Re: Identify VGA card
Posted on 2014-04-03, 00:10
It is neither of those cards, the odds of it being something newer like a voodoo rush is possible.
Re: Low performance on my 486's HDD?
Posted on 2014-04-02, 13:36
This is normal and expected from drives of that era.
Re: Replacing or refurbishing little chipset fans
Posted on 2014-04-02, 13:34
Sometimes a squirt of WD-40 gets the job done without taking no more than just a few seconds of time.
Re: Has anyone used modern VIA CPUs?
Posted on 2014-04-01, 21:02
They have a decent performing quad core but everything around it is so dated that making it into a decent platform would be too costly. IPC it is up there with AMD and surprisingly close to Intel but behind fpu wise. At least it has better fpu performance than what amd has but the lack of a imc ( …
Re: Replacing or refurbishing little chipset fans
Posted on 2014-04-01, 18:59
Very easy job and something I learned on my own almost a decade ago 😉 Just peal the sticker on the back and apply oil to the barring then give it a spin by hand till it spins easy.
Re: Adding ram to trident vlb?
Posted on 2014-04-01, 02:39
I have tried this and might have killed a Tseng 4000wp2 :L Trident is one of the slower choices out there but compatibility. Once you do upgrade the memory the gains will come mainly from the extra bandwidth but not much else. Did you stick the memory in the wrong way> Nope but it wouldn't surprise …
Re: Adding ram to trident vlb?
Posted on 2014-03-31, 17:39
Well I suppose I could order 4 chips and practice on a spare board I have and if the one upgrade goes well, then upgrade the other. On another note, these are definitely SOJ package chips? I think I saw another package type called TSOP and it looked similar. Don't just get tied up on what the …
Re: Adding ram to trident vlb?
Posted on 2014-03-31, 16:35
I have tried this and might have killed a Tseng 4000wp2 :L Trident is one of the slower choices out there but compatibility. Once you do upgrade the memory the gains will come mainly from the extra bandwidth but not much else.
Re: Advice on upgrading a socket A platform.
Posted on 2014-03-31, 16:31
What web browser are you using? If it is firefox then no wonder, can suck hard resource wise even on a new system then again adobe flash is about as dependable as a politician. I wouldn't bother with ECS or anything from PC Chips, there are hoards of other junk boards but too many to remember. Go …
Re: Pentium 200 "Multi-Speed" Game & Midi System
Posted on 2014-03-31, 16:25
Nice build, want some inside shots 🤣
Re: 486DX2-66 with PCI
Posted on 2014-03-31, 16:22
Very nice, would love to build such a system but obama economy sucks 🙁 Working on building three vlb systems but have to hold back till late May before I have enough cash x.x I suggest that you support that Awe 32 before it sags any more than it already has.
Re: RAMBUS
Posted on 2014-03-31, 16:18
Yea they are still around and to top it off that even now they are a problem for AMD and Nvidia. They hold so many of the IP for memory controllers it is not funy and they are moving into surveillance as well. I hope scum companies like this get sunk when the bottom finally falls out of the …
Re: RAMBUS
Posted on 2014-03-31, 13:47
Yea they are still around and to top it off that even now they are a problem for AMD and Nvidia. They hold so many of the IP for memory controllers it is not funy and they are moving into surveillance as well. I hope scum companies like this get sunk when the bottom finally falls out of the …
Re: Book about Vesa local bus cards
Posted on 2014-03-29, 22:50
I would like this as well as I recently salvaged a lot of VLB boards along with a few cards.
Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online
Posted on 2014-03-29, 22:49
A bit much http://www.amazon.com/MOTHERBOARD-486DX-BIOS- … data/B00B87EUSW http://www.ebay.com/itm/4DMU-HL3S-L4-V1A-P409 … y-/110924383491
Re: slot or socket
Posted on 2014-03-29, 21:41
ncmark wrote: Are you saying P3s are junk? I didn't say that, those super crappy power supplies with the rotted caps and low end boards are to be avoided. A lot of them oems from the time were horrid when it came to features.
Re: slot or socket
Posted on 2014-03-29, 19:59
Avoid the junk in general but go for the socketed versions as they are easy to work with.
Re: Voodoo5 issue, hi-res+Glide/UE1 only
Posted on 2014-03-29, 02:07
Would be nice if there was a tool/utility that can test the vram for errors as that is likely the problem. Any other games that act up at all in any way?
Re: vista 64 not so bad?
Posted on 2014-03-28, 17:23
The only things that I really hate about Vista is it does hog a little more than XP and 7 but mainly how it can degrade overtime. Still it is the most XP like os out there that is x64 and has some nice little extra features that are missing in 7. Tried 8 and then later 8.1 only to despise the UI.
Re: Asus P4P800 Pentium M upgrade
Posted on 2014-03-28, 17:13
I have a laptop with a Celeron M 450, that has SSE3, would one of those chips work in the adaptor? It's a 2gig, 533 FSB, 1mb cache part. No it won't as it is not the exact same socket as used with the PM series. PM these days are dirt cheap with the exception of the PM780 and the rest are basically …
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