Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread
Posted on 2023-12-16, 00:05
This is absolute bananas, so much effort
Re: digital hoading
Posted on 2023-12-15, 10:02
The issue is if I get rid of it I will need it later down the road. There is still a lot of stuff around and more surfacing every day, enough for our lifetimes, and I don’t mean unrealistically priced eBay listings. If at some point it becomes too hard to find certain brand video card, you will …
Re: Hi to All i would like to ask you soem advices about a retrogaming PC System.
Posted on 2023-12-14, 00:15
DFI G7S620-N I get it you desire to have ISA sound and AGP 8x in one system but do you really need them? It’s a difficult path, there is no benefit from Core2Duo to be gained in “DOS games” scenario and finally when you think everything is set you’ll stumble into some incompatibility because of the …
Re: Compact microATX Socket A Build - Choices ... VIA or SiS, XP 2500+ or XP-M 2400+ ?
Posted on 2023-12-14, 00:05
justin1985 wrote on 2023-12-13, 17:22: have the northbridge chip shown at a diagonal angle Heatsink is square, chip underneath is 45deg against.
Re: Compact microATX Socket A Build - Choices ... VIA or SiS, XP 2500+ or XP-M 2400+ ?
Posted on 2023-12-13, 16:33
the PCB version number seems to say "MS-7181 VER: 10" Means "1.0" in MSI lingo. You are right it's another revision with same footprint albeit differently populated, and the BIOS versioning scheme of its own (the sticker on yours says 130) . My preliminary research shows you got K8MM3-V ver.1 = …
Re: Compact microATX Socket A Build - Choices ... VIA or SiS, XP 2500+ or XP-M 2400+ ?
Posted on 2023-12-13, 14:47
The VIA VT8237R southbridge does have SATA - but is this one of the buggy ones that won't work with SATA-II or SATA-III? (which I guess means basically no SSDs?) Yes there is a notorious problem with those, solved in 8237Plus. If you have 8237R version you may still try a trick and create a JBOD …
Re: Compact microATX Socket A Build - Choices ... VIA or SiS, XP 2500+ or XP-M 2400+ ?
Posted on 2023-12-13, 11:38
The PSU I tried was a beQuiet! 300w SFX, which claims 20A on the 5v rail (but with maximum 103w combined with 3.3v). I guess this actually isn't enough... Would the mobile version of the XP be likely to have low enough power draw to work with this PSU? Or would I need to search out a PSU with a 5V …
Re: Compact microATX Socket A Build - Choices ... VIA or SiS, XP 2500+ or XP-M 2400+ ?
Posted on 2023-12-10, 23:40
Both Via KM400/8235 and 741GX/963 offer good compatibility with PCI audio cards, incl. using SBEMU. Both boards have full 98 driver support but with 8235 you can also enjoy USB 2.0 speeds. On SiS the USB "driver" would just disable the 2.0 controller. Both of these boards only support AGP 1.5volt. …
Re: Athlon64 3400+ / Asus K8V-MX / 5900XT / Audigy2
Posted on 2023-11-26, 18:11
For reference, I'm playing this under WinXP+SP3 using Nvidia's 45.23 drivers. While I agree that 45.23 is the most compatible, I’ve noticed that FX5900 doesn’t like (blank screen / monitor out of range / bad scaling) widescreen resolutions over DVI-D until 61.76. It’s not a random version for that …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-11-18, 09:27
PcBytes wrote on 2023-09-29, 00:43: NFS5 crashes by hanging at the splash screen Downgrade to a more compatible forceware version (not newer than 61.76), install official 3.5 patch.
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2023-11-16, 19:32
crazii wrote on 2023-11-16, 10:47: although I've seen the issues/discussions here and on github. Hi the list of reports has been just updated, could you link it in OP? SBEMU compatibility reports list | Navigation thread
Re: My Stupid Retro Builds [now feat. misuse of microSD card extensions]
Posted on 2023-11-13, 08:54
Bit of a messy pic, on the left edge of the case I'm using one of my favourite lil guys, a USB 2.0 splitter: IMG_6296.jpeg One of these guys: 512EEDcrKEL._SL1500_.jpg Honestly, they're one of my "secret weapons" - I've found them extremely versatile for retro stuff, especially connecting modern …
Re: My Stupid Retro Builds [now feat. misuse of microSD card extensions]
Posted on 2023-11-13, 00:35
ubiq wrote on 2023-11-03, 21:47: The 2.5" hard drives arrived from China and turns out I'd ordered 160GB drives: I have exactly same HM160HC drive with 3.5 interposer and used Seagate SeaTools (bootable dos version) to limit its reported capacity to 120gb. Worked like a charm with a fussy old bios. …
Re: Blackie - probably my first Windows 98 build
Posted on 2023-11-09, 12:20
Hi could you post pics of that NQ-4001EX? Incl. inside. It is reported to have 30+ amps rail but without the inspection (and in combination with Barton 2500+) it frankly sounds like a 5V VRM bomb.
Re: PC for 20 more years
Posted on 2023-11-09, 11:50
doing its maintenance just right, could it last for like, 20/30 more years with occasional use? Hi. Let's suppose your target is to make this system work without component replacement until 2053. Obviously the economical sense of such an asset is nil because it's full of common parts with no …
Re: "Linux Daily Driver / Win98 overkill" LGA1366 build
Posted on 2023-11-08, 16:28
Hi, thanks for sharing. I like it in general especially the layout and I have a comment and a question. In OP you mention using setup /pi to disable ACPI but it really is: setup /p i And the question is how do you find “modern” activities such as web browsing and IDE/whatever tools you use in Linux …
Re: Athlon64 3400+ / Asus K8V-MX / 5900XT / Audigy2
Posted on 2023-11-07, 23:03
Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2023-11-07, 16:16: system freeze at boot when the Audigy 1 was first initialized by the drivers. Is it about Win9x or dos driver?
Re: Fanless AT Power Supply?
Posted on 2023-11-06, 19:05
Alternative solution is getting silent ATX PSU and AT PSU adaptor cable.
Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread
Posted on 2023-11-05, 21:27
original P3.00 American Megatrends Arguably the full potential of this board is reached through the use of 45nm CPUs (Wolfdale) which are indeed only fully supported with a said bios ver. Compatibility-wise you get the same as you would with Conroe but in lower heat output. I don’t see any good …
Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread
Posted on 2023-11-03, 16:32
jives11 wrote on 2023-11-03, 09:00: I'm pondering if a CPU upgrade might be easy or not. ? With the latest modded bios version you can install C2D E7600 which is faster and cooler than E6600. That is, if you don’t take Core2Extreme parts.
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