Re: Gpu fan not spinning

Posted on 2022-04-24, 10:18

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by Cuttoon

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That fan looks normal enough. But apparently, it's glued on, that sucks. The card look so high quality, otherwise. It's a brushless DC design, so there must be some electronic below the coils that translate the DC to a rotating field, powering each of the four coils independently, afaik. That might …

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Re: Gpu fan not spinning

Posted on 2022-04-23, 15:38

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by Cuttoon

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I assume it's about preserving the card in its original state, not just cooling. Yes, check the voltage on that header. But, it would be REALLY weird if the plug somehow refuses to provide 12 volts. Check the cables right next to the fan or its connectors, if you can reach those. Maybe the cable is …

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Re: Smallest case for baby AT

Posted on 2022-04-23, 15:26

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by Cuttoon

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Thats not a small motherboard it’s 13-inches long. Either of those posted mini tower cases should work. And you can get a more powerful PSU if needed. Standard AT size PSU. Well, that's 330 mm, which is simply the full baby AT standard. That's 86 mm more than µATX but I very much doubt there were …

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-23, 15:09

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by Cuttoon

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Oh, well, WW2 was actually a thing before SPR and no one here in Europe needs a movie to be reminded of it. Like i've said before, It's this particular movie's success that pretty much set the videogame market into D-dayMania for longer than the actual war. It's at least very true for the US, until …

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Re: Smallest case for baby AT

Posted on 2022-04-23, 13:06

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by Cuttoon

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This is is small and light too and you can remove the hard drive tray for long motherboards. Weight is about 5lbs empty. Dimensions: 16-inches long, 7-inches wide, 13-inches tall See my posts: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=82142&hilit=easy+win95+build That looks like a typical mini …

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Re: Smallest case for baby AT

Posted on 2022-04-23, 12:52

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by Cuttoon

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Does "long baby AT" mean the full 33 cm of the specification or are there even longer ones? Shouldn't there be a lot of µATX cases around that will fit those, with some tinkering? I wonder if "low profile" would be an option, with certain cards... 😁

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Re: Is there any way to adjust pc speaker output when pc speaker output through sound card

Posted on 2022-04-23, 12:46

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by Cuttoon

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0 … e_mixer_DOS.JPG "PC Spk", center of left column 😉

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Re: Blue Screen of Death when enabling second monitor

Posted on 2022-04-23, 01:51

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by Cuttoon

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Well, as far as I know, Windows XP had similar problems and the eventual solution was called Windows 7, but I'm curious if anyone here has a better answer!

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Re: How do you enjoy games like Wolf3D/Blake Stone without WASD?

Posted on 2022-04-23, 00:35

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by Cuttoon

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I never even used wasd in any game, and I lived.

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Re: Bought these retro video card today... what do ya thinks?

Posted on 2022-04-22, 22:43

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by Cuttoon

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hard to tell before you test them. But chances are, you won't make a loss there. gf 256 DDR sure tend to move in the three figures but they can be finicky. Weird to see that some of the CT6970 had a fan header and some didn't. Will these people please make up their mind? That V2 is the 12 MB version …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-22, 22:37

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by Cuttoon

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Yep, the full towers are a logistical nightmare and tbh, I tend to fear for my back when moving them. But... as you've proven once more: They are much more likely to contain the good stuff. Like, really rare drives that are rare because when they appeared, they were advanced and expensive, or, same …

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Re: Use IDE DVD-RW for Retro DOS Computer?

Posted on 2022-04-22, 22:28

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by Cuttoon

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yeah no need for the weird formats... so ill probably just go for it. I do have a large number of original cd-rom games, so ill need a tool. I wasnt even aware that speed could be an issue. The drives I have are newer than the 90's style pc, but still pretty old (I figure 10 years or older) given …

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Re: Video Card for Socket 7 PCI Build?

Posted on 2022-04-22, 22:20

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by Cuttoon

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hehe, that question never gets old. Brace yourself for half a bible's worth of very specific advice and idle speculation. But, my two cents: All cards should be plenty fast for DOS games. It's a socket 7, after all. The Gona list mentioned before sure is helpful if you have some specific games in …

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Re: crappy old power supplies

Posted on 2022-04-22, 21:55

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by Cuttoon

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You're goddamn right! Alter, please don't misquote me. I make it a habit not to speculate about die Netzgeräte. :D (you must have copypasted the wrong quote string...) Are those caps really that bad? It's definitely worth preserving. Oh well, and I have a MSI KT3-Ultra and and Geforce 4 4200 that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-22, 21:17

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by Cuttoon

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Big towers are not really my pair of shoes, but I got them in a fair price and I wanted them for the drives and cards... Yep, the full towers are a logistical nightmare and tbh, I tend to fear for my back when moving them. But... as you've proven once more: They are much more likely to contain the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-22, 21:10

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by Cuttoon

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But then when I pulled it out today, I saw one of the replacement capacitors was already failing! That will teach me to buy cheap capacitors from an Amazon vendor who apparently sells new old stock from 2002. I have very little hands on experience with the issue, but afaik, capacitors don't just …

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Re: Looking for decent pentium 2/3 laptop for late DOS and win 98 gaming.

Posted on 2022-04-22, 17:42

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by Cuttoon

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tl,dr thinkpad was also the first to my mind. But, obtainium-wise, just out of the blue, the Siemens Amilo line might be abundant next to Germany and too vanilla for anyone to care, yet offer some documentation and replacement batteries. The early win XP era models still had 4:3 screens and a …

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Re: Need help to identify common video resolutions from 1996 to 2006

Posted on 2022-04-22, 17:07

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by Cuttoon

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My apologies, I phrased the question very badly, let me try to be more clear I meant video resolutions used for gaming (no desktop or professional apps), using hardware of that year (more or less) at playable frame rates (where "playable" is 40-60+ FPS, depends of the game, but let's say something …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-22, 16:45

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by Cuttoon

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Does this count as hardware? :P Took delivery of this classic from my youth. One of the cosmetically better units I've found on Ebay (with battery cover even!) and at a relatively cheap price. Was listed as "untested" but turns out it works flawlessly. :D Haha, that is an utterly shameless knockoff …

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Re: Adding RJ45 connector to old ISA network card(s)

Posted on 2022-04-22, 16:38

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by Cuttoon

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Seller from your link doesn't ship to Croatia. That was just an example. I can imagine, Croatia is a much smaller domestic market for these things. Sometimes we Germans forget that we're not the USA, but neither are we a small country. Shipping costs, in my experience with domestic shipping, many …

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