Re: How many usb keyboards on one computer?

Posted on 2015-03-16, 23:58

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by brostenen

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Just two keyboards are more than plenty. Need one for normal standard input, and I need one for the homemade keyboard-encoder. Just a small mame project, wich have been going on and off the past +6 years.

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How many usb keyboards on one computer?

Posted on 2015-03-16, 23:30

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by brostenen

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This seems like a bit of an odd' question here on a Retro forum. Just wondering about how many usb keyboards one can connect to a typical Socket-478 P4 computer running Win-XP/Win-7? If two keyboards, then I am happy, as I really like the idea of doing a encoder-mod.

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Re: Voodoo3, no picture issue

Posted on 2015-03-16, 07:30

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by brostenen

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All right... Have been working with the card a bit. After some flashing of the BIOS/Firmware, and leaving the PCI gfx card in the slot to boot on. I am beginning to get 4 beep codes (1 long and 3 short), when Windows starts to initialize the Voodoo as the second card. Some googling, reveals that it …

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Re: Voodoo3, no picture issue

Posted on 2015-03-14, 12:23

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by brostenen

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I think that I found the specs for the original Compaq computer that the 3500 card came from. Compaq Presario 7950. The V3-1000 was sold in the 5000 series. Not the V3-3500. http://www.cnet.com/products/compaq-presario- … mb-20-gb/specs/

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Re: Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 23:04

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by brostenen

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Bought these (retro) hardware today Think Artex bought 4 Compaq cards at some point.... They look slightly different from each other.

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Re: Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 17:33

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by brostenen

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Thank you. Thanks a 100 times. Will flash on sunday. Have my children this weekend. More important than hardware. 😀

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Re: Voodoo3, no picture issue

Posted on 2015-03-13, 12:48

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by brostenen

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FSB speed doesn't really matter as long as there is correct AGP divider used. Default AGP clock is 66 MHz. i440BX/ZX supports 1/1 and 2/3 dividers - they are meant for the 66MHz FSB and 100MHz respectively (in both cases AGP will run at 66 MHz). 133MHz FSB on 440BX results in AGP going at 89 MHz …

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Re: Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 12:37

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by brostenen

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If the BIOS turns out to be the defect part. How can I get a new chip? And if I get something wrong when flashing, using the PCI + AGP card trick, can I just flash a new firmware, or would the BIOS-Chip on the Voodoo be destroyed for good? Finding a replacement BIOS chip can be tricky. The 3dfx …

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Re: Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 12:27

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by brostenen

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best way is to remove the chip and do it. Isn't the 3500 the same as 3500? If you think of the Compaq V3-3500 and the retail V3-3500. Then I think that there might be some differences in the BIOS/Firmware. Because I really don't know if the Compaq firmware is stripped down, or have had some tv- …

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Re: Voodoo3, no picture issue

Posted on 2015-03-13, 12:19

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by brostenen

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How fast FSB can the V3 take at most. 100mhz or 133mhz? If the limit is 100mhz, then it's no big deal, as both my P3-500 and my K6-III-400 are 100mhz systems.

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Re: Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 12:10

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by brostenen

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I have the Compaq V3 3500 here http://hw-museum.cz/view-vga.php?vgaID=35 I'll try to dump the BIOS for you. :) Also there is a possibility the BIOS chip itself may be damaged and reflashing won't help. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=42497#p407101 Could be the BIOS chip wich are defunct, …

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Re: Voodoo3, no picture issue

Posted on 2015-03-13, 11:50

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by brostenen

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No, the Compaq V3 3500 (and V3 1000 too) work just fine in all AGP 2x compatible boards. Some do not. The Compaq-3500 model exactly. Some does work like the one Phil's got. It has been running on both Ali-V based boards and 440BX based board. I have read on a website, that on some systems (EX, FX …

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Re: Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 11:36

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by brostenen

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All retail 3500's are clocked at the same speed (183MHz), the question is whether a standard BIOS would brick the card or not. Yes. That is what I am worried about. And why I am asking if any with a working card, would be kind to post a BIOS-Dump. :-) The only difference is basically the lack of …

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Re: Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 09:40

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by brostenen

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Have you tried searching on HP? What are the spare number of your card? Do you have the spare number of the computer it was sold on? The cards are from back then, when Compaq was compaq. I doubt they have something like this at all. The stories are really vauge. Yet some say they came from the …

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Re: Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 09:34

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by brostenen

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I have found this site, and I need to just activate google translate, as I don't speak Italian. It doe's contain some BIOS flash tools, and they are under the V3 section. Yet I do not know what is what, before I run the translation. 99% positive it's correct tools. http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/ …

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Re: Voodoo3, no picture issue

Posted on 2015-03-13, 09:31

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by brostenen

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Wich is really strange, that some Compaq 3500's have issues on other 440BX boards and other Ali-V boards. Thanks for the info Phil. I can report that it is not a power issue eighter. I have tried with both a 300watt PSU and a 400watt PSU. Need to see if the cards really are faulty or not. EDIT: …

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Re: Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 01:27

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by brostenen

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The Compaq model has 300mhz ramdac, 185mhz core speed, 5.5ns Ram Chips. Would this have any issues? As I am not really used to Voodoo's at all.

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Need a special Voodoo3 BIOS/Firmware

Posted on 2015-03-13, 00:00

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by brostenen

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I have been searching the internet for a whole day, in order to retrieve a copy of the BIOS/Firmware for the Voodoo3 3500 Compaq model. Yes... The V3-3500 model without any TV-Tuner. All I can find is the BIOS for regulair 3500-TV models. Both Pal and NTSC. My quest for this BIOS, is not only for my …

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Re: Benchmarked 17 cards on a p3-450

Posted on 2015-03-12, 22:16

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by brostenen

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To bad i don't have the MAX version.... I am looking for a max too... :-) Funny enough. The TNT2-Ultra scored aprox 50 points lower with the use of Detornator3, than the G400 did on a P3-500 i820. The G400 scored roughly 4790 on my P3 system. Wich must be that the G400 really kicks in around P3-400 …

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Re: Voodoo3, no picture issue

Posted on 2015-03-12, 12:53

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by brostenen

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If any of you got that same card working, please let us know how/on what hardware In one of Phil's videos, were he is mounting a fan on a Compaq V3 3500 model. He is having it running on a Gigabyte GA-5AX, wich indecates that it should run on Ali-V chipset's On the screamer2 video, he is using the …

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