Re: My 486 hard-drive and floppy works "sometimes".

Posted on 2023-12-21, 12:00

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by Zerthimon

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That's kinda unusual that multi I/O cards die. The HDD and floppy that old are more likely to. However, try to reseat the cards and cables on both ends and see if things improve.

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Re: backing up and restoring windows 98 Installation

Posted on 2023-12-21, 11:21

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by Zerthimon

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You can copy the data from d: to c:, then use gparted to delete extended dos partition and logical drive and after that extend the primary partition to occupy all free space.

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Re: Reveal Multimedia Upgrade Kit 1993

Posted on 2023-12-20, 13:47

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by Zerthimon

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I have this Expertmedia MED2000 card on a local auction site. Filename med2000.jpg File size 411.04 KiB Views 323 views

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Re: PCChips M571 gets stuck during boot load screen.

Posted on 2023-12-18, 22:38

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by Zerthimon

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Do you have memtest86+ floppy? Try booting the PC with it. If it boots, wait for the memtest to complete. Let's see if that works.

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Re: Slow Transfer Speeds in Windows 98 with CrystalDiskMark 2.2

Posted on 2023-12-02, 12:39

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by Zerthimon

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I suggest testing the drive with Victoria or/and MHDD for slow sectors. Their presence may lower HDD performance significantly.

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-19, 13:17

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by Zerthimon

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Del

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Re: Diamond Speedstar24 Bios versions

Posted on 2023-11-09, 21:05

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by Zerthimon

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I wasn't aware there was proper software for this specific card. All the software I can find is for the Speedstar24. Mind posting where I can find this? having that plus whatever Diamond-sanctioned drivers for Windows might increase my chances of getting things happy further down the line. This is …

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Re: Diamond Speedstar24 Bios versions

Posted on 2023-11-09, 20:12

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by Zerthimon

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I have this specific ET4000AX Speedstar card. Wow! I also have this same card and I was also looking for best bios for it. I'd be very interested in knowing how it went for you. This card differs from the later speedstar24 by that it doesn't have the eeprom to store monitors refresh rates across …

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Re: Is it possible to correct IRQ Table errors from within Windows 98?

Posted on 2023-11-02, 18:20

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by Zerthimon

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Have you tried deleting this registry branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum in safe mode and doing a restart? This will force windows to redetect all devices .

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Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2023-10-16, 12:21

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by Zerthimon

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Yeah, these and the others (i counted 7 ?, same type) all over the board. Edit: Before you recap the card, try running it with another mobo.

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Re: Windows 98 divide by zero install crash

Posted on 2023-10-15, 21:01

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by Zerthimon

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Interesting! Thanks for the heads up!

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Re: Examples of the worst LCD screen scaling you can find please...

Posted on 2023-10-15, 20:59

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by Zerthimon

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They all look the same to me....

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Re: Win98SE becomes unresponsive for a while when deleting files/folders

Posted on 2023-10-13, 15:32

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by Zerthimon

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Have you installed any unofficial updates or service packs for windows 98se ?

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Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2023-10-13, 15:04

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by Zerthimon

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_StIwY_ wrote on 2023-10-12, 14:49: gives shaky / trembling images at any resolution The aluminum electrolytic caps have died out. Replace them all with new ones. This will solve the issue.

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Re: thinkpad 760XL in mint condition <3

Posted on 2023-10-11, 08:08

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by Zerthimon

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You cannot run Memtest86+ from dos, It must be booted. Memtest86+ can be run from a USB Flash Drive (FAT32 formatted), CDROM drive (by burning the ISO to a blank disk) or Network boot (PXE). If you need a floppy image, use the "make iso" command to generate a 'floppy.img' file https://www.memtest. …

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Re: thinkpad 760XL in mint condition <3

Posted on 2023-10-09, 21:02

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by Zerthimon

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That must be the on-board ram then. The thing is that it would be nice to find a way to test the memory, somehow. The best way would be to run memtest86+, but you'd need a floppy for that ( . Would you be able to get a floppy drive?

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Re: thinkpad 760XL in mint condition <3

Posted on 2023-10-09, 15:32

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by Zerthimon

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How much ram does you Thinkpad have? What size of the on-board ram and what size of the mem modules, if any, are there?

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Re: thinkpad 760XL in mint condition <3

Posted on 2023-10-04, 20:52

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by Zerthimon

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Suggest moving this thread to General Hardware, as it has more visitors, so you could get more input there.

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Re: thinkpad 760XL in mint condition <3

Posted on 2023-10-04, 20:46

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by Zerthimon

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Put the thinkpad HDD in Compaq and install win98 (se?). Then move the HDD back to Thinkpad. Edit: while in Compaq, check the HDD surface for bad sectors.

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Re: Is there any reason to install more than 1 MB RAM on a 286 PC?

Posted on 2023-10-04, 19:18

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by Zerthimon

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Novell NetWare 2.2 would benefit from 4 meg ram, in case you like running old server softwares.

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