Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-09-09, 12:10

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Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-09-09, 12:10

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Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-09-09, 12:10

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I hope they don't get resized. I took some effort to get them under 8 kb. Filename Average_all_games_normalised_to_POD100.png File size 7.64 KiB Views 3508 views Filename Average_all_games.png File size 7.49 KiB Views 3508 views Filename Descent1.png File size 7 KiB Views 3508 views Filename …

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Re: 386 motherboard chipset comparison

Posted on 2018-09-09, 10:21

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I thought I recall reading that the interleaved memory of the ET4000/w32i only works in Windows? Am I remembering incorrectly?

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-09, 09:28

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Why even bother? If it's your main system, there's vastly better options to upgrade for a similar price. There is something about trying to take a piece of hardware to the max that excites and entertains me. Of course it may be impractical, but I don't care. The majority of things people do and …

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Re: 386 motherboard chipset comparison

Posted on 2018-09-09, 05:28

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Which versions of univbe did you try? Try out 5.0, 5.1, and 5.3 for starters.

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Re: Think I broke my Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2018-09-08, 23:07

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Killed the cache 'eh? Did you try the 'bad' cache in another board? Perhaps you inserted a module backwards during your panic? I've done that before, but I've adopted a habit then when working on boards, I leave my finger on the power button. If I don't hear a beep or see something on the screen …

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Re: Think I broke my Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2018-09-08, 22:15

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Was the chipset heating up as well? What temperature was the cache? Tape your multi-meter's thermocouple to the surface or use one of those IR heat guns to measure the surface temperature. Could be that your cache has a short, or there is a short on the MB. What is the off resistance from Vcc to GND …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-08, 21:48

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8.0 stopped receiving security updates several years ago. Win7, 8.1, and 10 are the three currently supported versions. Ok. Is there really anything wrong with 32-bit Win 8.1 or 32-bit Win 10? I'm not really excited about the idea of upgrading Win7 64-bit in a little over 1 year, or having to hunt …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-08, 21:42

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I recently bought modern arctic freezer 13 cooler for my FX-60. It seems to be keeping it very cool. Claims to be 24 dBA. Is that when the fan is running at full speed? If so, seems like a nice system. Assuming your graphics card does not accelerate or decode youtube videos, could you play a 1080p …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-08, 11:29

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Any way to get 8.0 to look like 8.1 and to run as solid?

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-08, 10:59

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Interesting. Were you able to quantify the performance benefit of PC133 vs. EDO DRAM on this board? On my Biostar board, if I wanted to max out the RAM, so 256 MB using SDRAM, I could only go up to 66 MHz FSB for the system to be fully stable (e.g. it wouldn't crash running XP updates for hours). At …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-08, 10:22

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Oh nice indeed! Did you look for undocumented Vcore settings? My Biostar 430TX board had a lot of undocumented Vcore options, even as low as 2.1 V. 83 MHz works reliably on my board if I use 72-pin SIMMs. Did you try a single stick of FPM, say, only 32 MB?

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-07, 23:13

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OK, so the options for the Opteron 185 are Win7 64-bit, Win7 32-bit, or Win10 32-bit? Or if using an AM2 upgrade card, Win10 64-bit?

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Retrobrite + grow light

Posted on 2018-09-07, 19:30

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It is very unlikely that I will get to retrobriting my cases during the short summer months and will have to settle for winter. Has anyone had success using a grow light indoors with their cases? Which type of bulb would I need to get for this? How long did you need to illuminate the plastic?

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-07, 11:11

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Do you know if you've installed .NET Framework 2.0 Service pack something... KB4344180? It is from August 2018.

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-07, 09:48

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Just two updates so far then. I'll give 'em a go. (Edit: They worked on all my PIII's and Via C3 Nehemiah). My PIII's are going through mass updates now. It's the end of the line.

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-07, 07:44

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Opteron 100 series and Athlon 64 x2 do not support 64-bit OSes? How does one determine this?

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-07, 00:14

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Standard Def Steve, you mentioned that you are dual booting XP and Win7. Are you using a boot manager, or is the Win7 installation smart enough to use its own boot manager? I haven't played with Win7 much, so I'm a bit of a novice here. I might dual boot XP and Win10 to help ease out XP. I'd prefer …

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-06, 22:35

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Yes, SSE1-only. Did you take note of which updates from August 2018 worked?

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