Re: RAM Issue DELL 425s/L

Posted on Yesterday, 15:25

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I might have to get a couple of 4MB sticks. The ebay listings can be very confusing because they have "EDO then FPM in the title" so I don't really know what I'm getting and by the looks of it the sellers don't know the difference so rather than waste more money I will buy a 4 MB stick to start with …

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Re: RAM Issue DELL 425s/L

Posted on Yesterday, 15:11

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks I'll get a 16mb stick with 8 chips single sided.

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RAM Issue DELL 425s/L

Posted on Yesterday, 11:10

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by apricot

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I'm having trouble trying to upgrade the RAM on my DELL 425s/L According to the manual the machine should take up to 64MB RAM. I am forever stuck with 03360K RAM no matter what sticks I try, its either that or the machine wont post. When I got the machine it came with a stick of 8MB EDO RAM but the …

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Re: Sound Card not working

Posted on 2024-04-03, 15:12

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Anybody? I downloaded drivers for DOS SB but nothing works... Its no fun having no audio.

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Sound Card not working

Posted on 2024-04-03, 13:09

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by apricot

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I got myself a nice Dell 425s/L 486 machine in very good clean condition and works well, it has 640KB base memory and 3 MB Extended so my next step is to upgrade the RAM to 8MB. The only RAM modules I have on hand are 32MB sticks which might be too much for some old games to work... would 32MB RAM …

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I need to print some files from Microsoft Pubilsher 97

Posted on 2024-04-01, 11:27

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I need to print some files from Microsoft Publisher so I'm currently looking for a cheap old printer that would work with Windows 2000 SP4 at the latest but a printer that works with WIN95/98 would be even better however I've worked out it might just be easier to search for an old printer that works …

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Re: I am trying to find a driver for a sound card

Posted on 2024-03-03, 09:25

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It could be the card itself that has an issue... I will try the card on another machine.

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Re: I am trying to find a driver for a sound card

Posted on 2024-03-02, 22:17

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks, I've tried a few drivers but none of them worked. I will have to keep trying with this one.

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Re: Constant hard drive errors

Posted on 2024-03-02, 22:11

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The PSU I fully tested before I used it for the build. The motherboard is an EPox/ProNiX EP-3VWM2. I noticed an electrolytic capacitor on the board that has started to bulge so I suspect that might have something to do with it and there maybe more bad caps although the rest look ok they might still …

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I am trying to find a driver for a sound card

Posted on 2024-02-28, 19:07

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by apricot

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Its an ISA sound card and the PC identifies it as an OPTi Audio 16 It has a chip on the sound card that says OPTi 82C931 119702 11CW Can somebody please help. Otherwise I've wasted money on a utterly useless sound card. I've tried the drivers listed on here but they don't work

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I'm looking for the driver for this sound card

Posted on 2024-02-28, 18:16

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It is ISA and has a chip that says OPTi 82C931 119702 11CW The driver would need to be for Windows 95

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Re: SSD, Windows 98, Worth it?

Posted on 2024-02-25, 13:22

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Hopefully somebody out there might be able to write a program for TRIM for WIN95/98 what would us PC retro users do in lets say 5 years time when you can't get working hard drives anymore and all there is are solid state media? Its really going to put a spanner in the works for retro PC users unless …

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OPTi Audio 16 Driver

Posted on 2024-02-25, 10:13

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Hi I have an ISA sound card I'm trying to get working its an OPTi Audio 16 I'm having problems trying to find a driver for it. Could anybody help? Thanks.

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Constant hard drive errors

Posted on 2024-02-25, 01:46

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've been working on a retro DOS/WIN95 build but it would seem like this PC hates anything solid state. I've tried several known good working SSD drives, I'm using an IDE to SATA adapter. First I tried an industrial 4GB SATA SSD which seemed to work and I got MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 95 installed but …

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2024-02-22, 21:47

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Theme Park the original is a hard game to get working, should be ok on something like a 386 Roller Coaster Tycoon is a good alternative on more modern machines Pentium PRO and even on Pentium 4 under WIN95/98/2000 I would really like to play Wing Commander tho that is one I've not managed to get …

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Re: Will this motherboard work with Windows 98SE

Posted on 2024-02-22, 21:40

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by apricot

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I gave it a try but it was iffy so I went with Windows 2000 SP4 for that machine, Windows 2000 is still a good OS for retro gaming so its all good.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-02-10, 13:30

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I'm currently working on 3 machines, one is an old RM computer but unfortunately its got a more modern motherboard inside. It is running Windows 2000 with all drivers working fine but I'd really like to push it down to Windows 98SE if possible so this will be purely experimental. I will leave the …

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Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on 2024-02-10, 12:38

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I have a motherboard that works well but the onboard USB ports are totally wrecked so I am thinking of adding a USB PCI card to work with Windows 98 SE. I've never had any luck with getting USB to work under WIN95. I have always wondered why you can't get an IDE to USB adapter because then you could …

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Re: Will this motherboard work with Windows 98SE

Posted on 2024-02-10, 12:24

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Thanks I'll give it a try.

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Will this motherboard work with Windows 98SE

Posted on 2024-02-09, 17:04

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by apricot

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I have a mini ATX computer that looks very nice and retro but inside there is a GIGABYTE GA-945GCM-S2L motherboard. The processor is a Celeron 420 1.6GHz 800MHz FSB and its running Windows 2000 but I am wondering if this chipset will be compatible with Windows 98SE?

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