Re: Power Supply Fan Replacement
Posted on 2018-08-28, 19:27
Completely the other way around of what you think about it. This number is what the fan will actually ask for, not what it can withstand.
Re: The dream of you all guys! a VLB 386! Say your opinion!!
Posted on 2018-08-28, 16:04
You don't need to try all the combinations. Just lower a value and test. If stable, lower more and re-test. Then move to the next setting. There is no magic combination, just a matter of using the lowest value your system is stable with for all related settings.
Re: The dream of you all guys! a VLB 386! Say your opinion!!
Posted on 2018-08-28, 15:43
Lowest possible of course, WS set to 0 and timing to the tightest. But I thought you "changed them carefully one at a time, and only after reading up on them to fully understand what they mean" and that "I'm barking at the wrong tree" so it can't possibly be that :lol: (lower everything, memtest and …
Re: The dream of you all guys! a VLB 386! Say your opinion!!
Posted on 2018-08-28, 14:58
My DX/40 with the optimum vs the default safe settings and a crapton of wait states. Does the number achieved using the the safe settings look familiar? Filename SYSINFO.jpg File size 105.92 KiB Views 790 views
Re: The dream of you all guys! a VLB 386! Say your opinion!!
Posted on 2018-08-28, 12:39
3) Re: BIOS -- yes, I've tried everything in the BIOS settings. Nothing helped. I thought that changing it from CLK/4 to CLK/5 would do the trick, since 40/5 = 8 ~= 8.33, but no such luck. Wrong kind of RAM, or what? There aren't any jumper settings that pertain to the RAM other than the amount of …
Re: The dream of you all guys! a VLB 386! Say your opinion!!
Posted on 2018-08-28, 07:46
After seeing these numbers I'd guess memory + cache timing.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-08-26, 19:24
Shocked by the responses on the pin thing. Just use a needle/paper board pin/anything similar to open the pin hole on the cable.
Re: Any games that require later Pentiums?
Posted on 2018-08-26, 19:19
The title prepared me to reply in a completely different way, but the text made it clear: You're talking about DOS games. Short answer: No. Long answer: No. SVGA or early 3d accelerators era games run perfectly well/better than just acceptable on a P1 MMX. Yes, some do benefit from a PII, like when …
Re: What retro hardware you killed today or it the past :( RIP.
Posted on 2018-08-22, 18:22
classics :lol: Of course I've done the AT m/b power connector thing, with the exception that this was when AT m/bs were not retro. Was working as a tech back then so it wasn't because of ignorance, but after assembling like a dozen PCs I plugged one pair or connectors the other way around. Cleaned …
Re: Private Messages remain in "outbox" and don't get sent
Posted on 2018-08-22, 17:50
Yeah I was puzzled by this as well in the past. Messages still in your outbox are those that the recipient hasn't read yet. Not the most intuitive notation, I agree, but hey this way you've got a "read" receipt. edit: dominus answered this already while typing
Re: Why Intel dropped the Slot processor form?
Posted on 2018-08-09, 18:53
Correct. The only reason Intel went with the slot form factor was because they were unable to reliably embed cache in their initial PII cores, the Klamath and the Deschutes. Also correct :lol: Just a small comment which doesn't change the essence of what you wrote: they weren't unable, they just …
Re: Aopen Mobo Freezes With Large IDE HDD at Post
Posted on 2018-08-09, 12:47
100% BIOS limit http://us.aopen.com/products_detail.aspx?auno=288 Many times a BIOS upgrade does help with such limits, but keep in mind that 120+GB is waaaay too far from the socket 7 era. There were P3s that wouldn't recognize more than 32GBs. So yeah, try to find the latest BIOS for your board, …
Re: Opinion - Do I need a slowdown method?
Posted on 2018-08-08, 12:12
For me you're more than OK to play anything. The P2 can handle all the late DOS games that are not speed-sensitive to the point where even the 486 might be redundant. There's nothing that needs a P1 @233MHz but won't run on a P2. Also, no matter which path you eventually take, you don't need an …
Re: Bios battery dies after 1-2 weeks.
Posted on 2018-08-08, 06:11
Worst case scenario, a cold, cracked, or bad solder joints under the battery clip itself. Check for corrosion and clean it off with DeoxIt since corrosion can cause the battery to die faster than usual , and re-flash the BIOS chip as well since that might be another issue. How can any of the above …
Re: MS-DOS 6.22 Problem: DOS won't load into HIGH or UMB, why?
Posted on 2018-08-07, 15:17
I think you can use LASTDRIVEHIGH, BUFFERSHIGH, STACKSHIGH and FILESHIGH instead of without 'HIGH' behind them. That frees up a little memory. In Windows 98 DOS it works, I think it does in 6.22 also but I'm not sure. Nope, not on 6.22 :wink: The funny thing is that on Win98 (at least SE) they are …
Re: CF, SD, SSD, etc for Win9x and WinXP
Posted on 2018-08-07, 12:18
Player 4 joins the game: SLC (often called "industrial") Disk on module 😉
Re: MS-DOS 6.22 Problem: DOS won't load into HIGH or UMB, why?
Posted on 2018-08-07, 05:53
Justin1091 wrote: I think you can use LASTDRIVEHIGH, BUFFERSHIGH, STACKSHIGH and FILESHIGH instead of without 'HIGH' behind them. That frees up a little memory. In Windows 98 DOS it works, I think it does in 6.22 also but I'm not sure. Nope, not on 6.22 😉
Re: California Games Epyx
Posted on 2018-08-06, 16:25
That's gnarly!
Re: California Games Epyx
Posted on 2018-08-06, 16:16
yes, what you read is correct. Try running "loadfix" before the .exe
Re: SSL certificate expired. Anybody that has a annoying "HTTPS Strict" can't bypass.
Posted on 2018-08-05, 00:53
Yeah the vogons SSL cert is expired. If your browser is to crappy to bypass an error for an expired SSL cert you may want to think about using a different browser. Nah, I kind of liked that my mainstream browser didn't let me visit a site with an expired certificate. Anyway not a big deal of course …
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