Re: Compaq "ES1868 Audio Feature Board" ESS Audiodrive Card Wavetable Header

Posted on 2022-02-27, 04:37

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by Jackal1983

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I'm talking about the two capacitors located at: C50 and C51 or C1 and C6 these are coupling capacitor to connect to the ESS1868 chipset from the two resistors at the wavetable connector. On cards with these two capacitors are not populated. Cheers, Ah, I see what you mean. I don't know. Let me …

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Re: Voodoo 3 Undervolting/Undercloocking

Posted on 2022-02-26, 23:57

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If heat is the primary concern, install a PCI fan bracket below the Voodoo3. With two 80 mm fans, you should have no problems. As for downclocking, I think this might be possible through the 3DFX Control Panel, but that would only work under Windows of course. Well a fan blowing from the side …

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Re: Compaq "ES1868 Audio Feature Board" ESS Audiodrive Card Wavetable Header

Posted on 2022-02-26, 03:48

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by Jackal1983

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Forgot to mention what type pair of capacitors also added to this modifications to this compaq ES1868? Cheers, I think they're just zero ohm smd resistors, basically jumpers I think. I used some capacitor offcuts to bridge those points, but you could probably bridge them with solder. As far as …

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Voodoo 3 Undervolting/Undercloocking

Posted on 2022-02-26, 03:35

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Any options for this? I have a freed up PCI Voodoo 3 (was gonna use it in a C3 Nehemiah/ 440BX based build that doesn't have AGP ports) and I figure I'll use it in my MediaGX build. It obviously can't take advantage of its full power and we all know it tends to run hot (already put good thermal past …

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Re: QWave : QS1000 based waveblaster module

Posted on 2022-02-25, 05:29

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by Jackal1983

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dreamblaster wrote on 2022-02-08, 19:43: I added QWave Warcraft II demo, and shop link (see links in first post) Crystal Blaster C2 will come soon as well (estimated 1 - 2 months) Is this going to be in a kit form?

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Re: Compaq "ES1868 Audio Feature Board" ESS Audiodrive Card Wavetable Header

Posted on 2022-02-25, 05:13

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I added a wavetable header to it and it works. You need to bridge R29 and R34 on the card in the first post. The wavetable audio will be on the AUX2 input of the cards mixer which is muted by default. Nice work! Plug a Serdaco E-Wave into that and you've got yourself a DIY Compaq Business Wavetable …

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Re: Compaq "ES1868 Audio Feature Board" ESS Audiodrive Card Wavetable Header

Posted on 2022-02-25, 05:11

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I added a wavetable header to it and it works. You need to bridge R29 and R34 on the card in the first post. The wavetable audio will be on the AUX2 input of the cards mixer which is muted by default. Cool! Just bridge them with wire? No resistors needed? I might buy one of the McFly boards for …

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Re: Compaq "ES1868 Audio Feature Board" ESS Audiodrive Card Wavetable Header

Posted on 2022-02-23, 15:40

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by Jackal1983

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Not on this card, but have done so on the Terratec Solo-1 (ESS Solo 1-based PCI card). There it was as simple as just adding the header, "it just worked". Here I'm a bit concerned by resistors like R29, R34 and that bunch above the connector. Yeah, I did the same thing to my Solo 1 and it basically …

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Compaq "ES1868 Audio Feature Board" ESS Audiodrive Card Wavetable Header

Posted on 2022-02-22, 20:35

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I picked up one of these cards on ebay because it has a PC Speaker input, some thing that is sadly uncommon on non Creative ISA cards. The build quality is damn good, all the electrolytics are high quality Nichicons (probably dry as the Atacama in midsummer, so I'll be swapping them out for Nichicon …

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Re: Issue with Promise Ultra 100 PCI card in a ECS P5GX-M

Posted on 2022-02-17, 07:16

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by Jackal1983

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Got the install cloned to my larger SSD and the computer works fine. Installed Detonator 2.08 PCI version for the Vanta without issue (wanted to use my Riva 128 but it wouldn't output an image, it worked last time I tested it, so I'll have to test it on another mobo, might be an odd incompatability) …

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Re: Issue with Promise Ultra 100 PCI card in a ECS P5GX-M

Posted on 2022-02-17, 04:24

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by Jackal1983

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Update: so booting an install (from another system, a 16 gb hdd) off of the onboard IDE controller, installing the driver, and then booting my install off the card worked. I guess the Sil based SATA controller just has an incompatibility with the P5GX-M mobo. Now I can clone that install to the 64 …

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Re: Issue with Promise Ultra 100 PCI card in a ECS P5GX-M

Posted on 2022-02-16, 06:36

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by Jackal1983

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Thanks for the heads up. Theres not a lot of people out there installing Promise Ultra 100 cards in Meda GX systems. You might be the only person. I've had all kinds of problems with Promise cards, and its probably not the hardware it's the terrible drivers with promise products. So I avoid them. …

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Issue with Promise Ultra 100 PCI card in a ECS P5GX-M

Posted on 2022-02-16, 05:55

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by Jackal1983

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So I installed one of these PCI cards after bashing my head against the wall trying to make the DMA drivers for my Media GX board work and I'm running into an issue getting 98se installed. Basically I'll get through the serial no. input section of the install but the computer will freeze on the …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2021-12-24, 16:00

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by Jackal1983

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Neither of the X2BOX or X3MA are designed to act like a host computer controlling the Roland cable. Ok, the latter part is outright wrong. I have both an X3MA and an X3MB and both can act as a host computer controlling the Roland cable, ie you can connect a DIN-5 or DB-15 MIDI port to it with the …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2021-12-23, 18:25

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by Jackal1983

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No, that's not how the X2BOX works. The X2BOX is meant to be connected to a USB port of your computer as a USB device, just like the Roland cable you linked. The X2BOX can not work as USB host and interface to the Roland cable. If you want to run a X2GS synthesizer connected to your 15-pin MIDI …

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Re: Need Front Audio Pinout info for a Soltek board

Posted on 2021-12-23, 15:18

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by Jackal1983

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The board in question is the SL-B7A-F, its an ITX (sort of, it's a bit wider, but fits in an ITX case) sized board that came in some of their QBIC SFF Barebones PCs (EQ3705, EQ3702-250). Everything seems mostly standard, except for the front audio header: its a 2x6 (12 pin, with pin 12 the key) …

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Need Front Audio Pinout info for a Soltek board

Posted on 2021-12-23, 08:01

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by Jackal1983

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The board in question is the SL-B7A-F, its an ITX (sort of, it's a bit wider, but fits in an ITX case) sized board that came in some of their QBIC SFF Barebones PCs (EQ3705, EQ3702-250). Everything seems mostly standard, except for the front audio header: its a 2x6 (12 pin, with pin 12 the key) …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2021-12-15, 17:31

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by Jackal1983

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Ok, so I bought this wonderful piece of equipment as well as the X2BOX, so I have a question: Can I use a USB to MIDI adaptor like this: https://www.amazon.com/Roland-UM-ONE-MK2-MIDI-Cable/dp/B00967UN50/ref=sr_1_29?keywords=usb+to+midi+converter&qid=1639466762&sr=8-29 And a DB15 to Midi break out …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2021-12-14, 21:17

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by Jackal1983

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Ok, so I bought this wonderful piece of equipment as well as the X2BOX, so I have a question: Can I use a USB to MIDI adaptor like this: https://www.amazon.com/Roland-UM-ONE-MK2-MIDI-Cable/dp/B00967UN50/ref=sr_1_29?keywords=usb+to+midi+converter&qid=1639466762&sr=8-29 And a DB15 to Midi break out …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2021-12-14, 19:51

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by Jackal1983

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Ok, so I bought this wonderful piece of equipment as well as the X2BOX, so I have a question: Can I use a USB to MIDI adaptor like this: https://www.amazon.com/Roland-UM-ONE-MK2-MIDI-Cable/dp/B00967UN50/ref=sr_1_29?keywords=usb+to+midi+converter&qid=1639466762&sr=8-29 And a DB15 to Midi break out …

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