Well, doing all the research I can, I can't see that I'm doing anything obviously wrong. I may dick around with a clean install of Win98 and SBLive drivers at some point. Perhaps the CT 4780, being an OEM card just doesn't support it, despite having pins. For the time being, even though the PC I'm …

I guess I should be more clear. I can, and have, hooked up the case's PC Speaker to the motherboard and get all the beeps and boops. But those wake up the baby. I'm hoping to route it through the Sound Blaster Live instead, so that it can actually be controlled by a mixer, and go through my …

Title says it all really. I have two pins on my Sound Blaster Live! CT470 labeled PC SPK. I fashioned a dupont connector cable to carry pin 1 and 4 from the PC Speaker pins on my PC Partner MVP3 motherboard, labeled SPEAK and VCC, to the SBLive pins. The Livewire 3.0 CD's helpfile says connect VCC …

Ok, one more post script. The SBLive began having severe crackling and popping issues. I first noticed them when I installed Drakan and the main menu was almost exclusively popping and crackling. Noticed it ever so slightly in Planescape Torment during the intro movies, and when EAX was turned on in …

Turbo Pascal you say... This might be old hat here, but once upon a time I made an attempt to play the DOS version of Wizardry 1 in dosbox. The RNG seemed totally FUBARed. I was going out of my mind, all my characters were constantly losing stats every time they leveled up. I never once successfully …

So, I haven't recapped the Shuttle 591P. But a $15 auction I won for a PC Partner MVP3BS7 finally showed up. It shipped from Kiev. Caps all look good and it POSTed. So I pulled out the Shuttle board, and threw in the PC Partner board, and updated it's bios. Went ahead and swapped the Pentium 233 MMX …

I suppose it's time for Part 2 of my build log. Before I left the system turned off and unplugged out of the rightful fear of PowMax you guys put into me, I spent some time trying to find a decent compiler, and playing with upgrades. As for the compiler, I only have one goal really. Play around with …

So am I correct in assuming this board has some recapping in it's future? Mostly the two on the right. 20201008_192007.jpg Those caps are on their way out, you need to replace them. And if you replace those two, you might as well replace the next ones too. I recapped my motherboard with Panasonic …

So am I correct in assuming this board has some recapping in it's future? Mostly the two on the right. Filename 20201008_192007.jpg File size 588.3 KiB Views 1856 views

This was a nice read, really satisfying to see it all running well. About the TX97-E, would any generic USB2 bracket work, after reassigning the pins to fit the motherboard? where did you find a PS/2 bracket with the right pin amounts? the motherboard is a combined 17pin header right? So, I ended …

@darry: Well, good to know about the -5V being so rarely needed. I suppose it was gotten rid of for a reason after all. @chinny22: While I effectively have the spare parts for a whole other computer already, minus the mobo which is in shipping, the missus acts as a good firebreak in me getting too …

So, I got some recommendations, but I'm nervous about totally forsaking the -5V rail because the motherboard I'm using does have ISA slots, even if I'm not using them. I'm pretty sure my research yielded that -5V is used for ISA, or at least some, ISA cards? A part of me is tempted to downgrade ( …

I would consider replacing that Powmax PSU with something with a bit more of a reputation . You have already lost one motherboard, do you really risk another ? That is a concern I have. Any recommendations? Sourcing a PSU for this project has been one of the most exhausting and frustrating parts.

So about a month ago I got permission from the wife to build a retro pc that's been rattling around in my brain for a long time. In 1997, 14 year old Namrok got the parts for a PC from his father, and kindled a lifelong love of computers and technology. Before setting out on this build, I didn't …