Re: Asus P5S-B / P5-99B Audio Bracket Replacement

Posted on 2021-08-13, 17:13

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by CesarDRK

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You should be able to tone these out with a multimeter. Since the Game port has +5v pins, look for those first and mark them off so you don't connect power to something that shouldn't have it. Normally audio headers have one row that is all grounds while the other row is the signal pins. This is …

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Re: Asus P5S-B / P5-99B Audio Bracket Replacement

Posted on 2021-08-11, 15:12

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by CesarDRK

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Still no luck on this.. I was revisiting it yesterday and a new idea came up. Is it possible to continuity test the ESS Solo-1 pins to the motherboard audio header to check for the Audio Out pins? That´s all i need, the audio out only for now to test it properly. I grabbed some detailed pics from …

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Re: Asus P5S-B / P5-99B Audio Bracket Replacement

Posted on 2021-06-15, 01:54

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by CesarDRK

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I wish I would have seen this earlier. I have a PC Chips board that I was trying to find an audio bracket for it and ended up buying an ASUS Audio Bracket off of ebay to try and get it working with my PCChips board. It hasn't come in yet, but when it does would you be interested in a straight up …

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Asus P5S-B / P5-99B Audio Bracket Replacement

Posted on 2021-06-14, 18:50

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by CesarDRK

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Recently, I have purchased a lot of two used motherboards for cheap (~8 USD), and both are working perfectly, but neither come with any other accessories or cables. - Asus P5S-B (Socket 7) - Biostar M7VKQ (Socket A/462 - With an ISA SLOT! Actually the first EVER 462 board I've seen with ISA slots …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-12, 03:12

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by CesarDRK

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Hmmm. At that price is worth if they do not work, might be able to coax some life into one of them... Just tested them, both working perfectly! Installed an Atlhon XP 2500+ Barton core in the Biostar M7VKQ (it shows unknown CPU in bios / cpu string, but works fine). My only issue with it, is that i …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-11, 20:10

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by CesarDRK

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Received this puppies today, ~8 USD for both. Seller claimed both work perfectly ( I haven't tested them yet): - Asus P5S-B (Socket 7) - Biostar M7VKQ (Socket A/462 - With ISA SLOT! Actually the first EVER 462 board I've seen with ISA slots for sale around here). https://i.imgur.com/A568ga5.jpg …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-08, 04:11

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by CesarDRK

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Biostar M7VKQ - even supports the Barton K7s. It's not cheap, and provided that your PCI southbridge plays well with DDMA or PC/PCI, not really an essential feature. Wow, just found this MB for 4 USD, also from same seller an Asus P5S-B (SS7) for the same price. Both for 8 USD worth it (the two …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-08, 00:51

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by CesarDRK

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I have never seen an socket a board with ISA slots for sale, but if one could be found its better than a P3 tualatin system IMHO.

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Re: PS/2 Ports Dead (Again, Different MB)

Posted on 2021-05-19, 16:41

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by CesarDRK

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This may be really inconvenient, but it might be worth removing the board and examining it closely to see if the PS/2 connector is still well soldered on every pin. Also try to assess the connector itself. These things can sometimes get broken pins or cracked solder joints due to their life of …

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Re: PS/2 Ports Dead (Again, Different MB)

Posted on 2021-05-19, 02:57

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by CesarDRK

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The keyboard is not very old, it does have the windows key. I´ve checked for shorts on both the PS/2 port pins and couldn´t find nothing, also couldn´t find the "C151" chip like the P3B-F. Anyway.. I had a breakthrough at least, the MOUSE started working again all of the sudden (the keyboard stayed …

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Re: PS/2 Ports Dead (Again, Different MB)

Posted on 2021-05-19, 00:35

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by CesarDRK

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Seemed like the board was live if the speaker was clicking "when you plugged it in" .... either that or you've got a massive static problem. No, i meant while the POST was running (with the keyboard plugged in before booting the machine) if i keep pressing random keys the pc speaker would emit a …

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Re: PS/2 Ports Dead (Again, Different MB)

Posted on 2021-05-18, 23:15

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by CesarDRK

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PEBKAC error, PS/2 ain't supposed to be hot plugged. Power off before changing peripherals. It was NEVER hot plugged, i dont know where you get that idea from. I think someone stated that the capacitor is shorting the +5v to ground, but IMO it's more likely that either Clock or Data are affected ( …

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Re: PS/2 Ports Dead (Again, Different MB)

Posted on 2021-05-18, 18:28

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by CesarDRK

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Search the forum for "asus c151" and you'll find plenty of threads. It's a capacitor array that sometimes go short-circuit thus killing the PS2 ports. Apparently the solution is to remove it. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=62001 I saw that, but I'm not sure its the same issue. I got …

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PS/2 Ports Dead (Again, Different MB)

Posted on 2021-05-18, 01:17

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by CesarDRK

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Well, here we go again.. Another one of my MB got damaged PS/2 ports. (Previous board, still unfixed: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=79742) Now it´s a Asus P2B-F. The mouse port lights up my optical mouse, but nor windows or dos detects it. The keyboard port wont detect the keyboard …

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Re: PCChips M598LMR Doesn't POST. Error D1D0

Posted on 2021-03-23, 00:49

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by CesarDRK

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Are you using an AT or ATX power supply? If ur using an ATX psu, i would try with an AT one (and vice-versa).

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Re: PS/2 Port Stopped Working

Posted on 2021-03-22, 14:15

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by CesarDRK

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All lines and fuses are OK.. no luck findind the issue with the PS/2 port. Any more suggestions?

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Strange Issue (Losing SFX, FM keeps playing)

Posted on 2021-03-10, 01:38

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by CesarDRK

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I don't think it needs -5v and I assume it would sound distorted instead stopping SFX. Does the stopping of the SFX coincide with disk access? You might have some DMA conflict. Well, this is strange. It is working now, i´ve completed all 4 episodes of Duke Nukem 3D without issues. I think it was …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Strange Issue (Losing SFX, FM keeps playing)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 20:52

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by CesarDRK

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Is this only with Duke Nukem 3D? Have you tried different versions? Tested Doom 1, 2 and Descent same issue as DN3D. Actually i think the audio volume level i reported was just a coincidence, so i removed that from the main thread. I´m using a fairly modern power supply, the -5v voltage reading …

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Sound Blaster 16 Strange Issue (Losing SFX, FM keeps playing)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 15:12

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by CesarDRK

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Recently i swapped my CT2950 with a CT2290 in one of my rigs (ASUS P2B-F / Pentium 3 750mhz), as i posted here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=943017#p943017 At first it worked ok, in some quick tests. But now that i´m using it more some issues popped. It is repeatable also, but not in the …

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Re: SB Pro 2.0 (CT1600) x SB 16 (CT2830 x CT2290 x CT2950)

Posted on 2021-03-04, 18:53

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by CesarDRK

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A few months later i came across another CT2290 for a decent price, this time i grabbed it. Came with the CT1703-A DAC, and it sounds pretty good. Here it is, above my CT2950 which it replaced.

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