Re: Graphics card advice needed for Gateway 2000 Kadoka system w/1 GHz slot A Athlon

Posted on Yesterday, 12:36

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by feipoa

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I'm noticing that both the G400max and ATI 8500 are getting put into AGP 1x mode. Was AGP 2x on the Irongate not stable? In what aspects does the 8500 not do as well in DX5/6 games? Slower, or display problems?

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Re: Graphics card advice needed for Gateway 2000 Kadoka system w/1 GHz slot A Athlon

Posted on Yesterday, 11:56

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by feipoa

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I'm also new to Slot A systems. I don't know if it has any early AGP bugs. I do know that NT4 doesn't like the G400Max on this system. Radeon 8500DV seems OK. Ideally I'd like to figure out how to remove the CPU's plastic casing and adjust the CPU multiplier in a manner similar to the gold finger …

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Re: Graphics card advice needed for Gateway 2000 Kadoka system w/1 GHz slot A Athlon

Posted on Yesterday, 09:36

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by feipoa

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Since the G400Max is having some issues in NT4 using OpenGL, I have begun testing the 8500DV, or R200-based, Radeon. It is a little difficult finding the NT4 Radeon 8500 drivers. I am using a driver for the Radeon 7000 that seems to work. I should have a newer driver on the original CD-ROM as well. …

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Re: Graphics card advice needed for Gateway 2000 Kadoka system w/1 GHz slot A Athlon

Posted on 2020-06-04, 21:36

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by feipoa

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G400Max runs in 1x mode in NT4. Changing it to 2x, it still runs in 1x mode. G200 runs in 2x mode by default. I'm experiencing an odd problem. Whether I use the AGP G400/G200 or PCI G200, GLQuake 1/2/3 all crash shortly after loading. Unreal won't work in OpenGL mode. But These games work with the …

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What is the max stable CPU for a Gateway 2000 KAD SELECT "Kadoka" Slot A systems?

Posted on 2020-06-02, 23:24

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by feipoa

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Anyone have this board and been able to confirm via Windows testing which is the fastest stable CPU this board would accept with the latest BIOS, 0AASNP06? I know Orion and Thunderbird 800 MHz CPUs work. I tried a 1 GHz Orion and while it would boot Win98SE, it was not stable. Any input from users …

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Re: Any way to add soft shutdown to Standard PC Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 11:18

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by feipoa

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I ran a W2K fresh install on my Tyan Super7 board which has the "ACPI Function" option in the BIOS and also has the ACPI shutdown feature for Windows 98se. After installation I looked in Device Manager and W2K setup gave it the "Standard PC" hal. So that board isn't a good candidate. So far the only …

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Re: Any way to add soft shutdown to Standard PC Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 09:50

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by feipoa

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Something else that is interesting - Windows 98SE appears to have the ability to add ACPI after the fact. ACPI will auto install when you, for example, install a hard drive from an AT system into an ATX ACPI-capable system. It also adds the "ACPI Fixed Feature Button" on its own. This is why Win98SE …

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Re: Any way to add soft shutdown to Standard PC Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 09:32

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by feipoa

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I tried this procedure in XP first and it yielded an unbootable operating system, so I guess I'll try the "repair install" method next Did you notice what the site says about that? If you actually CONTINUE with this and your system is NOT actually an ACPI system, it will become unbootable. Trying …

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Re: Any way to add soft shutdown to Standard PC Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 08:54

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by feipoa

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I intend to try: https://zedt.eu/tech/windows/switch-windows-xp-hal-from-standard-pc-to-acpi-without-reinstall/ ... I tried this procedure in XP first and it yielded an unbootable operating system, so I guess I'll try the "repair install" method next, whatever that is exactly, I'll soon find out. I …

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Re: MSI MS-4144 ver 2.1 manual and BIOS help

Posted on 2020-05-31, 05:24

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by feipoa

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That's good to hear! But I thought you said earlier that you had already tried my modified BIOS?

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Re: Any way to add soft shutdown to Standard PC Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 03:47

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by feipoa

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Read that one. Not sure what "1. Start Windows 2000 Setup as an upgrade." means. Sounds like doing a fresh installation of W2K to me, unless there is some kind of repair mode from the W2K boot installation disc that will change all the necessary ACPI registry settings and associated files. Doing a …

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Re: Any way to add soft shutdown to Standard PC Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 03:26

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by feipoa

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I am able to fix the BSOD by copying the "Standard PC" HAL.dll back into C:\WINNT\System32. Puts me back to square 1. I do recall reading one suggestion to "upgrade over your w2k installation", but I was under the impression that this would require the user to reinstall all service packs and post …

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Re: Any way to add soft shutdown to Standard PC Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 02:46

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by feipoa

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I hadn't seen that one. Seems like when searching via google, mostly more modern web pages are displayed to the user, not these older more juicy pages. I would try that, but I am at BSOD right now - Inaccessible boot device. The problem occurs if, when Windows 2000 installs, you or the OS select …

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Any way to add soft shutdown to Standard PC Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 02:03

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by feipoa

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My Gateway Athlon Slot A system has 4 operating systems installed: NT4, W2K, XP, w98se. When I shutdown Windows 98SE, the system powers of using the operating systems standard shutdown procedure. I do not need to physically press the power button. In W2K and XP, when I go to shutdown, I need to hold …

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Re: SCSI2SD - Comparison of SCSI SD, CF, and HDD performance

Posted on 2020-05-31, 00:08

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by feipoa

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Everything was set at the optimal settings. I wasn't using any limits. It is at 10 MB/s. Could you be running the 1540CP with DMA at the full bus clock instead of BUSCLK/2? This should be a motherboard BIOS setting.

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Re: MSI MS-4144 ver 2.1 manual and BIOS help

Posted on 2020-05-30, 08:30

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by feipoa

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There is no jumper header at JM1, just solder pads. The solder pads are open (not shorted). I suggest following that Holtek diagram to ensure your KBC is wired properly. It is possible that your board wasn't wired for the PS/2 mouse, while my revision was. If your board was not wired for the PS/2 …

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Re: MSI MS-4144 ver 2.1 manual and BIOS help

Posted on 2020-05-28, 10:32

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by feipoa

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I checked under my KBC, and our PCB's are the same in terms of which components are soldered and not soldered on. You tried AWARD BIOS Version WF54S? You say the board "will not boot". What does that mean exactly? The screen stays blank when you power up, or the system hangs at or before POST? Not …

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Variants of the Evergreen Am5x86-133 upgrade module

Posted on 2020-05-27, 11:55

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by feipoa

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Does anybody know how many variants there were of the Evergreen Am5x86-133 upgrade module? I've attached a photo of what I have. Do you have other variants? Could you attach your photos? I have noticed that the 1996 REV I version comes with only a little heatsink, no fan. Would such a small heatsink …

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Re: Pentium MMX 450MHz

Posted on 2020-05-26, 21:42

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by feipoa

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Nemo1985 wrote on 2020-05-26, 17:29: but I start to think that those cpus are really troublesome to find the right mb. That sounds about right in my experience.

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Re: How to use Windows XP boot loader to load Win9x on a second hard drive?

Posted on 2020-05-25, 11:41

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by feipoa

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It appears as if the PQMagic hidden partitions still show up when I boot to Windows 2000. I'm not sure why this is. I needed to go into the W2K/XP Disk Manager and remove the drive letters for the drives I want to not show up in Windows Explorer. I unhide the AHA-2940U2W's W2K partition, but left …

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