Compatibility of Compaq / ATI Rage Memory Expansion Modules

Posted on 2023-02-15, 19:46

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by murrayman

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I'm curious about something. My Compaq Presario 5170 has an onboard ATI Rage LT Pro that has an empty memory expansion slot. The manual calls for in-house p/n 327591-001, which is this . But some ATI cards of the same vintage have their own memory expansion slots that appear to be the same form- …

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Re: ESS1869 Volume Issue

Posted on 2023-02-12, 14:37

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Bump. I went ahead and disabled the related hardware entries in device manager on W98SE through safe mode and installed an SB0090 Audigy; with just this sound card enabled on this OS, I’m having no volume issues. Suggests to me that even though the volume control behavior is showing in software, …

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ESS1869 Volume Issue

Posted on 2023-02-11, 00:01

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Onboard ESS 1869 on my Compaq Presario 5170. I’ve had this computer for a couple of decades, and this has only suddenly started. Volume goes up, but then volume falls down on its own. Happens on W95 with installed drivers found on VogonsDrivers, W98SE native drivers, and W2K. Standard speakers …

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Re: Do these Packard Bell / Compaq desktops use SFX PSU?

Posted on 2023-02-05, 01:28

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Resurrecting this thread instead of making a new one, got a few questions. I inspected the PSUs at the time of the last post and didn't see any visible issues with the caps. Since then, the Compaq has begun to develop a dull but very high pitch whine that I haven't yet pinpointed from where it's …

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Re: DMA on PIIX3?

Posted on 2023-02-03, 20:32

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For what it's worth, the fastest/best and most stable DMA I've been able to get out of my Sandisk Extreme CF card on a Packard Bell 810 motherboard (430VX/PIIX3 also) with a PMMX 233MHz was MWDMA mode 1, which is 13.3MB/s. While I instead use Linux on that board, I found I had to explicitly set the …

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Re: DMA on PIIX3?

Posted on 2023-02-03, 05:04

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Intel datasheet https://theretroweb.com/chip/documentation/27296302-62f8fdec8126b098362128.pdf : "The 82371SB PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator (PIIX3) may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are …

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DMA on PIIX3?

Posted on 2023-02-03, 01:41

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Not UDMA, just DMA. I have two CFs, one with W95 and one with W98, that I use on my PB system listed in the sig. It has a 430VX and the 82371SB PIIX3. The W95 install is from a system-correct Packard Bell restore disc that included all the necessary drivers and OSR 2.1. It has DMA checked off in …

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Re: SD vs CF Stability in 2023

Posted on 2023-01-25, 14:26

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We have a thread on the different types of pata-sata bridges here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=915837 TLDR: pata-sata adapters generally work reliably without a large performance hit I have quite a stockpile of SATA HDDs, so this’ll be something good for me to try out as well, thanks!

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Re: SD vs CF Stability in 2023

Posted on 2023-01-25, 13:55

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Never have been able to get SD working on my one ATA-2 board as well, that’s what I’ve been using my one CF card adapter on. So I’m seeing suggestions of using an SSD. I’m aware of dosdude1 doing some soldering work to make a custom NAND SSD that uses IDE, but aside from that, are there any good, …

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Re: SD vs CF Stability in 2023

Posted on 2023-01-25, 02:22

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Alright, gonna only get Startech CF to IDE adapters moving forward direct from Amazon warehouse and not third-party. As far as CF, I'm hearing either old stock or industrial is the best way to go. I have two Transcend CF cards as well - one 8GB 133x and one 4GB 133x - and I have had issues with one …

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Re: SD vs CF Stability in 2023

Posted on 2023-01-24, 20:30

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I’ve been getting SanDisk Extreme and Extreme Plus for my SD cards thinking I needed the overhead, glad to get clarification on ATA speed. I’ll replace them with the High Endurance line. When I do buy them off Amazon, I always make sure they ship direct from their store and not a third-party. Is …

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SD vs CF Stability in 2023

Posted on 2023-01-24, 18:20

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Forget about speed and wear, I’m just talking about stability, reliability, and consistency in terms of functioning, cause good gravy have I been having nightmare issues as of late. So I’ve got a handful of those FC 1.4 SD to IDE converters that I’ve bought off eBay over the past few years, and …

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How to Determine Standard or Proprietary AT PSU?

Posted on 2023-01-19, 19:59

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I have a Packard Bell Multimedia SB610 and a Compaq Presario 5170 that I wanted to change out the PSU in each, just for sanity’s sake. But since mentioning it once in a separate thread, I’ve been alerted that some PSUs of the era may use standard AT plugs, but have proprietary wiring - so if I use …

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How to change Win95 startup programs?

Posted on 2023-01-15, 14:29

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For years I could Google the title of this thread and find the answer fast (cause I apparently am an msconfig brat and have to remind myself every five years). Now when I do, all I get are sites with setup guides that don’t have the answer, and threads on forums from decades ago deriding the OS. How …

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Yoot Tower JA TowerKits on EN Game?

Posted on 2022-09-04, 15:49

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Does anyone know if there’s a way to use the TowerKits from the Japanese version of Yoot Tower on the English version? I have the JA edition of the game (Tower II), but I don’t have JA W98SE, and the JAMONDO Global IME “language pack” for w9x is only really for IE and not the system itself, so I …

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Re: Win98 throwing out DLL errors

Posted on 2022-08-28, 22:50

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It looks like a newer or different version of the Visual C++ runtime has been installed than the version you had been previously running. Do you see any mention of this in the "Add/Remove Programs" control panel applet? You might be able to get away with just reinstalling 3DMark 1999 Max. Try that …

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Win98 throwing out DLL errors

Posted on 2022-08-28, 20:45

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This is for the rig at the top of my sig. Has what was a stable unmodified Win98SE install until I just installed Yoot Tower. Now when I try to use 3dfx tools, 3DMark 99 MAX, and some other things, I’m getting errors like these. Didn’t have any issues until I installed Yoot Tower and the media …

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Re: Voodoo 5 stable in 2D, but not 3D

Posted on 2022-02-25, 21:50

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Uh 😅 Okay. Already tried a dedicated power cable and there’s no visible damage that I saw, so those are checked off. Should I now test SLI off and downclocking, or should I replace capacitors / check VRM first? Getting mixed messages on what’s safe and what’s not.

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Voodoo 5 stable in 2D, but not 3D

Posted on 2022-02-24, 06:04

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Got a weird issue with another Voodoo 5 I bought. Runs stable in 2D, but the second you try to render in 3D - be it Glide, D3D, OpenGL, anything - it freezes. Tried using reference 1.04 drivers like normal on two separate rigs, one with a clean install of Win98SE. See the video below for …

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Re: Logitech F310 on Windows 98?

Posted on 2022-02-20, 15:52

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Just wanted to post this for verification. Found that I had to hold the button upon each fresh boot to get the driver to load up right as well, but it works fine otherwise! Also, if just using the USB HID drivers, rumble won’t work. If you use the Logitech software mentioned earlier in the thread, …

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