Re: Rant: stop linking to "Stason .org" for Total Hardware 1999 (TH99) pages

Posted on 2020-05-20, 23:30

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by darry

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kolderman wrote on 2020-05-20, 23:10: What was this Total Hardware Guide exactly? See http://oldcomputer.info/log/index.php?id=2016 … o-who-made-th99 http://web.archive.org/web/20021230204912/htt … otalhardware99/

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Re: Adding XT-IDE option ROM to Asus P3B-F BIOS .

Posted on 2020-05-20, 19:15

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by darry

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I have tried specifying D000:0 and D800:0 in CBROM as well as not specifying anything . I did not go so far as checking whether the ISA ROM actually got loaded to memory . Having only floppy drives and an unformated HDD on this machine limit the scope of the tests I've been motivated to run so far …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2020-05-20, 17:57

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by darry

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I actually need to test that CX450 more before I call it problematic, it seems HWInfo32 is causing the entire machine to shut off whenever it accesses the sensors even with the 650W power supply installed, so it might not be related. I'll report back with what I find out tonight. Good luck with …

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Re: Adding XT-IDE option ROM to Asus P3B-F BIOS .

Posted on 2020-05-20, 17:10

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by darry

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I don't think the P3B-F has any code to unpack an ISA option ROM from within the system BIOS. All related code seems to be searching for specific modules (microcode, full screen logo, Award extension ROM, ...). There is the embedded Symbios SCSI BIOS, which gets loaded as a PCI option ROM, though …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2020-05-20, 16:59

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I believe it. the TX-650W runs it all OK with 30 on the 3.3/5 but it doesnt POST until I start strapping extra drives to it, fun times. https://i.imgur.com/bllSKxs.jpg My guess is it wants a minimum load on the 12V before it's happy enough flip power-good to ON . I wonder if I will have the same …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2020-05-20, 14:58

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by darry

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Not much, I'm not sure if the PSU itself is faulty or if this is an issue with the 5V rail: Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X Socket 370 Pentium III @ 1GHz GeForce 4 Ti4200 3dfx Voodoo2 Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS Creative Soundblaster 16 CT2230 Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 80GB IDE HDD Some no name DVD drive I …

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Re: New Corsair RMi PSUs shipped with solid 24-pin cable ?

Posted on 2020-05-20, 14:24

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by darry

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Can I use a basic: micro USB to regular USB to attach the PSU to laptop to read the amperage draw and such ? I do not see why you couldn't do that, if it is simply a standard micro-USB connector on the PSU end . The only thing that would worry me is the potential for a ground loop over USB if your …

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Re: New Corsair RMi PSUs shipped with solid 24-pin cable ?

Posted on 2020-05-20, 14:15

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by darry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just use a razor blade and cut it off. That is, if it's needed at all. It may just fit the way it is. I do not know about OP's situation, but my PSU has a 10-year warranty that I would prefer not to void this early in the game . Not to mention that if this PSU has insufficient juice on the 5V rail, …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2020-05-20, 14:07

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by darry

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I have a 650TX I purchased new back 2010 and I've kept and used consistently since, it runs my P3 1GHz system stable but only if I strap extra HDDs/optical drives to it, not sure if it's age causing the load balancing issues or what but it does work.. the CX450 I just purchased does not, however. …

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Re: New Corsair RMi PSUs shipped with solid 24-pin cable ?

Posted on 2020-05-20, 13:51

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by darry

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I usually don't have any problems with just plugging in the solid 24 atx cables just let the 4 extra pins hang over. Worst case pick up a short extension cable with the detachable 4 pins. I pinged Corsair about that on the 14th of May and have yet to hear back (not blaming them as the delay they …

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Re: What are the best Vga to hdmi scalers or peripherals for MS-DOS games ?

Posted on 2020-05-20, 13:12

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by darry

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It seems that this product is discontinued and replaced by the VGA2HDPRO2. I assume it would be similar but Phil's video is about 6 years old by now... Is there any experience with the new version? This new one is quite expensive as well... :( I heard somewhere (maybe even on Vogons) that the …

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Re: NOS AWE32 PnP Dead?

Posted on 2020-05-20, 13:03

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by darry

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matze79 wrote on 2020-05-20, 12:02: Does the AWE32 contain a onboard ROM Chip ? For PNP etc. Yes See Re: How to stupidly fry your almost irreplaceable AWE64

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Re: Monitor alignment

Posted on 2020-05-20, 10:12

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by darry

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Also, some of the monitors compatible with ForteManager had remote controls . Is yours one of those ? What model is it ?

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

Posted on 2020-05-20, 06:06

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by darry

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I had a misbehaving 3 1/2 floppy drive (write errors) that I cleaned and lubed ro no avail . I set it aside for eventual full disassembly . The first spare I tried blew the magic smoke after its motor started spinning like crazy on first seek . The second spare I tried worked fine . I now only have …

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

Posted on 2020-05-20, 05:56

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by darry

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I finally started cataloguing my sound cards with a spreadsheet. Decided to start with Creative ISA cards. Thirty of those and counting... That's a lot of Creative cards. I should start cataloguing too . I have about 8 ISA Creative cards and about as many PCI ones. I only have one PCI Express one …

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Re: What was the first computer you ever purchased?

Posted on 2020-05-20, 05:50

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by darry

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First PC I bought with my own hard-earmed money was based around a Pentium 150 on a PC Chips M550 with an S3 Virge 325 and 32MB of RAM . I previously upgraded through a series of 486 setups that started with 486 DX/2 on VLB and culminated with an AMD 5x86 at 133MHz (overclocked to 160) on PCI, but …

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Re: Firefox issue on soc478

Posted on 2020-05-20, 05:22

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by darry

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Long shot, if the video card is recent enough to have hardware acceleration in Firefox, maybe try disabling that . EDIT: Re-read your message . Not what I thought initially. My suggestion does not apply, sorry .

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Re: Getting a Serial / COM port PCI card work in DOS

Posted on 2020-05-20, 05:16

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by darry

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Found this on Soyo Germany's archived website . https://web.archive.org/web/19971108153621/http://www.soyo.de:80/data/graphics/ps2pin.gif EDIT: and this on Soyo Taiwan (same pinout as the German version, but with English labels): https://web.archive.org/web/20010616013939/http://www.soyo.com.tw:80/ …

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Re: Getting a Serial / COM port PCI card work in DOS

Posted on 2020-05-20, 05:13

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by darry

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I found a cable thats already the old version !!!!! so lucky !!! was burried in old box and it all now works !!!! it also has a PS2 connector but its 1x5 so not sure which header to connect to on mobo and in which orientation There was info on the Soyo web site about the PS/2 pinout, but archive. …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-20, 03:26

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by darry

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Bought a few new HDDs, because well: aaa.png This thing is obviously not reliable. Despite showing no other signs of failure. Not sure what I want to do with it. It would be a shame to throw away a working drive but I can't think of anything I want to rely on it for. In addition my WD20SPZX failed …

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