There are two ways of doing trim. copy paste, this is from Crucial customer support. have a good reading. :) We value your feedback and our customers. We certainly understand that you are looking for a storage executive software that supports 32-bit version and this is not a mistake by our …

I am a complete ignorant in this matter. to my understanding Windows TRIM function will tell the SSD what files have been deleted but how can a Linux boot know what files have been deleted from the XP file system ? There are two ways of doing trim. One way is to use the filesystem with the "discard …

On my LGA775 system, I use a dirt cheap Crucial MX500 BX500 SSD and I dual boot between Windows XP and Linux. When I boot Linux, I mount the windows partition with the ntfs-3g driver and then I can use fstrim to trim it.

2020: Ryzen 9 3950x 2010: Core 2 Duo E6400 2000: Pentium II 300 1990: 386sx20

Can anyone else vouch for the life expectancy of SD-IDE under heavy Win9x use? Not under Windows 9x, but I have used SD cards in various raspberry pi 1/2/3 projects with higher IO rates than you'd normally see in Windows 9x and they seem to last for years. I only had one SD card die on me, but that …

PARKE wrote on 2020-06-17, 10:52: See this thread + the photo in the OP: Weird Slot 1 heatsink/cooler Ah thanks! So a proprietary Compaq temperature sensor that I can't use. I'll just tuck it out of the way then.

Yes, that board will run Coppermine CPUs fine (once you update the BIOS IIRC, so flash the BIOS to the last P2B-F Rev:1.0 BIOS ASAP) Indeed it does! https://i.imgur.com/b5OpI9rl.jpg Runs a good bit cooler than the Katmai PIII-500 as well. After Doom torture test: https://i.imgur.com/Px6dcn2l.jpg By …

Look for Cherry USB/PS2 mice on eBay, they were the best option when I was looking for a beige optical PS/2 mouse. Good tip, thanks! I didn't know about Cherry mice and they seem to have good availability. I received that Cherry mouse today. It ticks the "retro look" box but other than that: oof …

appiah4 wrote on 2020-06-16, 12:18: This is what I did in my Dell Dimension XPS D333.. AWE64 internally routed to Montego (Vortex 1) using the MB_PRO headers on the AWE64 and the AUX In on the Montego. It works perfectly. How does that work in plain DOS? I guess you have to initialize the Vortex …

Shame about the Dell, although modding it back to standard ATX is really easy if you know how to use a soldering iron. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=59959 Other posts exist on the web on how to connect the front panel connectors to a standard case. Although your Asus build is basically the …

Small update, I got me one of these: https://i.imgur.com/z66W9Lvl.jpg After verifying the accuracy by taking a reading of my skin and a hot cup of tea, which proved satisfactory, I took an initial reading on my CPU's heatsink. Half a minute after installing XP on a second SD card the temperature was …

ShovelKnight wrote on 2020-06-12, 14:00: Look for Cherry USB/PS2 mice on eBay, they were the best option when I was looking for a beige optical PS/2 mouse. Good tip, thanks! I didn't know about Cherry mice and they seem to have good availability.

In the meantime, I also took the G450 out and put the TNT2 M64 back in. The G450 was giving me issues with VESA modes in DOS, especially with the refresh rate. Trying to adjust anything with Gx00VBE, I either got 60Hz or "out of sync". UNIVBE or any of the Matrox DOS utilities weren't any help …

appiah4 wrote on 2020-06-12, 04:22: By eye. The model no is written on it. Post a high quality photo of your board and I can tell you. Looks like I'm lucky then!

Did you actually check the Voltage Regulator chips or are you going by the Revision 1.00 only? Because if the latter, you are possibly wrong. I have a Rev 1.00 P2B-F that is perfectly capable of running Coppermine CPUs because the voltage regulator is of the newer stock that can handle voltage down …

Nicely done! I had that same monitor back in the day! I quite like the monitor, the colors are good but the sharpness at higher resolutions could be better, but at least those low-res DOS games look *right* now. The first day, it did give me terrible coil whine in certain configurations, but that's …

That's a nice machine you've got there! Thanks, I don't mind saying that it turned out quite well given that it's the first PC I ever built from scratch! This forum has been a treasure trove of information though. It's just a shame what happened to that Dell as it would have been a great system to …

For the longest time I had this idea of having a DOS/Windows 9x PC again that could run all the games and software natively from my formative computing years (1991-2000). Emulation and source ports are nice and all, but I wanted to experience the real thing again with real hardware, as many of you …