Re: My 486 hard-drive and floppy works "sometimes".

Posted on 2023-12-31, 09:42

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I did try connecting and disconnecting, and it looks like it works, specially if the computer is sideways (card pushed by gravity into motherboard). I wonder if there is any cleaning product or something I could do to get better contact?

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My 486 hard-drive and floppy works "sometimes".

Posted on 2023-12-21, 11:50

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Hello, I have a 486 and when I tried to turn it on the other day it did not start from the hard drive, so I tried with a floppy disk and I didn´t even get the green light to turn on. Because I am very stubborn, I kept trying and eventually, I manage to start after a while, which tells me that the …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-07, 21:37

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there are some legit x58 boards on ebay, with reasonable prices, if one is willing to look at international sellers. Eg: item 234722595694, it appears to be a working x58-ud3r board, with i/o shield for $49, excluding shipping; that seller has also many other interesting x58 boards ( disclaimer: i …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-07, 21:35

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Also Z400 does not match standard ATX mounting holes 100% , so you might need some slight modding for 2-3 non-standard mounting holes in your case. HP seems to like doing the mounting hole thing. At some point I was gifted a very small HP PC which came in a tiny (and for my tastes too noisy) ATX- …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-06, 20:59

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1. SATA3 was a joke on most X58 boards, unless you're looking for specific late boards like Gigabyte G1 Sniper, ASUS Rampage III Black, etc. 2. USB3.0, usually, was also powered from one or two PCIe 1x lanes (depending on amount of USB 3.0 ports), so about 200mb/s speed, shared between two ports. …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-04, 17:43

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I have the feeling that from what I have been able to read, the Z400 is probably my best bet as a cheap replacement in case it breaks. The only con that I am able to see when compared against the ud5-x58a is: Only Sata2, no Sata 3 No usb 3.0, requires special pci board for those No overclocking (not …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-03, 19:27

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2023-06-03, 16:13: although being how cheap are the xeon I might as well get a z800 and have two of them. Z800 won't fit in any case. Not even in this one? https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/legacy-p … /cases/haf-922/

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-03, 13:50

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I bought an x99 machinist from aliexpress. It was so bad I threw it in the trash after 1 hr of use. Coming from a high tier Gigabyte board, it would be unbearable to use. I have check a review and it looks that they have 2 really big issues: They dont go to sleep. Only turn off the screen. I think …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-03, 12:40

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If you want to go this route, you may look at a complete HP workstation, as you may find some interesting bargains- as an example: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394639040777 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256038211757 (!! no video card listed) You will need to check whether your GPU fits the power budget …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-03, 12:38

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Mind to share an example or a model? I have found this thing Just regular board from Z400 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195498360314 But yeah, complete Z400/Z600/Z800 system should be also cheap. Looks fancy and robust enough. Also keep in mind, that Z400/Z600/Z800 are not using standard ATX …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-02, 20:32

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I would probably pick HP board for stock. Mind to share an example or a model? I have found this thing https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394251116032?hash=item5bcb329e00:g:p7EAAOSw5TFkDyHr&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4FHzvGMx1sB%2FSVI6mbz2%2Bt7Srx2PXhiNEusuW0PRTxfzvCbQF% …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-02, 20:29

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These things turn up cheap but are only sold weird places, might be crappy... (Store not known to be good, for details only) https://shopee.ph/Machinist-X58-Motherboard-LGA-1366-Support-DDR3-ECC-Memory-RAM-and-Intel-Xeon-Processor-X58-PRO-Main-i.483408404.6196892479 You might need to pardon my lack …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-01, 22:11

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I find the Asus P6T Deluxe V1/V2 to best the best board out of the first generation x58 offerings. [...] Here in Sweden these boards are easy to find for 25-75 euro, often including CPU and memory. It looks slightly cheaper 120 pounds compared to the 150 pound of the gigabyte in ebay UK. But that …

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A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-01, 16:08

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So, I was thinking today, maybe I should get a replacement of my motherboard a gigabyte X58A-UD5 on ebay in case it breaks. Because it can run in legacy mode, and has a traditional PCI slot. So I went to ebay and looked at the price and they are in the range of 150 to 250 pounds! What the heck! What …

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Re: Running DOS games in a real hardware. What issues am I going to encounter?

Posted on 2023-04-26, 22:18

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Guess I'm being late for the party. :sweat_smile: I agree with most replies in this thread so I'd just add my two cents of personal experience and viewpoints. Never late for good content! IMHO DOS games can be separated into three eras: early, middle, and late, with different (typical) system …

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Re: Running DOS games in a real hardware. What issues am I going to encounter?

Posted on 2023-04-26, 22:12

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Not ideal, but don't get to worried. Some speed-sensitive titles might not work, but they are in the minority and a lot will work. I also like late DOS games and my system for running them has a P3-500. The difference is that I have a separate system for older stuff (a 486SX-33 with turbo function …

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Re: Running DOS games in a real hardware. What issues am I going to encounter?

Posted on 2023-04-24, 20:46

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Thank you for your answer, I have been reading through all of them, and clearly I cannot use a pentium III at 733Mhx. As most of you have figured it out, most of the DOS games I want to play are pretty much from the 486 times. Perhaps some slightly older than that. I definitely would like to run …

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Running DOS games in a real hardware. What issues am I going to encounter?

Posted on 2023-04-23, 10:30

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Hello everybody, This is going to be a very simple post. I am thinking on getting some old hardware in order to play (exclusively) DOS games (No w95 nor W98 games). But I would like to take advantage and get some decent hardware that shall be able to run the games smoothly. I am sure I will stomp …

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Re: DScaler 4.2.3a

Posted on 2022-12-29, 16:52

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I have tried the Overlay thingy, but as I am using an AMD graphic card. No success. I have left the Card and the tuner as unknown before, because that is what autodetect does. When I select the Pinnacle PCTV Pro, it auto-selects the Temic 4002. The video decoder, vendor ID and Device ID are detected …

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Re: DScaler 4.2.3a

Posted on 2022-12-29, 10:05

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Hello, I have a PCI Pinnacle pctv with a BT848 chip, my BIOS is in Legacy mode and I am using Windows 10 x64. DScaler 4.2.3.a is able to recognise I have got a Bt848 video decoder. https://i.imgur.com/MOIVHhU.png Then DScaler shows a message saying: Error Cant use overlay. File OverlayOutput.cpp …

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