Re: Computer with sentimental value - Win98 install - StarTech IDE to Sata adapters - Failure - Desperate for help

Posted on 2022-10-26, 12:07

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Sphere478 wrote on 2022-10-26, 04:28: With ssd don’t forget to disable swap/page file and defraging I've never used an SSD on an older build, I would have ignored all of those if not for your comment. Thanks!

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Re: Computer with sentimental value - Win98 install - StarTech IDE to Sata adapters - Failure - Desperate for help

Posted on 2022-10-26, 00:19

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mockingbird: yes, picture below I see yours has the newer revision 88SA8052 without the Marvell logo. I will be conducting an experiment in the near future with my Ableconn adapter, namely with swapping the newer logo-less part with a new old stock part from 2010 or so. I had issues with the …

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Re: Computer with sentimental value - Win98 install - StarTech IDE to Sata adapters - Failure - Desperate for help

Posted on 2022-10-25, 23:38

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Okay guys. Long story short here. I gave in and went to Best Buy to buy a 120GB PNY SSD. Everything started working immediately. There must have been something about my motherboard, the StarTech IDE to Sata, and SeaTools shrinking the drive size from 500GB to smaller. The only things I changed was …

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Re: Computer with sentimental value - Win98 install - StarTech IDE to Sata adapters - Failure - Desperate for help

Posted on 2022-10-25, 03:05

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by adultlunchables

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Just fdisk a 60GB part C and install. You can fit a lot of Windows 98 software on a 60GB partition. If you really want to go larger, you could try drive overlay software that should be able to get you closer to 137GB. http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1900&menustate=0 Thanks, I failed …

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Re: Computer with sentimental value - Win98 install - StarTech IDE to Sata adapters - Failure - Desperate for help

Posted on 2022-10-25, 03:03

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What do you mean "shrinking". Just create <128GB partition as C, format and install. Then you can make other partitions but the C: boot part for Win98 (unpatched) must be <128GB since it is FAT32 and falls under MS 28 bits LBA support... also native unpatched MS FDISK will mess up a >64GB partition …

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Computer with sentimental value - Win98 install - StarTech IDE to Sata adapters - Failure - Desperate for help

Posted on 2022-10-25, 00:56

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I have a computer with a Gigabyte GA-6OXET socket 370 motherboard with Pentium 3 933MHz cpu. 256 MB RAM. This computer is particularly important to me because it's my spouse's father's computer. He passed several years ago and unlike any other computer I toy with... I don't feel like I can give up …

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Re: SB 128PCI under W98 real mode DOS

Posted on 2019-02-25, 03:12

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Okay to get the Sound Blaster PCI 128 running in both DOS and Windows 98 SE, I did this: I used these drivers here: http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=370&menustate=0 After extracting the zip file I ran the autorun in the "Ctrun" folder titled "Ctrun" - After this step sound worked in …

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Re: SB 128PCI under W98 real mode DOS

Posted on 2019-02-25, 02:12

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Besides necroposting, this forum is for DOS games on *modern* systems. You should ask old hardware and old OS questions in a new thread here: https://www.vogons.org/viewforum.php?f=60 When you Google search for PCI 128 and DOS sound issues this thread comes up on the first page of search results. …

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Re: SB 128PCI under W98 real mode DOS

Posted on 2019-02-25, 01:40

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This is an old thread but I just got the Sound Blaster PCI 128 working in Doom with music and sound effects. I have to retrace my steps and figure out what I just did, I've been trying to get it running for days. I was about to give up and buy another card, but if you've got a PCI 128, don't give up …

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Re: MELTDOWN and SPECTRE vulnerabilities and older hardware?

Posted on 2018-01-05, 21:17

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I would say Pentium onwards - it was the first superscalar x86 processor with branch prediction. It gets worse with later CPUs that have speculative execution as well. If you are running a [234]86 you will be just fine :) That would be in line with what the Google guy was saying, 1995 would have …

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MELTDOWN and SPECTRE vulnerabilities and older hardware?

Posted on 2018-01-05, 21:11

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I'm trying to catch up on the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that are hitting the news right now. I've heard different things, some people say the vulnerabilities effect computers as old as 10 or 15 years old, however, in one article someone from Google said it effects any Intel CPU made after …

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Re: DVD Movies on Windows 98: More trouble than it's worth??

Posted on 2017-12-17, 19:57

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Wait, what is KernelEX? I tried downloading and installing older versions and current versions of VLC and I can't install them in Win98SE, the older versions throw errors like "a device attached to your system is not functioning properly".

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Re: DVD Movies on Windows 98: More trouble than it's worth??

Posted on 2017-12-17, 19:13

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I was able to download and install CyberLink PowerDVD 6 along with DirectX 9b and DVD movies play just fine now! I'm not sure if this is accessing the GeForce FX 5200's MPEG encoder but it's smooth so I'm thinking it is. Either way, it works! Thanks a lot guys.

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Re: DVD Movies on Windows 98: More trouble than it's worth??

Posted on 2017-12-17, 18:30

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MERCURY127 wrote: Cyberlink PowerDVD possible have HW MPEG2 acceleration on FX5200... but not MPEG4/AVC, sure. I'm not too sure what that means, what's the difference between MPEG2 and MPEG4/AVC? Are some DVD movies made in MPEG2 and other newer ones in MPEG4?

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DVD Movies on Windows 98: More trouble than it's worth??

Posted on 2017-12-17, 18:01

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I just finished building a nice Windows 98 SE machine, specs below. I'm wondering, what do I have to do to play DVD movies on this thing? I've poked around Google and it seems you need a dedicated DVD decoder card, however, I feel like my system should have enough raw power to software decode (maybe …

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Re: :-( Can't install chipset on Intel D865GBF motherboard.

Posted on 2017-12-16, 17:56

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.legaCy, that worked. I extracted it with 7-zip on Windows 10 and the driver was inside the exe. Problem solved, thanks so much!

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Re: :-( Can't install chipset on Intel D865GBF motherboard.

Posted on 2017-12-16, 16:49

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Did you downloaded the correct version for your OS? Seems like these drivers aren't supposed to be installed on a Windows 98 system because the installer isn't compatible with Windows 98. Yes, I thought that too. However, I checked Intel's documentation and Windows 98 SE is supported for this board …

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:-( Can't install chipset on Intel D865GBF motherboard.

Posted on 2017-12-16, 15:45

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I've been trying to get Windows 98 SE installed on this computer I've assembled on an Intel D865GBF motherboard. W98SE installs just fine, but when I attempt to install the chipset I get the errors shown in the attachments below. I've also included a picture of the type of motherboard. I downloaded …

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Re: Is it possible that a Pentium 100Mhz computer would never be able to have a graphics card expansion?

Posted on 2017-08-18, 21:06

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Here's a picture: http://www.dansdata.com/images/buildpc/320/passthru.JPG top connector in this photo is the 2D card. Bottom connector is the Voodoo. The monitor plugs into the visible connector on the Voodoo. Do I have to have the 2D card or can this be accomplished by using the motherboard's VGA …

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Re: Is it possible that a Pentium 100Mhz computer would never be able to have a graphics card expansion?

Posted on 2017-08-18, 20:57

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Canopus Pure3D is a Voodoo card. It needs a pass through cable connecting to the 2D graphics adapter. It is not intended to be used as a standalone graphics card and isn't supposed to drive the monitor when it is plugged directly into it. That makes sense, one problem though, there are no headers …

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