pshipkov wrote on 2021-11-25, 21:11: For an earing. No, not really. Thinning the herd and this ASP chip had to jump between cards. This is hilarious! 😂 Entertainment and a free (working) sound card. Y'all have a good Thanksgiving!

Interesting topic. I've often had similar thoughts about computing power vs code optimization. That ratio seemed closer together in the early days of x86 and even systems like the Comodore 64. Isn't assembly still the most efficient language? Inagine a company that codes for modern hardware in only …

Assuming the card-in-question lacks an ASP/CSP chip, are the IFSD and APSD jumpers appropriately closed? Nice catch! Thanks! I didn't consider that a possibility since the jumper pins for those settings are missing - but so is the ASP/CSP chip... I quickly jumpered the vias with solder blobs and …

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FWIW - I used an Innodisk cfast 3me3 industrial SSD for my Socket7 DOS 6.22 only build. I chose these mainly because I had them laying around from a few years ago. There are a wide range of capacities 8, 16, 32 GB etc. If you do go this route you will need a few adapters - IDE to SATA, CFAST to …

Assuming the card-in-question lacks an ASP/CSP chip, are the IFSD and APSD jumpers appropriately closed? Nice catch! Thanks! I didn't consider that a possibility since the jumper pins for those settings are missing - but so is the ASP/CSP chip... I quickly jumpered the vias with solder blobs and …

Not exactly the reply I was looking for. But, since you're here, can you list a few of the failure modes on your cards and the solutions? I do have a garage full of test equipment, less a logic analyzer. Sorry, I actually had a very busy day and didn't even completely read the initial question. …

georgel wrote on 2021-11-23, 14:19: Which DIAGNOSE function(s) specifically fail? All digital sounds fail - 8bit and 16bit - silence or faint beeping is typical.

First try on another motherboard with Creative's DIAGNOSE utility and then make conclusions that you SB is faulty which I highly doubt. Yes, I tried DIAGNOSE as well - the digital sounds test results in the same symptoms. It's definitely a bad card, not my first rodeo. My instruction stresses on …

georgel wrote on 2021-11-23, 05:22: First try on another motherboard with Creative's DIAGNOSE utility and then make conclusions that you SB is faulty which I highly doubt. Yes, I tried DIAGNOSE as well - the digital sounds test results in the same symptoms. It's definitely a bad card, not my first …

First try on another motherboard with Creative's DIAGNOSE utility and then make conclusions that you SB is faulty which I highly doubt. Why do you highly doubt? :) I've repaired quite a few damaged SB16s (with similar symptoms), which is why I'm asking. Not exactly the reply I was looking for. But, …

I have the feeling this is the card you bought from me recently. If that's the case - it worked fine 2-3 weeks ago, but looks like it's health deteriorated on the way to you. I reimbursed you already, but still hope you manage to fix it. Fingers crossed. Small world! Well, old card, old solder, …

Same old story - bought a CT2700 from that auction site, and it only partially functions. Midi plays but no digital sound - sometimes a faint beeping can be heard or an occasional, garbled high pitch sound will come through when digital audio is played. Main rig is a Socket 7, DOS 6.22 only machine. …

Quick update. I just reflowed all IC pins on one of my voodoo2s with success. The card is properly detected and plays games, albeit the colors are not right. Might have to replace output selector and ramdac, after testing, per this thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72580 Going to try …

Quick update. I just reflowed all IC pins on one of my voodoo2s with success. The card is properly detected and plays games, albeit the colors are not right. Might have to replace output selector and ramdac, after testing, per this thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72580 Going to try …

Hello! I'm grateful that this thread exists. Unfortunately I'm in the same fail boat here. I stored 2 working Diamond M3D II v 1.0s for about 15 years, in a static bag, always careful, and thinking I would use them again in the future. So, I got the idea to build a classic rig for some fun a few …