Re: Can i live with a PentiumIII and a sound blaster 16?

Posted on 2020-11-16, 21:37

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I used a Sound Blaster AWE64 ISA on my RDD, it has Windows XP and worked fine. Unfortunately I had to replace it with an Ensoniq AudioPCI first and a SB Live! then because the Asus TUV4X has no ISA slots, or else I'd still use it.

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Re: TUV4X + SL6BY PIII-S Build

Posted on 2020-04-23, 12:24

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Hi, I have the same motherboard, with official BIOS 1006.002, but I can't get the Tualatin 1.4 "S" work. Where can I get that modified BIOS with the tB1 microcode update ??? What happens exactly? I have a 1.4 Tualatin-S tB1 in my TUV4X RDD (I have two of those motherboard) and works fine. Does the …

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Re: CUV4X - Powerleap Tualatin Build

Posted on 2020-03-24, 13:25

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Strange, i have a TUV4X and works fine, but it's also true mine lacks the onboard sound card. Also make sure to disable CPU to DRAM back to back transaction. It's a very picky feature.

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Re: CUV4X - Powerleap Tualatin Build

Posted on 2020-03-08, 17:53

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by looking4awayout

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The CUV4X is not just a TUV4X without Tualatin support... Perhaps your VRMs aren't up to the task and so they are just too weak to run your Tually at the proper frequency, I don't know as I never owned a CUV4X, but I owned an MSI 6309 v2 which was Coppermine only and required a pin-modded Tually and …

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Re: CUV4X - Powerleap Tualatin Build

Posted on 2020-03-08, 14:23

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by looking4awayout

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TUV4X owner here. In my case, I have been able to overclock my system up to 155MHz in BIOS. Anything higher would cause the keyboard to stop working, so in order to circumvent that, I push the FSB higher with SetFSB in Windows. Make sure your RAM can tolerate the overclock. I have six ECC sticks …

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Re: Customize Windows XP to look like 95

Posted on 2020-02-05, 07:55

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ Software

I stick with Windows 2000 instead of XP because of these things and the icons... ohh the 3d XP icons... are terrible. I prefer the classic ones. Just use the Inexperience Patcher by Vertigosity. You can easily find it on Deviantart. It replaces the XP icons with the ones from 2000. Then, you can …

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Re: Possible new build (Dual Tually) questions

Posted on 2020-02-03, 08:04

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by looking4awayout

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Use HDD Expert and check out the SMART status of your hard drive.

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Re: PC randomly shuts off with scary rattle (like Geiger counter from Half-Life) coming from PC speaker

Posted on 2020-02-02, 14:58

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by looking4awayout

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Try another PSU if you can. The "rattling" sounds you hear might be the noise the PC speaker makes when it reboots. My RDD does the same too before it POSTs. It's a sort of soft "click" noise coming from the speaker, mine does it two or three times before POSTing. Maybe one of the rails of your PSU …

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Re: PC randomly shuts off with scary rattle (like Geiger counter from Half-Life) coming from PC speaker

Posted on 2020-02-02, 14:54

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by looking4awayout

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sounds like a bad PSU to me. What's the manufacturer?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-02-02, 13:05

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Warning, picture heavy post, for dial-up users out there. Click on the thumbnails to watch the pictures in full size glory. Some days ago, this little creature followed me. Couldn't do anything else other than taking it home with me. https://i.postimg.cc/JtbKbPs4/photo-2020-02-02-13-32-55.jpg It's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-27, 08:01

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

After three years of search, it is finally mine. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B0gAAOSwSK9d-pkn/s-l1600.jpg 6800 Ultra (AGP)? I have a BFG Ultra 6800 OC (AGP) that is likely not functional. I bought it several years ago, after thinking (incorrectly) that the 6800 Ultra was the fastest card with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-26, 20:16

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

After three years of search, it is finally mine. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B0gAAOSwSK9d-pkn/s-l1600.jpg This is most likely going to be the last purchase I make for the RDD for a long time. I need to recover the amount of money I spent for the latest purchases, including two 1GB DDRAM 400 …

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Re: Customize Windows XP to look like 95

Posted on 2020-01-23, 19:58

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ Software

Why not sharing the AHK scripts you are making? I use AHK as I have an 84 keys AT keyboard and some games don't detect the numpad as arrow keys. As I am absolutely ignorant about how AHK scripts work, I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to share them here. By the way: how in the world did you remove …

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Re: Connecting old machines to the internet: dispelling the superstition

Posted on 2020-01-22, 13:26

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by looking4awayout

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The RDD, my main computer, uses Windows XP. I have been using it since 2017 (three years) connected to the internet regularly, no antivirus. I never, ever got infected. It's also true that my web browsing is limited to a few sites, and it only has like five services running, but for general use, it …

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Re: Customize Windows XP to look like 95

Posted on 2020-01-22, 13:15

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by looking4awayout

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Interesting to see that you are customizing the XP shell in order to look like the one from 95. A question though: how did you manage to remove the "Links" option in the main menu bar in windows? I am using Stardock Windowblinds on my system in order to give it a sort of mix between the Windows 3.x …

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Re: Customize Windows XP to look like 95

Posted on 2020-01-22, 11:57

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ Software

Interesting to see that you are customizing the XP shell in order to look like the one from 95. A question though: how did you manage to remove the "Links" option in the main menu bar in windows? I am using Stardock Windowblinds on my system in order to give it a sort of mix between the Windows 3.x …

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Re: Possible new build (Dual Tually) questions

Posted on 2020-01-13, 13:20

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Whops, that sucks. You'll have to find a Coppermine CPU then. I do have some, but I don't have enough time to ship them, as my job keeps me busy.

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Re: Possible new build (Dual Tually) questions

Posted on 2020-01-13, 10:04

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by looking4awayout

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You will need a modded BIOS that supports the pin modded Tuallies. Did you buy the CPUs from the South Korean seller?

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Re: Possible new build (Dual Tually) questions

Posted on 2020-01-12, 14:41

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, not sure which pci slot is shared and which not. I see sharing possibilities with every single one. Maybe I am misunderstanding something? Slot 3 and 4 are not slaved. Put the SATA controller and the NIC in those. By the way, I'm Italian as well. I have two of those 1GB PC133 "Google" sticks …

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Re: Possible new build (Dual Tually) questions

Posted on 2020-01-03, 13:36

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by looking4awayout

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As VIA chipsets come in cause, due to my experience, I have to post. I had experiences with two different motherboards using a VIA chipset: a QDI Advance 10T and an Asus TUV4X. While the A10T had no issue whatsoever at running in AGP 4X mode, the TUV4X has instabilities and BSOD issues if 4X mode is …

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