Re: Troubleshooting two Slot 1 Asus motherboards

Posted on Yesterday, 20:22

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https://youtu.be/iFhyP_QwtMc?t=1352 22:30 Correct and complete solder reflow. The fact that the capacitor is held on the PCB does not mean that it is soldered well. Not sure I understand what you mean… Don’t you agree that those two capacitors that he removed at 22:30 have very good solder joints?

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Re: Troubleshooting two Slot 1 Asus motherboards

Posted on Yesterday, 16:31

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shevalier wrote on Yesterday, 14:31: Dude, just rotate a couple of capacitors with needle nose pliers and see for yourself. "Dude", I've been doing this for 20+ years. I don't need to rotate anything at this point. What you are describing is something that can indeed happen when using an improper/ …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on Yesterday, 16:18

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Just noticed something interesting with DSDMA that could improve compatibility on machines that can't use PC/PCI and DDMA. Normally it automatically loads high as a tsr and calls itself ETEKVM. This takes up about 2.1KB. If you force it to load low in conventional memory it calls itself DSDMA and …

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Re: GeForce 4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on Yesterday, 09:35

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Sombrero wrote on Yesterday, 09:18: Just look at bloodem, guy has a retro PC for every week of the year. I'm dying... 🤣

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Re: Troubleshooting two Slot 1 Asus motherboards

Posted on Yesterday, 09:16

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by bloodem

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Solder a few smd electrolytes on an unnecessary board. Diameters 5, 8 and 10 mm. The latter will be in power circuits and at ground/power plane. Then break them off by rotating, as I drew above. Look at the result. PS. I also thought for a long time that everything is OK. Lack of contact across the …

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Re: GeForce 4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on Yesterday, 07:33

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[...] but as the future owner hp system with p3 800mhz cpu the statement that p3 800mhz is too slow for windows 98 is a bit discouraging. I though that for game from 1997 to 1999 800mhz would more than enough to play the games in good quality at least in medium settings.. I think you misinterpreted …

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Re: GeForce 4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on 2023-06-04, 18:09

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Way to insult posters who have been helping you with your myriad of questions. Just because some people prefer to play with non-period correct hardware doesn't make them "elitist" or "crazy". For reference, there were always a couple of demanding games which needed more power than what was …

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Re: Troubleshooting two Slot 1 Asus motherboards

Posted on 2023-06-04, 15:29

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shevalier wrote on 2023-06-04, 04:06: #1 Never try to desolder the SMD electrolyte. Wut? shevalier wrote on 2023-06-04, 04:06: #2 Never try to solder smd electrolyte without heating from below. Wut? shevalier wrote on 2023-06-04, 15:02: You can't solder them with a soldering iron, see picture. …

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Re: The frustrations of the GPU market

Posted on 2023-06-04, 14:10

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Redundancy FTW! 👌 Are these only CPUs, or does each x-number include an accompanying motherboard as well ? (roughly resembles my own 'small' 😆 redundancy mobo collection, only I have a few more LGA1155/AM3 level boards) They are complete platforms (motherboard + CPU + RAM)... and 27 of them are …

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Re: The frustrations of the GPU market

Posted on 2023-06-04, 06:30

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Build redundant. Check my signature. ;) Redundancy is my middle name. Bottom line, I have a main PC, a backup PC, a PC at the office that I can access remotely 24/7 + a Macbook Pro M1 Max and a secondary Macbook Pro x86. However, things are much more complicated than that... And since we were …

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Re: The frustrations of the GPU market

Posted on 2023-06-03, 19:38

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Get a used 2080 ti for $300. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRQUTeocCSI I don't know... as my daddy used to say: "I'm too poor to buy cheap stuff". Or, in this case, I'm too poor to buy used cards with no warranty. Also me: bought hundreds of retro PC parts for much, much, much more than that. : …

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Re: Return/refund etiquette on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-03, 17:21

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Not much to say, really, it's pretty straightforward... Per the eBay rules (Computers/Tablets & Networking, Electronics): "Used: The item was previously used. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but it is fully operational and functions as intended . This item may be a floor model or …

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Re: Suggestions for vodoo 2 system

Posted on 2023-05-24, 12:55

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Law212 wrote on 2023-05-24, 12:47: I want to upgrade my 8 meg Voodoo 2 to 12. Where can I get the memory modules for it? I've used these EDO memory ICs in the past (not from this particular seller, though) and they worked great.

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Re: Voodoo 2 build

Posted on 2023-05-24, 12:48

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HanSolo wrote on 2023-05-24, 12:35: Of course you also need to have two RAM sticks, two sound cards, two hard drives and two optical drives 😀 F'in A! 😁

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Re: Voodoo 2 build

Posted on 2023-05-24, 12:30

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IMO, a Pentium 3 Coppermine / 440BX platform would be ideal for the V2 SLI. Depending on which revision you have, the Asus P2B-DS might support Coppermines out of the box (or you could mod it to add support). Either way, I think using the two Voodoo 2 cards with two CPUs would be ultra-cool (useless …

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 06:54

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This brings me to another question. Would be possible to use DOS box on retro pc? I played around with the DOS box on my modern ryzen 3 rig and besides weird sound glitches the games were running ok The DOS Box could even emulate for 3dfx look for the first Tomb Raider. I just knew the Playstation …

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 06:32

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My vote goes to the Asus A7V600-X. :-) But, as others have mentioned, there are other good platforms out there, and what 'is best' for you will depend on many variables. But generally speaking, the A7V600-X with a Thoroughbred Athlon XP CPU should cover all the bases for DOS, early + late Win98 and …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2023-05-23, 13:36

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What driver combination are you using? I've had nothing but issues with both nForce 2 and nForce 3 chipsets under win98se: two Abit AN7 boards are completely unstable under 98 after installing forceware. CPUs tested are Athlon XP 3200+ both the KV4D and KV4C versions (2333mhz / fsb 333 and 2200MHz …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2023-05-23, 09:38

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Still working on getting it to run reliably, but the nForce 3 chipset is not really designed for win98 and drivers are a bit spotty. I only have one nForce 3 Ultra motherboard (Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939), I'm dual booting Win98 / WinXP, and my experience with this build has been great. Haven't …

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Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-05-22, 15:29

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The few caveats which I have with the AthlonXP platform are its somewhat picky PSU requirements (higher tier CPUs need plenty of amps on the 5V rail) and the reliance on old coolers. For those reasons, I mostly use my Athlon64 system for Win9x gaming now, which happily runs on a modern day PSU and …

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