Cache memory error, socket 7 mobo

Posted on 2010-03-29, 15:49

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I'm testing this FIC socket 7 mobo: http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/F/FIRST-INTERNATIONAL-COMPUTER-INC-Pentium-PT-2011.html If I set the BIOS set up External Cache option to "write back", then after the BIOS POST DRAM memory count has finished, an error message appears on the screen saying …

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Re: What DOS game are you playing right now?

Posted on 2010-03-29, 06:55

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rcblanke wrote: Did you meet the 'Sentry' yet?! Not yet. I've only covered the forest, temple, underground, and now I'm in the barracks...

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Re: What DOS game are you playing right now?

Posted on 2010-03-28, 20:50

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At the moment, I'm playing Eye of the beholder 2 - the legend of Darkmoon. It was developed by Westwood and published by SSI, in December 1991. It has VGA graphics, but only supports Soundblaster/Adlib FM music.

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Re: Guillemot Maxi Sound home studio 64 pro - no music in pure DOS

Posted on 2010-03-27, 12:24

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Thanks for the extra info! ... Maybe due to the law process between Dream and Roland at this time. I've already thrown the box away (too much clutter around here!), but it said on it something like "Roland approved/licenced sound" Try the DOS installers to depack in DOSBox emulator. Maybe this works …

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Re: SC8500 sound card - what does it do?

Posted on 2010-03-27, 11:30

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1632PNP subfolder Thanks a lot. I tried running the 94dinst.exe "dream chip initialisation" utility, but it did not work because the soundcard simply cannot be "seen" inside "pure" DOS. Edit: I tried running 94dinst.exe inside a "dos box" in Windows 98, just out of curiousity, and it seemed to work …

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Re: SC8500 sound card - what does it do?

Posted on 2010-03-27, 10:14

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I found this site: http://ftp.guillemot.com/old%20sound/old%20exe and looked around a bit. There was this file dospnp.zip with a utility called 94DINIT.exe, it seems to mention a soundbank to load. But I cannot verify this. I would like to try the dospnp.zip package, with a Guillemot Maxi Sound 64 …

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Re: Guillemot Maxi Sound home studio 64 pro - no music in pure DOS

Posted on 2010-03-27, 06:57

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-You might start with Win9x because for the non-Pro there is only the possibility to load RAM Soundfonts in Windows 9x and I can't see a Soundfont-ROM on the card. -An open questions is, if there is a tool that loads SF from pure DOS. As for guillemot my guess is that there is none. Without a SF …

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Re: KT133 Kinetiz 7E-A and Duron 1800

Posted on 2010-03-26, 11:38

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The PSU advice provided by the sage veterans above is recommended. :happy: Also, some suggestions: 1) Uninstall software on your HDD such as George Breese's latency patch, and anything similar. Maybe there's something specific to do with the Athlon CPU in your registry that the Applebred core is …

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Re: Guillemot Maxi Sound home studio 64 pro - no music in pure DOS

Posted on 2010-03-25, 16:46

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Interestingly, that site also says that Windows is "required" but that it's "compatible" with DOS. Not sure what that means. I've just had a thought - you probably need windows 3 as a minimum, in order to get the software (apps, etc) on the CD-ROM to install. But I'm sure you can get the card to …

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Re: Useful Links

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This website is very good - http://www.mdgx.com/

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Re: Guillemot Maxi Sound home studio 64 pro - no music in pure DOS

Posted on 2010-03-25, 12:01

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Here's a pic. I'm not too sure what that thing conected to it is, but on the end of it, there's 6 gold plated "hi-fi" sockets.

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2010-03-25, 11:18

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I got it working - I installed it in an Epox KT133A board, which has got a mobile barton (@ 600 mhz) CPU in it. I used the Hercules driver found here - http://ts.hercules.com/eng/index.php?pg=view_files&gid=15&fid=51&pid=35&cid=1 On that webpage, there's also a link to the PowerVR drivers. I …

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Re: Guillemot Maxi Sound home studio 64 pro - no music in pure DOS

Posted on 2010-03-25, 08:58

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The sound card box says - COMPATIBLE WITH THESE STANDARDS: (I have cut some, to save some space) General Midi General Standard Roland MPU-401 mode UART Windows Plug and Play MS DOS version 5.0 and higher Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Pro ESS Audio Drive 100% compatible with all games Compatible with …

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Re: Guillemot Maxi Sound home studio 64 pro - no music in pure DOS

Posted on 2010-03-25, 08:42

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Here's info about the sound card - http://www.megatrade.ru/Guillemot/English/HomeStudioPro.html I removed the small capacity compact flash drive from the mobo, and replaced it with a real HDD with about 80GB capacity. I booted to Win98 DOS 7, and ran the dosinst.exe utility from the Maxi sound CD- …

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2010-03-25, 06:57

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http://www.segatech.com/technical/gpu/powervr_logo.gif Well maybe some fun. Does anyone have any PowerVR cards? Series 2 or Kyro, or the oldies PCX 1/2? Report in with your experiences plz. RG100?! :D I just got an unexpected freebie from an ebay seller. :happy: It's a Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT …

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Guillemot Maxi Sound home studio 64 pro - no music in pure DOS

Posted on 2010-03-24, 17:41

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Hardware: Guillemot Maxi Sound home studio 64 pro sound card. PCB model information: SC8600 Version 2.0. Also, a RAM SIMM is installed. OS: Windows 98. Software installation: A CD-ROM was included with the sound card. The Win95 driver + software installed successfully. However, the DOS software did …

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Radeon 8500, with unusual heatsink

Posted on 2010-03-23, 17:11

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This is an ATI Radeon "3D Prophet FDX" 8500 LE. The heatsink blocks 2 of the PCI slots. Nice.

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Re: Geforce 2 recommendation request

Posted on 2010-03-23, 08:05

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I've finished my testing, from the post above. I've tried to go back on topic by including a GF4 MX440 card. It looks like a budget design, a bit like the cheap looking 7500. 1) Cheap 7500 - 4570 3DMarks 2) "Proper" 7500 - 4959 3DMarks 3) Cheap GF4 MX440 - 6329 3DMarks EDIT: Added 4th card: Radeon …

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Re: Geforce 2 recommendation request

Posted on 2010-03-22, 21:55

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Here's an experiment - I've just run 3DMark 99 Max with this cheap 7500, and I get: 4570 3DMarks, 13038 CPU 3DMarks That's using an Epox mobo, with a mobile barton CPU running at just 600mhz. Now all I'll do is swap out the 7500, and replace it with a "proper" 7500, as pictured earlier. I'll do this …

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Re: Geforce 2 recommendation request

Posted on 2010-03-22, 21:43

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I checked the RAM chips for the timing value. It says - 5 B. So, that means: 5ms = 200 MHz. It's interesting, because Powerstrip's peculiar reading of 393.3 MHz is almost twice 200 MHz... Edit: I tried uninstalling then reinstalling Powerstrip, but it still reports the same readings. I also tried …

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