Re: Compaq Camaro SS7 to Mitac 5114VU BIOS upgrade

Posted on 2024-01-16, 13:23

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by Con 2 botones

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello everyone! I´m trying to accomplish a bios change, from the factory Compaq to a Mitac 5114VU one. This because I have issues with a PCI Diamond Stealth III S540 (Savage4 Pro), which freezes after some minutes Windows(98SE) is on. It is not the card itself, I´ve tried it in other systems without …

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Re: Windows 98 and windows xp pc hardware

Posted on 2023-01-20, 15:05

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello. I (who lean to build with period correct parts) would pick the following: PC 1 (Win98): - Pentium 3 1000mhz / 384mb ram sdr 133mhz / agp slot - Geforce4 mx440 64mb 128bit MSI PC2 (WinXP): - Pentium 4 3000mhz / 1gb ram ddr 400mhz / agp slot - Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb If you opted to build just …

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Re: Pentium II buid: 2 Vodoo 2 in SLI, recomended video card AGP.

Posted on 2022-12-26, 12:36

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If you want to stay period correct (which I personallly like) and to assemble the best from 1998, go with a Rage 128 (not with 128Pro which is from 1999) in its GL core variant. Rage Fury model being an example (128bit bus, 100mhz SGRAM and core) Paired with a PII 450mhz, Voodoo 2 sli and a 440BX …

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Re: My first retroPC is completed.

Posted on 2022-12-07, 17:28

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by Con 2 botones

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I loved the wooden "case" you built! Congratulations! I tend to think 1997-2002 is the best era when it comes to PC games, nostalgia aside. I also assembled a Pentium II 450mhz but paired with a TNT 1 (to stay period correct) and Voodoo2, SB Live, all on a Soyo 440BX board. Still deciding if that …

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Re: Do movies suck these days?

Posted on 2022-11-24, 20:09

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This is an "off shoot" of another post which touched on this subject somewhat. I'd like to hear everyone's take on this genre as I'm a "old fossil" who grew up on stan lee comics, Kung Fu, Starsky and Hutch and etc. so may be jaded how I view this. Are not movies supposed to be about entertainment …

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Re: your last purchased retro graphics card or any of your collection

Posted on 2022-11-15, 15:21

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Babasha wrote on 2022-11-14, 22:36: S3 Savage3D… nothing special. I do find it special, at least interesting. 1999 "Savage 4" is still somehow findable, but this previous 1998 "Savage3D", is not easy to come across...just like the "Savage2000".

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Re: Pentium II Build and upgrade

Posted on 2022-11-03, 13:40

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on the cpu, not sure in practice it would make any noticeable difference in terms of software / games but i suppose might be fun to benchmark them! Pentium II 266mhz has 512KB cache but running at 66Mhz, Celeron 333Mhz has 128KB cache but running at 333Mhz...benchmarking them would be interesting. …

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Re: Pentium II Build and upgrade

Posted on 2022-10-31, 13:24

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So the K6-2 is shelved for now, but I am gonna get to work on my Pentium II setup. System Specs Intel Pentium II 266 (Wondering if I should swap to my celly 333 or keep it PII dunno) 32mb PC66 Ram Riva TNT2 M64 cause Riva TNT's are expensive, and M64's basically preform the same 8.4GB HDD 10GB HDD …

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Re: What era of computers do you draw the line at collecting and/or using?

Posted on 2022-10-17, 19:27

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by Con 2 botones

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

486 would be the older I would go (don´t own any yet, unfortunately). Socket 939, 775 the newer. Slot 1/A era being my favourite.

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Re: Wrestling with PCI video cards

Posted on 2022-09-09, 14:53

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- S3 Savage 4 PCI. This one is the most frustrating one. I have three of them: one Creative and two Diamonds (S530 and S540). They all POST in all of my motherboards and work flawlessly in DOS... but NONE of them work in Windows. Once I install the drivers, the Creative card causes Windows 98 to …

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Re: Wrestling with PCI video cards

Posted on 2022-09-09, 14:29

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I've been trying to find a good, compatible and fast PCI video card for a while (for some of my builds, and also because it's a nice thing to have lying around) and so far I've not been successful. I'm mostly interested in later cards that have at least some 3D acceleration capabilities. Here's …

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Re: Same Card?

Posted on 2022-08-29, 18:49

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They do install with the same driver (I use the one from P.C.L site) . I own both.

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Re: Thunderbird Athlon 1000 : 200 VS 266 FSB

Posted on 2022-08-23, 20:33

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My "common sense" tells me that, given a fixed CPU frequency, a faster bus is generally better. Generally useless on SDRAM systems, because RAM can work at 133 Mhz on both and can't saturate K7 DDR bus. Paired my 1400C with a ASUS A7N266-VM, which supports DDR 266mhz (PC-2100), controlled by nForce …

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Re: My Compaq Pentium 3 Gaming PC (Windows 98)

Posted on 2022-07-11, 13:35

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by Con 2 botones

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Very Nice! I believe that case can be used both vertically or horizontally (optical drives can be placed both ways, if I am not mistaken). Compaq and Fujitsu Siemens are my favourite brands when it comes to Retro-PC. The Matrox G400 is more period correct to Pentium III 650mhz and is capable (at …

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Re: 20th Anniversary of Vogons

Posted on 2022-06-30, 14:04

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No other place like Vogons! Happy two decades anniversary!

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 1 (4MB) Win XP?

Posted on 2022-06-29, 18:25

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by Con 2 botones

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...or even this one: https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fil … 194&menustate=0

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 1 (4MB) Win XP?

Posted on 2022-06-29, 17:51

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by Con 2 botones

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Hi, What about this one? https://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/drivers/?objid=74

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Re: AGP 1.0 vs PCI Graphics

Posted on 2022-06-17, 18:08

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by Con 2 botones

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What CPU is it? According to the manufacturer site, it supports up to 1Ghz Coppermine. With a 1Ghz Coppermine PentiumIII, I see a good match in Geforce 2 GTS (which is still quite available and inexpensive on eBay). MX440 is also a good alternative. ATi DDR (7200) or 7500 are also suitable if you …

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Re: RetroPC_King's Socket A systems

Posted on 2022-06-16, 15:21

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by Con 2 botones

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in Marvin \ System Specs

As OP said, A7N8X-E Deluxe could be a choice, but I'd highly recommend either a Epox EP-8RDA3I, 8RDA6 Pro (if you want additional stuff like SATA and RAID), or a MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR. The reason I listed those three is because they all have 12v plugs, while the A7N8X-E is a very very 5v heavy board …

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Re: RetroPC_King's Socket A systems

Posted on 2022-06-16, 15:00

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by Con 2 botones

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Nice socket A/462 collection! I am really fond of Athlon XP. Still searching for a working nforce2 based board for my 3200+ (currently on a MSI with via KM400 chipset). I prefer "System #6" over the others, GF4 MX is not the best match for Athlon XP, it would for Thunderbirds though. Radeon 9000 …

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