ctmouse only sees my 3 button mouse as a 2 button mouse

Posted on 2010-11-06, 21:12

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When I launch ctmouse, it inits my 3 button mouse in (2 button only) "Microsoft mode". If I configure the mouse in Doom, I cannot use all 3 buttons, only the left and right, not the middle button. If I attempt to force 3 button mode (/3 parameter) with ctmouse, it ignores this request, and inits in …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-06, 19:38

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Just for a bit of fun, I managed to get "the chomper" (a K6-2 300 MHz) up to 460 MHz! I needed to loosen up the BIOS settings, so that they were not "aggressive", and consequently the system's potency was reduced. Also, the CPU's voltage was set to 2.5. For the general timings, the multi was set to …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-06, 15:35

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The K6-2 300 chip is stable at 420 MHz. Multi = 3.5, FSB = 120, Voltage = 2.3 in DOS and 2.4 in Windows. Here's the Windows 98 screenshot. I ran all of the SuperPi tests up to and including 1M. There may be a bug in this app. When you resize the screen, the values get altered. The real score for the …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-06, 14:39

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K6-2: the revenge. :wink: After testing the K6-2 300 chip, I decided to see how far it could go. I ended up with it running @ ~440 MHz! (See speedsys below.) This was a multi of 3.5x (from 3), and an FSB of 125 (from 100). I needed to bump the voltage to 2.3v (from 2.2). The BIOS settings were maxed …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-06, 13:04

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My AMD K6-2 300 and 350 chips have arrived. Also, I found a K6-2 500 in my attic. The only chip I don't have is a 450. Nevermind, it doesn't matter too much. I ran Quake (1.06 shareware in DOS 6.22), with exactly the same "fast settings" BIOS values, and in full screen. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Dop- …

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Re: PSU failed?

Posted on 2010-11-06, 11:45

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Solved! The seller wrapped one of the molex leads in tape. I decided to investigate. It was because one of the molex plugs was loose. This loose plug caused no power to be fed to all of the other molex connectors, on that lead. I wiggled the loose plug a bit, and that has solved the problem. The …

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Re: Pentium 60

Posted on 2010-11-06, 10:55

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Tetrium wrote: The processor looks to be in excellent condition though! 😉 Why not post on cpu-world itself? They are pretty much the cpu experts hehe 😉 cpu-world is a great website. 😀

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2010-11-06, 10:54

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Idea: consider editing your O.P, to reflect the changes you make on a weekly basis. That way, readers can see at a glance what the latest episode is.

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Re: PSU failed?

Posted on 2010-11-06, 10:52

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I think it's about time I opened up a PSU, to have a look inside. I would like to err on the side of caution. I'll leave it untested for one week. After that time has elapsed, do you think it's 100% safe to open it up, and to prod about with it? Thanks a lot for any advice.

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(solved, false alarm) PSU failed?

Posted on 2010-11-06, 07:20

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Enermax model EG475AX-VE(G). Symptoms: seems to switch on OK, but it does not provide any power. I'm using it as a second PSU, to provide power to peripheral components such as HDD, DVD-ROM, etc and occasionally video cards. Yesterday, it powered a Radeon 9800 OK, but today it seems lifeless. I am …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-04, 12:06

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I have ordered the two K6-2 CPUs: 300 and 350 MHz. But I've just found a K6-2 400 in my attic. I decided to give it a spin (benchies below). Also, I've just received an interesting cooler. It's a copper cooljag socket 370 heatsink. It's heavy (375g), but has a very small "foot print". It just about …

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Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?

Posted on 2010-11-04, 10:24

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Edit:Thinking about it, it may be possible it won't be possible to get the desktop variants over 3.5x. Still I'm willing to try it out since I got 9 233mmx chips coming my way. Man...why do I keep buying the stuff, LOL! Otoh, they were only €0.80 the piece, life long stock man! Life long stock! :D …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-04, 09:40

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Thanks a lot. I flashed it to F4. (It was on F3 when I got it.) BTW, I think the board is the last one they made: it's Rev 5.2.

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-04, 09:03

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Very interesting regarding the "plus" + chips. In the GA-5AX manual, it says "Support Intel Pentium, MMX, Cyrix/IBM, 6x86MX, MII, AMD K6, K6-2, K6-2+ , K6-III , IDT Winchip 2, IDT Winchip 3, RISE MP6 CPUs." It supports the K6-2+, but doesn't mention the K6-3+. Perhaps it does support them, with a …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-04, 08:10

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Re: K6 chips - thanks a lot for the info. I'll order these 2 chips today. Re: volts - actually, I'm using 3.5 volts ATM! Seems OK. :happy: Re: temps. I would love to know what the CPU temp is. There's a sensor inside the CPU socket area. However, the BIOS options set up area contains no temp reading …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-04, 07:12

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I just tried another experiment. Increased FSB to 110. This should yield a CPU speed of 330. (110 x 3 multi). The BIOS POST display said 300, but I've now learnt to ignore this, as it could be wrong. And it was. Speedsys says 330, and its result is faster than the 300 test. But it's too unstable at …

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Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?

Posted on 2010-11-04, 06:33

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I tried to hard wire a higher multiplier (4x) with my Abit 430TX and aP200mmx, and it did absolutely nothing. Even tried it on multiple brand socket 7 boards. :sad: bushwack, a thought just crossed my mind. When you attempted this special overclock, did you look at the BIOS POST screen, and see …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-04, 06:15

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I would be really interested to race this "hot rodded" Pentium MMX CPU (233 MHz; OC'd to 300 MHz and also to 315 MHz) against an AMD K6-2 CPU. I don't have any K6-2 300 MHz or 350 MHz CPUs, but I am prepared to buy them. Do I buy the auction listings titled "AMD K6-2 300 AFR" and "AMD K6-2 350 AFR"? …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-03, 23:19

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I ran Quake 1 many times (shareware demo), using the "timedemo demo1" console parameter, and the system is stable. I'm using a Voodoo3 2000 AGP video card, and get these scores: 55.7 full screen 61.7 two notches smaller than full screen BIOS options set to fast. 61.7 full screen 68.5 two notches …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2010-11-03, 22:30

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With the system at 315 Mhz, and the BIOS options set to "fast", DOS seems to work well. Doom, 3dbench2 (144.7 score), and Speedsys all work as they should. Like Sandra 2002 Pro, Speedsys also says that the bus is 66 Mhz.

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