Re: Floppy drive worked and then didn't
Posted on 2024-03-20, 19:17
Yes, it is safe to assume that.
Floppy drive worked and then didn't
Posted on 2024-03-20, 15:52
I pulled my Compaq LTE 5400 out of the closet after a few years to do some tinkering. The battery was dead, of course, as was the CMOS and hard drive. I ordered a replacement CMOS battery, dropped a CF card in and got as far as running FDISK from a Windows 98 recovery disk. My plan was to copy CD …
Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2024-02-25, 01:44
I don't know how helpful this is but I have a CD from 1994 called "MPC Wizard 3.0" full of multimedia drivers and utilities. I have no idea where I got it from and have never used it. I did a search and it's been mentioned a few times in these forums; have all the drivers been added to the database? …
quick p4 question
Posted on 2024-02-16, 05:08
is there an advantage to using a pentium 4 chip with a non-NT OS? maybe i'm remembering this wrong but i seem to recall that hyperthreading (as opposed to multi-core or multi-socket) is done on a low hardware level so that even OSs that don't support multiple CPUs can see a benefit.
Re: all the CMOS checksums invalid
Posted on 2024-02-09, 21:01
More unpredictable behavior from this project. In my attempts to swap hardware and isolate the issue, the K7VAT+ has gone no-POST on me. This in addition to a few other boards I was cannibalizing. It's also worth mentioning that almost none of my 3 1/2" drives will boot (even though they're …
Re: all the CMOS checksums invalid
Posted on 2024-02-05, 10:29
i don't have access to any electrical testing equipment. i can say that even a ctrl+alt+del will cause the error to pop up again. even going into the BIOS and selecting "load defaults and exit" will get the same result. The only thing I can think of is that I'm testing these boards without any …
all the CMOS checksums invalid
Posted on 2024-02-05, 10:04
i've been trying to revive some P3 era machines. compaq presario 3555 (unknown mobo model) luckystar k7vat+ rev 3 Tekram S381-M 2.x all 3 motherboards absolutely refuse to save their BIOS settings. i suppose it's still technically possible to install an OS and use them but the inability to save …
Re: Trusted Marketplaces
Posted on 2024-01-31, 07:17
i'm a slow typer
Trusted Marketplaces
Posted on 2024-01-31, 02:54
I just wanted to make a thread because I found some old hardware I've been looking for on a site called Kahlon. I'd never heard of this site before and obviously am cautious about giving my CC info to any old website. Does anyone have good experience with this site, or with any online Marketplaces …
Re: Compaq Deskpro 2000 variant problems
Posted on 2024-01-10, 21:50
The copy completed but there were still problems on install. Fortunately I found a second CD to point to. Win98se is up and running, with some minor glitches. Video and audio are producing weird artifacts - stuttering and stuck lines - which might be a memory or CPU problem as much as anything else. …
Re: What was your experience and thought process like when buying or upgrading a computer in the '80s / '90s?
Posted on 2024-01-09, 07:13
Surprised that computer conventions haven't been brought up yet. My dad and I would go to one every month or so. You'd see the ads in the newspaper or maybe you would get updates through e-mail. The organizers would rent out some venue - maybe a town hall, maybe a hotel conference room, maybe some …
Re: Compaq Deskpro 2000 variant problems
Posted on 2024-01-09, 01:16
OK, I have the diagnostic partition set up. I imagine the earlier problems were related to an incompatibility with an 8GB drive I was using (even though the BIOS should support it). So next came the process of installing DOS, finding a CDROM driver, and running Win98se setup. This was also a slow …
Re: Compaq Deskpro 2000 variant problems
Posted on 2024-01-07, 09:58
If this version still doesn't play ball then see if you can get us a part number off the system board - I'd be expecting to see one of the following or very similar (last 3 digits might be slightly different)... the part # is 005505-013 rev BH ...which is on a sticker covering the original part #, …
Re: Compaq Deskpro 2000 variant problems
Posted on 2024-01-07, 03:16
That's my mobo - I could've sworn I came across those files before and didn't have any luck with them, but that may have been while I was chasing down another problem. We'll see if they work better.
Re: Compaq Deskpro 2000 variant problems
Posted on 2024-01-06, 23:22
PD2JK wrote on 2024-01-06, 14:49: First you need to identify your mainboard, I have already identified the motherboard as being different from the models in all the documentation I can find, even though the machine is badged "Compaq Deskpro 2000" and the POST display says likewise.
Compaq Deskpro 2000 variant problems
Posted on 2024-01-06, 13:52
I acquired a 5166 model a few years ago and got around to refurbing it recently - of course being stymied every step of the way. There is no directly accessing the BIOS; I have to image a few floppy drives and install a DOS based Setup program to an empty HDD. The problem is that even though I've …
toshiba notebook on CL
Posted on 2015-05-28, 19:30
I'm taking to a guy on Craigslist who has a working Toshiba T1000 for sale. From the looks of it (it has a 4:3 display, not the squat one) it's the XE model. He also says it includes two spare batteries. He's asking $75. Ebay has a few T1000s - none working, but the "for parts" items sell for about …
Re: Dual 1.4ghz Pentium 3
Posted on 2014-06-01, 03:31
Win7 would probably run fine on that machine, but only after extensive tweaking/maxing out the RAM. 3GB would be plenty. Assuming there's driver support, 32-bit Win7 would give you the best of both worlds with modern computing and software compatibility. The thread management is vastly improved, and …
Re: What are the best console emulators out there?
Posted on 2014-06-01, 03:19
I'm interested in the capabilities of RetroArch, because I'm counting the days until Sony kicks PS3 users off their network. Does anyone have experience getting it to work under PS3 custom firmware?
Games that use 8087 FPU?
Posted on 2014-02-01, 03:26
I was sitting here fantasizing about getting my hands on my dad's old IBM 5150 and tricking it out. I made a mental list of the things I'd need to add to it: 8MHz CPU, 3.5" floppy, 8087 coprocessor... but what actually uses the coprocessor? I did a short Google search and discovered that there were …
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