I was too young to appreciate PC hardware back in the 90s. With that said, I wasn't aware of that type of modding during the Win9x era. It seemed like everybody was too ignorant about computers to build one or even open up the side panel. Everybody that I knew had a prebuilt. Looking back, case …

Here's some cards that I've pulled from a computer recycler. Over how long did it take to collect these? I would have thought most of this era stuff had been thrown years ago. Very glad you saved them though! I found them over the course of a couple of months, so let that temper your excitement. …

Here's some cards that I've pulled from a computer recycler. It all works. Except for the Voodoo 1. Something is buggy with it. Win98 detects it, but it spazs out under 3DMark 2000 and Half-Life (my two preferred benchmarks)

P3B-F are very good boards. I really doubt the SB16 needs the -5V rail. My understanding is that it is part of the ISA specs, but only used by older sound cards on the cheaper side as better sound cards wouldn't depend on the bus but have everything onboard. Basically, does your soundcard work and …

I also have a P3B-F and faced the same thing, your modern PSU doesn't have a -5V rail, which is not an issue unless you have an ISA soundcard that requires it (I don't - and I'm not knowledgeable enough to give you more info on that subject, but search around or someone else will chime in :) ) You …

The rest of the specs are bad too, throw the PSU out. The PSU is a Cooler Master 500w RS-500-PCAR-D3 . Its fairly new NEVER trust the motherboard's BIOS readings of voltages, especially on older motherboards. Most of the time those are really far off the actual values, you need to check with a …

I'll been trying to fix this for a while but I can't figure it out. I have a Slot 1 board (Asus P3B-F) that continuous informs me that the "Hardware Monitor found an error". I use it for a number of configurations. Regardless of what I put in it, I get a hardware error at every boot. I suppose I …

Feeling inspired tonight so thought it’s time to finally contribute to this thread and help keep it going. I’ve really enjoyed this thread in particular and am really grateful for this community. Here’s my refuge, no doubt inspired by countless posts on Vogons. - Socket 8 Pentium II Overdrive, all …

try checking the box "disable voodoo2 direct 3d support" in your voodoo2 display properties, so the cards don't interfere with each other in D3D. v2.properties.gif Alright. I got her working now. This is very cool. :) Which drivers are you using, Wirerogue? I'm not seeing the option to disable D3D. …

try checking the box "disable voodoo2 direct 3d support" in your voodoo2 display properties, so the cards don't interfere with each other in D3D. v2.properties.gif Alright. I got her working now. This is very cool. :) Which drivers are you using, Wirerogue? I'm not seeing the option to disable D3D. …

try checking the box "disable voodoo2 direct 3d support" in your voodoo2 display properties, so the cards don't interfere with each other in D3D. v2.properties.gif Oh, thanks. I'll give it a shot. But now I have more questions. It seems like I found another problem. Some components are missing here …

Hello everybody. New guy here. I think Vogons is pretty great. I really like browsing the forums and seeing all of the interesting hardware for people to show off. I heard a lot about this place through Phil's Computer Lab. Anyways, I bought a Diamond Monster II 8mb (first working Voodoo card) and …