Re: Voodoo for DOS/W98SE gaming ?

Posted on 2021-02-23, 14:04

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by maverick1234

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Well, I have two setup options, one is Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 with Amd Duron 700MHz & 512 Mb SDRAM and the other one is QDI Advance 10B with Celeron 1.1 GHz & 1.5 Gb SDRAM. Had both of them laying around so I've thought I'd make a better use for them, even wanted to make one with Dos 6.22/Win98SE & …

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Voodoo for DOS/W98SE gaming ?

Posted on 2021-02-21, 23:00

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Hi. I've recently acquired a few Voodoo cards, to be more specific ... Creative Labs CT6670 3Dfx Voodoo 2 PCI , 3Dfx Voodoo 3 3000 AGP & 3Dfx Voodoo 4 4500 AGP. I have installed MS DOS 6.22 & Win98SE & configured as dual boot. Would a better option be just one card or Voodoo2 paired with another …

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Re: No beeps, no post, no display...

Posted on 2020-07-10, 20:50

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I've tested with a motherboard that I borrowed; graphics card, sound card, RAM & PSU work fine. Guess it's now down to CPU & motherboard. Someone has mentioned that I have to check about multiplyer & fsb speed settings, but I can't find any jumpers, only FSB switch which is already set to 100 MHz as …

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Re: No beeps, no post, no display...

Posted on 2020-07-10, 10:26

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Still no success. Tested 3 processors (Duron 950, Duron 1.2 & Duron 1.3) on 4 diff. motherboards (GA-7ZX (rev. 1.01) , GA-7ZX (rev. 5.00) & 2x GA-7IXE4 (rev. 1.00)), with 2x 128 or 2x 256 SDRAM still no POST, perhaps just once in approx. 60 boot ups & that's it. Used a bit older PSU as provided in …

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Re: No beeps, no post, no display...

Posted on 2020-07-06, 21:29

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Finally got my POST card and here are the results (and they're the same on both motherboards).

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Re: No beeps, no post, no display...

Posted on 2020-06-28, 12:18

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Here are the screenshots of both motherboards; same models, different rev. numbers. The one with CPU & RAM installed is rev. 5.0, the other one is rev. 1.01.

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Re: No beeps, no post, no display...

Posted on 2020-06-28, 08:26

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Still waiting for POST cards to arrive, but I'm rulling out everything except motherboard & CPU; so with that in mind, what motherboard would be recommended? Let's say for a CPU around 1.00 - 1.40 GHz, with AGP 2x slot (Voodoo 3 3000) & ISA slot (SB Pro 2). I would prefer AMD, but I could do with …

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Re: No beeps, no post, no display...

Posted on 2020-06-24, 09:26

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by maverick1234

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If the board has a built-in speaker, do you get beeps when you remove the RAM? Do you have a spare PSU to try? Perhaps the board needs a discharge & new battery. There aren't any beeps coming out whatsoever, regardless if I remove graphics card, RAM,... . Can't even enter BIOS 'cause there's no …

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Re: No beeps, no post, no display...

Posted on 2020-06-24, 09:22

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Guess: Bad cap, bad PSU or BIOS issue. Have you tried a different PSU? I would strip down to basics and use a good PCI vid card and good PSU that I know work with good (that Trust Powermaster only had a 2 year warranty, where many good PSU back then had 5+) Both mainboards are refurbished & the …

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Re: No beeps, no post, no display...

Posted on 2020-06-24, 09:20

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slivercr wrote on 2020-06-23, 23:00: Change the CMOS battery 😀 I've already done that, no effect.

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No beeps, no post, no display...

Posted on 2020-06-23, 21:17

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I'm having a bit of trouble with booting up the system. I can hear the HDD running, CPU fan is spinning as usual, there are no beeps & no display. Since I don't have a desktop case yet, it's currently running on testbench. And I've also noticed that it turns on whenever I flick the switch on the PSU …

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Re: Multi-boot pc

Posted on 2020-06-06, 17:12

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Well, here's a minor update........I went ahead and create 6 partitions on a 250 SSD drive, installed Xp, Xp64, Vista, Vista64, Win 7 & Win 7 64; all in MBR partition style. And the boot menu is automatically created. All 6 op. systems are working fine at the moment 😀

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Re: 16bit ISA connector ?

Posted on 2020-06-05, 13:04

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Yeah, apparently REV. 1.00 has it already installed onboard, mine is REV 1.01 with just an optional ISA (probably same thing with REV. 5.1) :) . Seller stated in the title that it has an ISA slot, even on the provided pictures, that what confused me a bit when I got it. But all in all, I didn't want …

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16bit ISA connector ?

Posted on 2020-06-05, 03:41

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Hi, my Gigabyte GA-7ZX motherboard (rev. 1.01) came without ISA slot, but it has an optional ISA upgrade. Does anyone know if any company still provides ISA connectors to buy? Because I would really like to make my Sound Blaster Pro 2 useful 😒 Thank you

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Re: Multi-boot pc

Posted on 2020-06-05, 03:37

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Thank you all for the info.

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Multi-boot pc

Posted on 2020-06-04, 21:13

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by maverick1234

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Is it possible to build a multi-boot system on a single drive with XP + Vista + 7 or the same one with 64bit editions included ? Because I have a few additional parts lying around + original Windows CDs ready to exploit and would be a shame not to use them ;) Would it be possible to build a 6- …

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Re: Retro DOS/Win98SE/XP build

Posted on 2020-05-21, 21:31

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If you're going to put in an ISA sound card, I'd go ahead and narrow down and say it will be DOS/98 based. It's DOS games where having a true Sound Blaster compatible (with working ISA DMA) is helpful as XP games will use Windows drivers and therefore be neutral to what card you actually have. A …

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Re: Retro DOS/Win98SE/XP build

Posted on 2020-05-21, 21:30

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The SB Pro 2 is fine, but are you planning on any kind of midi support? If so you will need a midi card as well, or replace the SB Pro with something like an ESS Audiodrive. Nah, SB Pro 2 would be fine. But I'm more interested in other components, especially graphics card (could be separate 2D & 3D …

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Retro DOS/Win98SE/XP build

Posted on 2020-05-21, 20:57

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Hi, I'm seriously considering building another retro PC which would be DOS/98 or XP based. My question is what would be in your opinion the best configuration (as far as soundcards go, I had a SoundBlaster Pro 2 in mind)? Your suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks. Kind regards, Matthew

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