Netvista x40 - CD not recognized?

Posted on 2022-02-20, 17:20

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Long time no see, Vogon community! Been a while and I thought I should check in with a problem I have with an old acquisition. Got a NetVista X40 that accidentally made its way to the sales floor and the price of a monitor! It seems to have already been wiped, so I put DOS 6.22 to see if it worked …

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Re: Does a female USB to male PS/2 Y-splitter exist?

Posted on 2021-09-15, 22:01

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I have an adapter similar to Caluser2000's, and it doesn't work because the PS/2 port itself is female, so it won't plug into the Trendnet switch. As for what model the USB KVM is, it's this one from JideTech: amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B071Y6C516?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title I just wanted to see if …

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Does a female USB to male PS/2 Y-splitter exist?

Posted on 2021-09-15, 19:17

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Just a quick question to see if I can find what I'm looking for. Long story short, I have two KVM switches in my setup, one is PS/2, the other USB. I've been using the PS/2 one for my Win95 machines, because I can upgrade DIN and serial to it. The rest of my machines can use USB keyboards and mice, …

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How do I learn old server stuff?

Posted on 2020-07-06, 23:41

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I am 99% sure that this is the wrong thread for this, but it's been something bothering me for a while. I have an array of software and books (mostly from the 90s) that go into detail about databases and server setup. However, it seems most of them were instructions for setup with the reader already …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-27, 04:32

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Found these at the local thrift store today for the princely sum of $12. It's an AOpen AX6BC motherboard, Crystal CX4235 sound card, some modem/sound card combo by Conexant, 64 meg DIMM stick, an 8 gig WD Caviar, and a bizarre 370 slotkey with a 400 Mhz Celeron. I was hoping to scoop up a few more …

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Inspiron 2650: beeping but booting very strangely?

Posted on 2018-11-12, 15:19

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Finally picked up a laptop with a CD and floppy drive, and it claimed to be working. I turned it on and it just kept beeping, no specific code, just a constant beeping (1-1-1-1, perhaps?). However, I found out that if I hit F2 right when the boot screen turns to black, I can get it to boot to XP and …

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Re: Fans spin for a second, then stop; no boot (Celeron)

Posted on 2018-09-26, 02:22

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by 11justsomekid

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I also just noticed what looks to some aftermarket work on the MB. A wire on the bottom connects a capacitor to a chip named IRU1150CM ("Linear Voltage Regulator IC Positive Adjustable" if it helps) and a trace from that chip is cut. What is this and is this something to worry about?

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Re: Fans spin for a second, then stop; no boot (Celeron)

Posted on 2018-09-26, 01:31

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Be sure that nothing is shorting out, also check if all the power connectors(including the additional P4 power connector) are well placed. Set it on top if a non-conductive surface and checked each connector again (including the P4), but still no boot, but now the monitor I have plugged into the …

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Fans spin for a second, then stop; no boot (Celeron)

Posted on 2018-09-26, 01:13

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Just picked up an HP Pavilion for free thanks to a local repairman! It was obviously never cleaned, but was still working. I cave everything a deep clean of canned air and non-abrasive cleaner fluid. After ~1 hour of disassembly/assembly, it now no longer works, and hence the title. I disconnected …

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How's this CRT as an upgrade? NEC AccuSync 120

Posted on 2018-08-03, 23:52

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Saw this in the back room at work. Boy is thing heavy! AND HUGE! Judging by the specs online it's 1600:1200, and 21". I was told I could have it, but I would like a second opinion here. I already have a monitor, a fairly recent Samsung SyncMaster B1740 I got for $15. The CRT has a larger screen, and …

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Is printer collecting a thing?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 23:41

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]If so, I just hit a motherload. At work, I had to head to the backroom, and there was this pile of printers, ranging from dot matrix to laserjet. After a quick look, I saw a HP Laserjet 2300n, Panasonic KX-P2180, OKI C6100, and an Okidata Microline 380 in copious amounts, and many other models. I …

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Re: What can you do with a LAN card?

Posted on 2018-01-26, 12:35

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by 11justsomekid

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What are these acronyms?! Seriously, I don't know anything about networking. Not even my "Idiots Guide to the Internet" from 1994 seems to know. Although it's possible to set up networking without any knowledge of terminologies and concepts (in a "monkey see, monkey do" way), DOS is not a very …

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Re: What can you do with a LAN card?

Posted on 2018-01-24, 12:48

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What are these acronyms?! Seriously, I don't know anything about networking. Not even my "Idiots Guide to the Internet" from 1994 seems to know. I do kind of know one thing I'd like to do. I have experimented with BBS servers on my new PC. Is there some way I can communicate to a BBS server from a …

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What can you do with a LAN card?

Posted on 2018-01-24, 02:26

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Just picked up a CIB Linksys Ether16 10BaseT ISA LAN card for real cheap at a thrift store. I have no idea how to set up networks on older machines, or networking in general. I know some people know how to set several machines together (like here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=53034). I …

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Re: Socket 7 CPU change not recognized?

Posted on 2018-01-13, 23:34

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kixs wrote: > what are the Evergreens and Powerleaps? These are socket upgrade adapters. Make possible to run newer cpus on older motherboard. Woah, didn't even know that was possible! Is there a thread that discusses this somewhere?

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Re: Socket 7 CPU change not recognized?

Posted on 2018-01-13, 23:09

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In other words, any board that has a setting for 166MHz can also do 200 and 233MHz with a suitable CPU. Yes, except both the K6-2 or newer and the P55C require split plane I/O and core voltages. Older socket 7 boards sometimes used a common voltage for both. Which I already said was the bigger …

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Re: Socket 7 CPU change not recognized?

Posted on 2018-01-13, 00:35

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Which board (and revision) is it? And how many multiplier jumpers are there? The very first So7 boards had a single jumper for 1.5x or 2x (so 75-133MHz), if you can set 2.5x (i.e. 166MHz) that means you have at least two jumpers, which gives you four options: 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x and 3x. So even if the …

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Re: Socket 7 CPU change not recognized?

Posted on 2018-01-11, 23:04

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Well, there were jumpers! I had the manual already, but the jumper diagrams were in the back, so I couldn't see them with the other installation stuff. Next, I decided to update my CPU, from 120mhz to 166 (the max for my motherboard). Technically, both socket 5 and 7 motherboards can support all …

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Socket 7 CPU change not recognized?

Posted on 2018-01-11, 22:27

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I decided to upgrade my Pentium setup and upgrade the RAM from 8Mb to 72Mb. It immediately noticed the upgrade on startup. Next, I decided to update my CPU, from 120mhz to 166 (the max for my motherboard). However, my BIOS still said I had a 120 in it. What happened? I barely know what I'm doing, …

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Saw this baby on Craigslist...

Posted on 2017-09-14, 03:39

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https://athensga.craigslist.org/sys/d/1997-pa … 6304745702.html ...too bad I'm broke!

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