Re: PCI-X Compatible Sound Cards

Posted on 2022-05-23, 15:33

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by chiveicrook

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There is apparently a Dell PCI-X SoundBlaster card, in the X-Fi family, but I can't confirm it's authenticity and I don't understand why Dell would ever request such a product from Creative Labs. https://jbsdevices.com/item/dell-0ct602-network-adapter?catchall&gclid= …

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Re: Best 128gb compact flash card

Posted on 2022-05-23, 15:08

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by chiveicrook

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So I can put more stuff on it, So it will fit in a cf slot. I guess then that you are not really going to use them for OS related tasks but static storage, which is at least somewhat reasonable use case in this scenario (In one other post about CF cards I posted two links, which explain why CF …

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Re: Best 128gb compact flash card

Posted on 2022-05-23, 09:38

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by chiveicrook

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So there aren’t any larger capacity ones that will operate best for pc use? I guess, how do I find the best 16gb one though… just simply look for “industrial” and that’s the one? 16gb might be too small, was really hoping for 128gb Why would you want such large capacity? I don't know where you are …

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Re: Help me find the perfect computer case.

Posted on 2022-05-21, 07:26

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by chiveicrook

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Long baby AT + full ATX and "as small as possible" are somewhat contradictory. Are slim cases a consideration or do you need full height card compatibility? Anyway, Silverstone FT05 would tick almost all boxes but it supports "up to" SSI CEB form factor and Tyan S1564 might not fit in there. EDIT: …

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Re: Delock 62495 MSATA to 44pin IDE Adapter Review

Posted on 2022-05-20, 14:19

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by chiveicrook

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By the way, which SSD did you use? I'm guessing that the adapter was set to master? In the SatPro I used chinese Goldenfir brand 8GB mSata SSD at first (completely basic, without TRIM support), which I managed to quickly decimate (forgot to align partitions and did a lot of reinstalling and …

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Re: Delock 62495 MSATA to 44pin IDE Adapter Review

Posted on 2022-05-20, 10:19

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by chiveicrook

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Magnificent review! The bigger and much more worse problem however is the the complete incompatibility with Windows 9x/Me for reasons that are unknown. Technically speaking, it doesn't have to be the adapter necessarily - but I have tested Win9x/Me on many different 2.5" hard drives which worked …

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Re: I bought a DOM 64gb so you don’t have to. (Or do you?)

Posted on 2022-05-19, 08:25

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by chiveicrook

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Just checked my mbo manual (intel tc430hx with p200mmx), IDE controller supports up to PIO4 (16MB/s) with "enhanced fast DMA controller". Picture shows my speed results without DMA enabled. If I enable it then I cannot boot W98, can't remember but probably did try F5 during boot last time I crashed …

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Re: What thermal paste stays wet the longest?

Posted on 2022-05-19, 08:07

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by chiveicrook

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Just use any regular cpu thermal paste from known manufacturers. Avoid "high performance" or "enthusiast" pastes as they tend to require repasting every couple years. Gold standard for price to performance ratio are mentioned Arctic Cooling products (Arctic MX-2 in particular, even better than good …

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Re: max system on pico PSU (and pico PSU problems)

Posted on 2022-05-18, 14:27

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by chiveicrook

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The claim is that it can power Pentium 4 just fine. Well, that didn't work, neither on the much weaker Cyrix 233Mhz. The power brick is rated 102W, and I'm having a hard time finding a 180W brick that delivers 12V. At that wattage mostly all are giving 19V, which this PSU can't take (12V only). So …

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Re: Final solution for XT/AT/ATX power

Posted on 2022-05-16, 11:30

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by chiveicrook

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That depends on configuration. PicoPSU is OK for 386, 486 and probably pentiums. Especially with adapters that add -5V for those who need it. But it doesn't have enough amps on 5V for pentium 2 and newer configurations. Newer configs can usually use modern ATX PSUs anyway (and by the time these are …

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Re: Final solution for XT/AT/ATX power

Posted on 2022-05-16, 06:47

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by chiveicrook

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On the positive side 12VO standard won't trickle down to "DIY" market for years to come, it's mainly for OEMs who have to comply with environmental restrictions. IMHO, while the idea of open source PSU is commendable, there are already nice solutions. A few threads ago I saw pictures of somebody …

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Re: Win98 machine just powers on randomly

Posted on 2022-05-15, 14:12

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by chiveicrook

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Search in bios for "restore on power loss" and/or for various "wake up by..." settings. It's either power-on by timer or auto power on after short power outage.

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Re: Good low profile AGP graphics card?

Posted on 2022-05-13, 07:43

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by chiveicrook

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I've been looking for a 9550 low profile for a while but they're as rare as hen's teeth. Not sure if it will help but it seems that HIS models are somewhat more common and not valued much, unfortunately I think they are 128mb 64bit only despite not being marked "SE". 128bit LP versions are …

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Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?

Posted on 2022-05-13, 06:55

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by chiveicrook

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What's worse some of those inflated-price sellers are also mass buyers... there is one company in my area that seems to buy everything that's well-known among retro communities and relists it at way inflated prices. Fortunately, they are not interested in researching the topic too deeply and lots of …

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Re: Good low profile AGP graphics card?

Posted on 2022-05-12, 13:53

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by chiveicrook

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There were few models of low profile radeon 9550 and 9600se, not exactly stellar and weaker than 6200A (in pixel shader heavy games at least) but still win98 compatible.

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Re: Voodoo2 VGA hack?

Posted on 2022-05-12, 06:59

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by chiveicrook

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Widely adopted move to 3d hardware accelerated compositing window managers that happened in the past 15 years or so theoretically made all voodoo cards capable of displaying ordinary desktop. Windows "Desktop Window Manager" draws desktop as a Direct3D surface since Vista, various Linux (Xgl, AIGLX …

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Re: my compact flash experience is a dud

Posted on 2022-05-11, 10:42

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by chiveicrook

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Stumbled upon this, really nice reading about flash memory cards and why performance may or may not suck: https://web.archive.org/web/20181027222214/ht … FlashCardSurvey and this: https://lwn.net/Articles/428584/

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Re: my compact flash experience is a dud

Posted on 2022-05-10, 21:00

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by chiveicrook

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If I try to copy over my MIDI collection, the HDD slows to 20-22MB/sec while the CF card goes down to 2-3MB and will actually have periods when it will drop down to 200-500kb /sec. This is also when the PC would hang for 1-3 seconds then come back, then do it again. Concurrent reads and writes also …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2022-05-10, 08:42

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by chiveicrook

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http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/datasheet/306382.pdf http://download.intel.com/design/processor/datashts/318732.pdf Damn, should have thought of these myself :-) Anyway to summarize changes for curious: There are a lot of changes among "FCxx" signals which are "signals that are available for …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2022-05-10, 06:37

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by chiveicrook

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Same goes for LGA775, because it had pre-Core 2 and post-Core 2 revision, latter shuffled some pins. Any source of that info? I don't remember such change and there were mobos which would support core duos/quads with just a bios update. Not to mention late 865 chipset boards with lga775 socket that …

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