Re: Windows 98SE - Driver Issues

Posted on 2018-10-11, 20:46

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by bjwil1991

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Did you disable the onboard video in the BIOS, set the default video to either PCI or AGP, and is the MX4000 a PCI card or AGP? What it also sounds like is a resource conflict somewhere causing the system to lock up for no reason. I'd suggest removing one card at a time, yet keep the video card …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-11, 19:22

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by bjwil1991

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Huh. I have the same one myself. What's your processor running at? Mine is 600MHz.

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Re: Killing a rumor about the 3DO Blaster and some other stuff

Posted on 2018-10-11, 16:45

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by bjwil1991

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Fancy case there, man. Love the front panel speaker controls.

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Re: Video Card from Hell

Posted on 2018-10-11, 16:43

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by bjwil1991

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I have a 23+ year old Seagate 428.1MB HDD and it still works, and my 2009 Seagate 1TB HDD still functions. GPUs are the exact opposite: lost a GeForce 6200 AGP that would overheat and reboot the computer (also artifacts) and ended up tossing it since it's impossible to reflow the solder easily.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-11, 16:36

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by bjwil1991

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Re: Video Card from Hell

Posted on 2018-10-11, 16:31

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by bjwil1991

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Hamby wrote: bjwil1991 wrote: One question: how the hell does that happen? That's your issue: the board is too much for the GTX 1060. How is it too much? Sorry. Wrong assumption.

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Re: Video Card from Hell

Posted on 2018-10-11, 13:28

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by bjwil1991

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My guess is an overload in the voltage regulators that caused the card to catch fire.

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Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)

Posted on 2018-10-11, 13:14

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by bjwil1991

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oeuvre wrote: do you do fantasy? Nope. All of my friends do, but I don't since it's a waste of time for me. I just look at the point differentials for each team (points for vs against) and calculate the correct amount of percentage per team. 1 Win = 100% 1 Loss = 0% 1 Tie = 50%

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Re: Video Card from Hell

Posted on 2018-10-10, 17:37

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by bjwil1991

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Never buy used modern GPUs since people are running those things 24/7/365 for crypto mining, not compliant for US or other country standards (cheap Chinese knockoffs). Here's a suggestion: buy a brand new one.

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Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)

Posted on 2018-10-10, 17:11

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by bjwil1991

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Welp, fixing the OverDrive didn't work. This weekend plans: Friday: camping Saturday: camping Sunday: watching football and doing laundry

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Re: Video Card from Hell

Posted on 2018-10-10, 16:32

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by bjwil1991

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One question: how the hell does that happen? That's your issue: the board is too much for the GTX 1060.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-10-10, 15:38

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by bjwil1991

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https://i.imgur.com/nWbpmT4m.jpg It's not difficult! This one even swivels and reclines. I had some cheap low end task chair with pneumatic adjustment and the cushions were getting worn and torn. Unscrew the bottom cushion from the baseplate, discard the old cushion. https://i.imgur.com/6AluRV4m. …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-10-10, 15:13

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by bjwil1991

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Wait. A car seat as a computer chair? I should make a sofa using a seat from a van (3-seater) and a computer chair with a front or passenger seat from a car as well.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-10, 15:08

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by bjwil1991

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How were they? Pretty good. Wish I can find a 5.1 surround speakers for my Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum sound card, or a sound bar would suffice (not sure if the SPDIF is DOS friendly or not) since I have the IR drive installed with the remote control (Windows 98SE only) and MIDI in/out for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-10, 14:38

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by bjwil1991

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oeuvre wrote: https://i.imgur.com/8KHlH8Hm.jpg […] Show full quote These JBL Creature III speakers. I had that speaker system back in 2006-2007.

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

Posted on 2018-10-10, 14:11

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by bjwil1991

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What it could be is the pass through cable wasn't standard or meant for the VooDoo1 to get hooked up to the 2D card you have.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-09, 21:57

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by bjwil1991

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My 2 cents: possibly a Socket 5 to Socket 7 adapter to allow the use of the Pentium MMX or K6 processors (correct me if I'm wrong here).

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Re: Laptop gaming the hipster way: using an external GPU before it was cool

Posted on 2018-10-09, 21:37

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by bjwil1991

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Do you have pictures of the docking station port on your docking station and does it have an option to install a CD drive into the docking station as well?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-09, 21:23

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by bjwil1991

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I see no reason why they couldn't have made an adapter for the socket 370 celeron(mendocino) for the socket 7 platform to achieve the same outcome, The chipset has to at least support the general platform of the CPU being used. P-Pro & P2/P3 were essentially revisions of the same P6 core, very …

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Re: This forum is very hard to use from a mobile device

Posted on 2018-10-09, 21:21

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by bjwil1991

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Or better yet: choose a theme style for an Android or iOS tablet or phone and keep the theme as-is for the desktop users. Some forums do have it where you can select a theme for better viewing on your mobile devices.

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