As the good title says, I'm looking for a sound card which only needs +5V. If no such thing, I wonder which parts require the other voltages: main chip, amplifier ,... ? As a related example, the OPL3LPT works great off the parallel port and I doubt there's anything other than +5V there.

I think it's worth getting if it's running and if the display looks good. Uses a coin-cell CMOS battery. Check for TFT vs. DSTN using the model number or by the number of sliders on the display: you want the single-slider TFT. I wouldn't pay more than $100 unless it's in perfect condition.

I have confirmed and fixed the exact same problem in a second unit, which means that probably all of them are affected. FYI, the plastics in these have become extremely brittle over the years. It's practically impossible to disassemble them without breaking a lot of the smaller pieces. Do not remove …

Recently bought a Thinkpad 365X and was disappointed to see it wouldn't POST. No display, no beeps, just the FDD and HDD access lights ON all the time. Just like in this video: https://youtu.be/7xmpJXRBp1o . I had a close look at the system board and found that one of the capacitors (C78) had leaked …

lolo799 wrote on 2022-07-09, 11:21: Did you try it in DOS too with the edited driver from the MC8000? Do you have a link to the modified driver? I thought there was no way to get the DMC9000 to work in DOS.