Re: Sound Card + Modem combo identification
Posted on 2018-03-17, 07:51
Didn't find it on th99, though there was very few sound cards picced there.
Re: W98se or Me on Sata hdd
Posted on 2018-03-17, 07:37
You might need to get a Promise S150 PCI SATA controller because they have Win9x drivers. The early VIA SATA controllers were very, very, very, very buggy. Chances are that it will not work properly with that large of a drive... or even detect it at all. That motherboard often came with a chipset …
Re: Pentium II Build (Pictures) - Updated
Posted on 2018-03-17, 07:31
Odd to see your case having a keyhole. That's something that was more an AT or XT thing. Do you have the key for it? :P Your case is typical for the earliest ATX cases, though I was never much of a fan of those tiny floppy holes in the front. I read something about a card of yours not working …
Re: PC Retro Heaven Achieved
Posted on 2018-03-17, 07:20
I haven't heard really good things about Radeon 9800 though. Those seemed to die or be dead so often I actually kinda avoided buying any for fear of getting too many duds lol Higher end cards run a higher risk of being or getting defective due to several things: Obviously higher end products are …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-03-17, 07:05
A pack of 100 7"x15" anti-static bags came today. I had ordered 7"x10" bags, but the seller ran out and offered a free upgrade to the larger bags. Ohhh yeah! Now I have bags that are the right size for full-length ISA cards. Just in time for the big lot of ISA sound cards that are supposed to …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-03-17, 00:17
A pack of 100 7"x15" anti-static bags came today. I had ordered 7"x10" bags, but the seller ran out and offered a free upgrade to the larger bags. Ohhh yeah! Now I have bags that are the right size for full-length ISA cards. Just in time for the big lot of ISA sound cards that are supposed to …
Re: What can you do with a LAN card?
Posted on 2018-03-17, 00:04
1. use it to transfer files , mTCP is your friend 2. if the card has a boot rom socket you can install there the XTIDE BIOS so you can use large HDDs without overlays/extra software Would this also work with a Reborn card? I have like 10 identical ones of those and to me these are basically much …
Re: Dead Viper 770?
Posted on 2018-03-17, 00:01
Don't you have some test hardware laying around? I always first test new parts with known good hardware before assembling it all into a definitive build as this makes troubleshooting easier 😀
Re: Unused Celeron system circa 2000
Posted on 2018-03-16, 23:53
It is, I’m thinking of using it for just that. I do have another one I’m just building though... but I prefer this case and the other parts are in better shape. I might make one a DOS system and the other W98. That case has a PSU mounted on it's side, so to say, so instead of sucking in air to the …
Re: The story of the QuForce FX 5800 Ultra...
Posted on 2018-03-16, 17:01
Any pics of your legend? 😁
Re: Celeron 433 + Voodoo2 combo
Posted on 2018-03-16, 16:59
Mendocino Celerons and Deschutes P2s have extremely similar clock-for-clock performance, with subtle differences due to the Mendocino having faster but smaller L2 cache and the Descutes larger but slower cache. The only advantage a P2-400 would have is the 100MHz FSB, but with an i440LX board …
Re: How to get rust off old graphics card?
Posted on 2018-03-16, 16:50
Pics?
Re: PC Retro Heaven Achieved
Posted on 2018-03-16, 12:10
Ah, and stay away from Nvidia graphics cards if you don't want to see it strangely die one day. Or at least use after market cooling solutions. You mean because of bumpgate? Afaicr the GF6 series was the last series that still used the old-fashioned solder. I'm not sure how much overlap there is …
Re: PC Retro Heaven Achieved
Posted on 2018-03-10, 20:00
Athlon XP is actually somewhat similar to a Pentium 3. No SSE2, same socket dimensions (and same CPU HSF size), even the CPUs look very similar compared to how an Athlon XP and a s478 CPU look different from each other. Also both P3 and AXP use mostly the 5v lines for their power. AXP does use a LOT …
Re: 3rd CPU collection box build
Posted on 2018-03-10, 19:54
It looks nimble, but nice 😀 It does look a bit small? Just make sure the batteries don't start to leak 😜
Re: “New” Windows 98 build
Posted on 2018-03-08, 13:07
The BIOS I have flashed lists on the MSI site that it's compatible with Coppermine but I am just confused about the blue sticker thing in case there's some hardware incompatibility there (I think it was originally a PII board) If it's a BX board that was released before the release of Coppermine, …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2018-03-08, 12:01
This is actually not as uninteresting at it may first appear. Sis 620 chipset? Don't see too many of these around! I think that in total, I've probably not come across more then 2 Sis-based s370 motherboards. Both were identical and at least 1 of them had already developed a bulging cap. Iirc mine …
Re: Bad ide cable ?
Posted on 2018-03-08, 11:55
I have had 2 bad 80 conductor cables in my life, and zero 40-conductor cable issues. I have had a 40 pin connector get stuck in a board, and pulling the cable ripped it off the connector, but that board was all corroded anyway. I've had a bad 40p cable in my main rig years ago. It happens. Some …
Re: PIII gaming PC
Posted on 2018-03-08, 11:47
Nice to see one of these rigs assembled from stuff that one has laying around :) What OS are you using? I presume 98SE? The mismatched drives will look better in a beige case, as you kinda already mentioned but as long as it works, right? :P The MS-6119 looks like a nice BX board. Kinda odd that one …
Re: PC Retro Heaven Achieved
Posted on 2018-03-07, 17:14
OS: DOS 6.22/Windows 3.11/Windows 95 OSR2.1 CPU: Cyrix 6x86-P166+ GP @ 133 MHz RAM: 14 MB GPU: ATI MACH64 PCI (109-25500-30) Audio: AWE64 Gold (CT4390) https://thumb.ibb.co/hxgcv7/IMG_20180306_214410.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/j75gNn/IMG_20180306_214248.jpg This case looks like it's the AT variant of …
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