Re: Socket 7 motherboard trouble
Posted on 2019-09-27, 14:20
If it's super important you can buy a POST card and see if that gives you any codes to follow. Might not be worth it depending on how much you value the board.
Re: Socket 7 motherboard trouble
Posted on 2019-09-23, 21:35
It should still POST even with a dead RTC battery, per my experience. Is it installed in a case? If so I'd pull it and bench it will minimal configuration. (Video, RAM, CPU) From there have you verified the PSU to be good? Lots of variables to check but beyond checking for corrosion and cycling …
Re: How many Retro PCs do you have in your house?
Posted on 2019-09-23, 21:26
Inside the house? 4-5. The garage and storage shed....20?
Re: K6-2+ board compatibility
Posted on 2019-09-23, 15:02
cyclone3d wrote: I've had to use 2.1v on a few boards to get the K6-2+ CPUs to work. +1 on this. I had to do this on my HP machine, but the k6-3+ 450 runs happily at 550. I also bought it on ebay as NOS but that has been 3 years or so ago.
Re: RIVA TNT 2 M64 garbled output
Posted on 2019-09-10, 16:35
For sure, clean the slots.
Re: Any advantages to Voodoo 5 AGP cards ?
Posted on 2019-09-10, 16:31
Voodoo 5 is great card, but not for the price. If you have a Voodoo 3 I would stick with that, for Win9x stuff it's pretty hard to beat for price/compatibility.
Re: Not sure what PCI graphics card to get
Posted on 2019-08-23, 21:55
PCI Voodoo 3 Alternative: Radeon 9250, but try and find one with 128bit memory bus.
Re: Writing new software for the Mindset Computer, need help
Posted on 2019-08-08, 15:18
Following!
Re: Motherboard Suggestions for 486 DX4 100Mhz?
Posted on 2019-07-24, 19:31
Asus SP3. Mine has been bulletproof
Re: SiS 6326 and OpenGL
Posted on 2019-07-23, 21:29
All I can say is.......good luck. I was burned by the 6326 when it was new. Never again, 🤣.
Re: Do is worth to improve a graphic SIS 6205?
Posted on 2019-07-10, 21:05
90% of the problem here is the shared memory architecture of the SiS5511+6205 chipsets. That loses you half of its already not stellar memory bandwidth, dropping you down to performance levels of 32b memory controllers (i.e. total crap). Even a PCI 6205 with 1 or 2MB of its own RAM would almost …
Re: What Should I Build in this Old Server Tower?
Posted on 2019-05-17, 21:55
Threadripper beastie
Re: GeForce 256 DDR for vintage pc
Posted on 2019-05-17, 16:42
I have one. It doesn't work, gets super hot super fast. Artifacts and won't run any benchmarks without crashing. I've kept it around as a curiosity only.
Re: MELTDOWN and SPECTRE vulnerabilities and older hardware?
Posted on 2019-05-17, 16:03
Ryzen is unaffected for sure.
Re: MELTDOWN and SPECTRE vulnerabilities and older hardware?
Posted on 2019-05-16, 21:49
Ryzen is the savior 🤣
Re: Good value Win98 Graphic Card
Posted on 2019-05-16, 15:45
One thing to remember is that not all Radeon 9250SE cards are 64bit. I have a PCI 256MB model that is 128bit. It's a Diamond if I remember, very underrated card IMHO
Re: Good value Win98 Graphic Card
Posted on 2019-05-14, 20:32
Radeon 7500/8500 (or FireGL 8800) are good choices for cheap enough. Green team I'd say MX460 MX480 or Geforce 3 something or another.
Re: Best memories of Windows or OS?
Posted on 2019-05-14, 17:10
This is a tough question. Our first family PC, and later my first personal PC (PPC??) was a Packard Bell Legend with a 386sx and Windows 3.1. I have tons of fond memories playing Golf, and Paint Shop Pro as well as playing Klotzki, Wolfenstein 3D, Blake Stone and Golf. Also playing Wheel of Fortune …
Re: Poor 3D performance with PCI graphics cards on i815 Compaq Deskpro
Posted on 2019-05-14, 16:24
Gotcha.
Re: Poor 3D performance with PCI graphics cards on i815 Compaq Deskpro
Posted on 2019-05-13, 21:41
Old thread i know, but.... I have a similar system only mine was Deskpro with a a Katmai 450 that I upgraded to a CuMine 600. I run a VooDoo 3 2000 PCI in it. I know it's slower that yours but it does seem like a good match. In the past I have also ran a Radeon 9250SE PCI 256MB 128bit card and it …
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