Re: Weird Video Card Issues

Posted on 2016-02-08, 16:31

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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The monitor is definitely fine. But I do have some new information now. I finally got around to putting my pentium pro system in a case, and I noticed something with the power led. When I'm not going to get video, the power LED flashes slowly on and off. When I am going to get video, the power LED …

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Re: PCI Video Card for Pentium Pro 180MHz

Posted on 2016-02-08, 14:25

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Putas wrote: Most popular and most compatible 3d accelerator of that time were add-on Voodoo cards by 3dfx. So the basic video card of the time only did 2-D, and you had to add a separate card for 3-D, correct? Sounds complicated. Would something like the ATI 7000 do both 2D & 3D?

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Re: PCI Video Card for Pentium Pro 180MHz

Posted on 2016-02-08, 14:22

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Win98 puts you in DX6, 7 & 8 territory. DX6 would be the best match era-wise, but a newer card would be more versatile (can be used on PIII systems, etc.) and probably easier to find (and therefore cheaper). Yeah, I'm finding most everything period-correct suggested here is extremely expensive on …

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Re: PCI Video Card for Pentium Pro 180MHz

Posted on 2016-02-08, 14:13

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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I'm a bit confused with what you guys are saying about combining cards. You're saying use more than one video card? I don't believe I ever did anything like that back in the day.

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Re: PCI Video Card for Pentium Pro 180MHz

Posted on 2016-02-08, 13:53

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Tried looking up "pci voodoo" on eBay, and everyone wants a fortune for anything that matches that description. Would the ATI RADEON 7000 64MB PCI DDR be a decent option? Found one for $15.

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PCI Video Card for Pentium Pro 180MHz

Posted on 2016-02-08, 13:46

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Need some suggestions for PCI video cards for a Pentium Pro 180MHz. I was thinking maybe a 2mb or 4mb S3 Trio or S3 Virge, but maybe those are too old? I can't really remember what is most period-correct. I mostly just need something that will run stable under Windows 98, and that will play most …

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

Posted on 2016-02-08, 12:18

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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I decided to put together a 2nd Pentium Pro system, but I don't have an extra case. So I have parts laid out on a table with wires going everywhere. This has experience has convinced me to go buy a case later today.

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Re: Top 5 hardest retro builds

Posted on 2016-02-08, 12:17

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For example I have a 486 VLB config I can't boot up right. When using a functional Overdrive 100Mhz it boot up as 120Mhz... with a 66Mhz it boot up ok but still the VLB controller I have seems to run for some and then hang during disk reading.. sometimes it hangs during floppy boot... anyway the …

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Re: Weird Video Card Issues

Posted on 2016-02-08, 12:13

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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386SX wrote: But the system boot up anyway even without the video signal? Not really sure. I'm not that adept at interpreting sounds, but it does seem like it's working. I usually don't let it go very far, though. It only takes a few seconds to realize the video signal isn't going to come through.

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Re: Top 5 hardest retro builds

Posted on 2016-02-08, 12:09

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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I think in general the older the system, the harder it gets. Hardware just seems more particular the further you go back. I have a 486 VLB system with SCSI HDD and optical, but I've never been able to get the ISA soundcard to work (CT4520) in DOS or WFW, regardless of drivers and configurations …

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Re: Weird Video Card Issues

Posted on 2016-02-08, 12:04

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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Two different PSU's of the same model. I suppose I need to buy a 3rd PCI video card and see what happens.

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Weird Video Card Issues

Posted on 2016-02-08, 03:37

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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I have two different PCI video cards, one is an MGA something and the other is an S3 ViRGE. For either one, I have to power cycle my machine a few times before I get a video signal. The weird thing is this happens with two different mainboards: a Pentium Pro board and a 486 board. So I've got two …

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Active adapter to use USB keyboard on motherboard with only ps/2

Posted on 2015-08-16, 22:10

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Does anyone know of an active adapter that exists so I can use *any* USB keyboard on an older system that only has ps/2 inputs? None of my USB keyboards are the type made to work with the passive adapters. And searching google for USB/PS2 adapters seems to only turn up adapters that go the other …

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Re: Keep Pentium Pro or 486?

Posted on 2015-08-16, 22:08

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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The pentium pro boards are essentially the same. The one I'm using has a 200mhz processor and the other board has a 180mhz and less ram. But the boards themselves are the same model. The 486 board has a 486DX50 (not the 2/50), and I'm guessing because of the bus speed I was never able to get a pci …

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Keep Pentium Pro or 486?

Posted on 2015-08-13, 21:27

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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Looking to downsize. I've got two pentium pro boards (vs440fx's) and one 486 board (pc chips m919), and I want to sell one on ebay. Just can't decide if I should keep both pentium pro boards and get rid of the 486, or get rid of one of the pentium pro boards. Is there anything I can do on a 486 …

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Which is best to keep?

Posted on 2015-05-21, 16:28

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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Trying to downsize... I have two Pentium III systems: 1) Pentium III 1.4Ghz Tualatin, Asus TUSL2-C board, 512MB (max it will take), Nvidia 6800GT AGP 2) Dual Pentium III 700Mhz Coppermine, Gigabyte GA-6BXD motherboard, 1GB (max it will take), Geforce MX400 AGP (board will only take 1x-2x cards) …

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Re: Cache Module CA256K FOR 486 M919 USE ONLY

Posted on 2015-04-29, 22:16

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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I have a PC Chips M919 v3.4 that takes that module, currently running without cache. I had resigned myself to run without cache since the only one I found online was that eBay auction for $150. Let me know if you decide to sell it. I posted about it a while ago: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php …

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Re: SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable

Posted on 2015-04-29, 22:12

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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Well, there are advantages to using SATA drives over IDE ones, one of them being the newer SATA drive isn't likely to suffer from mechanical problems. I'd agree that new drives are far less likely to have problems due to wear, but many of the older drives were made better--they sold at retail …

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Re: Installing Windows 98 w/ SCSI Optical Drive & Adaptec

Posted on 2015-04-24, 20:47

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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Boot the CD to "DOS with CDROM support" instead of Windows Setup and xcopy the Win98 directory on the CD to the HDD. Then run setup.exe from that HDD directory. That worked! Although I didn't have to copy anything. I booted to DOS with CDROM support and it set the CD-ROM to D:. Then I formatted the …

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Installing Windows 98 w/ SCSI Optical Drive & Adaptec

Posted on 2015-04-24, 18:04

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by AllUrBaseRBelong2Us

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So I have a Pentium Pro system with a SCSI hard drive on an Adaptec 2940u2w. The system originally had an IDE optical drive, and I installed Windows 98 without any trouble from it as my BIOS supports boot from CD-ROM. Fast forward a while, I replaced the IDE optical with a SCSI optical, and it …

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