Value of SMD Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor
Posted on 2022-03-15, 14:18
Greets, Any of you knows the values (capacitance & voltage) of C17 capacitor on diamond viper V550 PCI. The capacitor is light brown and around 2mm x 1mm (migt be a bit smaller).
Re: Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-19, 10:54
I'm scouting ebay daly over a year now and up to date i only found 1 pci TNT for around 40€ that i also bought every other pci example of TNT ot TNT2 that pops every now and then on ebay is priced well above 120€ or even 200€ and for that price it's easyer to find pci Banshee or V3.
Re: what will you do when your last hardware fails?
Posted on 2022-01-17, 14:48
There's more than black an white to retro and vintage computing. First we must distinct this two terms that we all use for the same as they describe different things and the way we think about and use old software and hardeware as in the end most of us use our systems to run this old programs albait …
Re: Stumbled upon a interesting Pentium 3 PC: worth 100+ euros?
Posted on 2022-01-17, 08:34
As other mentioned it's a P1 not PIII system. It should run win games released up to 1998 fairlly deacent at 640x480 res. If you'd want to build similar system by buying all components separatlly you would shell well over 200€ by current Ebay prices so if it would rock your boat then it's a very …
Re: Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-16, 10:59
From what i gather from the web there was only one version of the riva TNT NV4 chip (no "m64" cut down as with TNT2 NV5), is that correct?
Re: Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-16, 10:52
OK, thanks The Serepent Rider ;) , i hope there was no PCB trace damage done by baking the card in an owen as all other components can be trasnplanted from donor AGP cards. On ebay there are only few PCI riva TNT's available and all are well over 120€ while you can get an AGP version for les then 10 …
Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-14, 15:51
Greets, i got hold of PCI riva TNT that was botched by "oven" accident. Basically previous owner tried to reflow the card but the exeriment went bad as it resulted in one desolderd ram and a moved nv4 chip. I dont know if the chip survived but will try to reball the chip and resolder the ram and …
Re: Slot A thunderbirds
Posted on 2022-01-10, 13:10
BTW, hang on to your V3 PCI as it's getting rare and worth much more than AGP. I was on a look up for one of those for my ss K6 system that lacks AGP slot but had to go for V2 + TNT pci combo as it was much cheaper this way. Did manage to find cheap V3 AGP for s478 P4 frankenstin i'm building. I …
Re: Slot A thunderbirds
Posted on 2022-01-10, 12:58
100€ for a pair of V2 is a steal these days. On ebay it's hard to find anything bellow 120€ for a single V2. I do share your pain in finding old pre 2000 pc parts localy here in Slovenia 😉 Lp iz štajrskega konca
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2021-12-20, 13:58
As some have mentioned there's still some good somwhat cheap old PC parts to be found on Ebay. What i noticed though not all that is on sale on ebay can be found on their main site but you need to scout the localized ebay sites(.de, .it, .fr...) as well. Just today i found at ebay.it a PCI Diamond …
Re: Voodoo 3 2000, missing C95 cap
Posted on 2021-12-04, 08:49
Thnx for soldering tips B24Fox. I have the card in my possesion and i think i will attempt the fix.
Re: Voodoo 3 2000, missing C95 cap
Posted on 2021-12-03, 14:25
Thanx for info aaronkatrini as it helped a lot 🙂. Yes it's the top right cap.
Voodoo 3 2000, missing C95 cap
Posted on 2021-12-02, 11:43
I have a chanse to acquire V3 2000 (at a price of 1/2 of mint condition card) that according to seller is working even though C95 cap is broken off. It's selling as broken or for spare parts. I'm tempted to by the card but would like some advice from you guys if it's a good idea. i'm thinking of …
Re: can't write CD image to DVD media
Posted on 2021-11-29, 12:54
can't write CD image to DVD media
Posted on 2021-11-29, 10:33
Greets, In my long years of using PC's i haven't tried to burn an actual CD image to DVD media before. I came to this while trying to solve some issues with running TR1 on Win98SE via virtual drive. To make it short game FPS drops severelly while ambient sound (CD track) is playing and becomes a …
Re: Tomb Raider sound problems
Posted on 2021-11-26, 13:59
More info, i disabeled onboard ESS and put in SB128PCI (was auto set to 220/1/7). I tried SB128 in all 3 PCI slots but problem persits. I also moved Voodoo2 aoround the PCI slots and even removed it all together to no avail. Then it got me thinkig that it can't be hardware problem but rather …
Re: Tomb Raider sound problems
Posted on 2021-11-25, 22:26
I managed to force IRQ reasigment from 5 to 7 for onboard sound by enabeling serial and paralel ports however still no luck with ambient sound and FPS drop in 3dfx mode remains. Doom 2 works as intendet at either 220/1/5 or 240/1/7. As for duke3d or shadow warrior i dont have them.
Re: Tomb Raider sound problems
Posted on 2021-11-25, 21:07
Tryed to change port/DMA/IRQ in sound dos emulation control panel however i can only change port setting (from 220 to 240), IRQ and DMA are fixed and can't be changed. As mentioned i switched from 220 port to 240 port however problem persists. I've also looked in bios setings if i could change the …
Re: Tomb Raider sound problems
Posted on 2021-11-25, 20:20
I'm using SiS 5595 /530 chipset with integrated ESS solo 1 sound (1165 driver) and Cyrix MII 233 CPU. I will try to change settings as you suggested. THNX
Re: Tomb Raider sound problems
Posted on 2021-11-25, 15:39
i've tried to use SB PRO however problem persists. Could it be some sort of ESS solo-1 conflict with Voodoo2 (port/DMA/IRQ) since slowdown doas not happen when runing game in native software mode?
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