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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-29, 15:06

by bjwil1991

Looks like an 80286 class machine, 3.5" FDD, 5.25" FDD (the HDD is underneath the FDD in case you're wondering), things like that. Also, check the CMOS battery for any leakage and replace the battery with a new one (some of them came with either 3.6V, 3V, or 6V). It also sounds like it came with …

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

Posted on 2018-10-29, 14:39

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What was the error code when you were attempting to activate Windows XP? If 32777, here's a solution : Try disabling the certificate revocation: Method 3: Turn Off Certificate Revocation in Internet Explorer Turn off certificate revocation in Internet Explorer to permit Windows activation to succeed …

Re: Packard bell PB450 repair / mods / upgrade

Posted on 2018-10-29, 04:45

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Are these the correct items in question (minus the 16v 10uF SMD electrolytic capacitors since my VooDoo2 card isn't working properly)? Screenshot_20181029-004244_Digi-Key.jpg Or Screenshot_20181029-005137_Digi-Key.jpg Also, what length are the caps from one end to the other? Is it 1mm or less? …

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

Posted on 2018-10-29, 04:27

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Took out the VooDoo2 card that I have and I found a capacitor with a ding on top of it. The marking says: 10 16S 9G1 Does that mean the cap is 16V 10uF or am I wrong?

[SOLVED] Windows 98SE file explroer popping up every time when logging into the desktop

Posted on 2018-10-28, 19:39

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ Software

I don't know what the heck is going on, but, within the past few days or so, the File Explorer window would pop up every time I log into either my account, my brothers, or if I hit the ESC key (Admin) user. This is the path it goes to every time when I start the desktop: C:\Program Files\Hasbro I …

Re: NEC MultiSync 1850e stuck at 640x480 16-bit color in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2018-10-28, 19:27

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ Video

It's a Windows thing. It also never detected the card in the first place. I placed the GPU on the first PCI slot below the AGP slot, and placed the sound card below the 3dfx VooDoo2 card and all is well again.

Re: NEC MultiSync 1850e stuck at 640x480 16-bit color in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2018-10-28, 03:53

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ Video

Back in the saddle again after placing the GeForce 6200 card on the bottom PCI slot and my VooDoo2 card won't work either (Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius won't run).

Re: Packard bell PB450 repair / mods / upgrade

Posted on 2018-10-28, 01:08

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is there a specific voltage for the capacitors? Also, how'd you get the L2 cache to work? I can never get the 128KB L2 cache to work correctly (possibly because I have an AT&T 64Kx1 chip instead of Cypress. Which cache chips are you using? Also, excellent project, and is it necessary to bridge R131 …

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

Posted on 2018-10-27, 22:32

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Those are beautiful machines.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-27, 21:28

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought a Logitech Optical mouse today for my Windows 98SE machine as the ball mouse was starting to get sluggish.

Re: Packard bell PB450 repair / mods / upgrade

Posted on 2018-10-27, 21:26

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought the fixed one just because it was cheaper. For adjustable you will need 120 ohms and 200 ohms resistors. Check the formula in the datasheet. It is also important to solder two tantalum capacitors C206, C207 Which ratings did you get for the capacitors and they are important for the fixed …

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

Posted on 2018-10-27, 21:22

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Cleaned the keyboard that is used daily for my Windows 98SE machine both the keys and the chassis itself (dust, crumbs, and who-knows what else), cleaned (mostly) the Compaq/Logitech ball mouse, and hooked up a Logitech Optical mouse to the machine with a temporary keyboard.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-26, 20:58

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

They make modern ones, but, wireless only and expensive at best. @SpeedySPCFan you got yourself a new subscriber.

Re: What do you guys do for missing drive bay covers?

Posted on 2018-10-26, 15:30

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I fill the bays with extra items, such as an LS-120 SuperDrive, PCMCIA card bus, CD-ROM drive, hard drive (5.25" to 3.5" adapter), and a bay cover from another system. I wonder if you can 3D print a bay cover for a desktop?

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

Posted on 2018-10-25, 21:21

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Fancy.

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

Posted on 2018-10-25, 21:07

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Forgot that we reached 512 pages on here. To celebrate, I have an EVGA GeForce 6200 PCI card that has 512MB GDDR3 RAM.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-25, 19:58

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Re: 1ghz. CPU build questions ?

Posted on 2018-10-25, 19:45

by bjwil1991

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Pentium rig: Most commonly was to use SDRAM, but there are some (server, i think) motherboards that supports RDRAM and i think i've seen motherboards that support DDR (Apollo Pro 266) There were certain Pentium 4 boards in the early 2000's that used either SD-RAM (ex: HP Pavilion 7995) or RD-RAM ( …