Re: Upgrade Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428-80QC-A to 2mb

Posted on 2023-03-15, 00:17

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Too expensive. I've bought these from Aliexpress and had no issues. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000417164509.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.21fd32901qzI0h&algo_pvid=462de85f-a405-43e0-9657-66a1384beaa2&algo_exp_id=462de85f-a405-43e0-9657-66a1384beaa2-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A% …

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Re: Bad socket 370 CPU?

Posted on 2023-03-09, 00:24

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by Imperious

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After all that testing definitely try the cpu first, hopefully it's just that.

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Re: Bad socket 370 CPU?

Posted on 2023-03-08, 13:25

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It was really just an idea I was putting forward. Can't You turn off the thermal protection in the bios, or is that for later architectures? Actually I bought a Socket 370 motherboard last year and it is highly unstable causing reboots, could be capacitors even though they all look perfect. The …

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Re: Bad socket 370 CPU?

Posted on 2023-03-08, 00:24

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by Imperious

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Your cpu will be running off the 5v rail from the PSU. I'm amazed no one has yet mentioned that modern PSU's do not provide many Amps on the 5v rail as everything after P4 and Athlon 64 uses the 12v rail. Can You please give us the PSU 5v Amps rating? You could try dropping the fsb to 66mhz to …

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Re: Voodoo 2 card issues

Posted on 2023-03-07, 00:20

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If the pads are clean likely there was nothing there in the first place. R51 is a 10 ohm 0603 size resistor so replace that first and take it from there. I'd also check the pins on the TMU's and FBI are not loose. Use a scalpel blade for that. Good luck.

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 1 fault diagnosis and repair

Posted on 2023-02-28, 00:21

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I have a standard Hakko Soldering station at home and I used a Hakko FR-803 desoldering station at work. Other than that just solder braid and flux. There is a bit too much solder on the pins but doesn't matter as no shorts.

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 1 fault diagnosis and repair

Posted on 2023-02-27, 13:35

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successful tests

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 1 fault diagnosis and repair

Posted on 2023-02-27, 13:35

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I finally got around to removing the FBI memory ics . Took it into work where there is a hot air solder station. I cleaned all the solder on the removed ics as I wanted to test the memory and also test the replacement memory to avoid soldering in another faulty ic. It took a while but I finally …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 1 fault diagnosis

Posted on 2023-02-19, 12:36

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more pics

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3dfx Voodoo 1 fault diagnosis and repair

Posted on 2023-02-19, 12:35

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This is my original Voodoo 1, a Diamond Monster 3D rev D. A while back it was starting to randomly lock up after varying periods of gaming, eventually deteriorating to the point leading to the screen below upon trying to start anything. I was thinking the worst as in bad FBI or TMU but thanks to a …

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Re: S3 86C805 1024x768 High Color?

Posted on 2023-02-15, 00:20

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I think the "waste of time" advice is to do with performance only, especially in Dos there is no point going from 1MB to 2MB with either card. For Windows You will get better colour depth, that's all.

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Re: Nvidia Quadro FX 3400 and FX 3450 scores issue in 3dmark 2003

Posted on 2023-02-09, 00:21

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by Imperious

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Must be driver related. I suspect if You were using WinXP with non modded drivers You wouldn't have this issue. Justout of curiosity what are the rest of the system specs?

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Re: BIOS for Cirrus Logic CL 542 XVL1 32 bit (VLB)

Posted on 2022-12-22, 00:27

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You will have to use a generic Cirrus Logic 5429 bios You can get from here https://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item … logic-cl-gd5429 You will also need an eprom programmer and a 27c256 eprom or eeprom.

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Re: CT2980 Sound Blaster 16 in 8 bit ISA slot?

Posted on 2022-12-15, 00:25

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by Imperious

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Not sure about that model specifically, but I've used 1 of my SB16's in an 8 bit slot and it worked perfectly. The IDE will not work. Rout the PC Speaker through the sound card while You're at it, sounds a lot better than some crappy case speaker. I had it working in Lemmings but even at 10mhz the …

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Re: Pentium 4 - Silly overkill machine

Posted on 2022-12-08, 13:27

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by Imperious

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There is almost no way the computer would even boot if the clockgen IC was fried.

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Re: I think my Zida 4DPS died

Posted on 2022-12-08, 10:46

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by Imperious

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Assuming You don't have EDO ram installed. It only supports FPM.

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 00:15

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by Imperious

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I have a few P200 mmx and a P233 mmx and all will run all day at 100x2.5 2.8v. Maybe Yours has already been damaged somehow if it needs 3.2v for 250mhz.

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Re: Retro Styled Modular IPS Display for old and new systems

Posted on 2022-11-28, 00:26

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There is no such thing as a 5:4 TV in Pal land. all CRT TV's and CRT monitors were 4:3, aside from some wide screen models at the very end of crt production. So all resolutions regardless of square or non square pixels filled a 4:3 aspect ratio. 5:4 was a LCD monitor thing only, probably the reason …

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Re: win98se issues with asus p4p800 and radeon 9800 pro

Posted on 2022-11-23, 00:29

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I would go into the bios and turn everything off not being used, like COM ports, Parallel port, Lan, and anything else. I have a P4P800 dlx and had it running dos ok, but I was using a Dos boot floppy with Dos 7 and the relevant files on the hdd. I had Winxp as the OS. I am not a fan of Dos related …

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Re: ATI HD 2600 XT AGP - XP 32 bit drivers not working

Posted on 2022-10-28, 05:23

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by Imperious

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It sounds like You've got more than just display driver issues if it can't even find the files.

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