Hi, I have what I believe to be an original SoundBlaster as well as a SoundBlaster 16. I was wondering if anyone could give me any specifics on these two, namely, is there anything noteworthy about them or are they just plane jane? Thanks. Sorry about the crude panoramic for the SB16: final1.jpg …

IIRC, and FWIW I think the 186 9 added full duplex support. Was a great card back in the day, excellent value and the compatibility was amazing. Would change the caps on these though. They've got to be 20 years old now, and they were off-brand caps to begin with. I have several of these cards still …

I only see two or three capacitors on the A7M266-D that need replacing. Two Teapos to the left of the Northbridge, and possibly one more at the top of the board behind the I/O panel, specifically the one right behind the two USB ports. The rest of the caps on the board are Rubycons and Fujitsus. The …

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I just call it like I see it, and what I've seen is that most of the Samxon caps I've encountered have been bad. That covers multiple different series (GF being the most troublesome and most commonly encountered, but also GD, RS, LP, and KM, with the LP being primarily in audio equipment and the KM …

Cleaning the basement and organizing some of my retro boxes today.. I'm still using one of those Enlight 7237 cases for my main rig (2006'ish Pentium D). Enlight really liked to use a thick gauge steel, unlike the cheap flimsy cases of today. The power supplies that came with those units were …

I don't like the first person view... I much prefer UO style. Does anyone know if RunUO ever caught up all the way with KR?

All drives take forever to recover from C2 error's on discs, unless you have certain Plextor drives (which have fast error skip capability). That's incorrect. Taking from what I remember about FES (Fast Error Skip) years ago, and which drives were good at it, I would conclude that almost ALL modern …

Looks like something I've typically found on the side of the road... What on earth could this be used for that any modern machine with a XP partition couldn't be used for?

Thanks for your show Asik. You're one of the the only ones who doesn't utter vulgarities every few seconds. Your shows are well made and interesting, and you have a pleasant demeanour and a proper vocabulary. Pretty good for a Canadian.

Judging from this review of a similar model, it looks like it has decent input protection (You might want to replace the four diodes with a bridge rectifier) and good secondary filtering (meaning actual filtering coils on the secondary instead of wire bridges)... What the PSU noticeably lacks is a …

Hi, I used to enjoy your channel, how come you haven't posted any new videos in almost a year!!?? I remember especially the video where you had to buy a third-party flyback to fix an old CRT. That's why I like videos from third world countries, the hardware worked on is usually 80s... That PSU looks …

Anyone know why GUS support is broken for patched Apogee games? For instance, ROTT unpatched works OK with GUS FX and Music. Patched it crashes at loading sequence for level, if you can make it past the errors in the sound setup. Wacky Wheels, using full version "Registered and Upgraded" (I'm not …