Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-10-24, 14:52

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I recently upgraded from a ATI Radeon 9250 to a X850 XT PE and spent 4 hours battling with a no signal issue. It ended up my LG TV has this "HDMI Deep Colour" that doesn't like much AMD/ATI cards much. Unfortunately I am still on a Sempron 64 3000+, so my beloved NFS Underground went from 12 FPS to …

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Re: ASUS P2B-DS hitching up, but only when 2nd CPU installed - FIXED! (I'm an idiot)

Posted on 2024-10-24, 03:21

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We Filename IMG_1930.jpeg File size 1.2 MiB Views 190 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Are so Filename IMG_1939.jpeg File size 1.27 MiB Views 190 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Back Filename IMG_1943.jpeg File size 1.07 MiB Views 190 views File license CC-BY-4.0 RIght, think we're done here... g'night …

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Re: ASUS P2B-DS hitching up, but only when 2nd CPU installed - FIXED! (I'm an idiot)

Posted on 2024-10-24, 00:40

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Bring thy EAX unto me...

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Re: ASUS P2B-DS hitching up, but only when 2nd CPU installed - FIXED! (I'm an idiot)

Posted on 2024-10-24, 00:19

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Dare I say, I think we're in business? Filename IMG_1923.jpeg File size 1.2 MiB Views 226 views File license CC-BY-4.0 (I haven't even loaded any specific drivers - just shotgunning 3Dmark dry, with whatever Win2k comes with!)

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Re: ASUS P2B-DS hitching up, but only when 2nd CPU installed - can't figure it out!

Posted on 2024-10-23, 23:41

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Well, since this thread ended up being a waste of time, why stop now - impromptu build log! At this point, I'm just going to go full-send and throw everything back in the case and install Win2k from scratch. Here goes! Filename IMG_1918.jpeg File size 1.77 MiB Views 235 views File license CC-BY-4.0 …

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Re: ASUS P2B-DS hitching up, but only when 2nd CPU installed - can't figure it out!

Posted on 2024-10-23, 22:43

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Oh my godddd. I just reflashed the BIOS and that immediately fixed it. I feel like an idiot - I've been fighting with this for three days!! I didn't suspect the bios because I knew that I'd recently (earlier this year) flashed it with yes, the 1014.003 Beta BIOS. Well, if anyone reads this, feel …

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ASUS P2B-DS hitching up, but only when 2nd CPU installed - FIXED! (I'm an idiot)

Posted on 2024-10-23, 15:14

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My P2B-DS system was unstable and had some bad caps, so I recapped all of the same 16v 1000uf caps on the board to see if that would fix it. Well, it fixed the instability, but apparently introduced a new problem. The system works perfectly when running with one CPU, but as as soon as I put a second …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-10-21, 14:49

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Been away from retro stuffs for a bit due to a cross-country move. Finally got my life sorted enough to start setting up a space to play with all my old and broken computers. First up is troubleshooting an instability problem on my P2B-DS system. I built this one before I got serious about things, …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2024-10-21, 01:27

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Xeen wrote on 2024-10-08, 07:31: Can I ask the model of white case? Sorry, been away from the site for a bit... It's a Fractal Design Pop Air

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-10-20, 23:37

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Been away from retro stuffs for a bit due to a cross-country move. Finally got my life sorted enough to start setting up a space to play with all my old and broken computers. First up is troubleshooting an instability problem on my P2B-DS system. I built this one before I got serious about things, …

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Re: HIDman - USB to PS/2 converter (Open Source)

Posted on 2024-06-22, 17:40

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Just so everyone is aware, the "rev c" gerbers currently in github (as well as the BOM and centroid) are now tested and fully working. I will prepare a "1.0" release shortly once I've tweaked the firmware a bit (USB detection has too many safety delays that now aren't required) Well, I had a crack …

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Re: A cheap mATX Slot-1 motherboard with AGP?

Posted on 2024-06-17, 21:54

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I've got an ASUS P3B-1394 which I've found to be a pretty good Slot 1 mATX. The onboard firewire for which it is named isn't too useful, but the onboard Aureal Vortex 2 sound certainly is! It's a proper 440BX with 100MHz FSB support. It even has a fairly "modern" ATX power connector placement. Only …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-06-05, 06:33

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appiah4 wrote on 2024-06-05, 06:14: No FDD breaks it completely for me.. Hmm, I wouldn't necessarily say a FDD is 100% necessary in a retro build, but I'm happy this has one. Filename IMG_0690.jpeg File size 1.67 MiB Views 1559 views File license CC-BY-4.0

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-06-04, 21:09

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Finished building my test bench platform. Routed a slot in the top for power cables, and added some edgebanding and anti-static mats. Nice! What are you using for the matting? (I'm moving into a bigger place soon and will actually have room for a dedicated workspace 😁) I'm using a rubber anti- …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-06-04, 19:41

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Can you please share what the longest round cable within IDE spec is? :D Sure, it was a Belkin 18" round IDE cable. I seem to remember it was just long enough. I'll see if I can take a picture of the cable runs when I'm home. I seem to remember it was quite tight. It will of course depend on where …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-06-04, 17:33

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Shponglefan wrote on 2024-06-04, 01:20: Finished building my test bench platform. Routed a slot in the top for power cables, and added some edgebanding and anti-static mats. Nice! What are you using for the matting? (I'm moving into a bigger place soon and will actually have room for a dedicated …

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Re: HIDman - USB to PS/2 converter (Open Source)

Posted on 2024-06-03, 03:39

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Could I get a part number for the crystal you're using? (Or an updated BOM.csv? 😉) Other than package/freq, not sure what exactly I'm looking for on Digi-key and have only narrowed it down to a possible 200 different ones. 😅 Latest commit has a BOM :) (although tbh if you're going to bodge it it …

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Re: HIDman - USB to PS/2 converter (Open Source)

Posted on 2024-06-02, 01:06

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Could I get a part number for the crystal you're using? (Or an updated BOM.csv? 😉) Other than package/freq, not sure what exactly I'm looking for on Digi-key and have only narrowed it down to a possible 200 different ones. 😅

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Re: HIDman - USB to PS/2 converter (Open Source)

Posted on 2024-06-01, 00:44

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I built one of these a couple months ago. It didn't work with the USB hub in my VGA KVM, but I wasn't expecting it to, based on where the codebase was at, at the time. I was just thrilled it worked as well as it did - very slick! I saw there's been some activity since then - I built the latest …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-05-31, 15:07

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I desoldered the mosfet, and jammed the necroware VRM output voltage down a couple specific jumper headers. It works! 👍 Very impressive. Well done! Thanks! It's my first time attempting any sort of hardware hackery that wasn't just 100% copying what someone had done in the past. Huge confidence …

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