Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-07, 07:28
Well, it's not my fault that it's that dirty. And at this point it's not worth the effort of cleaning it throughly.
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-06, 09:15
Just popped the Trident SVGA card in my Athlon XP Win98 PC and it works fine, though the video is a tad noisy for some reason. Kinda amusing using such an anemic card in it. It actually makes Epic Pinball run at the correct speed compared to the Radeon 9000 Pro I normally have in it. 🤣
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-06, 08:16
Thanks for the diagram, and it isn't a good sign at all. I should test the video card in another computer soon to at least make sure that works.
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-06, 07:42
I reseated all the chips and replaced the RTC chip, and still nothing. Took out all the RAM, too, and still not even a beep.
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-06, 07:17
The keylock trick worked. The power led now lights up! Still doesn't do anything else, though. I took out the ODIN chip and it says on the mobo underneath it "DS12887A." I do have a spare DS1287A. Not sure if it works, but it's worth a shot.
Re: Is it true that older CD-Roms can't read Rs and RWs?
Posted on 2018-11-06, 06:58
The oldest CD-ROM drive I have is a 4x speed NEC MultiSpin installed in my NEC Ready. It can't read CD-RWs at all, but CD-Rs have worked pretty well for the most part when burned at 8x speed.
Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019
Posted on 2018-11-05, 06:53
This is especially annoying to me because if the game itself supports XP, you should be allowed to play it on there. Stuff like this is complete bullshit and is one of the many reasons why I refuse to spend any more than a few dollars on digital games. I'm all for physical copies whenever possible. …
Re: Games with expired copyright?
Posted on 2018-11-05, 03:13
I'm pretty sure every official Vectrex game is in the public domain, and that's why Vectrex multicarts are perfectly legal to make.
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-05, 03:10
Ah, okay. Well, I've continued to mess with it doing whatever I can think of and I still can't get it to even do anything on the monitor at all. Maybe I'll try reseating the socketed chips, but after that I don't know what else to do. Like I said, maybe it's best to just put another older …
Re: Can you buy replacement internal VGA cables?
Posted on 2018-11-05, 03:07
I do appreciate these tips for sure, but the issue is that I suck ass at soldering. Most of the times I've tried, I end up making things worse. I do have a multimeter, but have no clue where it is. I'll have to find it sometime and perhaps I'll attempt one of the options you've given, but I fear …
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-04, 11:35
You're saying you're still using the same PSU after that happened to you or are you just saying it didn't damage the rest of the computer?
Can you buy replacement internal VGA cables?
Posted on 2018-11-04, 11:13
I recently got a Sampo Alphascan 15g CRT monitor from 1994. The VGA cable, however, was pretty much damaged beyond repair. I opened up the monitor and the VGA cable connects to an 11pin socket on the back board. I was able to take it out and then opened up a KDS CRT monitor from the early 2000s to …
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-04, 08:44
Well, here's the inside of the dead PSU and other than it being dirty, I don't see anything really that awful other than a slightly bulging capacitor. Probably shouldn't try using it again, though. I know after it popped there was a burning smell coming directly from the PSU. Also, the computer was …
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-04, 01:05
Also... if I never end up getting this motherboard to POST, I might look into getting something like a 286 motherboard to put in this case. Seems like a neat idea to me.
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-04, 00:59
Ah, yeah. I see there's a two pin header that comes out of the old dead PSU, but that doesn't seem to exist on this known good test PSU I'm using. Oh well, guess the display just won't work for now... I'll open the dead PSU soon and see what went wrong.
Re: Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-03, 11:13
I hooked up the P8/P9 cables correctly with the blacks in the middle. Also, I think I may know at least why the turbo LED panel isn't doing anything. There's a header on the motherboard called "TB-LED," but I realized that's just for an LED that lights up when you press the turbo button and not …
Power Issue with Socket 7 Motherboard in an AT case
Posted on 2018-11-03, 06:48
So, I got this Socket 7 PC last Wednesday. It's in an AT case that features an led display and turbo button. I did a basic inspection before powering it on for the first time. It has a number of cards in it, including a Triton PCI video card and an ESS AudioDrive sound card. I turned it on and the …
Re: Having Issues Running Psychic Detective...
Posted on 2018-10-06, 19:23
Well, I tried the game a bit in DOSBox. The video has that same stutteryness at the default 12fps (haven't tried lower settings), but when set to 15fps that goes away. It still stutters at 15fps on the real Pentium 100, though.
Having Issues Running Psychic Detective...
Posted on 2018-10-06, 09:36
So, this game seemed interesting to me and I wanted to give it a shot, but I'm having issues stopping me from doing so... I first tried it on my NEC Ready 7022 Pentium 100mhz PC, and the game runs, but the video plays too stuttery for my liking at 15fps on all color settings (I don't want to lower …
Re: Some PC-98 questions...
Posted on 2018-09-18, 00:38
Ah, alright. Thanks. I guess from that #6 and #7 (at least the keyboard part) were answered.
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