Re: ESS Solo 1 - Cannot find the AudioDrive

Posted on 2024-04-30, 10:14

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by zuldan

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Thanks for the info Joseph. After a long read, it appears I have a newer revision of the Solo 1 so ESSVOL will not work. Are you aware of any method to unmute the line-in when ESSVOL doesn’t work? I’d like to be able to use my SC-55 with some games. Unfortunately, I don't know of any way to do that …

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Re: ESS Solo 1 - Cannot find the AudioDrive

Posted on 2024-04-30, 09:50

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by zuldan

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The only problem now is ESSVOL.exe does not detect the card. I got a funny feeling Phils ESSDOS drivers are borked (but surely someone else would have complained?) or not compatible with my particular ESS Solo 1. Going to do some more investigating... ESSVOL.EXE isn't a part of the official Solo-1 …

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Re: ESS Solo 1 different versions

Posted on 2024-04-30, 08:24

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by zuldan

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4xtx wrote on 2022-05-02, 02:01: Here's 2 for the collection. The ES1938MI is currently being used in an EPIA-ITX based project On the E1938-202 PCI card, do you know what the jumpers do?

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Re: ESS Solo 1 - Cannot find the AudioDrive

Posted on 2024-04-30, 08:02

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by zuldan

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Ok got a little further. Well, almost there. When I installed the Windows drivers, it also installed the DOS drivers to C:\ drive (ESSOLO.COM, ESSOLO.SYS, ESSCFG.INI). I modified my config.sys and autoexec.bat to point to the drivers sitting in the root of C: and bingo! the card came alive in DOS. …

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Re: ESS Solo 1 - Cannot find the AudioDrive

Posted on 2024-04-30, 07:44

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by zuldan

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Just tested the card in Windows 95 to make sure it's ok and it's working perfectly so just DOS is the issue. Filename IMG_5056.JPG File size 1022.76 KiB Views 189 views Filename IMG_5055.JPG File size 1.59 MiB Views 197 views

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ESS Solo 1 - Cannot find the AudioDrive

Posted on 2024-04-30, 07:32

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by zuldan

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I've read these can be a pain to initially setup but I'm having no luck with it. I've tried all sorts of BIOS settings (PnP OS off/on). Made sure the PCI slot is assigned IRQ 5 but I cannot get it to work. The motherboard I'm using is a GA-5aa rev 3.2. I also put the card in a PII board but have the …

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Re: My retro computer system log

Posted on 2024-04-29, 12:21

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by zuldan

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Gateway Select 1000 -> AMD Athlon 1200MHz, Thunderbird, Socket A -> 512MB PC133 SD-RAM -> Abit KT7A-Raid Socket A motherboard -> Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB 128-bit AGP, DirectX 9 -> 80GB Western Digital IDE HDD -> Nec DV-5700A DVD-ROM -> Lite-On LTR-40125S CD-RW -> Sound Blaster Live! CT4870 -> USB 2.0 …

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Re: 8 of my retro PC builds in all of the Lian Li cases

Posted on 2024-04-29, 10:26

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by zuldan

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You could say that I'm a bit of a fan of the classic Lian Li cases from the early-to-mid 2000s. So much so that I've ended up with 8 of their silver aluminium cases (plus a 9th spare) and I've just about finished building them into complete systems. I've gone with fairly well balanced specs, …

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Re: Broken socket 7 board - Epox P55-TF. Stuck in post

Posted on 2024-04-28, 21:17

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by zuldan

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I put the bestkey KBC back into the socket as that doesn't seem to be making a difference. Also, while looking around for a good ground for the scope, it looks like the board's 5v rail is 4.45volts . Does this lead anyone to ideas? Could this be a real problem or is 4.45 volts not low enough to be …

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Re: P6BXT-A+ Rev: 2.2E best CPU?

Posted on 2024-04-27, 11:32

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by zuldan

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Sephiroth, The Great wrote on 2024-04-27, 11:23: What would be best CPU for this motherboard? Probably a P3 600Mhz / 100 FSB Katmai Slot 1

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Re: need some help to pick the right athlon cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-26, 07:55

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by zuldan

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Nope, the 266 FSB models are pretty cheap, one up right now for 20USD with crazy cheap shipping, its the Thunderbird 1400 A1400AMS3B 100 FSB model thats expensive and kinda hard to find. Interesting. Why is that version desired? Its rarity is more due to very few were made before AMD switched to …

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Re: need some help to pick the right athlon cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-26, 07:01

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by zuldan

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Trashbytes wrote on 2024-04-26, 06:44: Nope, the 266 FSB models are pretty cheap, one up right now for 20USD with crazy cheap shipping, its the Thunderbird 1400 A1400AMS3B 100 FSB model thats expensive and kinda hard to find. Interesting. Why is that version desired?

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Re: need some help to pick the right athlon cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-26, 06:39

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by zuldan

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I'd say, aim to pick up a 1200 / 1266 with 133/266 FSB .. it's away from the expensive hotspots like 1.4Ghz fastest or magic 1Ghz.... will be 9x or 9.5x then you can run it at 900/950 and most boards are quite comfortable at 115 if you want the Ghz. Then you know the CPU okay is to shoot the moon …

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

Posted on 2024-04-26, 06:15

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by zuldan

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Upgraded my GA-5AA rev 3.2 from a K6-2 500 to a K6-2 500+ Before Filename 500.JPG File size 1.95 MiB Views 308 views After Filename 500+.jpg File size 729.47 KiB Views 308 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-26, 05:27

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by zuldan

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Decided to add another 486 board that fills a gap, I have both ISA and PCI 486 boards but dont have a board that has VLB, so I picked up a dataexpert-exp8046 that has all three slot types along with supporting 3.3 and 5 volt CPUs. Its been modded with the Dallas RTC battery mod which is good. I …

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Re: CF-Card DMA issue with my AMD K6-2 500 MHz SS7 Setup

Posted on 2024-04-23, 21:08

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by zuldan

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That’s great. That means Windows would be happy to store the page file on the CF Card. I wonder how long the CF Card would last with having Windows run on it with all the write to disk operations.

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

Posted on 2024-04-23, 12:28

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by zuldan

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Yesterday: - fixed an early 10s 1TB Seagate ST31000528AS that had a corrupt partition which in turn caused long times for reading and a UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME crash - sold my ole' Zida 6DLX w/ a Celeron 433 slotket and a few other things like 128MB SDR, a GF 4 MX440 and a 10GB Xbox HDD (slim …

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Re: CF-Card DMA issue with my AMD K6-2 500 MHz SS7 Setup

Posted on 2024-04-21, 10:04

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by zuldan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is PnP mode enabled in the BIOS?

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Re: Asus K7V Slot A hi-lo-hi-lo beeps

Posted on 2024-04-21, 09:40

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by zuldan

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Ok, so at least now we know its the BIOS doing the beeps and CPU is running. How about only CPU and nothing else plugged? no ram no keyboard nothing, just mobo cpu speaker and supply. Siren again :( So it doesn't go to the ram in the POST, it stops at CPU? Silly question, do you know the CPU’s you …

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Re: Asus K7V Slot A hi-lo-hi-lo beeps

Posted on 2024-04-20, 11:34

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by zuldan

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Richard gives an overview on them https://youtu.be/bMUzTGnvrbU

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