that will disable the onboard amplifier (you will obviously need powered speakers or an …

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Re: LCD screen flickering/lines, wtf

Posted on 2019-05-19, 15:23

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by canthearu

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Yeah, if it still does that on a newer video card, then definitely fault in the LCD controller board.

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Re: picked up a cheap faulty 486 vlb motherboard today UC4914-G

Posted on 2019-05-19, 15:21

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by canthearu

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bad tantalum that didnt explode? lucky! so cant be shorted, is it very low resistance? Not necessarily. Actually exploding the tantalum cap requires an energy source great enough to heat it up enough to reach combustion. If the PSU can't deliver enough power, or it is in a circuit that is current …

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Re: LCD screen flickering/lines, wtf

Posted on 2019-05-19, 12:39

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by canthearu

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have you tried the VGA output of a much newer GPU (Geforce 4 or better). I've seen shimmering like this on extremely old ISA cards.

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Re: Asus CUBX - Tualatin Modded

Posted on 2019-05-19, 12:37

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by canthearu

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In the end I'm back to using the Geforce 6200 PCI card. The FX5200 is probably a bit quicker in actual games but the 6200 seems to have better 2d image quality on my old Lenovo LCD. There's some weird ghosting on the edges of some stuff with the FX5200. Also the heatsink on the FX5200 gets …

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Re: What video cards do I need to play every game?

Posted on 2019-05-19, 12:07

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by canthearu

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You have things mostly covered. Maybe keep the geforce 2 gts for 8 bit palette textures where the voodoo 3 runs out of power.

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