Re: Ensoniq Soundscape leaking capacitors

Posted on 2020-07-05, 22:25

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by Frasco

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Silent Loon, Have you got them ? After you accomplish that ordeal, could you tell me how your card is initialized? Like, is there a single pop running SSINIT.BAT? Mine does. There is nothing to worry about, I know, but keep reading.... In Duke3D sound setup, I get four pops and then the "strike from …

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Re: Why do some SB Audigy 2's seem to have the Game Port removed?

Posted on 2018-08-21, 06:16

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by Frasco

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I guess I woudn't modify. There are no components around the game port connector and I mumble just to think about how small they are.

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo2 component missing (HELP!)

Posted on 2018-08-19, 03:37

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by Frasco

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Interesting to see, I have 6 Voodoo2 12MB cards, they look pretty similar at first glance, but the details vary wildly. I also have one with no memory chips on the back, just on the front. It says 12MB on the board. Yes, they do. I noticed mainly rearrangement of caps and resistors. Still, my card …

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo2 component missing (HELP!)

Posted on 2018-08-19, 02:08

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Take heed and capitalize the "I" no matter where it appears. Just funny. I can't speak proper English, but here I am, giving lousy lessons in moral. :lol: I just thought was important (I made this mistake in the beginning out here, too). Alrighty, we got something in common - three capacitors …

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Re: Help Needed: Can I Save This M919?

Posted on 2018-08-18, 23:34

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by Frasco

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Some time ago, one of my PSUs died, leaving marks of burns in the AT power connector (exactly in the 5v pin direction and another one adjacent), taking with her a LAPC-I. Now the sound card is presenting distortion during any fade out in music. So yeah, overflow is a terrible thing. :depressed: and …

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Re: 486 system freezes

Posted on 2017-10-19, 23:43

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I was about to post that, and I believe that is common on boards for the solder points to either dry up or crack, which requires a re-flow of the solder. Luckily, my Packard Bell still runs, but takes a while for it to turn on since I'm using 2x AA batteries for the CMOS settings (the old battery …

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Re: 486 system freezes

Posted on 2017-10-19, 01:32

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by Frasco

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My 386SX/33 board had similar problems. I ended reflowing the AT power connector (I just flippled the motherboard and used an soldering iron on terminals) Filename AT power.JPG File size 19.14 KiB Views 861 views Man, 12V was 3V or less and -12V was 0V or -12v on rare occasions. What a mess...

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Re: PcChips sucks!

Posted on 2017-10-18, 19:34

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"Perhaps the PcChips boards aren't the only things that are thin." It's not about swearing, not about sports, just my Asrock Z77 extreme 4 is an arc. How could that happen? Sometimes I want to destroy those things, but I can't! Maybe a bad instalation, bad use or brute force from previous owner? …

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Re: The Sorobo brief - an Abit Ab9 Pro profile and Soyo 7VBA133U

Posted on 2017-10-18, 14:25

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by Frasco

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Forget all about my "Abit AB9 pro" minor issues. After some fighting, I found out Abit AB9 Pro and Abit AB9 are evenly matched. The readme.txt from BIOS 22 states this very update serves both motherboards. So far, so good. I haven't flashed my "ABIT AB9 pro" by mistake. And yes, what I have here is …

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Re: The Sorobo brief - an Abit Ab9 Pro profile and Soyo 7VBA133U

Posted on 2017-10-11, 14:01

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To summarize my experience and what I gathered so far: Pros 1) Good performance in benchmarks, on par or sometimes even taking the crown from more expensive motheboards. Good overclocker. (Hey, I don't remember how I managed to overclock my Conroe in an ASUS. By no means I'm an overclocker. So could …

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The Sorobo brief - an Abit Ab9 Pro profile and Soyo 7VBA133U

Posted on 2017-10-11, 13:56

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by Frasco

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Hi there, It's good to see you again, fellows. :) It's hot here (when the time comes, you will know what I mean). So, I'm on this mission (seems an eternal one) to recover and make my hardware collection shining as new and sealed. So I often don't have time to play with benchmarks, comparisons and …

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Re: Which of these two 486 motherboards would you choose?

Posted on 2017-06-19, 00:09

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Looked up the "empty socket" that is for the 256k (B) configuration, using 2x 8k TAG instead of 1x 32k Sorry, my mistake. And although we have a winner by a large margin, you seem to forget A) The mint condition of the Chicony working like a rock star B) Overdrive is fancy. Never seen one before in …

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Re: Awesome CL Pickup

Posted on 2017-06-18, 17:06

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Too many women for another guy 😢

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Re: Which of these two 486 motherboards would you choose?

Posted on 2017-06-18, 16:50

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by Frasco

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You're right, looking closer I could see the pin 1 opened. Make no mistake, use benchmarks to decide. They are evenly matched. Heck, don't do it, cokebottle. You will become attached to it. 🤣

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Re: Which of these two 486 motherboards would you choose?

Posted on 2017-06-18, 15:46

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I don't know... People here talk good things about UMC, whereas ALI is a renegade. Probably UMC is faster than ALI. What I know my 486 board sports VIA chipset, no good :(. Did you notice that empty socket? I'm pretty sure that will help performance if populated. You don't need three VLB slots. I …

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Re: GTX 280 only runs at PCI-E 4x...

Posted on 2017-06-16, 17:30

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Maybe you are in these categories: nForce 650i SLI = nForce680i = PCI 1.1 GTX 280 = PCI2.0 In this scenario the card uses the bandwidth of PCI 1.1, no problem. So the card is acting up. nForce680i = PCI 1.1 GTX 280 = PCI2.1 A BIOS update is necessary (not feasible and chances are the card is acting …

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Re: GTX 280 only runs at PCI-E 4x...

Posted on 2017-06-16, 08:32

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Since when ? I read something about it. Can't remember the details. You know, I always take annotations on hints and tricks and so I did a search with keywords "x16" x8" in my text files - No joy. Mind draws nothing but card falling back to x8 due to missing components. Double check with a …

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Re: Safe to use motherboard w/ bulging caps?

Posted on 2017-06-11, 02:55

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Update: I had the board out again today, testing power supplies and RAM. After running it for a while, I noticed quite a few more caps that were either bulging or actually leaking . I did a thorough inspection last time, and there were definitely only two. I guess all the caps decided to fail at …

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Re: M-Tech R418W2 Motherboard Troubleshooting

Posted on 2017-06-04, 00:31

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by Frasco

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He fooled ya. 😠 You can test voltages underneath the AT connector. You can check if CPU is getting enough juice (3.3v or 5v - but I think it is 5V) or push the chipset holding steady while you turn the computer on There are tons of tips to try. Have a better one.

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Re: What could a PCI only mATX PIII board be good for?

Posted on 2017-05-30, 04:53

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Got the same motherboard. I remember my people running AutoCAD 2000 on it. It's not a republic of gamers. :blah: So I don't think a FX5500 (dx9) will be enough and smooth for these DX games. V5 5500 for AA, 512MB of RAM (two sticks 256+256), SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum to doll your case and a 1GHz …

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