Re: Matrox Millennium II glitching and freezing with drivers installed.

Posted on 2021-04-30, 20:29

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FXing Serious wrote on 2021-04-30, 18:30: Is installing two graphics cards, one in AGP and one in PCI causing this problem? Is it a problem with the PCI slot I am using? Could very well be resource problems. Its common for the AGP port to share IRQ with PCI slot 1.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-04-29, 20:30

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vad4r wrote on 2021-04-29, 06:56: AMD K7 Rage Fury Maxx (8).jpg AMD K7 Rage Fury Maxx (1).jpg AMD K7 Rage Fury Maxx (2).jpg AMD K7 Rage Fury Maxx (12).jpg That's a very nice cable management. Care to share how stuff is routed? My intention is obviously to steal your ideas! 😉

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Re: Motherboard BIOS wont save

Posted on 2021-04-29, 20:19

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Had similar things happen to me. It was: Low battery. Corrupted BIOS chip. And a BIOS chip pin that was broken.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-29, 20:16

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framebuffer wrote on 2021-04-29, 19:26: - POW GeForce GTX 590 (2x) Nice pair! Love the dual GPU's, wonder if we will ever see one again.

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Re: Pentium 3 (Coppermine) Motherboard comparison

Posted on 2021-04-25, 14:00

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So here are the results: photo_2021-04-24_20-35-13.jpg What to say. I'm really undecided which motherboards to keep. The QDI has a crippled dos performance (there is another topic talking about it here on vogons, apparently no solution, the culprit I suppose it's the Via chipset), while in windows …

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Re: Aopen AX59 pro with general instability

Posted on 2021-04-21, 18:53

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Thank you for the feedback, let's wait if someone has more experience about the mosfet values. Also I just got another weird warning, I finally was able to complete a run of winstone 99, it showed some weird warnings: photo_2021-04-21_17-21-57.jpg Also I noticed that the performance are not fair, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-20, 23:38

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wiretap wrote on 2021-04-20, 22:59: Just bought this.. wife is on a plane so I couldn't consult her first. 😁 Now repeat after me: "What? that old thing?, I've had that for ages!" =)

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2021-04-20, 23:15

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So I decided to join the Tillamook fun. Choose a GA-5AX (rev 3.0) for the experiment. Added the green and the yellow (VCC and L2), set the MB to 2.0v, 66MHz FSB and 3.0 multi. MB posted, showed "Tillamook 200MHz" on post and Booted into W2K . CPU-z showed 100MHz and no L2 for some reason. Rebooted …

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Re: Tiny Vortex86-based DOS gaming PC - weeCee

Posted on 2021-04-18, 01:33

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Love this stuff! I mean I have all the old computers one can possibly need, but I feel the gravity of this one despite its size =)

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Re: Good looking CD / DVD drive

Posted on 2021-04-13, 10:57

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Pioneer Slot-In :p Why didn't slot-ins catch on? They are extremely convenient in my opinion. Price probably. Also there were worries that disks would get scratched, tho that could possibly be the competitors being salty. There's also the noise, since you dont have a sealing door more noise will …

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Re: Good looking CD / DVD drive

Posted on 2021-04-13, 00:35

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imi wrote on 2021-04-12, 21:50: Pioneer Slot-In :p ^^ This ^^ Tho ofc its subjective. Also I kinda like the looks an old Plextor CDR . Not because they are particularly pretty, but because I know its a really high quality drive =)

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

Posted on 2021-04-12, 10:11

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Trying to fit Zida 4DPS into ITX case. 3D printing bunch of adapters in progress. Bottom of the case was originally used for SFX PSU. Todo: fitting laptop CD and FDD drives and MHz display in space meant for 5,25" DVD drive (there is a spring loaded "DVD" flap in the front), making custom short …

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Re: Socket 8 build - Soyo 6FA + Pentium Pro 200MHz + 3Dfx Voodoo 2

Posted on 2021-04-06, 17:42

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Very nice system and impressive cable management. I'll nick that idea!

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2021-04-04, 21:13

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SWAAYE is right! Dual channel memory DOES help NFORCE2 but DOES NOT help KT880! NFORCE2 in single channel = KT880 even with the huge advantage in the sound tests! I did HDtune, PCMark 2002&2004&2005 tests with the Raptor and to my dismay the performance is not earth shattering; average transfer …

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

Posted on 2021-04-03, 23:55

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Managed to revive my good ol' ASUS P4G8X thats been semi-dead for years. For some reason it used to hang during post, and nothing i did seemed to do anything. Gave it another go today, reflashed the BIOS (for the hundredth time), cleared CMOS. And presto, POST's ok! So the rest of the day I've been …

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Re: Game launcher for Windows 98 and XP?

Posted on 2021-03-31, 12:29

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You could do it in HTML. I think earlier IE versions have no problems running things locally. Cant remember if they support kiosk mode tho for real fullscreen. And hey, maybe a use for active desktop 🤣 =)

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Re: What's the status of "TweakBios" from 1999?

Posted on 2021-03-31, 11:25

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by bofh.fromhell

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SETBLASTER wrote on 2021-03-15, 04:25: I cant belive this, spent hours searching and there is an actual warez cd on archive.org with Registered TweakBios v1.52b Virus warning on that exact file tho.

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Re: ECS P6BX-A+ v1.2 cpu plastic supports

Posted on 2021-03-28, 14:14

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I recall there were ones only fitting one way. While other ones didn't bother with any indication and while they fit both ways, only one way was correct. The slot itself has a key on one side preventing (some) brackets to be mounted the wrong way. Also it means that some brackets can't be used on …

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Re: The World's Fastest 486

Posted on 2021-03-28, 14:03

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by bofh.fromhell

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yes, I know that I have still space for improvements. The 200 Mhz setup is already tested and running stable at 0 degrees with active cooling. But before that I will make a follow up on the 180 MHz setup under windows. So now you tested both the fastest and the slowest 486. How about a few charts …

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Re: Early Pentium Chipset Comparison

Posted on 2021-03-28, 13:58

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I finally got a motherboard with VIA Apollo Master Plus chipset - FIC PA-2000 and updated the article . It looks like the VIA took the crown for the slowest Pentium Socket 4/5/7 chipset I tested. But I am sure there are even slower chipsets, just need to find them :) https://dependency-injection. …

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