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I ordered a video card but received an LED landscape light instead. Or did I...?

Posted on 2021-10-04, 21:09

in Milliways

in Milliways

I had to stare at this long and hard. I don't remember ordered an LED landscape light. I live in an apartment and don't even have a lawn. Filename IMG_20211004_165257_resize_92.jpg File size 650.48 KiB Views 426 views Oh there it is! Inside was not an LED lamp but the video card I ordered. Filename …

Re: How to test BIOS chips purchased from eBay?

Posted on 2021-10-04, 21:04

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Thank you for the recommendation. I've ordered a TL866II Plus with adapters to try this. I had originally intended to test chips just by hot flashing them but I realized today that there isn't enough room on these boards to extract the chips safely while powered on. IMG_20211004_165827_resize_50.jpg …

Re: Does anyone have a GeForce 6600 AGP card to help test for a graphical glitch?

Posted on 2021-10-04, 05:02

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Thank you for the advice. I've got Video Memory Stress test running to validate.

Re: Does anyone have a GeForce 6600 AGP card to help test for a graphical glitch?

Posted on 2021-10-04, 03:20

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in Marvin \ Video

Success! I managed to get it working with driver version 71.84 on Windows XP with a 440BX chipset. A CPU with SSE such as Pentium 3 or better must be used for shader effects. For example, the FX Dawn demo will crash on an early Celeron without SSE and 3DMark2001 will show significant corruption like …

Re: Has anyone gotten the GeForce FX Dawn tech demo to work on Windows 98/ME?

Posted on 2021-10-04, 02:24

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

The reason this was crashing and the error is misleading. These features are not available on later versions of the drivers without SSE but the error incorrectly says that it's your video card that is missing the features. Earlier versions of the driver after version 56.64 will instead just crash, …

Re: Does anyone have a GeForce 6600 AGP card to help test for a graphical glitch?

Posted on 2021-10-04, 02:21

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in Marvin \ Video

ASUS P2B with Pentium 3 for SSE and driver version 175.19 with GeForce 6600 AGP. Dawn is here to haunt your dreams. Filename IMG_20211003_221912_resize_87.jpg File size 640.95 KiB Views 791 views

Re: Silicon Image SiI3112 and SiI3114I PCI-to-SATA controllers triage and testing analysis

Posted on 2021-10-03, 20:02

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in Milliways

I have a similar problem with my GeForce 6600 not being able to get enough resources with my Promise IDE controller installed. Thanks for testing.

Re: Does anyone have a GeForce 6600 AGP card to help test for a graphical glitch?

Posted on 2021-10-03, 19:59

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I tried this again on my 440BX but with a Tualatin with Windows XP. Both driver version 81.98 and 175.19 installed and recognized the card but attempting to run anything OpenGL or DirectX would just lock up the system. I tried it on Windows ME again and the whole desktop was corrupted. I don't …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-10-03, 19:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have an Intel i740 graphics card and it's pretty good. It's nothing special and it's not very fast but it worked well in my tests and would be a great choice for 2D and basic 3D. I think these would have been a lot more useful if Intel had made them PCI. I don't think there are enough good PCI …

Re: Does anyone have a GeForce 6600 AGP card to help test for a graphical glitch?

Posted on 2021-10-03, 19:00

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in Marvin \ Video

Ydee wrote on 2021-10-03, 12:22: What chipset did that give you trouble on? Intel 440BX.

Re: Silicon Image SiI3112 and SiI3114I PCI-to-SATA controllers triage and testing analysis

Posted on 2021-10-03, 10:56

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in Milliways

But are you testing it with or without the drivers installed? The SSD I used for testing is a 120GB Corsair Force GT. I have a couple of these and have used them for years without issue. Online reviews say that it has a SandForce SF-2281 processor.

Re: GeForce FX driver testing on an Intel 440EX summary and report

Posted on 2021-10-03, 10:04

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in Marvin \ Video

I've finally managed to track down the cause of the driver instability I've been experiencing since version 56.64 in my testing. It comes down to Nvidia having a different code path for SSE-enabled processors or a bug introduced by a new optimization. This can be demonstrated exactly by the T&L demo …

Re: Does anyone have a GeForce 6600 AGP card to help test for a graphical glitch?

Posted on 2021-10-03, 09:31

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in Marvin \ Video

I tested this card today on Windows XP with driver version 307.83 on a Socket 775 without any problems. I also tested it with Windows ME again but on this same Socket 775 motherboard and there was no graphical corruption. I'm not sure what the problem is but it may be some interaction with these …

Re: Silicon Image SiI3112 and SiI3114I PCI-to-SATA controllers triage and testing analysis

Posted on 2021-10-03, 08:10

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'm pretty sure that I was stable so long as I had the drivers installed even on a pre-Coppermine Celeron. I've put these away in a bin already so I can't confirm.

Re: Has anyone gotten the GeForce FX Dawn tech demo to work on Windows 98/ME?

Posted on 2021-10-03, 07:40

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in Marvin \ Video

I'm having issues with the Dawn demo on my ASUS P2B 440BX even on Windows XP. With driver 81.98 the demo straight up crashes. With the latest driver 175.19 I get a popup saying that I'm missing a number of features and that I need a GeForce FX card. The results were the same with a FX 5600 and 5950. …

Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on 2021-10-03, 05:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I happened to be going through my PCI USB cards today and tested them on a 440BX motherboard with Windows XP. None of the USB 2 VIA controllers worked; one was not detected and the other would cause the system to lock up. I had very good success with NEC controllers. I did have some lockups when …

Re: Someone is selling a bunch of NIB HighPoint ATA33 PCI cards in eBay for cheap

Posted on 2021-10-03, 05:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

How does an ISA controller work without a BIOS? Is it something that gets loaded into memory at runtime or is it meant as a physical interface for additional channels not available on the motherboard?

Re: Someone is selling a bunch of NIB HighPoint ATA33 PCI cards in eBay for cheap

Posted on 2021-10-03, 05:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Are there any IDE controllers that don't have an onboard BIOS?

Re: I'm installing Windows XP on a P2B with a 533Mhz Celeron and it's slowww!

Posted on 2021-10-03, 03:26

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in Milliways

I installed Windows XP again on the same board with the same configuration but using the onboard ATA33 controller and it was much faster. I forgot to mention this before but with my first attempt I was using a Silicon Image SiI0680A IDE controller. I had assumed that it would be as good if not …

Re: Someone is selling a bunch of NIB HighPoint ATA33 PCI cards in eBay for cheap

Posted on 2021-10-03, 02:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think it's reasonable if you want the box for display or are willing to pay a little extra to know that it hasn't be floating in a box of parts where it may have been damaged. IDE controllers are valuable upgrades for specific use cases which is why I shared it. But I also asked about ATA33 …

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