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Re: Need help with floppy drive not working and/or alternatives. Also USB Support?

Posted on 2023-08-06, 17:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Copy the USB Mass storage INF for win98 on, if you have USB. https://www.philscomputerlab.com/windows-98-usb-storage-driver.html Alternatively, if you currently have NO means of getting data in or out-- A null modem cable and CTTY is the most barebones and retro way imaginable. Does the motherboard …

Re: Collection rationale

Posted on 2023-08-06, 00:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Last fall I picked up an assortment of parts which included a Soyo K7V, a Soyo Socket 370 board, and a Tyan Socket 370/Slot 1 board. Both Soyos had to be recapped, and the Tyan booted up to a bootblock BIOS screen, so I pulled the chip and reflashed it. In each case, the amount of satisfaction I …

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

Posted on 2023-08-04, 23:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm curious because my P4S Dragon looks close enough to your board that it wasn't until I saw the VIA chips I realized it was 462, does the C-Media chip cause cursor stuttering if you use a PS2 mouse with it? On my board the PS2 mouse port shares an IRq with the onboard audio. Disabling the …

Re: How do I access the bearing to oil it? - Sapphire Radeon 2600XT

Posted on 2023-08-04, 04:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Can I remove both halves without destroying it? Stick your all fingers between the turbine (yep, it's not a fan) and the base and push them in until the turbine pops out. Do not use tools, only fingers. Otherwise you will break impeller. like this video https://youtu.be/opB5Je1oqpA?t=59 Only at the …

Re: PCI Nvidia Riva TNT2 M64 not working in socket 7 PCI - Fix!

Posted on 2023-08-04, 02:39

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Good work!

Re: Using Windows Update on 2000, XP, Vista in 2022

Posted on 2023-08-04, 02:21

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I'm updating my Soyo Dragon with a 700 MHz Morgan Duron - no issues.

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

Posted on 2023-08-01, 17:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Best looking PCB of that era in my opinion. It was worth the effort IMO, but I've just now discovered that they are picky about CPUs. I have a number of Socket A CPUs that I thought would work in this board, but it doesn't support Throughbreds. The Palomino core XP2000 I have won't post in this …

Re: Soyo SY-4SAW Motherboard with corrupted BIOS - Need help

Posted on 2023-07-31, 18:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've never had any luck doing a bootblock flash (I think it may have worked for me once?) but that's a very late version of Award Flash for such an early mobo, so maybe it will work with an earlier version? Versions 1.2 to 8.99 are available here: https://www.wimsbios.com/awardflasher.jsp#gsc.tab=0 …

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

Posted on 2023-07-31, 18:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I finally got around to recapping the Soyo Dragon I bought last fall. I was holding my breath when I powered it on, because it had so many bad capacitors that I was afraid to even see if it would POST as it was. But the operation was a success! Now to build a system with it. Best looking PCB of …

Re: Help locating bios for this motherboard M748MR Rev:1.3

Posted on 2023-07-31, 03:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Check and see if this BIOS is the same one on the Retro Web: https://web.archive.org/web/20061020193316fw_ … d-bios.asp#M748

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

Posted on 2023-07-31, 00:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I finally got around to recapping the Soyo Dragon I bought last fall. I was holding my breath when I powered it on, because it had so many bad capacitors that I was afraid to even see if it would POST as it was. But the operation was a success! Now to build a system with it.

Re: Can't install Windows xp

Posted on 2023-07-29, 23:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Alright so the installation works fine if i run the cpu at its rated speed. Thanks for the help :thumbsup: I discovered this in 2002 when I got my first copy of WinXP and tried to install it on my KT7A. I had my cheepo TigerDirect RAM set to tight timings, and it seemed okay with Windows 98, but …

Re: Post shows wrong processor ASUS p5a-b rev 1.04

Posted on 2023-07-29, 16:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Have you checked with something like CPU-Z in Windows?

Re: Can't install Windows xp

Posted on 2023-07-28, 19:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Set everything to default speed. IIRC you said you have a K6-2+ 500 MHz, so be sure to set it to 5x100 and set the CMOS settings to the defaults. I find it easiest to run Memtest from a floppy when using machines that have a floppy drive, so hopefully that machines has one, and you have a floppy …

Re: Where the heck do I get capacitors?

Posted on 2023-07-28, 03:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've been using a vendor on Ebay called Lead Electronics. They sell Nichicon caps in small quantities and have reasonable prices and shipping.

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-07-28, 03:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Horun wrote on 2023-07-28, 02:47: Nice find for free, only downside AFAIK is the stand is a bit wimpy on some models. My free from Craigslist backup system now consists of the monitor, the mATX board with an I5 4590, and an eight gigabyte GTX 1060.

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-07-28, 02:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Craigslist Score for the week; Antec 900 case with an i5 4590, Gigabyte motherboard, 16 gigs of DDR3, Corsair power supply. Oddly, this case has the PSU on the bottom, but there's no air vent on the bottom of the case. I spotted this monitor on Craigslist on the free section and the address …

Re: Amd k6-2+ won't run higher than 66 mhz

Posted on 2023-07-27, 17:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Another computer working thanks to one of Jan's excellent patched BIOS! When I first set up my Asus P55T2P4 with a K6-2+ in 2001, it worked well enough with the original BIOS (It was stable and had no issue with POSTing with the Asus BIOS), but then I discovered Jan's page and updated it to a BIOS …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-27, 16:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought an Opteron 180 OSA180DAA6CD which is equivalent to the 4800+ ADA4800DAA6CD, going to give it a shot in my 939 setup since getting an actual 4800+ ADA4800DAA6CD at a reasonable price is pretty much impossible. OPteron 180.jpg Included the part number as that's important since the 6CD version …

Re: Amd k6-2+ won't run higher than 66 mhz

Posted on 2023-07-27, 15:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I guess you are right, I'll just see once i try. Also on the topic of cpu, since you seem to know a lot about the Amd k6-2 is it really safe to overclock the cpu as far as I've dont it? It's running at 600 mhz right now with the 2x multiplier, I dont know how good the temperatures are and for some …

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