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Re: AMIBIOS Modding

Posted on 2021-12-01, 00:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Argh, this looks strange... Maybe this version is too early for this BIOS image!? Didn't ever try AMIBCP in DOSBox, only in Win98SE DOS (as mentioned: not in command on Windows) and it worked perfectly. AMIBCP 7.60.04 can't open the image or didn't you found a source ( here is one)!? Actually I …

Re: AMIBIOS Modding

Posted on 2021-11-30, 03:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I guess the K7VM2 has a AMI Core 6.xx BIOS - therefore you have to use AMIBCP 7.60. If you're lucky there are options to activate. The tool is self-explanatory, so you don't need any tutorial. BTW this is a DOS tool, you can't run it successfully within Windows - unlike the AMIBCP tools for the …

Re: Rare socket 4 motherboard - need bios image - MS-5103

Posted on 2021-11-30, 02:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If you feel like opening all these files and checking them you might get lucky... https://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/Microstar%20-%20MSI/bios/51xx/index.htm BTW this is saved from -> https://web.archive.org/web/20031114205637/http://www.msi-technology.de/download/bios/51xx/. I don't think …

Re: Rare socket 4 motherboard - need bios image - MS-5103

Posted on 2021-11-30, 01:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The earliest archive.org capture of MSI BIOSes is this one -> https://web.archive.org/web/19970329193839/http://www.msi.com.tw/bios/bios.htm. Maybe these MS-510x boards are older than their latest MS-44xx boards and the BIOSes of the former didn't make it to the WWW back then. So it seems there is …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-11-25, 10:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

We get refurbished ones bought for work if its not important data, usually the 300GB ones are quite cheap and last a lifetime due to them being enterprise level. Anything over that gets expensive quick. We have all these HDDs at work within special e-waste (a key is needed to access the room [I …

Re: Diy modding support for k6+And 120gb hard drives into bios roms

Posted on 2021-11-21, 00:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I didn't have an account there, even wasn't there regularly, just noted there was great collected wisdom and set it (some BIOS hacking stuff) onto my endless to-do list...then it suddenly vanished. Don't have the time to back-up aaaalll these things. Unfortunately, you just notice it's not archived …

Re: Diy modding support for k6+And 120gb hard drives into bios roms

Posted on 2021-11-17, 11:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sphere478, thanks for calling me famous. I didn't see that coming! 😊 Yes, I'm willing to share with this community what I've learned about BIOS patching these past 25 years. But to properly explain these patches, it will be a pretty big story and I’m thinking of splitting it in episodes. So bear …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-11-17, 09:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Recently I got the following things by raiding the electronic waste @work: - MSI (OEM for MEDION) MS-7502 VER:1.2, Intel Core 2 Duo E7300, 512 MiB DDR2 RAM - MSI (OEM for MEDION) MS-V133 Ver:2.0 (nVidia GeForce 9500GS) - all from the MEDION PC with the label from the 2nd image MEDION_1.jpg MEDION_2. …

Re: Dungeon Siege 1 running poorly

Posted on 2021-11-17, 06:47

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

These minimum specs - and I think minimum specs in general - are pure BS! OK, it will run, but in 640*480 / everything at very low with 5 fps - that's not what I understand under "playing a game". kind regards soggi

Re: Can't change multiplier (MSI KT3 Ultra2 + Athlon XP 3000)

Posted on 2021-11-17, 02:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I guess you updated the BIOS to the latest version 5.7!? There's also a beta BIOS, version 5.81. These BIOS versions apply to MSI K7T266 Pro2-A / KT3 Ultra / KT3 Ultra-ARU / KT3 Ultra2 / KT3 Ultra2-BR / KT3 Ultra2-R and are available on my website -> https://soggi.org/motherboards/msi.htm. kind …

Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list

Posted on 2021-11-17, 02:17

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'm not sure what "demand" might mean in this case, as the term describes an aspect of market balance while demos are usually free. Oops, sorry...it was getting late. Replaced it with "want/need", while I'm not completely satisfied with these words. Hopefully it's understandable now. Additionally, …

Re: Dungeon Siege 1 running poorly

Posted on 2021-11-17, 01:42

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

But yeah, I mainly built this computer for games I couldn't play at the time, to experience earlier 3D games and the mythical 3dfx cards with their Glide API and while I could build a VM or even play said games on modern hardware, it's not really the same thing. I know and I also won't choose or …

Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list

Posted on 2021-11-16, 11:00

in Milliways

in Milliways

Just want to ask... Is there really a demand want/need of game demos within the vintage/retro scene? I frequently walk through archive.org saved pages, find some demos and leave it alone. If this is really true, I could add good old game demos to my website ( soggi.org )... Just let me know if this …

Re: Dungeon Siege 1 running poorly

Posted on 2021-11-16, 10:41

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Dungeon Siege is definitely a WinXP (maybe Win2k) game, you'll get more fps with the same hardware - forget the PIII and the Voodoo3 if you want to play it with pleasure. I didn't know about that bonus pack, but I visited your website a few times to get some Glide patches! Hehe, nice - I try to add …

Re: Dungeon Siege 1 running poorly

Posted on 2021-11-15, 17:32

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

A Pentium III 733 is tooooooo sloooowww for Dungeon Siege, not to mention the Voodoo3. I played it on a AMD A64 paired with a ATI Radeon 9700 back then and it didn't had optimal performance in multiplayer. DS is extremely CPU dependent, at least I would recommend an Intel P4 (Northwood) or AMD …

Re: Motherboard BN810

Posted on 2021-10-27, 03:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Your motherboard is from Lex Computech - in the early 2000s they relabled motherboards built by Jetway for BONA/Linden Computech. The "BN" indicates it's a BONA. The latest BIOS is dated 2000/11/20, but maybe it's better to use the original Jetway BIOS. Let me know if you need a BIOS update, then I …

Re: ATI VGA wonder+

Posted on 2021-10-26, 21:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This one is in the todo pipe for months (years?) like many other things… I will integrate it into my ATI drivers page (-> https://soggi.org/drivers/ati.htm), when time allows. kind regards soggi

Re: Modding support for AMD K6-2 into a Socket 5 Award BIOS?

Posted on 2021-10-26, 21:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

bakemono wrote on 2021-10-26, 18:05: …the 2nd 32KB mentions NCR 53710... is it a SCSI controller BIOS? Yes, NCR is SCSI. Back in the day it was integrated into most BIOSes. It was needed to use the cheaper NCR ISA/PCI controllers which have no own ROM unlike the Adaptec controllers for instance. …

Re: Interview with "last XP fan"

Posted on 2021-10-26, 21:38

in Milliways

in Milliways

I think every Windows directly connected to the Internet (if not even every OS) gets problems when it comes to malware and stuff. Fortunately nearly everyone is behind a NAT today. Surely you remember worms like Blaster and Sasser from the early 2000s when many people still had a direct connection …

Re: ATI VGA wonder+

Posted on 2021-10-26, 04:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You can also check out this: https://web.archive.org/web/20010330084939/http://support.ati.com/products/pc/vgawonder/vgawonder_drivers.html. When it comes to Win95 it says: Windows 95 - use the VGAWONDER driver provided with the operating system Drivers for Win3.1x are available. kind regards soggi

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