Re: Dell Dimesion XPS Gen 3 Upgrade Questions

Posted on 2021-04-07, 13:59

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Benefit seems to be minimal in most cases, I'd see how it goes first as you'll need to flash the BIOS to convert it to a GF card. Agree this would be a good match for the system though! Oh ok. I didn't realize you had to flash the BIOS to get that to work. I'll try it out as is and see how it goes.

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Re: Dell Dimesion XPS Gen 3 Upgrade Questions

Posted on 2021-04-07, 01:51

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pentiumspeed wrote on 2021-04-07, 00:07: FX 3400 is a 6800 GS on PCIe bus, decent enough for P4 if yours is PCIe slots. Don't you have to use the 6800 drivers instead of the Quadro drivers to get the full benefits? I thought I read that somewhere, but I could be mistaken.

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Re: Dell Dimesion XPS Gen 3 Upgrade Questions

Posted on 2021-04-06, 23:58

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FireGL Vxxxx? There's no 550 version. Likewise the Quadro FX xxxx? Look into these two links to help with you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#Quadro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units#FireGL_series Cheers, I'm guessing it's a …

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Re: Dell Dimesion XPS Gen 3 Upgrade Questions

Posted on 2021-04-06, 20:46

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Also, looking through my box of extra cards I also have an ATI FireGL V055 and an nVIDIA Quadro 256mb FX 8974. Are either of those better?

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Re: Dell Dimesion XPS Gen 3 Upgrade Questions

Posted on 2021-04-06, 20:12

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Would this memory work? https://www.ebay.com/itm/2GB-2x-1GB-Kingston- … 1G/265101615581

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Dell Dimesion XPS Gen 3 Upgrade Questions

Posted on 2021-04-05, 17:27

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After several years I finally have my XPS Gen 3 back in my hands. This is the first computer I bought out of college with my own money so I splurged (3.6GHz P4 with 2GB of RAM). Originally I used this computer right up until I build my current computer in 2009, and then put it in a MAME cabinet. …

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Re: Dell GX260 Wont Boot With GeForce MX 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-07, 00:36

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I'll try and find another system I can test the card in. It looks like it's in mint condition so it would be odd that it was dead, but stranger things have happened. I think it's just that this system has strangeness with the AGP port. There was another AGP card I had tried (a Fire GL I think) that …

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Re: Dell GX260 Wont Boot With GeForce MX 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 16:14

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So the working card is a NV15 [GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro] , the specs are https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce2-gts.c797 and the problematic one is a NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] , specs https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce4-mx-420.c777 Given they both are Architecture Celsius I would …

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Re: Dell GX260 Wont Boot With GeForce MX 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 15:35

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Ok I'm not sure if I'm reading this right but it says: Bus Numb-Fun ------------- 1-00-0 IRQ --- 16 Vendor-Dev-Sub_OEM ------------------- 10DE-0150-002E10DE-A4 Class ---- VGA Controller Vendor and Device Desc ------------------- nVidia NV15 [GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro][GPU-0] I'll take a picture of …

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Re: Dell GX260 Wont Boot With GeForce MX 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 14:56

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You said it did post with the CN-01E200-4457 installed and it's the CN-01E200-4457 I asked about! You have also failed to specify how the system beeps when it fails to post with the MX 420 installed. If you yet again fail to provide this information I will stop trying to help you. Sorry yes, I got …

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Re: Dell GX260 Wont Boot With GeForce MX 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 14:41

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I missed that post, I'm sorry. I'll try and run it now It doesn't boot period. The power light goes on (green, not orange), but I get no beeps or visual on the monitor. The hard drive doesn't seem to access either.

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Re: Dell GX260 Wont Boot With GeForce MX 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 14:14

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red-ray wrote on 2021-03-05, 13:41: Again exactly what is the CN-01E200-4457? What is it's PCI ID? Where would I find that? As you can see the card doesn't have many markings. It appears to be this one: https://www.amazon.com/DELL-NVIDIA-VIDEO-CN-0 … 5/dp/B00B871FA8

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Re: Dell GX260 Wont Boot With GeForce MX 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 13:30

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Here are both cards. The top one won't work, but the bottom does. They're both AGP. (Sorry for the link, but it won't let me post a pictures if it's not https). http://atariprotos.com/temp/cards.jpg

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Re: Dell GX260 Wont Boot With NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 12:56

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Yes that's the one. I got the original description off an eBay auction because I only had a part number. Sorry about that. Any reason it wouldn't work though? The system literally won't boot with it installed.

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Re: Dell GTX-260 Wont Boot With NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 06:07

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Yes I'm sorry. I mean a GX260 and it's an AGP slot not an PCI Express slot. I wasn't thinking when I was typing.

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Dell GX260 Wont Boot With GeForce MX 420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1)

Posted on 2021-03-05, 00:39

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I have an odd problem. I'm trying to put an GeForce MX420 (Asus 5187-1531 6mnh1) into a GX-260 because this card has S-Video out which I need. The system is working fine with an NVIDIA 32MB VGA AGP Video Card (CN-01E200-4457) in it, but when I try and put the Asus into it it suddenly won't boot. Is …

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Re: IBM PCjr Monitor Convergence Woes

Posted on 2021-02-24, 21:50

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mothergoose729 wrote on 2021-02-24, 21:28: Isn't it also composite? You aren't getting the highest quality signal either. It can do composite, but this is CGA. Someone else was telling me that the PCjr monitor has the lowest dot pitch of any CGA monitor of the time. This doesn't surprise me somehow …

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Re: IBM PCjr Monitor Convergence Woes

Posted on 2021-02-24, 21:07

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I think I got it as good as it's going to get. The PCjr monitor isn't exactly high quality... http://atariprotos.com/temp/fixed1.jpg http://atariprotos.com/temp/fixed2.jpg http://atariprotos.com/temp/fixed3.jpg

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Re: IBM PCjr Monitor Convergence Woes

Posted on 2021-02-24, 18:54

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The imperfections in CRTs drive me crazy. All I see when I use my monitors are the flaws. How close the yoke is to the screen, as well as the tilt, can effect the color in addition to the convergence rings. https://youtu.be/Q2IHJfvD-70?t=309 Looking at your pictures, for a CGA monitor especially, …

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IBM PCjr Monitor Convergence Woes

Posted on 2021-02-24, 18:27

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I've been having some issues with my IBM PCjr monitor. The monitor had some color purity and convergence issues, so I adjusted the yoke and the convergence magnets to try and fix it, but I can't seem to get everything quite right. I got rid of the color purity issues but the color alignment is still …

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