GIGABYTE GA-7DXE - Problem powering up (DOES NOT POST/OR NOT POWER UP)

Posted on 2021-12-23, 12:58

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello there. I have a GIGABYTE GA-7DXE Socket 462 MB with AMD Athlon XP 1700+ CPU, 256MB RAM, 400W Allied PSU. Yesterday PC worked. But now today PC does not power up. Changed PSU, blinking DIMM_LED like TICK-TOCK. Also sometimes it auto powers up, but nothing on screen. Basically, changed PSUs, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-16, 07:26

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is what I got yesterday: -AVerMedia TV GO 007 TV tuner (Philips SAA713X chipset) -ASUS DRW-1608P2 white DVD-RW drive (sealed in a fragile bag) -Leadtek WinFast TV2000XP TV tuner (Conexant Fusion 878A chipset) (sealed in a white anti-static bag) -ASUS CRW-5232AS CD-RW drive -ASUS K8U-X …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-16, 07:15

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by RetroPC_King

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is what I got yesterday: -AVerMedia TV GO 007 TV tuner (Philips SAA713X chipset) -ASUS DRW-1608P2S white DVD-RW drive (sealed in a fragile bag) -Leadtek WinFast TV2000XP TV tuner (Conexant Fusion 878A chipset) (sealed in a white anti-static bag) -ASUS CRW-5232AS CD-RW drive -ASUS K8U-X …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-13, 14:28

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by RetroPC_King

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

that 2 inch floppy came from a Zenith MiniSPort 8088 laptop.

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Re: Recommend a PCI Sound Card for DOS

Posted on 2021-11-05, 16:33

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by RetroPC_King

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For DOS Games, and no ISA slot or PCI sound card with DDMA, I can recommend the VIA 686A/686B Onboard Legacy Audio emulation. It emulates very well ADLIB and Sound Blaster, and it needs only three files: VIAUDIO.COM, VIAFMTSR.COM and DOS4GW.EXE. Also these lines needs to be present on AUTOEXEC.BAT …

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Re: VIA 686B AC'97 audio works really well in DOS (SB Pro stereo + OPL3 emulation!)

Posted on 2021-11-05, 15:12

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ Sound

I also got this to work on my Gigabyte GA-7DXE with the following game: The Cycles (1989) by Accolade. With DOS4GW and VIAFMTSR.COM and VIAUDIO.COM, didn't forgot the SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330, also running these from a floppy disk. At the stock parameters. It sounds good. Also I got ADLIB …

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HELP - ASUS A7N8X-VM/400 MAC address problem - Cannot connect to Internet

Posted on 2021-07-31, 12:22

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello VOGONS. I need help for a ASUS A7N8X-VM/400 motherboard. I cannot connect to the internet, despite the fact that the nForce networking controller drivers are correctly installed. The MAC address is 01-23-45-67-89-AB, so that cannot connect to the Internet. Anyone can help with hard-coding the …

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Re: Sensaura on Yamaha YMF 7x4 cards

Posted on 2021-06-24, 13:38

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ Sound

sorry for bumping an old topic, I tried Heretic II on a ASUS A7V600-X with integrated SoundMAX AD1888 sound card and it pops up the Sensaura 3DPA splash screen which means that I got A3d to work!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-21, 07:55

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is what I got. A GIGABYTE GA-7DXE motherboard with an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ CPU (AXDA1700DLT3C with 1.5V Vcore) and some DDR DIMM A WinFast DV2000 TV Tuner with accessories (but without software and driver CDs) A new-mint WinFast PVR2000 TV Tuner with accessories and driver and software CDs A …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-21, 07:13

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by RetroPC_King

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is what I got. A GIGABYTE GA-7DXE motherboard with an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ CPU (AXDA1700DLT3C with 1.5V Vcore) and some DDR DIMM A WinFast DV2000 TV Tuner with accessories (but without software and driver CDs) A new-mint WinFast PVR2000 TV Tuner with accessories and driver and software CDs (in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-19, 19:10

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by RetroPC_King

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Also, opinion about my C-Media PCI card?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-19, 14:41

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by RetroPC_King

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yesterday I got a Intex PCI 5.1 Sound card with C-Media CMI8738-MX chipset.

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Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2021-05-31, 10:37

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ System Specs

This summer I plan to resurrect my childhood PC (AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1.917 GHz with 512MB RAM) and to build a retro WIndows XP SP3 machine (with a Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53 GHz and 2GB RAM). Any opinion?

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Re: My old Socket A systems

Posted on 2020-06-23, 09:55

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by RetroPC_King

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I revive this topic 1 year later. What motherboard chipset is better? I have 4 picks: Nvidia NForce 2 Ultra 400, Nvidia NForce 2 IGP, VIA KT400 or VIA KT600? Anyone with experience can say. I will build this PC for: -games -work -entertainment What chipset is better?

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Should i Build a Pentium 4 with this DFI NS35-TL motherboard?

Posted on 2020-06-23, 09:50

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by RetroPC_King

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Hello. I found in a box a DFI NS35-TL motherboard with a Pentium 4 1.7GHz CPU on it + cooler. It has the I/O SHIELD. Should I use it or no? It have a SIS 650GX northbridge and a SIS 962L southbridge. It is very rare. What Video card should i Put on it:ATI Radeon 9200SE Atlantis 64MB or an NVIDIA …

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Re: My Winter Holiday 2019 Retro Build - Athlon 64 Deluxe King Centurion 5

Posted on 2020-04-23, 18:33

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Update: I cleaned it up. Removed the RGB Strip and the blue LED fan. Also the original hard drive (WDC WD1600JD-22HBC0) had signs of failing, so I replaced it with a Samsung Spinpoint P80 160GB (HD160JJ), which is a good equivalent for the dead Western Digital.

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Re: My Winter Holiday 2019 Retro Build - Athlon 64 Deluxe King Centurion 5

Posted on 2019-12-12, 04:28

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ System Specs

I recently added a RGB strip to the PC.

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2019-12-01, 11:31

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ System Specs

I am using as daily driver an ASUS A541U-XX577D Laptop. Specs: Intel Core I5-6200U up to 2.8GHz 12GB DDR4 RAM (4GB onboard + 8GB Patriot Viper DDR4-2400 CL15 on the only slot) Matshita DVD-RW Drive (replaced a failed LG DVD-RW drive) Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD with 128MB cache (upgraded from a …

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Re: -<[({My Old PC})]>- Retro AMD Athlon XP 2600+ RIG

Posted on 2019-11-30, 04:55

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Anyone seen the benchmarks? It is Ok?

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Re: MY FRESH SLOT 1 PC - TARGA INTEL PENTIUM III 450MHz SLOT 1 RETRO BUILD

Posted on 2019-11-30, 04:52

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by RetroPC_King

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in Marvin \ System Specs

To open it, you have to slide 2 plastic tabs in the rear. The tabs are shown in the first picture.

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