Re: New Dos/Win98/WinXp ( a bit extreme )

Posted on 2023-12-20, 21:55

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by Kaisersoze

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have the same motherboard and I'm going to build the following config (Win98+XP) during New Year holidays: CPU: AMD FX-60 RAM: 2 or 3 GB (CL2) PCI-E: GeForce GTX 760 (WinXP DX9)* AGP: GeForce 4 Ti 4600 or FX 5950 Ultra (DX8 + some old games which use Table Fog and 8-bit paletted textures)** PCI: …

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Re: New Dos/Win98/WinXp ( a bit extreme )

Posted on 2023-12-20, 13:06

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by Kaisersoze

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thank you for your replies. Indeed i already use another three machines mostly era-dedicated ( 486dx2 for dos stuff, a PII 300 for fast dos and early Win98 stuff and an athlon Xp ( a Barton 2800+ ) for dos/late Win98 stuff/ early Winxp which works very well ). So this one would have been at once the …

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New Dos/Win98/WinXp ( a bit extreme )

Posted on 2023-12-19, 20:39

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by Kaisersoze

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Could it be possible build a rig covering Dos/Win98/WinXp period with those specs? I admit that this one is a very, veeery extreme, if not impossible, project, but i would give it a chance: using a socket 939 mobo ( Asrock 939 dual SATA2, chipset ULi M1695/ ULi M1567 ), in order to mount a PCIe GPU …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-12-17, 10:02

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by Kaisersoze

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Here a piece of my heart ( it was my first x86 machine when i was child ), just finished. A pure MS-Dos machine. Cyrix 486dx2 66 mhz on an ABIT AB-PB4 rev 1.3 8 MB Ram Hdd 6gb ( where i've made 2 partitions ) CD-R 32x S3Virge DX 375 4MB ( but probably i'll mount a Cirrus Logic to make it more period …

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Re: Cannot boot my pc from a Msdos boot disk

Posted on 2022-12-15, 15:43

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by Kaisersoze

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EUREKAAAAAAAAA!!! FINALLY!!! AH-AH!! WHAT A DUMBASS! Here was my HUGE mistake: when i was injecting my floppies with winimage, i was FORGETTING to use the "write disk" command instead of simply copying and pasting the files from the image to the disk, forgetting the CRUCIAL detail that through this …

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Re: Cannot boot my pc from a Msdos boot disk

Posted on 2022-12-12, 08:27

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by Kaisersoze

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Duffman wrote on 2022-12-12, 02:19: I don't see a HDD listed there either, could be a cable issue. I haven't mounted it yet. Just to avoid any kind of conflict among devices at this point...

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Re: Cannot boot my pc from a Msdos boot disk

Posted on 2022-12-12, 08:24

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by Kaisersoze

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Is your floppy cable twisted or untwisted? What happens if you configure it as drive B: in BIOS? Twisted. I've tried 2 cables ( the second one is brand new ), but same result. Set as B: ( and plugged through B connector ) instead of "rimuovere supporti. premere un tasto per riavviare" the message …

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Re: Cannot boot my pc from a Msdos boot disk

Posted on 2022-12-11, 22:17

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by Kaisersoze

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lolo799 wrote on 2022-12-11, 20:35: Is your floppy drive set correctly in the bios?

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Cannot boot my pc from a Msdos boot disk

Posted on 2022-12-11, 19:07

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by Kaisersoze

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Hi, These are my specs as follows: i486dx2 80 Mhz on a ZIDA 4DPS rev 2.11 with bios up to 1.71, 8 MB RAM, 6gb HDD on primary master a 32x CDR on secondary master S3 Virge DX 4MB The problem is that i cannot boot my new 486 machine. CMOS already flashed. More specifically, the pc can post, but after …

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Case&CPU fans suggestions for socket A mobo ( EPOX 8KTA3+ PRO )

Posted on 2022-04-27, 11:45

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by Kaisersoze

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I've optioned a NOCTUA 60mm NF-A6x25 FLX ( 3pin, 12V, 1,44 W max power, 0,12 max amperage ) for the cpu heatsink and a couple of 80mm NF-A8 FLX (3pin, 12V, 0,84W max power, 0,07 max amp ) for case cooling. According to the classic voltage/amp specs of my mobo i hope you probably know better than me …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-04-20, 12:45

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by Kaisersoze

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Just a question: given that i haven't tried throttle yet on my epox 8kta3 PRO, would it be possible to use it even if i have disabled the ACPI in bios?

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Re: A (Very Short) Guide to Having USB 2.0 in Windows 98 SE with a NEC-Chipset USB 2.0 PCI Card

Posted on 2022-04-12, 09:53

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by Kaisersoze

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So far i could install without issues the NEC 2.0 usb controller on win98 following the first post guide. BUT apparently. Indeed, when i try to plug an usb 2.0 external hdd ( a seagate usb 2.0 1 tb, perfectly working on other machines ), it goes on but in windows explorer i can't get any drive …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-04-09, 19:45

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by Kaisersoze

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Another report of bad times... Windows 98 FAT32 partition type is "FAT32 LBA". Each partition type has a different equivalent hex value. Connect your drive to a later Windows PC and run AOMEI partition manager, then edit the partition properties and it will show you what it's set at. Maybe Dos 6.22 …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-04-07, 20:38

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by Kaisersoze

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Another report of bad times... Now that the pc seems to be ok i've encountered another matter. Win98/Xp gets installed without issues, so i would try a clean msdos 6.22 install, in order to create a Msdos 6.22/win98 system, after an hd formatting and partitioning using the win98 cd boot menu ( tried …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-04-06, 16:16

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by Kaisersoze

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Damn, my tbred 2600+ (AXDA2600DKV3C) seems to be locked ( i cannot change multiplier neither from bios nor via software ) to my epox 8kta3 pro+... So i tried a mobile barton 2600+ (AXMG2600FQQ4C) that came factory unlocked, but as i feared, even with a 05-2003 bios release, i've got troubles: i've …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-03-21, 09:56

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by Kaisersoze

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Got myself another KT7A, this time v.1.3. Maybe three caps are bulging a little, need to replace all some day. But it has boot problems. Now it's 133FSB and 3,5V, if I raise FSB a bit it won't boot anymore. No picture. Reset or power button won't help. Only if I boot it up from PSU swith and …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-03-16, 10:02

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by Kaisersoze

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cde wrote on 2022-03-13, 04:01: Unfortunately I only have the mobile version, so I'm unsure how to confirm that 😒 Nope. I'm going to test a t-bred 2200+ desktop which seems unlocked ( L3 #5 bridge closed ). Anyway, if unsuccessful, i've a PII klamath 300mhz ( 440BX ) which i'd use for DOS/win98 …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-03-12, 18:31

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by Kaisersoze

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Damn, my tbred 2600+ (AXDA2600DKV3C) seems to be locked ( i cannot change multiplier neither from bios nor via software ) to my epox 8kta3 pro+... So i tried a mobile barton 2600+ (AXMG2600FQQ4C) that came factory unlocked, but as i feared, even with a 05-2003 bios release, i've got troubles: i've …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-03-12, 17:48

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by Kaisersoze

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Damn, my tbred 2600+ (AXDA2600DKV3C) seems to be locked ( i cannot change multiplier neither from bios nor via software ) to my epox 8kta3 pro+... So i tried a mobile barton 2600+ (AXMG2600FQQ4C) that came factory unlocked, but as i feared, even with a 05-2003 bios release, i've got troubles: i've …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2022-02-27, 08:30

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by Kaisersoze

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Hi, Just to make things clear: The requirement to set reg. 55, bit 2 in case of KT133A is known for a long time. Gerwin is also aware of it. Just a few posts where we discussed it on SetMul's topic: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=724044#p724044 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=762929# …

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