Re: It was the Battery!

Posted on 2017-05-29, 00:37

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by Frasco

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2.1v at the battery may or may not be good enough to hold the data - but the circuit leading to the CMOS is potentially going to drop the voltage slightly as it goes through diodes, etc. Some systems will let you set values, save and boot just fine. Others will let you set values, save, and then …

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Re: It was the Battery!

Posted on 2017-05-27, 20:21

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by Frasco

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Are you sure about that ? I ask you because 2.1v seems to be good enough to hold data and avoid instability. You have to set the Clear CMOS jumper to position "Clear CMOS" before your computer goes to storage. This way you avoid this problem. Confirm ? Obviously now you're always POSTing your PC and …

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Re: Recommend a good ISA DOS soundcard

Posted on 2017-05-27, 17:11

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by Frasco

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yeah I hear you. Originally I drifted to this board in the search of building a PowerVR PC to run Resident Evil but I just stayed here for the love of retro hardware and I am always fascinated by old tech and 90ties PCs, call it nostalgia if you like. I am quite often on eBay and look out for some …

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Re: Recommend a good ISA DOS soundcard

Posted on 2017-05-27, 02:55

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by Frasco

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thanks a lot for the insight, very interesting to hear these opinions, one thing that confuses me even more is that I do get sound in mech warrior 2 from my SB0160 but I dont get any sound in Tomb Raider or Mega Man X, I do get sound thou if I emulate them with DOS box :/ how can dosbox emulate …

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Re: Recommend a good ISA DOS soundcard

Posted on 2017-05-26, 21:56

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by Frasco

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Tough...I'm sure people are preparing an answer for you, cause I am really confused. Mech Warrior plays CD music. Looks like Tomb Raider supports MP3 music or General MIDI. I'm not so sure of this... The music for Tomb Raider was composed by Nathan McCree. Unlike most other games of the time, there …

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Re: Cleaning corosion on an odd sound card (Gallant SC-8000)

Posted on 2017-05-26, 20:19

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by Frasco

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Not rude at all. I was just asking you to be patient along the way. Besides, I'm the one hijacking your thread :) :) :evil: I've set the temperature to 500°C. It may sound high but since I'm not directly touching it, I think that air cools down quickly. At 400°C I wasn't able to desolder anything. …

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Re: Cheap AT/ATX Test Bench?

Posted on 2017-05-26, 17:47

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by Frasco

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Wow...Modification is easy. Playing basketball when you are 6'00'' and must shoot in front of a 7' breathing in your neck is easy. Playing Tomb Raider II is piece of cake. :dead: Sorry, this is just to demonstrate how interested I am on the qdiy PC-D60. The only thing holding me: Dexvx said - it …

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Re: Cleaning smoke damaged computer

Posted on 2017-05-24, 10:29

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by Frasco

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Believe it or not, folks, we are in the presence of a myth here. WD-40 is free from silicone. No grease aspect at all and it is not conductive. I will take the blows, no problem, but call stands - I use WD-40 and it never gave me a single issue. The contrary. It's only been a friend and a …

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Re: Cleaning smoke damaged computer

Posted on 2017-05-24, 07:25

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by Frasco

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Stop it. WD-40 is one of the most powerful names in the world, head to head with coca-cola. Only 3 people know its formula. You encounter it in every corner of the world. However it seems people are afraid of the propaganda or cliché. Also, it will totally remove the humidity from your parts and …

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Re: Cleaning corosion on an odd sound card (Gallant SC-8000)

Posted on 2017-05-24, 06:07

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At this moment I don't have solder paste so I didn't use that technique. Deksor: I meant to use solder paste to solder the problematic legs, not to desolder the stuck ones. Is this a stupid idea and removing the chip completely is mandatory in my case ? I repeat - This is a finick nOOb talking to …

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Re: Cleaning corosion on an odd sound card (Gallant SC-8000)

Posted on 2017-05-22, 23:39

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Would you mind telling me what to buy and how to accomplish that feat (The COMPUMEDIA removing) ? A Hot air station is on its way to my home as recently I found out a chipset with 3 loose legs in one side, and six in adjacence. I believe this is working as isolators and in consequence my motherboard …

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Re: Hanging notes bug and EMU8000 on an AWE32/SB32

Posted on 2017-05-21, 22:48

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by Frasco

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And if this is true, here is where the carnage commences. I will destroy destroy all of them!

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Re: Which one of these ss7 motherboard should I put to repair? Iwill XA100Plus (Alladin V) or DFI K6XV3+/66?

Posted on 2017-05-21, 10:00

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by Frasco

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I'll be really grateful for anyone who can help me. I get the concept of fuse, to protect, and that's it. So it might take a while for me to learn the "super" simple fix. What I have gathered so far:´ A P110 on the subject (EPOX motherboard) next to PS/2 ports, P260 on the possible replacement ( …

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Re: Gravis Ultrasound Classic problems

Posted on 2017-03-28, 16:50

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One broken Classic is on the way allready ;) Got some reaserching skills and a little bit of luck ;) Hope it's not broken in the same way as this one... who knows Good for you, cause I have found the LAPC-I and Roland and Yamaha daughterboards, but GUS. I can see you love red. Now I remember you …

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Re: Gravis Ultrasound Classic problems

Posted on 2017-03-28, 08:02

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by Frasco

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It's clear now all you gotta do is change the GF1, but here we go... (why not? It may take years for you to find one cheaply and get away with it). My skills with a multimeter is usually limited to measuring 9V DC adapters and the like, to see if they are alive, so I'm not sure I did things …

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Re: Trident Graphics Card Dead or Dying?

Posted on 2017-03-16, 07:13

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by Frasco

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Not 100% shure if you have the exact same problem as I had. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Interlaced_video_frame_%28car_wheel%29.jpg That's more like it. If you happens to have such a box, then try it and see what happens. :-) I don't want four monitors displaying that freak! …

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Re: PC Rebooting Issue

Posted on 2017-03-15, 16:32

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by Frasco

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You just don't want to use 1GB of RAM and an AGP card. Really! This sucks and will completely destroy your files forever. And you end up thinking something went wrong with the chipset or worse! 😠

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Re: PC Rebooting Issue

Posted on 2017-03-15, 15:08

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by Frasco

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One day I patched** Windows 98SE - including the supplement mentioned in the link, messed with BIOS option (ACPI), replaced PSU, updated all drivers, to no avail. When I installed Windows XP or Windows 95, the issues are gone. But then again, I assume you don't want XP in your computer. My memory is …

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Re: PC Rebooting Issue

Posted on 2017-03-15, 02:21

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by Frasco

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Have you ever installed all updates for Windows98SE ?

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Re: Trident Graphics Card Dead or Dying?

Posted on 2017-03-15, 01:47

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by Frasco

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If so, check if there is a jumper/switch on the card that toggles between interleaving and non-interleaving. Try fiddling with that. Now that brostenen nailed it, I hope you don't mind telling us what interleaving and non-interleaving are supposed to do. I am asking you this because all my ISA …

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