Return to Castle Wolfenstein doesn't start in SinglePlayer

Posted on 2023-11-01, 11:56

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by leon22

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System: Athlon XP 3500+ (Barton) on ASUS A7N8X-X 1 GB RAM Windows XP SP3 ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB with Catalyst Driver from Vogons Installed Patches: Last official 1.32 Inofficial 1.42d When I try now to start WolfSP.exe I just get a grey screen with no progress: https://i.imgur.com/WpHZQ3B.jpg …

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Re: Athlon XP PC does not start

Posted on 2023-10-22, 20:53

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by leon22

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I will not do that mod. A friend had a spare PSU with 30A on the 5V line and I will use this one with the new board as the original Asus A7A266 no longer works (possible fried when the old PSU died).

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Re: Athlon XP PC does not start

Posted on 2023-10-22, 16:18

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by leon22

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@GarretW Thank you very much!

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Re: Athlon XP PC does not start

Posted on 2023-10-22, 08:49

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by leon22

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Which PSU should I use? Is 25A on the 5V line enough? Otherwise the options are quite expensive: e.g. Corsair HX Series Platinum HX1200 ~300€ (30A/5V) Maybe someone can suggest a good not too expensive PSU. Thx.

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Re: Athlon XP PC does not start

Posted on 2023-10-22, 06:45

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by leon22

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So... did the Athlon 1900+ work OK with the new supply or did you change the psu when you tried the Barton ? And yes you could fry something using an under rated PSU with an over power cpu (on board Vregs would be fighting to keep volts proper and possibly short out... just one scenario) The old …

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Re: Athlon XP PC does not start

Posted on 2023-10-21, 20:27

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by leon22

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Thx CharlieFoxtrot. Maybe this mod is already enough Re: Socket A Motherboards That Have 12V-Centric VRMs??

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Re: Athlon XP PC does not start

Posted on 2023-10-21, 12:59

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by leon22

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Thank you, I was not aware of that 5V line limitations of the PSU. I have the possibility to get a Asus A7N8X-X mainboard for just 30 Euros: would this work with the PSU? (Note from theretroweb: "This board can be modified to use 12V for the VRM") Thanks! PS: It was working with the old PSU, but it …

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Athlon XP PC does not start

Posted on 2023-10-21, 12:09

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by leon22

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Motherboard: ASUS A7A266 (ATX 1.x) CPU: Athlon XP-1900+ (Palomino) PSU: LC-Power LC6550 V2.3 (brand new) when I hit the power switch on the PSU I can see the 5V Basic voltage (LED is green on the Board) and the CPU fan is running for 1 second push the power button => nothing happens use the reset …

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Re: Best Motherboard for Athlon XP-2500+ (Barton)

Posted on 2023-10-17, 19:19

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by leon22

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Thank you. I think I will stay with my Asus board as the speed differences are not that big ;-) Should I recap the mainboard? Thx! I wouldn’t bother recapping if there are no bulging or leaking caps and it is stable. Ok. Thx. I also ordered now a 2400+ Thoroughbred (FSB 266MHz) CPU ;-). That will …

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Re: Best Motherboard for Athlon XP-2500+ (Barton)

Posted on 2023-10-17, 18:47

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by leon22

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Thank you. I think I will stay with my Asus board as the speed differences are not that big 😉 Should I recap the mainboard? Thx!

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Re: Best Motherboard for Athlon XP-2500+ (Barton)

Posted on 2023-10-17, 13:56

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by leon22

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Thx. It is very sad that on my Asus A7A266 Rev. 1.04 the Bios update is not enough 🙁

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Re: Best Motherboard for Athlon XP-2500+ (Barton)

Posted on 2023-10-17, 12:50

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by leon22

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@CharlieFoxtrot Thank you, but for DOS gaming I have a 486 setup (AMD 133MHz). I will have a look on these different boards suggested by you. Thank you.

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Best Motherboard for Athlon XP-2500+ (Barton)

Posted on 2023-10-17, 12:07

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by leon22

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Any suggestions here? Should I go with a Abit NF7 v2.0? The reason for a new MB is that my ASUS A7A266 Rev. 1.04 does not support the 2500+ Barton CPU but only the 1.10. Thank you.

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Asus A7A266 best CPU

Posted on 2023-10-09, 18:15

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by leon22

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Regarding https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-a7a266-rev.-1.10 page the fastest possible CPU on this motherboard is the Athlon XP 2600+ (Thoroughbred), but is it a better choice to use the 2500+ (Barton) as the core is newer and the frequency is almost the same? Any suggestions would be very …

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Re: What is Microsoft Universal Pointing Device Adapter? Same as InPort bus mouse?

Posted on 2023-09-23, 20:08

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by leon22

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Very old post but still unanswered. Any information to this cards? Thx

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Re: Which harddrive solution for a fast 486 system

Posted on 2023-09-09, 22:19

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by leon22

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Thank you very much @Jo22! This was very helpful.

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Re: Which harddrive solution for a fast 486 system

Posted on 2023-09-03, 12:15

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by leon22

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Thx, I use now a 40GB IDE harddrive (had this lying around).

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Which harddrive solution for a fast 486 system

Posted on 2023-09-02, 22:55

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by leon22

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Currently I'm using a CF card (with IDE adapter) but due the limited amount of write cycles I already have issues. (freezes until turn off and on again ...) Should I go for a SCSI drive or what are the best options? System: Gigabyte GA-486AM with latest BIOS (Nov 7 1995) AMD Am5x86-133 MHz 64 MB RAM …

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Re: Program SST PH29EE010 EEPROM Bios with TL866II Plus

Posted on 2023-08-29, 17:15

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by leon22

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I was able to write the new BIOS. Thank you!

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Re: Program SST PH29EE010 EEPROM Bios with TL866II Plus

Posted on 2023-08-29, 08:04

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by leon22

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Thank you so much! I will try it again with the other eeprom type!

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