Re: "FastTrak S150 SX4 Lite" PCI SATA control cards?!
Posted on Today, 13:40
Did you backup the original bios first? I really think that the card you got must be some sort of pre-production card going by the "sample" sticker on the back.
Re: HELP - Optimize my 486 computer.
Posted on Yesterday, 18:06
Intel486dx33 wrote on Yesterday, 17:59: JudgeMonroe wrote on Yesterday, 17:50: It won't gain you memory or performance by "cleaning up" those Windows drivers; they're just files on disk. Audio in Windows might sound cleaner ? That's not how it works. Programs use those when they need them. The data …
Re: "FastTrak S150 SX4 Lite" PCI SATA control cards?!
Posted on Yesterday, 05:27
Yeah.. something is weird about that particulare Promise controller performance-wise though it is normal with a RAID controller to not see the drive in device manager because when the controller sets it up, it sets it up as a RAID volume which the OS doesn't see as a physical piece of hardware. …
Re: Western Digital Research 20,000RPM Hard Disk
Posted on 2020-08-05, 19:12
That article is from 2008. Looking around, it looks like the consensus is that the increase in RPM increases the power usage too much to make it worthwhile. Take a look at this page.. and read the comments as well. A ton of good information about this subject in there: https://thessdguy.com/why-dont …
Re: Western Digital Research 20,000RPM Hard Disk
Posted on 2020-08-05, 18:53
Woweee.... I wonder what person at WD came up with that idea; probably somebody who just wanted to see if it could be done and they actually got the idea approved by some higher up that didn't have any idea what it would involve.
Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e
Posted on 2020-08-05, 18:48
Looking at the manual... it clearly states that it has intelligent mode... very interesting. Roland-Super-MPU-II-Owners-Manual.pdf yes but the misconception was that it only supported it under windows - at least that's what I knew all these years I didn't even know about the Super MPUII. Do a …
Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e
Posted on 2020-08-05, 18:00
You guys have just made me regret a lot that I sold my boxed SMPUII for cheap while thinking it was no good for DOS... :( Time to hunt down another one though, I think. Looking at the manual... it clearly states that it has intelligent mode... very interesting. Roland-Super-MPU-II-Owners-Manual.pdf …
Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-08-05, 17:54
Sounds like I need to pull out my AWE32 cards and do some testing. On the DX4-120 setup, what speed is the ISA bus running at? Would you be able to post some hi-resolution pictures so we can take a look? Probably best to not attach them to the forum since it absolutely destroys image quality since …
Re: Retro PC without ISA. What sound would you choose?
Posted on 2020-08-05, 17:48
If you want a P4 s478 system with ISA it think a PCIAGP/PXAGP should be considered. The PCI-ISA bridge card use an ITE 8888 chips that seem to work in DOS. The drawback is that this would cost atleast $250 for a 13 slot backplane and CPU card. Add to that you need an industrial case, but you will …
Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-08-05, 17:15
Have you tried cleaning the edge connector on the awe32 yet?
Re: Kids destroying computer hardware
Posted on 2020-08-05, 15:41
At the age of three I destroyed our TV. It was on, I pulled the lid from the back and saw some colored wires. I wanted them. I though I would free the colors from the TV into the room. So I grabbed a handful and pulled with all my weight. The colors left the TV with some magic smoke and a loud …
Re: "FastTrak S150 SX4 Lite" PCI SATA control cards?!
Posted on 2020-08-05, 14:38
DOS speeds look just fine. Device manager not seeing the drives hooked up to a controller with its own BIOS is normal since the card takes care of everything. You will normally maybe just see something else related to the card. How do you have the drive set up in the card's BIOS? Are there any …
Re: "FastTrak S150 SX4 Lite" PCI SATA control cards?!
Posted on 2020-08-05, 13:27
So it actually sees the controller properly.. no error in device manager? That is good at least. Are there any options in the driver settings? My guess is that write and read caching may be disabled by default with the Promise driver.
Re: "FastTrak S150 SX4 Lite" PCI SATA control cards?!
Posted on 2020-08-05, 05:12
I've already edited the .INF file for the Win98-ME drivers to add the SX4 Lite to it.. based on the HP 2k/XP driver pack for the SX4 Lite and a few other cards including some TX cards. Just waiting to hear back to see if it works or not. The SX4-M and SX4000 cards use a completely different chip and …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-05, 04:00
Artex wrote on 2020-08-04, 18:37: cyclone3d wrote on 2020-08-04, 18:32: A boxed CMS-401. I was hesitant to post seller pics because of how little I paid for it. It arrived today and I haven't had a chance to test it yet. WHOA! Absolutely awesome! Thanks Artex! We are usually being wowed by your …
Re: OK sleuths, what kind of Audiodrive is this exactly? You have not seen this before!
Posted on 2020-08-04, 20:52
Oh, hey.. I actually have one of those and pretty sure I have the motherboard that it goes to as well. It really should work in any ISA system though from what I can tell. I haven't tested it though. I am pretty sure I don't have the breakout cable for it.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-04, 19:50
A boxed CMS-401. I was hesitant to post seller pics because of how little I paid for it. It arrived today and I haven't had a chance to test it yet. Seller's pic: CMS-401.jpg It actually came with more than what was in the pictures. 1. The warranty cards with the serial number for Cakewalk 3 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-04, 18:32
A boxed CMS-401. I was hesitant to post seller pics because of how little I paid for it. It arrived today and I haven't had a chance to test it yet. Seller's pic: CMS-401.jpg It actually came with more than what was in the pictures. 1. The warranty cards with the serial number for Cakewalk 3 written …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-04, 17:26
chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-08-04, 17:20: Is it at least 128bit 5200? If it is you can usually clock it to the 5500 speeds No... see the empty RAM pads?
Re: EPROM Burner for 486 Award BIOS
Posted on 2020-08-04, 17:09
Easiest way to confirm if the chip is still good and to also flash a new EEPROM would be to get one of those USB EEPROM flashers. TL866II will be just fine. https://www.ebay.com/str/XGecu-Official-Store/TL866II-Plus-programmer/_i.html?_storecat=26414682010 If you do get one, make sure to get it from …
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