Re: Fixing a Keyboard controller error on a socket 7 motherboard

Posted on 2024-04-15, 01:45

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kingcake wrote on 2024-04-14, 21:25: If the fuse tests good I would say there is probably a good chance the keyboard controller would fix it. Thanks! Ordered a knockoff from Aliexpress... We'll see if they are any good.

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Re: Problem with AWE32 CT3900

Posted on 2024-04-15, 01:43

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"Every game in Windows 98 works perfectly, but in pure DOS, nothing works for me. Is that normal? Sure, right... Knowing what you have tried already would help a lot... Have you tried the latest version of AWEUTIL, v1.36? Sometimes, mouse or cdrom drivers can screw up things and you should try with …

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Re: Problem with AWE32 CT3900

Posted on 2024-04-15, 01:20

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Demolition-Man wrote on 2024-04-15, 00:43: Bear in mind that any protected mode games (dos4gw) will not work with MT32/GM emulation. What about DOS32AWE? Maybe an NMI error? Before going to DOS32AWE, I would start with basic games that support AWE32 natively...

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Re: Problem with AWE32 CT3900

Posted on 2024-04-15, 00:26

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Bear in mind that any protected mode games (dos4gw) will not work with MT32/GM emulation. Even when it’s not a protected mode game, it might just not work with this game… What games are you testing it with? … and just to be sure, you are running those DOS games in pure DOS, not through Windows 98 …

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Fixing a Keyboard controller error on a socket 7 motherboard

Posted on 2024-04-14, 18:35

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I am planning on repairing a Shuttle 557 v1.32 Socket 7 motherboard that I killed when assuming a PS/2 mouse header with 5 pins had the same wiring as a header with 6 pins. So I probably injected 5V somewhere I should not have... The motherboard posts, displays image and does ram count. BUT it beeps …

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Re: Best soundcard for my Pentium III 3dfx build ?

Posted on 2024-04-12, 01:22

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Not true! It's a micro-ATX coupled with a 1.8Ghz P4: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m925lr So it's very small and packs a punch! I get 3dMark scores pretty close to the record score I could find in old forums without overclocking anything on that thing... Today I searched every P4 …

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Re: Best soundcard for my Pentium III 3dfx build ?

Posted on 2024-04-05, 13:01

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I just finished the mobo and it seems to fit windows 98 pretty well . Northwood P4 1.8 1gb+ Geforce fx5600 128bit - 256mb . Haven't install any game yet and still have to plug the V2 in pci . I think it is my first succefull install of windows 98 on a P4 . The speedy ones simply does not want them …

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Re: Best soundcard for my Pentium III 3dfx build ?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 23:34

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So it's very small and packs a punch! I get 3dMark scores pretty close to the record score I could find in old forums without overclocking anything on that thing... You have installed Windows 98 ? I found in my stuff one P4 1.8 mobo , It doesn't support AGP 3.3v but you gave me idea , to use it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-02, 21:39

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What I thought I was going to pickup was a 19 inch Viewsonic CRT monitor (my dream), turned out to be a 22 inch!!!!! If I am reading the manual correctly, this thing can do 2048 x 1536 @ 60 Hz. Now I am going to feel like John Carmack when he was coding Quake!! LOL Me just curious, when you turn it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-02, 02:26

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How heavy is that? Must weigh a ton. 70 lbs (32kg)!!! Nods .. the Cad Trinny I had was about the same if not a bit heavier .. had a lead weight in the base IIRC so was a mongrel to move about. I guess the next question would be .. what would the shipping costs be on a 70lb CRT XD. (Im guessing it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-02, 02:01

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What I thought was going to pickup was a 19 inch Viewsonic CRT monitor (my dream), turned out to be a 22 inch!!!!! If I am reading the manual correctly, this thing can do 2048 x 1536 @ 60 Hz. Now I am going to feel like John Carmack when he was coding Quake!! LOL IMG_5013.jpg How heavy is that? …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-02, 01:01

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What I thought I was going to pickup was a 19 inch Viewsonic CRT monitor (my dream), turned out to be a 22 inch!!!!! If I am reading the manual correctly, this thing can do 2048 x 1536 @ 60 Hz. Now I am going to feel like John Carmack when he was coding Quake!! 🤣 Filename IMG_5013.jpg File size 1. …

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Re: Best soundcard for my Pentium III 3dfx build ?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 00:19

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The key is to have an early P4... It has a PC Chips M925 motherboard with universal AGP. I wanted to make sure my V3 wouldn't be bottlenecked... Since that V3 is probably running at full capacity, I have a 50mm fan on top of the heatsink, and a 120mm intake fan blowing directly towards the card. …

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Re: Best soundcard for my Pentium III 3dfx build ?

Posted on 2024-03-31, 21:40

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Totally agree with the SB0100 recommendation! I have that card installed in my P3 (TNT2) and P4 (Voodoo3) and it's really an impressive card emulation and MIDI wise... may I ask what is your configuration winth P4 and Voodoo3 ? The key is to have an early P4... It has a PC Chips M925 motherboard …

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Re: Best soundcard for my Pentium III 3dfx build ?

Posted on 2024-03-29, 21:45

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Totally agree with the SB0100 recommendation! I have that card installed in my P3 (TNT2) and P4 (Voodoo3) and it's really an impressive card emulation and MIDI wise... Just make sure you follow the guide: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Sound Blaster Live! cards (version 3.1)

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-28, 04:51

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So I grabbed this potential beauty today! It's a InWin A500 case with Pentium 120, HOT 557 motherboard, 32mb sdram, S3 Virge DX 4mb and a Sound Blaster 16 Prelude (Yuck!!). IMG_4917.jpg IMG_4918.jpg IMG_4920.jpg I'll clean and retrobrite the case, but most of the work will be inside... Of course I …

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Re: Replacing some motherboard capacitors

Posted on 2024-02-23, 01:19

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Hi All, In the process of building my retro 98/XP rig and all going well. 98 and XP installed.. Running without BSODs / crashes, devices working ok but... I noticed some of the capacitors were bulging, fortunately without any obvious leakages. The only ones bulging are 1000uF 6.3V caps so I've …

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2024-02-15, 01:26

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I'm awaiting my picoGUS and want to know can I run it alongside with my ESS 1868 soundcard? My idea is ESS for gameport and SB compatibility, picoGUS for GUS stuff (CMS, AdLib maybe). Theoretically I will, but want to know experience from practice. yeah i run mine in parallel to another sound card. …

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2024-02-11, 22:55

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I ordered mine yesterday... So freakin excited!

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Re: Feedback on a potential new build - Voodoo3 + Dual Xeon + Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-01-27, 14:19

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I don’t remember the early 2000s being such an AGP nightmare. I think graphic cards and systems were evolving so quickly that it... didn't really matter. No one was thinking of reusing a 3 year old graphics card... this is an era when a $50 GF4 MX was better or equivalent to a GeForce 2 GTS from... …

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