Hi, I want to add a Zip 100 drive to my Windows 98 machine, but I don't have a free IDE cable available for the drive. So I was looking into a PCI card that can add extra IDE connectors and found this https://www.newegg.ca/manhattan-model-168298-pci-express-to-ide-ata/p/N82E16815139007 I also found …

Some ideas: - PCGW mentions something about Access Violation 0x72446 , if that's what you've been seeing then there you go. - Try the 2.0 and/or 3.0 patches. - Try switching sound card drivers (VXD->WMD or vice versa). Or maybe you have some other card with a gameport? - Try the /gosNoForceFeedback …

Hi, I'm trying to play MechWarrior 4 Vengeance with a Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro joystick, but I am getting constant blue screens. The game boots up fine to the main menu, but when I click training a loading bar appears for a second and then a blue screen. So I tried without the joystick …

Putas wrote on 2024-01-08, 18:52: AGP does not explain the artifacts. Their regularity suggests broken memory. Any way to test the memory?

Shponglefan wrote on 2024-01-08, 18:21: That looks like a hardware problem. It might be fixable, but it would require proper diagnosis of the issue. And I'm not skilled enough to diagnosis it. I just ran Hardware info with the card installed and it says AGP 4x @ disabled https://imgur.com/a/TfnaRTL …

Hi, I just got a 4200 ti and installed it in an Asus a7v400-mx and the fan on the card is very loud and I'm having display problems. https://imgur.com/a/vHKkFGE I installed these drivers https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1408&menustate=0 I followed the hardware wizard but it did …

Hi, First off I know very little about old hardware, so please bear with me. I just bought a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 and I have a couple of questions. This is the listing for the card - https://www.ebay.ca/itm/276254181972?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ReREwfJIT6K&sssrc=2047675&ssuid= …

The main game I built this pc for is Mechwarrior 4 with a Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro, but I was also hoping to play Far Cry. Although I haven’t even checked to see if that will run under 98SE. I’d also like to play the GTA Vice City and maybe San Andreas. I will be playing Age of Empires II as …

Hi, first off I'm very new to retro PCs, so please excuse me if I make any mistakes. Here is my build so far... AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Asus A7V400-MX motherboard Sound Blaster Live CT4780 500gb WD SSD SeaSonic M12II 620W PSU I have Windows 98 installed, have sound, and am using the integrated graphics, …

Hi, I'm looking for an Athlon motherboard with Windows 98 drivers and came across a listing for an Asus A7V400-MX motherboard. Would this board make for a good Windows 98 machine? And could a modern PSU be used with it? If it's not a good choice do you have any recommendations for a Windows 98 …

I dunno, just googling turns this up: https://toogam.com/software/archive/drivers/videodrv/mswinvid/nvidia/unoffici/nv8269.php Use HWINFO to discover which audio chip you have. Probably some Realtek thing. Actually, googling the motherboard leads to this: Realtek ALC662 The link for the Nvidia …

Hi, I’m just starting to learn about retro computers and bought a old Windows XP machine. I want to get Windows 98 running on it but I’m having a couple problems. Here are the specs…. CPU - Athlon 64 LE-1640 Motherboard- Asus m2n68-am se2 Ram - 2GB Kingston IDE Hard Drive LG Sata DVD Drive No GPU I …