Re: IBM PC350 only boots into BIOS setup

Posted on 2009-06-19, 14:06

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Ok, I hadn't really thought about Usenet in years, but I browsed through a bunch of groups and... they're all pretty much dead. The archives have a lot of good info, but I wouldn't hold out much hope of getting a useful reply nowadays. Speaking of the archives, though, I found a 1999-era post where …

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Re: Intel-built 486/Pentium/PPro/PII motherboard guide

Posted on 2009-06-19, 13:53

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by Old Thrashbarg

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On my IBM, that extra power connector goes to the riser card, so I suspect it might provide power for the PCI slots or something. Supplementary power, maybe, to take some of the load of the main power connectors? Not sure, but it would make sense. Also, with some of the ATX Intel boards you have to …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-18, 14:52

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Alright, well, I'll see if I can get the AWE going, then, but it's looking like I may need a new motherboard before I can worry about such things. On a related note, there's a slight possibility that some of my seemingly inexplicable issues with sound cards could have been due to a problem with the …

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Re: My new PC build thread

Posted on 2009-06-18, 13:57

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by Old Thrashbarg

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That sounds pretty epically ghetto. What about resoldering/replacing the capacitor? It shouldn't be too hard to do...

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-18, 13:46

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by Old Thrashbarg

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Interesting. I've seen a few reports where the Yamaha card was described as 'bassy', so it could be that you just don't like such a sound signature. (Or that you're just very accustomed to something else.) These sorts of things are rather subjective.

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Re: My new PC build thread

Posted on 2009-06-17, 23:12

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by Old Thrashbarg

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...and clamp capacitors with binder clips. Wait... what? You cannot give passing mention to something like that and not offer further explanation (and pics, too, preferably). 😁

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IBM PC350 only boots into BIOS setup

Posted on 2009-06-17, 17:49

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by Old Thrashbarg

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I made passing mention of this in my other thread about sound cards, but decided to make a separate topic so not to derail that thread. In the midst of messing with sound cards, a new problem arose. The PC350 I'm using suddenly started going directly into BIOS setup on bootup, with no interaction on …

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Re: My new PC build thread

Posted on 2009-06-17, 15:09

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Not bad, but it seems like the three extra PCI-e slots and 850W PSU is a bit overkill for running a single midrange video card... I'm interested to know, too, why did you have watercooling before, or, rather, why watercool when you had a board that couldn't be overclocked? Was it just for noise?

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-17, 15:01

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Well, I appreciate the effort you took to post the config, but I can't do much with it right now... in keeping with the "one f-ing thing after another" motif, the machine has suddenly decided it only wants to boot straight into the BIOS setup menu, and I have so far been unable to convince it …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-16, 21:32

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Well, I had tried to avoid Driverguide, but I bit the bullet and registered, and got the packages. Later this evening I'll try it out. If the card works, is it decent, though? I mean, better than an SB16, at least? I know it still wouldn't cover MIDI, so I'd need to figure out what to do there... or …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-16, 18:10

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Hm, according to the auction page he does only send to Germany (and I don't know enough German to be able to ask him for sure), and the payment method might prove troublesome too. But other than that... *grin* I checked out my SB16, and it does have the troublesome 4.13 DSP, so that's probably out …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-16, 14:22

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Well, I actually have a Montego II, along with an MX300, an S90 and a few other Vortex cards, and a stack of SB Live's. What I don't have, unfortunately, is a free PCI slot. I would love to use one of those cards, seems like it'd be a lot better option than most of the other stuff out there... but, …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-15, 21:43

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Nope, I'm not confident. I don't have the SB16 installed at the moment, so I dunno what DSP it uses, but there's a good chance it does use one of the problematic versions. But, how bad is the stuck note bug, anyway? Would it be tolerable on a temporary basis, until I find a different sound card? …

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Re: Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-15, 21:00

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by Old Thrashbarg

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some people prefer to listen to the music on equipment on which it was created on True enough, but there's the issue of being able to afford the equipment it was created on. (Or willing to afford, or whatever... most of that stuff goes way out of my price range.) Hm, I think I'll hafta snag one, …

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Thinking about the eBay DB60XG clone, should I?

Posted on 2009-06-15, 19:54

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by Old Thrashbarg

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I've been sorta eyeing it lately, and I've seen mention of it on here a couple times... What's the general consensus on it? It looks to be the cheapest GM option, but, considering that $38 is about $35 more than I have invested in the entire rest of my retro machine, I want to be sure it's a decent …

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Re: What monitor do you use?

Posted on 2009-06-15, 19:32

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Why not try to find a used CRT at a thrift shop/garage sale/Craigslist/wherever? If you're not thrilled with any of the LCD options, it shouldn't be too hard to turn up a servicable CRT, they seem to be plentiful and cheap even around the tech wasteland where I live... Or is there some other reason …

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Re: Upgrading and Repairing PCs by Scott Mueller (book on Google)

Posted on 2009-06-15, 15:32

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by Old Thrashbarg

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Yep, they're back up. Just downloaded the 6th, 13th and 16th editions here. Not sure I really needed the later ones, since I'm already a sort of walking encyclopedia of late '90s-early 2000s hardware, but hey, might as well get 'em while they're there.

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Re: (Terminal Velocity)

Posted on 2009-06-13, 17:59

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by Old Thrashbarg

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So this is to imply you found it but didn't immediately pick it up? I dunno much about that particular game, but my policy is, when it's an oldschool game, in the original box, for $1, I buy it and worry about the details later. Even if the game ends up sucking, usually you at least get some cool …

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Re: My IBM PC 330

Posted on 2009-06-13, 16:10

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by Old Thrashbarg

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I know this is an old thread, but I figured I'd offer my insights, as I own a PC350... the larger variant of the PC330 with five expansion slots versus three. After a bit of research, here's what I found about them: There were actually several different versions of these machines, under the same …

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Re: PIII, Athlon mobo w ISA slot remommendation

Posted on 2009-06-13, 14:44

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by Old Thrashbarg

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I see reports of people running Bartons on those with the A9 BIOS, so I think any chip you find with a 266fsb should work fine. There's apparently even a BIOS setting to enable >12.5X multipliers, called "12andabove".

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