Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-11, 02:54

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by Repo Man11

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Today I stopped by a thrift store I've never been to before, and they had a tower for sale! It's an independent shop and whatever written or unwritten policy that causes St. Vincent DePaul and all of the other thrift stores around here to never sell such things isn't a policy they observe. So I got …

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Re: Strange graphics glitches in multiple games on Windows XP

Posted on 2022-08-09, 23:33

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I would try Riva tuner or (something similar) and underclock the core and memory to see if that changes anything.

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Re: Windows 98 hard drive capacities ?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 22:24

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The first hard drive I ever purchased was a Maxtor ATA66 32 gigabyte in the spring of 2001. That was a pretty big drive then.

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Re: What PCI graphic for specific setup

Posted on 2022-08-09, 21:19

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Have you ordered one of these "chinese" FX5500 PCI (like from Phil's video)? They might not work in old s7 systems... FX5500 has quite high CPU overhead and I wouldn't pair it with something slower than, let say Pentium III / Celeron / Althon / Duron 800. On the previous page I posted a 3D Mark …

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Re: Building a socket a retro system. Some missing parts, need caps, loud fan. Need some advice

Posted on 2022-08-08, 03:21

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For capacitors I've been buying Nichicons from Ebay vendors. I did have a video card where I bought some "Brand X" cheapies from Amazon, and they began bulging a day after I installed them! So it now has Nichicons, and I got to do the job twice. There are new copper bottom Socket A coolers on Ebay …

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Re: FX5200 PCI BIOS & compatibility with detonator 45.23 driver

Posted on 2022-08-07, 22:46

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If anyone knows why "Backup.rom" is not allowed, but "Backup.exe" is, please explain it to me.

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Re: FX5200 PCI BIOS & compatibility with detonator 45.23 driver

Posted on 2022-08-07, 22:38

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I encountered this error too on a K6-2 machine. Seems like nvflash relies on an instruction that isn't present on these processors. I couldn't find any information about it either. I moved the card to a Pentium 4 machine, and Nvflash worked perfectly in that one. The BIOS version displayed during …

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Re: FX5200 PCI BIOS & compatibility with detonator 45.23 driver

Posted on 2022-08-07, 21:47

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I installed the card in my Soyo 5EMA+ and double checked and it is a 256 megabyte/128 bit card, and it does work fine with Windows 98 SE and the 45.23 driver. Nvflash isn't cooperating; running it from a DOS boot disk it always gives this same error: "Exiting due to signal SIGILL Invalid Opcode at …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-07, 17:51

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Flea market finds 20220806_131453.jpg 20220806_131532.jpg Nothing impressive, but still nice to find boards like these. Specially for 10 usd/eur for both. Also bought a 12 Mb Voodoo2, PowerColor branded for 33 usd/eur this week. The card is missing it's bracket, but it's working! 20220807_152731. …

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Re: DFI K6XV3+ REV: B and K6-2+/570MHz

Posted on 2022-08-07, 17:07

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by Repo Man11

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The BIOS modified by Soggi that Nemo linked to gives you the option of setting the frontside bus in the BIOS up to 133 MHz.

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Re: FX5200 PCI BIOS & compatibility with detonator 45.23 driver

Posted on 2022-08-07, 01:05

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I have one of these, and if you can recommend a program, I could get a copy of the BIOS. https://www.newegg.com/pny-geforce-fx-5200-vc … N82E16814133007

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Re: CPU upgrade options for a PCPartner MB520N socket 7 motherboard

Posted on 2022-08-06, 19:58

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by Repo Man11

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The Asus P55T2P4 had a version with single voltage, and one with split voltage. You can see the difference in the size of the heatsink on the VRM of the two different versions and the addition of copper chokes on the split voltage Rev. 3.1.

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Re: CPU upgrade options for a PCPartner MB520N socket 7 motherboard

Posted on 2022-08-06, 19:51

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Here's a good video (for us non EE people) that explains the different regulators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMiGVQbMC5U

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Re: Socket 7 build, which direction should I go?

Posted on 2022-08-05, 23:27

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Well update: Soyo board arrived....and even after replacing all the "visually" failing capacitors, I still can't get it to post. Tried three four chips, different known good RAM/Video etc. It powers on and off fine, chips get warm but no beeps and no post. I don't have a post card so that sucks. I …

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Re: DFI K6XV3 (REV. B+) and K6-2+/570MHz

Posted on 2022-08-05, 17:13

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Vogons has a thread dedicated to benchmark racing Super 7 systems with 3D Mark 2000, so if you want to know exactly what difference CPU and motherboard cache makes on performance it is well documented there. All evidence indicates that the best MVP3 motherboards with two megabytes of on onboard …

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Re: HD 3850 AGP Aftermarket Cooler Suggestions

Posted on 2022-08-04, 14:43

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I would not recommend WD-40 in this application. It is a very light mineral oil - standard lubricating oil will work much better and, more importantly, much longer. WD40 was developed to displace water, not for long term lubrication. Here's what I use. Thanks, i will look into that 👍 (But the one i …

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Re: Modern supply for my Barton

Posted on 2022-08-03, 14:15

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To avoid having to store 10+ cases, i have a bunch of "fixed" configs, plus a test bench where i assemble the other configs when i want to use one. On this bench, i'm using the same PSU for everything from Socket 7 to S1366 : SilverStone SST-ST1000G https://www.pccasegear.com/products/16483/ …

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Re: asus p/i-p55t2p4 not getting past POST with above 16mb Ram

Posted on 2022-08-02, 04:14

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Have you checked the SIMM slots for any corrosion on the contacts? Cleaning them with contact cleaner can't hurt, and it might help. A real long shot would be a very weak PSU; seems doubtful to me, but if you have another power supply that you can try that would be one more thing you could cross off …

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Re: Modern supply for my Barton

Posted on 2022-08-01, 17:25

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by Repo Man11

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Here's another that should work.

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Re: Modern supply for my Barton

Posted on 2022-08-01, 17:05

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by Repo Man11

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I use one of these with my 8KRA2+:

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