Re: Short on ISA slots? Try this.

Posted on Yesterday, 23:23

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Step 3: (optional) If you have any cards that need -5V, but your ATX power supply doesn't provide it How does one know if they need -5v? I am trying to find a clever way to attach a sound card or MPU-401 card to the unreachable "shared ISA/PCI" slot, since a PCI card is already in it. The board …

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Re: Did anyone replace the CPU socket on a motherboard?

Posted on Yesterday, 04:04

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Today I learned that these sockets are just glued on. I like socket 370 for the easy heatsink/fan replacement. But knowing that my tower case is causing a large heatsink to just hang or pull against a glued on socket makes me question. Is this eventually going to fall off? In the event of a broken …

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Re: GeForce 2 Coolers

Posted on 2024-05-11, 18:27

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Thank you for the Zalman suggestion. I will check that too. Here is my card, and what appears to be the same coolers found on ebay. I'll start here. Filename PXL_20240511_182333371.jpg File size 1.81 MiB Views 127 views Filename PXL_20240511_182340055.jpg File size 1.43 MiB Views 127 views Ebay …

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GeForce 2 Coolers

Posted on 2024-05-10, 20:24

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Is there any modern advise for how to replace coolers for old cards, such as Geforce2? I have a Geforce2 TI AGP, that is very flat with it's cooler, and does not touch the PCI slot directly next below it. Two "problems". The fan is a bit unusual, sunken into the flat heatsink, and is rattling. The …

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Re: what do you think is the best 440bx mainboard in the world?

Posted on 2024-05-08, 23:23

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I like CUBX-E for socket 370. Mainly because it's easy to maintain the cooler. Easy to repaste or replace the fan common size fan. Mine is in a tower case. Sometimes I wonder if the hanging weight of the cooler, being held on by only the socket, is a concern.

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Re: Premade DOS Hard Drive Image

Posted on 2024-05-06, 03:58

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Consider a fresh MS-DOS 6.22 Disk1, Disk2, Disk3 install. Then add Phil's MS-DOS startup set. It provides a ready to go CD and Mouse driver support, and some different already configured Memory management environment choices. It makes for a great base foundation. Then from here, add your unique …

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Re: Aweutil /EM option - speed sensitive

Posted on 2024-05-06, 00:15

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Then I went back to 1.4 Lose anything noticable when going back to 1.4? That's a bit annoying. Very curious that using another bootloader also had an effect. I have been using BootMagic this entire time, but I hadn't thought of it as a contributor. I use it to boot Win9x in the neighboring …

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Re: Aweutil /EM option - speed sensitive

Posted on 2024-05-06, 00:10

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I downgraded the PIII from a 1Ghz to a 600Mhz. Still error. Then I went back into the BIOS and it let me change it to 400Mhz. Worked. When I go from 600Mhz to 400Mhz, the FSB also drops from 100Mhz to 66Mhz. I wonder if that is having an effect, rather than the slower CPU speed. No idea. But I'm …

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Re: Secret of Monkey Island. AWE32 troubles with music

Posted on 2024-05-05, 16:09

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Hi mkarcher. This is me attempting to consolidate my posts. The thread below may match what I am experiencing. Aweutil /EM option - speed sensitive

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Re: Creative AWE64 Non Maskable Interrupt error with MFBEN jumper installed?

Posted on 2024-05-05, 15:55

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You are gettng the "NMI error" system crash exactly at the moment AWEUTIL is supposed to catch the NMI and do its host processor based MIDI processing. Well, I am making a mess of the forum as I stumble across threads that match what I eventually discover from troubleshooting. I am in three places …

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Re: Aweutil /EM option - speed sensitive

Posted on 2024-05-05, 08:18

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Well, I apparently did not stumble onto this specific thread today, but rather another. I would really love to know more. I disabled my L1 cache as a solution. I too eventually realized it was a BIOS error, and not a game error. Took a while to realize. Since it's not about the game, I'd really be …

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Re: QUARTERDECK QEMM products ... Good? or Garbage?

Posted on 2024-05-05, 07:40

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Yoghoo wrote on 2024-05-04, 14:51: For the "insufficient environment size" error edit your config.sys and add/change this line: SHELL=c:\command.com /e:1024. This certainly resolved the error. Thank you!

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Re: Secret of Monkey Island. AWE32 troubles with music

Posted on 2024-05-05, 07:11

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I disabled the L1 cache (L2 cache still enabled) of my PIII, and the game works with MT32 emulation on the AWE64. I do not really know what this did, but I did quite a bit of trial and error, and this seems to be a singular change that makes this work, in my system. I don't know enough to really …

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Re: Secret of Monkey Island. AWE32 troubles with music

Posted on 2024-05-04, 20:58

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Would rather you didn't bump threads that haven't seen a reply in seven years. I am potentially violating the admin's advise. I get torn between bumping something that already exists, vs duplicating a conversation to another thread. Please advise me if I am bumping too many old threads …

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Re: QUARTERDECK QEMM products ... Good? or Garbage?

Posted on 2024-05-04, 20:16

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This is why I love this forum. Getting some excellent history and insight from the past compared to now. I did spend some time on BBS's in highschool. Loved ever bit of it. It really was a who you know advantage. Thank you so much for ALL of that detail. I will start with EMM386 only then, on this …

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Re: Creative AWE64 Non Maskable Interrupt error with MFBEN jumper installed?

Posted on 2024-05-04, 18:30

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"I/O CHANNEL CHECK - CHECKING FOR SEGMENT... OFFENDING SEGMENT: F000 PRESS f1 TO DISABLE NMI, F2 TO REBOOT" I am experiencing this error. Mine says Segment 0000 instead of F000. I am booting a real DOS-6.22 system with an AWE64 gold, to try playing Secret of Monkey Island, with MT32 Emulation by …

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Re: QUARTERDECK QEMM products ... Good? or Garbage?

Posted on 2024-05-04, 18:01

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For the "insufficient environment size" error edit your config.sys and add/change this line: SHELL=c:\command.com /e:1024. Thank you! I will give this a try tonight. I have no idea what that effects. Never have seen that suggestion before. I'll try to study up. I too have noticed it might be more …

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Re: QUARTERDECK QEMM products ... Good? or Garbage?

Posted on 2024-05-04, 10:30

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I play with QEMM for my MS-DOS 6.22 system. All these years I have never thought to ask if I even need things like QEMM, MEMMAKER, etc. If just manually edit things to LH / Load High, then do I need to bother with them? Maybe I am making it sound too simple. Are these memory managers just txt …

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Re: [Help] Msdos Drivers - Creative Labs SB32 ISA CT3670

Posted on 2024-05-04, 08:25

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Kamerat wrote on 2017-03-27, 23:25: Here you go... If I might ask, where would one have normally found such sound fonts as this back in the day? Were they provided by creative on the disks?

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Re: Short on ISA slots? Try this.

Posted on 2024-04-29, 18:18

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My question to the group, is if the below idea has any realistic chance of working. I'd like to combine jwt27's Male with ribbon extender, and the Douglas Electronics female side to be a new floating ISA slot at the bottom of my case. The reason I like jwt27, is the right angle pin headers, as space …

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