Re: What was considered the best gaming keyboard in the early 2000's

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by Baoran

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I still have my G15 I think I got it around 06-07. I still use it today. All of the lights work and it's held up great after all these years of service I also got that G15 one. It was the first gaming keyboard I got back then, but I think I got mine around Christmas 2005. Before that all I remember …

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Re: Asus A8V deluxe and win98.

Posted on 2020-12-12, 15:09

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by Baoran

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I am surprised someone resurrects one of my threads. I like the motherboard and I am still using the system with FX-60 cpu. I have both win98se and winXP installed. I don't remember which VIA chipset driver I installed there though. I remember that I didn't get 3D working in win98 with some of the …

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Re: DOS UDMA

Posted on 2020-12-12, 12:54

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by Baoran

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I installed some kind of udma driver in dos once and it did make hard drives faster but it also made some software to stop working. I don't remember all the software that stopped working but at least speedsys didn't start so I couldn't benchmark the hard drive in it.

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Re: Geforce 6600 vs Geforce FX 5950 ultra.

Posted on 2020-12-05, 11:45

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by Baoran

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Fastest DX9 card without any compromises is Radeon X1950XTX. SLI based solutions are flawed. Note: Only DX9 (or below) hardware have proper dithering support in 16-bit color modes. I do have a sapphire radeon x1950 pro agp card. If I understood correctly it would mean that it would be more useful …

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Re: Geforce 6600 vs Geforce FX 5950 ultra.

Posted on 2020-12-05, 02:48

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by Baoran

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Thanks. This is giving me much better idea what to do with my systems. Just one more question. Does dx9 compatibility stay as good even with more modern graphics cards that there would be no point in limiting yourself to 6600 for dx9 games?

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Geforce 6600 vs Geforce FX 5950 ultra.

Posted on 2020-12-04, 16:58

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by Baoran

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Anyone has any idea how Geforce FX 5950 ultra and Geforce 6600 compare in dx9 performance?

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Re: What display do you use for gaming ?

Posted on 2020-12-04, 08:17

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by Baoran

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Isn't it good enough with LCD if you have one that does 1:1 and keeps the aspect ration even being widescreen? Like it isn't bad to have 4:3 image with black bars at sides.

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Re: Power supply recommendations for athlon 64 build

Posted on 2020-12-01, 15:34

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by Baoran

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I used Seasonic 520W S12II psu with my similar system. I used more power hungry FX-60 cpu though and Geforce FX 5950 ultra video card with my A8V motherboard, so I don't think you need that high wattage in your system.

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-30, 05:58

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by Baoran

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If I can't get it to work, I would not mind giving it away, but main problem in my country is the shipping cost when sending something to other countries. That is why you don't see people from my country selling stuff on ebay and it would probably be even more of a problem when sending something …

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-29, 15:12

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by Baoran

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I have the "cannot initialize video" error on a socket 939 board. Still working on it. Are voltages output correct? +5/+3.3 If you mean the voltages I get from the psu, I have not measured them exactly, but I have just recently tested other motherboards with the same psu. I was just testing GA-6BXD …

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-29, 05:26

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by Baoran

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-11-29, 05:07: Have you replaced the battery some boards won't post or act up if the battery is dead or removed No, but I checked the battery with a multimeter and the voltage was good.

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-29, 04:56

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by Baoran

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Only had this one to try it with Crooked text on a cpu. and that didn't change the beeps. I have removed the battery as well. I tried all 3 video cards again and no changes there either. I am starting to think it is very likely this motherboard can't be fixed.

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-28, 19:43

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by Baoran

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Picture from award codes of the diagnostic card manual if someone understands. Filename manual.jpg File size 1.54 MiB Views 271 views

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-28, 19:34

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by Baoran

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I tried voodoo 3 pci card now and no changes in beeps. Here is a recording of the beeps Voice 001.m4a It seems the memory error beep, did you try other dimm modules and\or use another slot? I tried the same module in all 3 slots and nothing changed. ... but then I changed to a different module that …

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-28, 18:11

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by Baoran

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CPU warms up, but nothing on screen and I am getting beeps from speaker that might be memory related beeps if beep information I found online and I get same beeps no matter what ram module I put on the motherboard. You need to be more specific about the beep pattern. Are you sure it's memory …

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-28, 17:52

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by Baoran

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Nexxen wrote on 2020-11-28, 15:36: Check if all the legs of all components are solid soldered to their pads. It could be a bad bios too; and lower right corner of pic there's is a trace looking broken. Could you post pics of the back? Here is picture from back of the motherboard Filename GA-5AX-6. …

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-28, 17:46

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by Baoran

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Which CPU are you using? And exactly which beeps (how many)? But looking at that (very good, sharp) pic there's something that might explain memory problems: it looks like one of the pins of the L2 cache chip is bent or broken: cache_pin.png The Beep is single repeating long beep that repeats …

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-28, 13:53

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by Baoran

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I'm sure you've tried with a different GPU too? I had one mobo that for some reason didn't like all the cards I tried. And I'm sure you've checked that the heat sink notch is the right way around on top of the CPU? I have tried that Geforce 2 MX card in the picture and a Basic trident ISA card so …

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Re: Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-28, 13:32

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by Baoran

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I have tried. Motherboard is very straight and clean. I have not noticed any bloated caps personally either. Here are some pictures I just took while trying to get something out of it. Filename GA-5AX-1.jpg File size 1.85 MiB Views 381 views Filename GA-5AX-2.jpg File size 1.65 MiB Views 381 views …

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Motherboard issue.

Posted on 2020-11-28, 12:52

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by Baoran

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I got a GA-5AX motherboard for free today from local recycling center. It does not seem to work though. CPU warms up, but nothing on screen and I am getting beeps from speaker that might be memory related beeps if beep information I found online and I get same beeps no matter what ram module I put …

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