Bios hangs on Memory Check, does it mean the RAM is broken?

Posted on 2022-08-29, 00:42

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by brotalnia

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My retro PC has developed a problem. When i start it, it shows the 3dfx boot screen and makes the normal beep sound, but then it either just shows a black screen with nothing on it, or freezes at the Memory Check on the Bios boot screen. Sometimes it goes a bit further than that, but still hangs on …

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Re: oldversion.com down?

Posted on 2022-07-08, 05:39

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by brotalnia

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in Marvin \ Software

I am getting a blank page when trying to open oldversion.com on all browsers.

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Re: Backing up DOS era CD-ROM games?

Posted on 2016-10-04, 04:59

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by brotalnia

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in DOS

Daemon Tools can rip discs to a variety of formats.

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Re: How to get 90's PC games to work?

Posted on 2016-05-16, 16:57

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by brotalnia

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in Windows

If you don't want to build a dedicated retro computer, and don't want to use VMs either, then installing Windows XP as a second OS would provide compatibility with a lot of older games. Ivy Bridge was the last microarchitecture officially supported by XP, so if the computer is a bit older you should …

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Re: Which Old Games Can Be Played Online on Windows 95, 98, ME, and 2000 Machines?

Posted on 2016-05-16, 16:20

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by brotalnia

in Windows

in Windows

There are numerous heavily populated chinese servers for Counter-Strike 1.5 that you can play on. There are servers from other countries too, like Russia, Bulgaria and Turkey, but the chinese ones have the most players. Just install the won2 master server patch to get the server browser working.

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Re: Doom reboot

Posted on 2016-02-11, 00:07

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by brotalnia

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in Milliways

I have two wishes concerning the new Doom. I want it to be at least a bit scary like Doom 3 and i want a lot of gore. So far it fulfills the second requirement, but we'll see about the first. From the gameplay video they released it looked kinda easy and not very dark. I hope the AI is better on …

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Re: Win 98/ME USB issue

Posted on 2016-02-10, 00:27

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by brotalnia

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You don't need third party drivers to use flash drives in Windows 98 . The default Microsoft driver works fine, you just have to insert the Windows 98 installation cd when it ask you for drivers and it'll find it there. Incorrect. Win98 doesn't support the USB mass storage device class by default, …

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Re: Win 98/ME USB issue

Posted on 2016-02-09, 14:42

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by brotalnia

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You don't need third party drivers to use flash drives in Windows 98. The default Microsoft driver works fine, you just have to insert the Windows 98 installation cd when it ask you for drivers and it'll find it there.

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Re: Roland MT-32, CM-32L + General MIDI for $50" Building a MIDI box

Posted on 2016-02-07, 01:11

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by brotalnia

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought the cheap midi to usb adapter and i got everything working, but there's a problem. It only works if i turn off the level 1 cpu cache, otherwise it just hangs before it even makes a sound and the blue light on the adapter remains on until i unplug it. Any ideas why this is happening?

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Re: Can't install Voodoo 2 driver

Posted on 2016-02-06, 01:07

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by brotalnia

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I took out the card to inspect it, didn't see anything unusual, decided to put it an a different pci slot just in case and it turned out that fixed it! I also discovered that the $1 made in china vga passthrough cable i bought is complete sh*t cause i can see shadows all over the screen. There are …

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Can't install Voodoo 2 driver

Posted on 2016-02-05, 23:30

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by brotalnia

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought a Voodoo 2 and installed it in my computer along with my Voodoo 3 AGP for greater compatibility, but i am having a problem with the drivers. Before physically installing the new card i uninstalled the Voodoo 3 drivers and switched to the standard vga driver. After i installed the Voodoo 2 …

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Re: Sticking with XP a smart move?

Posted on 2016-01-30, 09:20

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by brotalnia

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Some people are just being paranoid. If you are a normal person just surfing the web and playing older games you have nothing to worry about. Nobody is going to waste their time to specifically target you and try to screw up your computer. Hackers target big banks, government institutions and …

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Re: Will you ever build a Win7 retro PC?

Posted on 2016-01-29, 20:38

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by brotalnia

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well i guess my current computers will become retro rigs eventually, but i don't have anything newer than ivy bridge so they're all dual boot system with WIndows XP, which is my main OS. I only use Windows 7 for compatibility with newer programs and DirectX 10+ games. I guess they would also count …

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Re: Fate of Atlantis freezes in Windows 98

Posted on 2016-01-28, 09:38

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by brotalnia

in DOS

in DOS

I figured it out, it was a speed issue. Turned off the cpu cache and now it runs fine. Problem solved.

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Fate of Atlantis freezes in Windows 98

Posted on 2016-01-28, 00:13

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by brotalnia

in DOS

in DOS

I am trying to get the talkie cd version of 'Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis' to run on my Windows 98 computer, but i am having a big issue with the speech. If i configure my sound blaster settings correctly, i get a black screen with no sound when launching the game and i have to forcibly …

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Re: Do you play games off of their CDs?

Posted on 2016-01-26, 14:36

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by brotalnia

in DOS

in DOS

I don't see why your sound card or drivers would matter when it comes to playing CD Audio from Daemon Tools. This is emulated CD Audio, there is no actual CD-ROM drive that is connected to the sound card, it just makes your OS think there is one. As long as you have normal sound working in Windows, …

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Re: DOS command line support

Posted on 2016-01-20, 12:51

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by brotalnia

in DOS

in DOS

I am not sure i understand the question, but if you want to save results of dir command to text file you can do this: Copy code to clipboard 1 dir >> test.txt

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Re: John Romero releases new Doom .wad

Posted on 2016-01-16, 12:04

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by brotalnia

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I played it in Doom95 on a Pentium 3.

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Re: John Romero releases new Doom .wad

Posted on 2016-01-16, 09:13

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by brotalnia

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Took me an hour to complete, but i suck at Doom. I think it's better than the original map though. Btw, did anyone else get weird graphical issues at the end of the level where you fight the barons? If i look towards the portals they are coming from everything looks like a broken mirror and my fps …

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Re: Do you play games off of their CDs?

Posted on 2016-01-13, 07:22

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by brotalnia

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in DOS

Yes i have Windows 98 SE, not XP and CD Audio works with Daemon Tools. I've tested it in Half-Life, Quake and Moto Racer. My sound card is an Yamaha isa card but i don't remember the exact model. Are you sure the disc image you used had audio tracks? You need to mount a .cue file for the audio to …

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