Re: ASUS P3B-F freezing

Posted on Today, 07:35

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by Doornkaat

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The P3B-F should have an i/o voltage jumper I think somewhere near the upper right corner. Maybe that'll do the trick? Edit: vcore and multipliers are set correctly in BIOS I assume? I have the board set to jumperless mode... Did you try setting the jumper to increase i/o voltage? This may increase …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F freezing

Posted on Yesterday, 22:30

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by Doornkaat

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The P3B-F should have an i/o voltage jumper I think somewhere near the upper right corner. Maybe that'll do the trick? Edit: vcore and multipliers are set correctly in BIOS I assume?

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Re: Failed FN45 Socket A ITX board - where to start with diagnosis/repair?

Posted on Yesterday, 09:05

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by Doornkaat

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And considering replacements: Always try to match the characteristics of the capacitor you're replacing. Not just capacitance and voltage rating. I see at least some capacitors on that board are OST RLX series . Look for any markings on the other caps that indicate a series and google for datasheets …

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Re: Failed FN45 Socket A ITX board - where to start with diagnosis/repair?

Posted on Yesterday, 08:48

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by Doornkaat

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Any particular EEPROM tool/reader you'd recommend? I've never tried removing ROM chips before, usually I leave well alone if it's in working order. I have never used a dedicated tool. I always perform a hot flash. Here's my personal approach step by step: -Prepare a floppy with Uniflash 1.40 and …

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Re: Creative SB cards EAX compatibility chart

Posted on Yesterday, 07:30

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by Doornkaat

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Add Sound Blaster PCI 128 maybe?

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Re: Failed FN45 Socket A ITX board - where to start with diagnosis/repair?

Posted on Yesterday, 07:27

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by Doornkaat

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Get the EEPROM out of its socket and try to reflash it, then put it back. Check for shorts. Check VRMs for correct voltages. Check for correct voltages (and ripple) on the CPU socket. Check signal lines. Having the board professionally repaired is probably too expensive to be worthwile.

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Re: Anyone sold their collections / parts on... any regrets?

Posted on 2020-05-27, 19:55

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by Doornkaat

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I haven't gotten rid of large parts of my hoard collection, only a few items I never cared about to begin with and stuff I had quadruples of. But I guess the first step is admitting I have a problem going through the boxes and making an inventory list. That way I could determine what parts are best …

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Re: Last time ordering from electromyne :-(

Posted on 2020-05-27, 08:45

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by Doornkaat

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I guess their original target group was small businesses and individuals looking to replace individual broken parts to keep their setups running. They probably never adapted their marketing. I wonder what percentage of their business retro hardware enthusiasts amount to anyway.

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Re: My Dream High-End Intel 486 Build

Posted on 2020-05-27, 07:03

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by Doornkaat

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With 486s, there were a lot of other things that could determine the system's performance as there were also many different chipsets around with a ridiculous amount of different busses, all connected to each other in different ways with a lot more tweaking options then we have today. This is the …

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Re: View video output of multiple computers controllable individual windows on one "host" monitor

Posted on 2020-05-27, 05:27

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by Doornkaat

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The Datapath VisionRGB-E1 cards I have make this possible, depending on capture software. The VisionRGB-E2 cards have two inputs each so this would make for even more connected machines. There is a thread about screen capture in this forum. Of course you can't control a PC with those. I guess a KVM …

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Re: My Dream High-End Intel 486 Build

Posted on 2020-05-26, 09:30

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by Doornkaat

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Yes, but your CPU score is only 2% higher than mine. That is the point the CPU is topped out at about 40 points in Speedsys CPU test I am using an Intel Over drive 486dx4-100 CPU NOT the Standard 486dx4-100 CPU. Why did you ignore everything else I wrote in that post? We're not comparing processors …

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Re: Last time ordering from electromyne :-(

Posted on 2020-05-25, 19:11

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by Doornkaat

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On a side note I stopped watching Phil's videos when I noticed he would delete negative feedback about electromyne. He even edited out part of an uploaded video in youtube when people started pointing out the card he'd received for free (in exchange for promotion) had visually damaged capacitors …

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Re: Last time ordering from electromyne :-(

Posted on 2020-05-25, 12:45

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by Doornkaat

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Sadly this sees to be a regular thing with them. I received visually damaged CPUs from them once that certainly did't pass any tests. I have also often read people praise their refund process after receiving broken parts. Having comments like this pop up rather frequently does not indicate good QC …

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Re: Battery replacement on GA-486VM

Posted on 2020-05-25, 10:08

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by Doornkaat

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Happy to help! Let us know how it turns out. 😀

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Re: Windows 98 retro PC that runs Gothic 2 Night of the Raven

Posted on 2020-05-25, 09:59

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by Doornkaat

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If it comes without a PSU find out what PSU you can find to fit in there first. Again it's probably not standard ATX and not knowing what the physical limitations of the case are it's hard to give any suggestions. Honestly it's hard to suggest any one setup for the games you want to play on this pc. …

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Re: Battery replacement on GA-486VM

Posted on 2020-05-25, 09:50

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by Doornkaat

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The diode is used to prevent the motherboard from loading the CR2032 when powered up. The motherboard has an external battery connector (J2) right next to the upper 8bit ISA slot. This external header usually features a diode that'll prevent the attached battery from being loaded. If you have little …

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Re: Acorp 5VIA3-P - MANUAL needed, pls!!

Posted on 2020-05-25, 09:30

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by Doornkaat

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I contacted raindog1975 in your place and asked wether he might have the manual so he could post it here.👍 raindog1975 has last been active over a year ago so don't get your hopes up too much though.

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Re: Windows 98 retro PC that runs Gothic 2 Night of the Raven

Posted on 2020-05-23, 16:12

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by Doornkaat

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I believe this has a non standard PSU that'll limit your choice of components. Wait till it arrives and see what power it'll output.

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Re: Voodoo3 2000 AGP on ASRock K7VT2 - compatible?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 10:47

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by Doornkaat

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You know what? I may have been mistaken there. Try forcing 1x anyway, see if it helps.

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Re: Windows XP/2000 GUI without graphics drivers

Posted on 2020-05-23, 10:37

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by Doornkaat

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Without drivers there's no hardware GUI acceleration so everything has to be done in software which is usually slow. I think I have had this with Win7 too so I can't answer the second part.

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