Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on Yesterday, 15:55

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I really like that case. So unusual to see something modern with any drive bays like that, and tucking them away at the bottom in the 'PSU basement' is very neat. The drive bay positioning is very unhelpful for reaching with IDE cables, as I had to use the longest round cable within the IDE spec to …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-05-27, 10:38

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Just some pics of my Gateway E4200, rehomed in a Fractal Design Pop Silent. Specs are not remotely interesting - PIII-450MHz with 128MB RAM, Ensoniq Audio PCI, Voodoo 3 2000, and a USB 2 card connected to the case's top USB ports. I was considering adding some black cow-pattern decals to the case, …

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Re: Fractal Design Pop vs. Fractal Design Define R5 as modern case options for retro PC's

Posted on 2023-11-09, 21:59

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I've built a retro system in a Fractal Pop case. The worst issue was the bottom placement of the 5.25" bays is very hard on IDE cable routing. I had an 18" IDE ribbon cable that barely reached a CD drive there but had to follow an ugly straight diagonal line when everything else was reasonably cable …

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Re: PCI USB2 Card - Resource Conflicts at POST

Posted on 2023-10-28, 17:06

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So I tried this USB 2 card in another computer, a Pentium 4 machine with Windows XP, and it worked flawlessly. It was using drivers built into XP rather than from the CD that came with the card. Did a 4GB file copy from a flash drive in about 3 1/2 minutes, so performance was in the right ballpark. …

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Re: PCI USB2 Card - Resource Conflicts at POST

Posted on 2023-10-27, 07:18

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I bought it new from a major online PC components store about a week ago, for £1.50. I guess technically I can return it. . . but it would cost more to return than I'd get back 😜

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Re: PCI USB2 Card - Resource Conflicts at POST

Posted on 2023-10-26, 21:43

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With Pnp Aware OS enabled, Windows ME still froze up but I could still move the mouse. Couldn't click anything. I installed Windows 2000 with some interesting results. Again, small transfers worked ok, but larger ones would freeze up - not the whole computer, but explorer would stall out. A couple …

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Re: PCI USB2 Card - Resource Conflicts at POST

Posted on 2023-10-26, 11:59

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ElectroSoldier wrote on 2023-10-26, 11:05: Did you enable PnP aware OS option? I did not remember to try that. I shall do so, and read up on what it's really supposed to do.

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Re: PCI USB2 Card - Resource Conflicts at POST

Posted on 2023-10-26, 07:54

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Windows ME did not fare any better. I did a fresh install of ME, installed chipset drivers (it told me all drivers were already installed), video driver, and finally USB 2 card and driver from its CD. USB flash drive worked with the built-in support in Windows ME, and I was able to copy small files …

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Re: Favorite Desktop Games

Posted on 2023-10-18, 11:10

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I got a MS Mahjong game from the microsoft Store. It turns out Microsoft has a whole website just for casual games : https://microsoftcasualgames.com/ Edit: Of course i missed your last sentence wich says no microsoft... ok then :D That's fine. . . my line of thought was "what else is there beyond …

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Favorite Desktop Games

Posted on 2023-10-18, 09:25

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Recently I've been enjoying some of the old desktop games that shipped with older versions of Windows or in Microsoft's packs like Best of Entertainment - things like Minesweeper, Taipei, various solitaires. I realized that almost all of these that I know are by Microsoft, with the only other one I …

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Re: PCI USB2 Card - Resource Conflicts at POST

Posted on 2023-10-17, 08:53

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Good advice, thankyou. I removed the NIC but I still had to move the USB card to the 1st PCI slot before it would boot without the same resource conflict messages. I was able to install the USB card's drivers from CD and then NUSB to allow USB mass storage to work in Windows 98SE. This is working …

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PCI USB2 Card - Resource Conflicts at POST

Posted on 2023-10-15, 21:14

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Hi guys, I picked up a new-in-box Belkin USB2 PCI card (with an NEC chip) and tried installing it in my Gateway E-4200. During POST I get a number of "Resource Conflict" errors (see screenshot) - I've not seen these before, as far as I remember. Other cards in the PC are an ISA sound card (Trust …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-10-14, 14:26

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While I was ordering a new PC case I had a rummage through the dark corners of the online store I was using and found some random clearance goodies. A Belkin USB 2.0 card that will go into my Pentium III machine, and an eSATA card and enclosure (for IDE disks) which I really have no idea what I'll …

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Choosing PSU for Pentium 3 system

Posted on 2023-10-10, 14:22

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I'd like to replace the 25 year old power supply in my Pentium 3 system (450Mhz slot 1, Voodoo 3 2000). From what I can see on other threads these use so little power that "any" modern PSU should be able to cope, but I wonder if anyone has any wisdom to pass on regarding what to go for? I don't …

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Re: Searching for small microATX case

Posted on 2023-10-07, 05:28

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While looking at cases I came across the CiT S8, which has a couple of different versions. Dimensions are about 28x32 cm, and it's not ugly. https://www.amazon.co.uk/CiT-Desktop-USB3-0-U … d/dp/B0C6XWRQ6M https://www.amazon.co.uk/CiT-Micro-Desktop-US … 0/dp/B0B9T5D1VZ

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2023-09-28, 20:36

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I keep looking at this PSU, https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CBXBSTHY, claiming a 35A 5V rail. I know that it's no-name junk, but it looks a lot nicer than the no-name junk that came bundled with cheap cases that I used to use back in the Athlon XP days. I have an socket A board I'm considering …

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Re: Best option for running picky DOS games on a P4, example Wing Commander

Posted on 2023-09-26, 15:32

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Hiddenevil wrote on 2023-09-26, 13:32: Originally I grew up with the Amiga version 😊 I was going to suggest WinUAE...

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Re: Vector graphics games

Posted on 2023-07-03, 19:15

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Those liminal space backrooms look like a really useful space to store my old computers n stuff.

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Re: The quest for an affordable (and possibly cheap) SFF retro PC! (DOS up to Win98)

Posted on 2021-03-07, 23:06

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Since you said any thoughts are welcomed, I think you're going about it all wrong. Get a desktop ATX case - supports any full size motherboard, and doesn't take up any space because it's under your CRT monitor that you were going to have anyway. Your other option are Shuttle PCs, which are not quite …

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Re: I've created a (Dual Xeon) monster and it's alive

Posted on 2020-05-24, 15:46

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I'm jealous because you built my old system from 2004. I had dual 3.0 Nocona Xeons, I don't remember having heat problems though, but different heatsinks that were so loud I kept the PC in a different room and used long cables. Here's a terrible vintage picture. I loved that machine. . . in many …

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