Re: emachines all in one; are the signals inside 'standard'?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 22:34

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by Tetrium

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Personally I'd rather use laptop hardware in a desktop instead of repairing a laptop, 🤣 I don't like hardware that's non-standard. Means you can't really fiddle with it.

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Re: Voodoo3 3500TV, connect to monitor?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 18:05

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by Tetrium

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So does anyone know if any of the non-3DFX cables work on the Voodoo 3 TV? I see a lot of those cables for sale with USB. Can anyone comfirm that that particular cable will work with Voodoo 3 TV? The original cable is impossible to find for a reasonable price.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-04, 17:34

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Hehe, BTW, I'm fondly reminded of a little Windows joke program thing that was circulating around the Internet eons ago. I even think that it was actually released by the Coca Cola Company (but I don't really remember)... it was a "Free Beverage Holder!", and when ran on your PC it would open the …

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Re: Asus P5A - undocumented voltage options?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 17:31

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by Tetrium

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A google search revealed version 4.35 was released in 2002? It's very much possible this is a feature not supported on your board anyway ;) Having said that, I don't really have a clue what it's supposed to do. I did find this: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wzJdFXzZcd0J:www. …

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Re: 486SLC - how good is it?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 17:28

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by Tetrium

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^Agrees. Seems your board can be upgraded with an FPU. It's kinda too bad your CPU doesn't come socketed though. I'd say, give it a wirl 😉

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Re: Are any of the really old Sound Blasters any good?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 14:44

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Dunno, but "a" soundblaster 64 is really not a soundblaster 64. My guess is Creative changed the revision numbers whenever they changed some chips on it. Also many oem parts received different CT numbers and/or revision numbers. I've seen a couple lists of CT numbers (maybe wiki even has one) but …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-04, 13:37

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This machine had it's optical drive unscrewed, which is ideal to use as an extendable coffee holder! Where can I buy one of those???! Looks EXTREMELY handy LOL!!! :) But wait!!! Theres more!!! You can simply remove the screws and sell those original ViNtagE screws on Ebay for a grossly overrated …

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Re: Are any of the really old Sound Blasters any good?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 13:35

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by Tetrium

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Dang I only got 2! But at least I also got one very nice CT1350B box that looks like it's been in the washing machine 😁

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Re: TURBO BUTTON JUMPER 3 to 2 PINS

Posted on 2011-04-04, 11:37

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My motherboard has PCB version 2.4 And i like to use the turbo switch, thats why i asking this. The connector that comes from the turbo switch on my AT case has 3 wires from it. My motherboard has an 2 pins jumper. So i want to connect it so i can use it. I understand. The pcb revision usually …

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Re: Two SB16s are better than one?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 11:31

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I dug through my box-o-bits and found an ESS AudioDrive 1869F. Unfortunately the wavetable header is sort of in the middle of the card, and the card is about an inch shorter than my CT2800. So basically the daughterboard just hangs there (theres nowhere for its plastic supports to plug into) and it …

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Re: Are any of the really old Sound Blasters any good?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 11:28

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by Tetrium

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Dang...another one with a CT1350B...maybe time to start a SB1350B appreciation club? 😜 😜 😜

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Re: Asus P5A - undocumented voltage options?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 11:27

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I didn't realise there was a memory patch for DOS. That sounds interesting. Hopefully someone will have a copy, somewhere. Regarding the 4-in-1 driver package, I wonder if it has a slightly updated AGP driver component, compared to the MS W98 CD? VIA's version 4.35 has an installation option for …

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Re: TURBO BUTTON JUMPER 3 to 2 PINS

Posted on 2011-04-04, 11:22

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Well now, this is odd. Apparently this board won't have a 3-pin-wide turbo cable. What you could do next is check if your case does have a 2-pin one, or simply don't connect it, or connect it to something else (I do the last one all the time ;) ). But perhaps someone else here has a better …

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Re: TURBO BUTTON JUMPER 3 to 2 PINS

Posted on 2011-04-04, 11:17

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First I'd like to WELCOME you to Vogons! ;) About the turbo connector, iirc the turbo connector on the cable has 2 wires with no wire in the middle one. I think many boards either have 2 turbo led headers on the front panel thingy on the motherboard, or it has a header that you can connect both a 2- …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-04, 11:09

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I fired up the K6-III/400 AFK, the Celeron 800 and I even brought the P3-800 down from the attic, and it still works lol! Heres the K6-III rig: http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/inteltetrium/DSC00532.jpg http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/inteltetrium/DSC00531.jpg DSC00532.jpg DSC00531. …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-04, 09:49

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@Tetrium: Nice pics and entertaining stories man! You obviously love your machines- every one of them is given a personality. I've felt that way only for a few of my rigs- an IBM 300PL with a 450Mhz Katmai that I loved sooo much I named it, a P233MMX 430HX system, and a Dell P4 workstation. Hmm, …

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Re: Post your list of (un)favorite motherboard manufacturers here!

Posted on 2011-04-04, 09:36

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What ever happened to Microstar? M icro s tar I nternational you mean? Hmmm never noticed that, but it used to be one word didn't it? Funny thing is I have a retail MSI GTX 260 but never noticed it said "Micro-Star" in small lettering under the MSI logo. I was thinking MicroStar died years ago. Doh …

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Re: SoundBlaster 32 with RAM problems

Posted on 2011-04-04, 09:34

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Ace, think you could post a couple pics of your 2MB 30p simms? ;D

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-04, 00:38

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My cablemanagement is basically: All the extra cables I happen to have left I kinda cram into some of that empty cdrom drive space :D I don't like tie ribs because when I work on computers, I always forget something or need a cable or somewhere...you get the picture. I don't know when a computer is …

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Re: Post your list of (un)favorite motherboard manufacturers here!

Posted on 2011-04-04, 00:29

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bushwack wrote: What ever happened to Microstar? Microstar International you mean?

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