Re: Voodoo 2 SLi hanging up

Posted on 2024-04-23, 19:43

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I am using a rinky dinky socket 7 imbedded power supply Both cards seem to work fine single. Odd problems on a PC? Replace the power supply. I have torn too many machines apart trying to pin down an instability, I have seen it done way too many times, and it was the PSU. You say your PSU is not …

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Re: CV860C-based Thin PC with legacy sound issues

Posted on 2024-03-19, 13:06

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Sorry for the necro I have the same thin client and I can confirm it works, the FM sound quality is OK and the SFX is good enough. Also VIAFMTSR.COM eats a lot of memory and some of the motherboard ROMs (i guess the bootmanager for LAN) eats a good chunk of upper memory leaving like only 45kb …

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Re: List of USB Mice that support PS/2 adapters, and PS/2 mice that support serial?

Posted on 2024-01-10, 12:58

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I have a HP mouse m150. Working without problems I even enabled the extra buttons using the intellimouse drivers 4.1.2 and selecting Intellimouse explorer as the mouse. The mouse is rated 5V 100ma , just as the PS/2 port, maybe we should look at mice that have the same power draw for compatibility. …

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Re: List of USB Mice that support PS/2 adapters, and PS/2 mice that support serial?

Posted on 2024-01-04, 14:51

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I have a HP mouse m150. Working without problems I even enabled the extra buttons using the intellimouse drivers 4.1.2 and selecting Intellimouse explorer as the mouse. The mouse is rated 5V 100ma , just as the PS/2 port, maybe we should look at mice that have the same power draw for compatibility. …

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Re: FX5500 drivers win 98

Posted on 2023-12-11, 16:51

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That is not adding ID string to the ini file. Just find the ID string in a newer driver that has the card there and copy/paste it to ini file of 45.23 driver. That way you can make it show up as correct card name in windows device manager. That is what I did with FX 5950 ultra. The 5900XT has the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-06-28, 20:29

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Duke 3d Settlers 1 a little bit of Lemmings too

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SUWIN General page fault when installing Windows 98 in a CF Card

Posted on 2023-05-15, 19:29

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After many , many failed attemps at installing Windows 98 in a Transcend CF200I CF card (I have another and never faced this problem) , when everything else seemed fine I found and old thread elsewhere which helped me. This worked: 1. Restart with a bootdisk 2. type fdisk /mbr 3. run fdisk 4. Select …

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Re: Guide: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS (version 2.1)

Posted on 2023-04-26, 15:04

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Note: Have you done a clean install of Win98SE as suggested in the guide? Also, are you by any chance using an "unofficial service pack"? That said, I seem to recall that not all utilities from the CD could be installed manually for whatever reason. The ones that I specifically list in the guide do …

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Re: Fastest AGP video card for Super socket 7 platform?

Posted on 2023-04-26, 13:52

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Hmm, i can check bios for L2 cache, but doubt that problem would be here. Are somewhere some CPU benchmarks Win98 test to compare, if cpu performance is ok? Update: I did some CPU Dos testing in my pure Dos benchmarks and pathb - giving me 27s i would say that is as expected.. Bios seems to be fine …

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Re: Guide: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS (version 2.1)

Posted on 2023-04-18, 14:23

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Note: Have you done a clean install of Win98SE as suggested in the guide? Also, are you by any chance using an "unofficial service pack"? That said, I seem to recall that not all utilities from the CD could be installed manually for whatever reason. The ones that I specifically list in the guide do …

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Re: Guide: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS (version 2.1)

Posted on 2023-04-18, 13:37

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This guide is pure gold. I was running around in circles with my DELL Audigy 2zs because the installation CD wouldn't identify the card. I followed the steps one by one and I could install the drivers and EAX so now I can begin to install games. One recommendation , please change the thread title to …

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Re: Question about upgrading CPU

Posted on 2023-04-06, 13:17

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Hi, i have a Compaq Presario 5330, originally it has an AMD K6-2 400AGX (100mhz *5.0) in a Mustang-s MB (SiS 530 chipset and onboard vga graphics with 8mb), 256mb dimm. Today and later days, i was playing Quake 2 in software render in 320x240, version 3.20 with 3D!Now Patch at 23 fps (before patch, …

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Re: Help with Compaq Mustang-s Motherboard

Posted on 2023-04-03, 14:44

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I'm facing a weird issue with this board, I starts ok and i have installed WIn98 SE without any problems. The board has a integrated SIS video, so I tried to install a 3D PCI card, but it hangs in the BIOS screen just like th OP (The card displays video but the system hangs in the "Compaq" Screen …

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Re: Slow compact flash adapter performance

Posted on 2023-03-22, 12:56

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It's running , but those very long "first access times" give me a bad feeling So far reading this thread and another one I guessing I should try You could also try: make sure you don't have power cords tangled with your PATA IDE cable make sure you don't have interrupt conflicts try a PCI or ISA …

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Re: Slow compact flash adapter performance

Posted on 2023-03-21, 12:52

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Hello, I'm having a similar issue. I bought a Transcend CF200i 8gb card , for my pentium 233mmx , MSI 5128 motherboard. Issue :I just installed the CF yesterday to make a clean Win98SE installation. The board detects the CF card in LBA mode right away , then in the first bios screen it take …

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Re: Help with Compaq Mustang-s Motherboard

Posted on 2023-03-14, 14:21

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rasz_pl wrote on 2023-03-10, 18:01: right at what? 😀 did you replace all caps, or unplugged all cards/drives? It was the caps. They looked fine, that was why I discarded them in the first place.

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Re: Help with Compaq Mustang-s Motherboard

Posted on 2023-03-10, 13:09

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see a logo = bios executes, so is most likely ok. 1999 puts it at the start of cap plague and low end Compaq is a prime candidate. "LCR-T4 Backlit Component Tester ESR Meter'" used to be ~$7, now at ~$15 you might as well replace capacitors without measuring if you dont have one or oscilloscope. If …

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Help with Compaq Mustang-s Motherboard

Posted on 2023-03-09, 18:42

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Hello A month ago a friend gave me a Compaq mustang-s motherboard, god knows how many years it was stored in a closet. I managed to turn it (with a k62-500) on and I can see the Compaq logo, but nothing else happens, no error messages no nothing. I have tried clearing CMOS and tried with several …

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Re: NVIDIA Kepler/Maxwell/Pascal VESA Bios Bug (workaround found)

Posted on 2023-02-16, 12:47

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Hello I can confirm the bug on a NVS 280 PCI. The workaround works perfectly in windows 98 NVS 280 PCI... that seems to be a rather dated card of GeForce 5 FX series (NV3x)... I don't think it should be affected by this bug unless it is a special case. This particular VESA BIOS bug is just a tip of …

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Re: NVIDIA Kepler/Maxwell/Pascal VESA Bios Bug (workaround found)

Posted on 2023-02-15, 14:34

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Hello I can confirm the bug on a NVS 280 PCI. The workaround works perfectly in windows 98

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