Re: another LCD died, RIP Dell 1901FP

Posted on 2019-08-26, 06:57

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by Ultrax

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Why is it that, these LCD monitors are reaching the "capacitor failure" stage of their life, while millions of much older CRTs keep marching on with very few capacitor problems? It's a shame because those little 4:3 Dells are quite good. Capacitor plague-related thing maybe? Hope it's just cap …

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Re: Best tracker MODS ever

Posted on 2019-07-26, 22:33

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Personally, I think anything from Jogeir Liljedahl is great. Have a listen to GSLINGER or Physical Presence. Amazing stuff.

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Re: Lastest vídeo of LGR

Posted on 2019-07-22, 18:25

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Pretty sure I saw a 425 somewhere in that video. cries internally I actually don't live too far from the place. Just wish it were a proper store.

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Re: Games running badly on 486

Posted on 2019-07-12, 08:06

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First thing I would check if internal/external cache is disabled make sure both are on, has it ever worked good? is the turbo button connected perhaps in the wrong position? and naturally run some benchmarks eg speedsys to see what his system is comparable to I'll send him to the setup menu and …

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Games running badly on 486

Posted on 2019-07-12, 04:41

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This is a bit of an interesting one, posting this for a friend. I keep telling him that he should get a Vogons account! My friend is starting to get into DOS gaming and has a Compaq Presario 425 at stock spec - 486SX-25 with 4 MB of RAM. He's been looking for more DOS games to play recently, and one …

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Re: Ultra portable XP battlestation

Posted on 2019-07-09, 02:04

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Man I loved those ION things when they came out. I didn't have one but I wanted one so bad as they were "rediculously" powerful for their size and time. These days I really want an Alienware M11x (I think they're called). They are from 2009 or so. Proper graphics with a C2D CPU in an 11" frame! The …

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Re: Ultra portable XP battlestation

Posted on 2019-07-08, 08:06

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oeuvre wrote: should have your ethernet driver here https://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce-winxp-15.56-driver.html THANK YOU! I searched and searched but could only find the Vista version, strange. Works great.

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Ultra portable XP battlestation

Posted on 2019-07-06, 08:26

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I've had this machine for a long time (8 and a half months as of this posting) but it never really occurred to me to talk about it here. I purchased an HP Mini 311 off of eBay. It came with Windows 7 on it, so I used it for light tasks. Then I noticed the NVIDIA Ion sticker on the palmrest. Looked …

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Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2019-07-04, 23:15

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oeuvre wrote: https://i.imgur.com/29ASd8n.png […] Show full quote It is now safe to turn off your computer.

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Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2019-07-03, 02:17

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Long story short - I love vintage computer icons with the moon and stars. As for my avatar, it was inspired by the icon for winlogon.exe, or the icon you see at NT's shutdown screen. I made it myself on my Compaq Presario 425 😀

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Re: Dual booting Windows 95 and NT 4.0 on a 486

Posted on 2019-06-29, 22:22

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It runs surprisingly well! Of course, it's no Pentium, but it is worth running. I use it a lot more than 95 because it's cool, very stable, and can access net shares with long names. As for stability, it's incredible in every area except one. The calendar used to set the date has quite the …

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Re: Nec Multisync 3d problem

Posted on 2019-06-18, 09:36

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by Ultrax

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I don't know too much about how CRTs work, but I've seen bad ICs cause weird stuff like this before. Was the monitor shipped to you? The neck board (or a similar component) could be loose. (Edit: You'll likely hear this a lot, but never attempt to open a CRT-based display if you do not know what you …

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Re: Compaq Presario 460 need help!

Posted on 2019-06-18, 09:10

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I totally forgot about this thread! Again, sorry. I should check my threads more often. Assuming you still need the pictures, I have located my USB microscope and will try to read the values on those components soon.

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

Posted on 2019-06-18, 08:54

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I added an Ethernet hub to my network to increase the amount of Ethernet connections and extend my network across my desk setup. It works quite well! Complete with taping-ethernet-to-wall. I prefer switches over hubs and there aren't much difference in price. Last week I put into service a 5 port …

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

Posted on 2019-06-18, 05:44

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I added an Ethernet hub to my network to increase the amount of Ethernet connections and extend my network across my desk setup. It works quite well! Complete with taping-ethernet-to-wall.

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Re: What are yu eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2019-06-15, 09:44

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Haribo gold bears. They're so good! Only thing is, the serving size is stupid. Who ever eats just a "little handful"? Absolutely no one! Eat the whole damn bag, nothing is stopping you! XD You need to go on a hunt, in order to source them 1-pound bag's. Normally they are 1/2 pound in size here. And …

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Re: What are yu eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2019-06-15, 04:33

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Haribo gold bears. They're so good! Only thing is, the serving size is stupid. Who ever eats just a "little handful"? Absolutely no one! Eat the whole damn bag, nothing is stopping you! 🤣

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Re: Your worst "terrible packaging from eBay sellers" experiences

Posted on 2019-06-14, 11:44

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In late July 2018, I ordered a Compaq Presario 433 (all in one 486 machine) off eBay. It arrived in a tiny box, with some bubble wrap around it, and a few pieces of cardboard on each side. Literally hundreds of pieces. Everywhere. The CRT had a big splotch in the center indicating it had been necked …

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Re: DUDE, show me your Dell!

Posted on 2019-06-13, 20:17

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Will get photos here soon - my neighbor handed me a Dimension 4400 in excellent shape!! Only problems are: brittle plastic holding cards in is slightly broken, two bloated capacitors on motherboard next to cpu Pentium 4 Northwood 2 GHz 256 MB of RAM (keep reading) RAGE 128 Ultra AGP SB Live! 5.1 …

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Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?

Posted on 2019-06-11, 03:23

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by Ultrax

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Steve Jobs: "Who wants a stylus?"

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