Dell Precision M6300 which CPU should I get ?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 10:33

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by Violett'Blossom

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Hello everyone, I have this "laptop" for some time now just to play some windows Xp games, however the CPU cannot cope with FX 3600m that I have upgraded the laptop with. Which CPU should i upgrade to ? Current one is C2D T7500. My options are those : X7900 X9000 T9500 T9300 Are the xtreme …

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Re: Old hardware YouTube help give away.

Posted on 2020-05-16, 07:20

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by Violett'Blossom

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If I had anything to donate in the UK I would 100% donate to RetroManCave : https://www.youtube.com/user/RetroManCave

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Re: My first gaming laptop

Posted on 2020-01-29, 12:03

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by Violett'Blossom

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Hello, awesome machine you got there :) If I were you I would stick with win XP since it will run most of win 98 se software and since this laptop doesn't have dos compatible sound card. Also with Win Xp you are not limited to 512 MB ram. Hope it helps :) Edit : Also the gpu is fully DirectX 9 …

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Re: How to open Dec hinote ultra CT450 floppy to repair it ?

Posted on 2020-01-28, 07:48

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by Violett'Blossom

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Hello everyone, I have aquired this laptop about year ago, the belt in floppy caddy broke, however Iam not able to open it even when screws are out. Have anyone repaired it yet ? :) Thanks for any info. :) run your finger over the label to feel any voids under it. if you feel voids likely there are …

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How to open Dec hinote ultra CT450 floppy to repair it ?

Posted on 2020-01-28, 06:19

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by Violett'Blossom

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Hello everyone, I have aquired this laptop about year ago, the belt in floppy caddy broke, however Iam not able to open it even when screws are out. Have anyone repaired it yet ? 😀 Thanks for any info. 😀

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Re: Is this Mac Se (likely) repairable?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 08:28

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by Violett'Blossom

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-01-22, 08:47: My understanding is that it's the Varta batery that basically melted itself onto the logic board, I passed on the offer.. I would take it for 20 Usd tbh, they range from like 150 up where i live. 😒

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Re: Is this Mac Se (likely) repairable?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 08:26

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by Violett'Blossom

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The battery propably went full "Om nom" on the board or the caps are bad, but It is still in serviceable state 😀

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-01-18, 17:00

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by Violett'Blossom

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vorob wrote on 2020-01-14, 11:52: Was there any laptop with fully dos-compatible soundcard and (!) good videocard with acceleration for late 90th pc games (for unreal, half-life, thief 1) I would go for Compaq E500 😀

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Is Intel Pentium D 930 big bottleneck for GTX 8800 ?

Posted on 2020-01-05, 17:18

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by Violett'Blossom

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I have only one board ATM with Intel 955X chipset which only supports Pentium Dual Cores... How much it will bottlenec GTX 8800 ? Thanks in advance 😀

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT max size hdd?

Posted on 2020-01-01, 12:41

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by Violett'Blossom

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So i been messing with my old 430cdt again:) But really i cant do much with its 1.26gb hdd that it has in it lol... And it is a great dos and win95 retro gamer:) Is it possible to clone the drive and clone it too a bigger hdd like a 20gig? Tho i do have some 6gigs i can use tho. Right now its using …

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Re: How to make ESS Maestro 2E work in DOS ?

Posted on 2019-12-15, 21:46

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by Violett'Blossom

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After correct drivers installation you should see list of devices like this: https://i.postimg.cc/pXzzTCZ2/IMG-20191215-110320.jpg Try to install one of this drivers: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lQJeeco6qwkhTTTr7xS85sp6TvUSzdSL?usp=sharing For native Dos mode you need to load some …

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Re: Need help restoring Compaq Armada E500

Posted on 2019-12-14, 21:09

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by Violett'Blossom

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Sorry for interfering with the restoration of your Armada. I have the same laptop bought recently but I need to find a power adapter to turn it on and test it. Can you please check the output voltages on your. Thanks in advance! I have the original one with these values : 18.5 V 4.9A I hope it …

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How to make ESS Maestro 2E work in DOS ?

Posted on 2019-12-14, 21:07

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by Violett'Blossom

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Hello, I have Compaq Armada E500 with this sound card running Win 98 SE. Under drivers the is column ESS DOS Games/FM synthesis current values there are : A220 I5 D1 I can get only music in games no sound effects (running from windows, there's no sound in DOS mode) :depressed: What should I do ? : …

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Need help restoring Compaq Armada E500

Posted on 2019-12-14, 11:36

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by Violett'Blossom

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Hello everyone, My family gifted me this laptop in new like condition, after about two months of it collecting dust I finally get to get him working like new again. It's the 800MHz model. These are the things I need help with. :blush: Is there any way to lube the fan in cooling assembly ? I would …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2019-12-12, 09:35

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by Violett'Blossom

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Hello, I found another laptop you might like : Texas Instruments Extensa 510T Pentium 100 640x480 TFT screen ESS 1688 audio (mono speaker) Decent build quality. Keyboard is somewhat decent

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2019-12-07, 14:53

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by Violett'Blossom

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It all started a few years ago when I wanted to play DOS games on the go. I got a Toshiba T1950CT to start off. But what I didn't realize is that it didn't have a built-in sound card. Shoot! So that was out of the picture even though it was a great laptop to tinker with otherwise. Then I found a …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2019-12-07, 14:52

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by Violett'Blossom

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It all started a few years ago when I wanted to play DOS games on the go. I got a Toshiba T1950CT to start off. But what I didn't realize is that it didn't have a built-in sound card. Shoot! So that was out of the picture even though it was a great laptop to tinker with otherwise. Then I found a …

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Re: Retro gaming on eMac ?

Posted on 2019-12-07, 09:22

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by Violett'Blossom

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What about some more details? Which eMac? They ranged from 700 MHz to 1.42 GHz. And what DOS ports? Native Mac games that also existed for DOS should all run fine. Stuff like Quake runs good on a G3 with >200 MHz already. Note, however, that the later eMacs are made for running MacOS X only. it's …

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Retro gaming on eMac ?

Posted on 2019-12-07, 08:27

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by Violett'Blossom

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I can get one of those in mit condition for a few € , on paper it seems quite capable. Will it be capable of playing DOS ports in OS 9? Thanks in advance 😀

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Re: Need Help with picking PSU for socket 7 system, AT or ATX ?

Posted on 2019-11-18, 14:46

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by Violett'Blossom

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ShovelKnight wrote: Yes this is true, some really old designs (especially by Creative) use -5V which modern PSUs don't provide. Iam thinking about using AWE 64 Value or ESS 1868F Will they work ? 😀

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