Re: What is the latest (beta) BIOS for K6XV3+/66 Rev. B+

Posted on 2022-02-22, 03:07

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by halls_well

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This may get lost in the K6-2->k6-3 excitement, but I have something possibly helpful to add here - after seeing this thread and this thread I decided to try to give my k6xv3+/66 another shot, and it's working like a champ! Way better than my last attempt. I tried using the WD HDD util mentioned …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-10, 18:35

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by halls_well

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also not really retro but related... something to poke around safely inside CRTs ^^ You are braver than me, I stay away from those things unless they've been unplugged a looooooong time :scream: I got bit by the retro bug and decided to replace the Permedia II in my SS7 with something less... …

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Re: Boot from floppy on a Compaq Contura 430C

Posted on 2021-02-02, 02:56

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by halls_well

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Sorry for my delayed reply and thank you for your help Jo22! Could you please send me the images? The Contura 400C and 430C are similar in many ways, so maybe these images are compatible. I can't wait to try this! :) Hi, I'm sorry to necro a thread but I have an original hard drive in my Compaq …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-03-14, 01:05

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by halls_well

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Asus P2B 512MB ECC RAM (only 256 is showing up, in theory the board should support it all but 256 is already more than I need so I haven't investigated much) Being a BX board, you probably have single bank RAM, thus only half is recognized by the chipset. I'm a assuming that's 2x256 megs, you've …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-03-13, 03:21

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Thanks, I like it too! It started its life as a Pentium II 266, but who knows, it may have sat around a few years before it was used! It's from a shop that mainly did networking and corporate networks, so it may have been intended as server case, I've never found another like it though... I'll let …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-03-12, 02:50

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by halls_well

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Thanks to you guys for all of the help getting this thing running after these parts sat around for 15+ years! Here's my first hack at a 1997-2000 Franken-PC Pentium III Coppermine running at 550 (underclocked to reduce heat and wear, fan added temporarily by me) Asus P2B 512MB ECC RAM (only 256 is …

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Re: Just a warning, bad memory modules can get you!

Posted on 2020-03-10, 23:46

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by halls_well

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I had a similar issue with DDR3 RAM years ago. A guy had bought a computer the previous year and it had been working absolutely fine, then suddenly it started having stability issues in Windows. I eventually diagnosed bad RAM, as it was failing memtest. Replaced his RAM and all was well. But the …

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Re: Cloning old 486 HDD to CompactFlash or SSD

Posted on 2020-03-09, 00:20

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by halls_well

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Good to know, thanks for the followup! I have a 2GB CF card to IDE that works fine in my Pentium MMX thinkpad, but doesn't show up in a 486 Compaq Contura (420CX, in case that's what you have too...). Nothing at boot, nothing seen by FDISK 🙁

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Re: Cloning old 486 HDD to CompactFlash or SSD

Posted on 2020-03-07, 04:42

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by halls_well

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Wow sorry for being slow 7F20, I've been trying to come up with something but think I'm out of ideas... My only theory goes back to some compatibility issue with the card. From what I've read any CF card should support PIO, which should work on the 486. Is the card significantly larger than the HDD …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-03-04, 17:25

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by halls_well

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Thanks aaronkatrini! I'm going to keep the Radeon 7000 in for now due to lower power usage, until I get a chance to evaluate my 16 year old Thermaltake PSU, then I may spice things up with that 5900 :D I'm definitely hanging onto that Stealth II card, it looks like another good option for a system …

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Re: Cloning old 486 HDD to CompactFlash or SSD

Posted on 2020-03-04, 17:20

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by halls_well

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Does the laptop BIOS see the drive at all? No. And yes. When I turn it on, it sees something , but it says that it's an invalid hard drive. Whether that means it knows it's a hard drive or not I cannot say. It probable that it detects something connected but doesn't know that it's a hard drive, …

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Re: Cloning old 486 HDD to CompactFlash or SSD

Posted on 2020-03-03, 05:00

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by halls_well

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I was able to clone my HDD onto my CF card using clonezilla live disk. Unfortunately, my laptop isn't recognizing my CF card. (or maybe the adapter?) My windows 10 pc can see the CF card and the adapter just fine. It's a 2GB CF card (verbatim brand), so I though it would work fine in my 486. Sigh, …

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2020-03-01, 04:23

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by halls_well

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Thanks cyclone3d, I will keep an eye out, but my hopes are not high, nothing in the last few months in sold either :(. I recently fired up my old Compaq 486 laptop with a really nice screen, and the first thing I saw was Windows 95 telling me my drivers were missing hardware... as it always has... …

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Re: Cloning old 486 HDD to CompactFlash or SSD

Posted on 2020-03-01, 04:05

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by halls_well

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Edit - what matze79 said is exactly what my post is, and that post is much more legible than mine :) On second thought, can you make a bootable floppy with something like WD lifeguard on it, and then use a $4 PCMCIA to CompactFlash adapter card to do it all from your laptop? I can get that adapter, …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-03-01, 03:59

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by halls_well

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Thanks for the links!! I'm downloading now, along with Daemon tools and a few games to try out, fingers crossed... Heh. I've heard that Daemon Tools under 98 isn't the best when it comes to reading disc images. Ideally you would want to find a copy and license for an older version of Alcohol 120%. …

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2020-02-29, 03:55

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by halls_well

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Damn, I'm guessing those Sound/CDROM cards are unobtanium, based on what I've seen looking for the complete set on eBay 😐... thanks for the info!

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2020-02-29, 02:57

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by halls_well

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I'm sorry I'm no help Bondi, but your question made me realize I also have a similar one - I have a Panasonic KXL-D20 that I got a while ago, but haven't ever been able to get to work. I have two questions here - 1 - do I need a sound/CD-ROM card, instead of this CD-ROM card that it came with? I …

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Re: Cloning old 486 HDD to CompactFlash or SSD

Posted on 2020-02-29, 02:47

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by halls_well

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I am trying to do this (clone an old 486 hard drive to CompactFlash or SSD), but it's for a laptop and I don't have a second IDE port. I have a desktop with single IDE HDD connection in it that I can use. My plan was to copy the HDD to my windows 10 machine and then get it onto the CF card over the …

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Re: How to Turn my Pentium III Classic Gaming PC Into a *Quiet* Classic Gaming PC?

Posted on 2020-02-29, 02:24

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by halls_well

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Can you open it up and start to figure out which parts are the loud ones? It could be that dust is causing overheating too, so it would definitely be advisable to look inside if you haven't yet! Old HDD's are kind of a high pitched whine, the SSD or even a new HDD would definitely mitigate that. The …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-02-29, 02:12

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by halls_well

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I'll update those programs hopefully I can find them around somewhere! I was looking at which DirectX to go with as well, along with the user-supported Service Pack. There's a ton out there to sift through! I forgot to mention that too. You should always update DirectX to at least DX7. However, if …

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