Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-29, 22:31

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got a few more bins to store/organize sound cards for my upcoming/in progress project. Ever go through your stuff and find out that you have accumulated multiples of some cards without even realizing it? Let's just say I have gone through a 100 pack of anti-static bags and need to order some more. …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-05-29, 22:24

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not really dumpster find.. but I was given these: i7-920 i7-4770 Athlon 64x2 6000 AM2 Phenom II 1090T AMD FX-8150 (some bent pins) Also got a gaggle of motherboards that came with them. Supposedly most of the motherboards are faulty. I will have to test stuff out when I get a chance. The only ones I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-27, 21:08

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by cyclone3d

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That driver set works with up to the 7900GTX in Windows 98SE. It is supposedly supposed to work with G80 based cards as well, but it just kept crashing when I tried it. I really wanted to get my 8800 Ultra working in Win98SE. What were you trying to run that both supported windows 98 AND could take …

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Re: Wacky Idea, AGP to PCI-E Convertor, does it exist?

Posted on 2017-05-27, 07:48

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Video

t9999clint wrote: I think I'm gonna stick with plain old PCI. You think something like this will work well with W98 with nGlide? nVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 256MB PCI It should work.. but my guess is that really has an FX 5200 GPU under that heatsink that they just overclocked and changed the BIOS …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-27, 07:46

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by cyclone3d

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Where did you get the drivers? Do you have a link or is there a guide posted someware? https://web.archive.org/web/20120512143841/http://windows98.ic.cz/ Again though.. we're getting pretty off-topic for this thread now :/ That driver set works with up to the 7900GTX in Windows 98SE. It is …

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Re: Good "ISA Legacy Support" Card for a Pentium 3?

Posted on 2017-05-26, 21:46

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by cyclone3d

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It's only got one ISA slot, dual card is nooot doable. You can always get a Yamaha based PCI card for the FM... if the board doesn't support DDMA. If it does support DDMA or has a SB-LINK or PC-PCI header you can use it as your main card and possibly not worry about a specific ISA card. What is the …

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Re: Old Anti-Virus

Posted on 2017-05-25, 16:55

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by cyclone3d

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ESET NOD32 is a good lightweight AV that should support XP. It used to have support for 98SE. Kinda doubt it does anymore. I would guess it still supports 2000 though.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-25, 04:33

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tried to get an Audigy 2 ZS Laptop PCMCIA card working in Windows 98. It only officially supports Windows 2000 or higher... and I couldn't get it to work. Tried both WDM and VXD drivers from the Audigy 2 as well as the drivers from an Audigy. Guess that answers that question... 😒

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Re: Differences in Vortex 2 cards?

Posted on 2017-05-24, 23:54

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by cyclone3d

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dexvx wrote: Unknown_K wrote: Aureal made their own cards with optical output if you need that. The diamond MX300 had coax digital output but you needed to buy the cable for it. The MX300 also has a wavetable connection if that matters. That Turtle Beach I see also has a WaveTable header. And it …

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Re: Anyone interested in recordings of different sound cards? I've got some here for you.

Posted on 2017-05-24, 23:36

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by cyclone3d

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Then it must have been nagging you for almost 7 years since Ace posted that comment. :-D I was just reading through the thread and didn't even notice tbh, the statement just caught my attention. :lol: If the FM synthesizer programmer is any good he can create marvelous sounds in 2OP mode, even more …

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Re: That looks real safe

Posted on 2017-05-24, 21:31

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by cyclone3d

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So the pole that is hooked to the roof of the first story is probably right inside that window. People are so dumb. Hope they have it walled off and get it fixed before somebody gets killed.

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Re: Media Magic K2Y-AUDIO16C More info? Worthwhile?

Posted on 2017-05-24, 14:31

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Sound

Looking up the part number, there is a BEC branded one on eBay as well for a lot less. Same exact card. Not sure I would spend anywhere near even the lower price, especially since it only has OPL3. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BEC-K2Y-AUDIO16C-59-XP6726E-1002-V1-2-ISA-SOUND-CARD-USED-TESTED-/181644745902 …

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Re: Cleaning smoke damaged computer

Posted on 2017-05-24, 06:10

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by cyclone3d

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What I would do as an insane person is douse it all in high concentration Isopropyl Alcohol as it's non conductive, and the high concentration stuff doesn't leave a conductive film. You can use like a dishwasher or something among those line, provided you dry it all very well, and you remove …

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Re: That looks real safe

Posted on 2017-05-24, 04:09

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by cyclone3d

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How did he tap the powerline? Did he climb the pole and mess around in the junction box himself?? Looks an awful lot like he's trying to bypass the meter for indoor 'herb' gardening if that's the case. They built around it. It a new part of the building, a add-on. Makes you wander. Where is the …

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Re: Differences in Vortex 2 cards?

Posted on 2017-05-23, 16:19

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by cyclone3d

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Personally, I wouldn't look specifically for either. Here is a Turtle Beach Vortex 2 card for $12.99 + shipping. http://www.ebay.com/itm/192190954196

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Re: The Pentium MMX eRecycler Save

Posted on 2017-05-23, 01:50

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by cyclone3d

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Really sharp looking case, but why was the seller so dumb as to put a sticker over the PSU fan?? No idea. And of course it's one of those stupid ones that leaves a ton of residue. :lol: That sticker residue will come off real easy. The most commonly available thing is citrus based furniture polish. …

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Re: Customer "service" in general

Posted on 2017-05-22, 21:32

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by cyclone3d

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so what you're looking for in CS is actually the readiness to spend on you? actually i thought about less material stuff, but as an example i cannot spend more than 50-60 EUR on complaints and i always have to explain myself in writing, get an approval and sometimes explain myself yet again; …

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Re: Customer "service" in general

Posted on 2017-05-22, 20:40

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by cyclone3d

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you guys really are spoiled little brats - i work in cs almost all my life; the only real thing about customer - cs relations is that it is a vent for little people who want to feel big and important, mostly are just little rats, sometimes lying rats; i would expect anyone to first do 5 years in cs …

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Re: Customer "service" in general

Posted on 2017-05-22, 17:13

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by cyclone3d

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you guys really are spoiled little brats - i work in cs almost all my life; the only real thing about customer - cs relations is that it is a vent for little people who want to feel big and important, mostly are just little rats, sometimes lying rats; i would expect anyone to first do 5 years in cs …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-21, 20:27

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by cyclone3d

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The permanent fix is to replace GPU/VRAM solder balls (with a different solder iron) but this can't be done w/o a special equipment. The other thing that should work fine is to run flux under the chips so it reaches the solder balls and then reflow with a hot air gun. Pretty much 0 reason to …

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