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Re: Problem with using SDRAM in my Pentium MMX machine

Posted on 2021-04-14, 12:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

At least in my case, the 5TX52 is a 430TX motherboard (just like the 5TX29), and it still doesn't work properly with any type of SDRAM, no matter the manufacturer or chip density (tried 16 x 8 MB, 16 x 4 MB , 16 x 2 MB, 8 x 2 MB, 8 x 4 MB) --> that's MegaBytes. The motherboard officially supports …

Re: Problem with using SDRAM in my Pentium MMX machine

Posted on 2021-04-13, 07:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a board with the same issue: Acorp 5TX52. Works perfectly fine with EDO RAM, but is unstable with ANY SDRAM module I tried (and, boy, did I try A LOT of them, including various 16/32/64 MB PC100 sticks which are known to work fine on any other board). Funnily enough, I have another similar …

Re: Voodoo 3 3000 16MB AGP

Posted on 2021-04-12, 12:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Technically it probably wouldn't be necessary in a case with good airflow, however these cards are so expensive nowadays that adding a fan is just sheer common sense :-) I recommend adding a two-fan case bracket under the video card instead of modding it. The PCI Voodoo 3 on the other hand …

Re: Which Version of XP for a Tualatin 1.4 Ghz with 512MB RAM? (98 SE/XP Machine)

Posted on 2021-04-09, 20:33

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

For earlier Windows XP builds I always go with SP2 and it works great. I also compared SP2 to SP1, to see if it was worth to go with the latter, but... no, I saw no performance difference between the two (at least not with 1GB RAM or more). However, SP2 does feel more polished overall, so it gets my …

Re: Voodoo3 underperforming?

Posted on 2021-04-09, 06:39

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

You're welcome, glad it worked for you 😀

Re: Pros and cons of sound cards

Posted on 2021-04-08, 13:12

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Not gonna judge 😁 Enjoy it! Just be careful, this 'searching for the best sound card' rabbit hole is deep 😀

Re: Pros and cons of sound cards

Posted on 2021-04-08, 12:43

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

So, for my needs, should I get one or two of these? Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster Pro 2, Aztech SC400, ESS Audiodrive 1868f, Or something else? I'm gonna admit, I'd prefer to pay more for SB Pro 2, because it seems the best. :) I think you should start with ESS Audiodrive 1868f …

Re: AMD K6-2+ 500 will only run on a 66Mhz FSB

Posted on 2021-04-08, 04:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It doesn’t make sense that this would be caused by capacitors. The OP said that a standard K6-2 500 OC @ 550MHz worked fine, and that CPU is definitely more power hungry, particularly when overclocked. Furthermore, he already did a MB recap :), and as for the PSU... my previous statement applies. …

Re: Pros and cons of sound cards

Posted on 2021-04-06, 19:28

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

[...]for example MOKTAR, for some reason only PC Speaker plays) or some have issues (like Duke Nukem 2). Moktar (Titus the Fox) is speed sensitive when it comes to sound initialization. It works and runs best with a CPU speed between 386DX-40 and a 486DX-33 (so ~ 20 - 25 FPS in 3DBench 1.0c). Also, …

Re: DMA Mode check does not stick in Windows 98SE?

Posted on 2021-04-05, 07:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

that's an interesting statement, but if it such a general issue backwards compatibility issue on IDE existed, wouldn't it be much more widely known as UDMA66 became a thing in 1998/99 and these drives would have been widely used on UDMA33 connectors? or did nobody bother to tick that DMA checkbox? …

Re: DMA Mode check does not stick in Windows 98SE?

Posted on 2021-04-05, 05:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No, that's not the case. Yes, the issue is clearly related to newer storage devices, but this is not the complete story. I've just had 2 days ago an Acorp 5TX29 motherboard that refused to work in DMA mode with the initial 1997 BIOS, but worked just fine (with the same HDD) after updating it to the …

Re: Best hardware for Need For Speed Porsche 2000 / Unleashed

Posted on 2021-04-05, 05:18

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Yes I've tried some older drivers (from Phil computer labs website). No luck. I wasn't using the patch in first place I just tried the patch when It did not worked out of the box. Must be some kind of VGA compatibility issue because I remember running it under win98 back then, I just don't recall …

Re: Win98 monster

Posted on 2021-04-04, 15:32

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I've used PATCHMEM many times in the past, on a heap of different chipsets, with up to 2 GB RAM and I've never had any issues with it. If you're still experiencing instability with a fresh Windows 98 installation + PATCHMEM (emphasis on 'fresh'), then you probably have another hardware issue/ …

Re: DMA Mode check does not stick in Windows 98SE?

Posted on 2021-04-04, 08:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sorry for the necro post, but I just stumbled upon this thread, and thought I'd share my two cents (just in case anyone runs into the same issue): 1. This is (usually) not a HDD problem, but a BIOS issue (and it predominantly affects some motherboards with certain BIOS revisions from the socket 7 …

Re: Sound card advice for SS7 build

Posted on 2021-04-03, 10:08

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The Yamaha YMF718/719 is great, but not perfect. So it depends greatly on which games you want to play. For example, one of my favorite games is Prehistorik, and unfortunately the YMF718/719 has issues with it (stuttering whenever digital sounds are played back). Of course, it does work in pure …

Re: Win98 monster

Posted on 2021-04-02, 12:32

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Use PATCHMEM and everything should work perfectly. Although, if you don't want to have a dual boot WinXP/Win98 rig... I see no reason to go beyond 512 MB for Windows 98. Also, very nice build and case! 😀

Re: Why I do this

Posted on 2021-03-31, 19:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

weedeewee wrote on 2021-03-31, 19:41: How do you count dual or quad cpu computers? It must be a bit late for my brain, but not sure what you mean 😁 Joakim wrote on 2021-03-31, 19:43: I'm looking at your signature and see a lack of socket 479.! 😉 There’s a lack of many sockets, but I try as much as …

Re: Why I do this

Posted on 2021-03-31, 19:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

geertjanb wrote on 2021-03-31, 18:10: [...] do you guys also experience this phenomenon/"problem"? Yeah, we do. 😢 Which is why... ugh... see my signature.

Re: My 'new' Windows 98SE Pentium 200 MMX.

Posted on 2021-03-31, 19:17

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Very nice looking PC! I would suggest removing 64 MB out of those 128 MB that you have now. This should improve CPU performance substantially, since the max L2 cacheable area for 430TX is 64MB (assuming you don’t have a Super Socket 7 motherboard). Don’t worry, 64MB is more than a P MMX will ever …

Re: Luckytech P5MVP3 Rev 1.3, slow boot and won't detect OS on HDD

Posted on 2021-03-31, 11:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have two identical boards ( P5MVP3 Rev 1.3) and they don't have this problem. They work with any disk I throw at them. So I'm pretty sure that your particular board has an issue. Any visible damage on it? PS: Salutari din Brasov! 😀

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