Re: This has been driving me nuts for years... looking for an old screen saver
Posted on 2020-08-02, 23:38
So doing a search for picture painter screensaver on youtube shows that there were many different themed picture painter screensavers.
Re: If you were able to go back say 15-20 years ago what one motherboard would you buy ?
Posted on 2020-08-01, 03:58
Hmmmm... maybe a few more ASUS P5A boards. The PAGP SBC that can take LGA775 CPUs though I am not sure it can even take Pentium D as the specs only say Pentium 4 and Celeron D which were single core.
Re: Can anyone help me fix my MIDI Softsynth volume and tone height?
Posted on 2020-07-31, 23:11
When messing with stuff math-wise when programming, and something isn't working properly I will run through the equations on paper to verify I am doing stuff right. I will also put debug messages all over the place to check that everything is working properly. I once had a C program that would never …
Re: Kids destroying computer hardware
Posted on 2020-07-31, 21:36
My 2 year old got ahold of a black sharpie and wrote on both of my screens a while back as well as some other stuff. We looked it up online and there were some posts that said to use a dry erase marker to remove marker and pen marks off of stuff. Much to my amazement, it worked extremely well. Just …
Re: Questions about a CMS-401 MIDI card
Posted on 2020-07-31, 21:07
cricket wrote on 2020-06-24, 19:59: I also have a board that has no cable and it also doesn't get detected. Any chance to get the pinout of the cable? I've got one of these cards on the way... One of the few MPU-401 clones I didn't already have. I'll post the pinout once it arrives
Re: Does the thermal compound between chip and heatspreader go bad in a cpu?
Posted on 2020-07-31, 19:16
I bet you need to delid and apply some fresh/better thermal compound between the IHS and the die. Also make sure to clean off the old glue on the IHS and CPU. If it wasn't put on there flat in the first place, the old glue will just hold it cockeyed once it is reinstalled.
Re: Does the thermal compound between chip and heatspreader go bad in a cpu?
Posted on 2020-07-31, 18:07
Exactly what CPUs are you using? Some Intel CPUs use thermal compound and some are soldered. Are the IHSes of the CPUs flat or are they concave or convex? What about the waterblock?
Re: AT cases, PSUs, and builds--are they really as hard as I've heard?
Posted on 2020-07-31, 07:14
maxtherabbit wrote on 2020-07-31, 03:57: working with AT cases isn't the problem, it's FINDING them for less than $100 And this is why I snatch up every cheap AT case or system I find... I probably have enough now though. And really, you can use an ATX case anyway and just need a rear I/O plate …
Re: 945ISA Motherboard - DMA... not working?
Posted on 2020-07-31, 04:38
See here for the ONLY known LGA775 board that supports Core2 chips with ISA slots that can be made to work with ISA DMA... G41/ICH7 - the RUBY-9719VG2AR - special utility was written to make it work. https://flaterco.com/kb/ISA_chipsets.html https://web.archive.org/web/20141114122751/http://www. …
Re: 945ISA Motherboard - DMA... not working?
Posted on 2020-07-30, 21:37
What is the model number of the ITE chip? What about the southbridge? The pictures I am seeing are crazy blurry and horrid quality. Edit: not sure you will get ISA DMA as I am pretty sure that the i875/ICH5 chipset is the newest that has that... with the appropriate bridge chip. Edit 2: The Axiomtek …
Re: Win10 retail - reuse in new build?
Posted on 2020-07-30, 15:24
The super easy way is to just swap the drive from the old system into the new system. This usually works just fine. And the other easy way.. unless something has changed is if you are using your MS account to login, your MS account web page should have a record of all your Win10 licenses and you can …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-07-30, 05:52
Why not? The bottom is likely perforated, and as you can see on the pictures there's room below most of the bottom plate. Hot air naturally rises, and gets expelled from the top. Of course the design is also a great vacuum cleaner (unless it has good filtering in place). ` It's fine for a small …
Re: Help locating Sound driver for MicroSolutions BackPack Bantam 181200
Posted on 2020-07-30, 04:38
This may be what you are looking for . ftp://akbkuku.com/pub/drivers/storage/cdrom/Backpack.zip Backpack.zip https://youtu.be/xAlkgAaX4A4 Huh.. Never seen that driver pack before. Those are beta drivers for the older models. 2.04 and 2.05 beta CDROM drivers and 1.02 Sound drivers. Here is the …
Re: Need a new motherboard - help with new setup
Posted on 2020-07-29, 15:35
I think that it a standard ATX motherboard. Pics of the back of the case please.
Re: Help locating Sound driver for MicroSolutions BackPack Bantam 181200
Posted on 2020-07-29, 13:50
I have one of these. I'll check what I have as far as software goes later on today.
Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards
Posted on 2020-07-27, 23:12
I just got one of these Zenith units.. but without the interface card :-( I think I saw one for sale recently, but cannot find it now... neither within sold items. Did you get the Sony Sound Box working? Only the CD drive itself has arrived. Still waiting on the other parts to get here from Canada …
Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards
Posted on 2020-07-27, 21:02
Hi! what is the card? what is "multimedia" mean? This one took long to answer. It is the interface card for Zenith Z-player - external double speed CD-ROM unit with two built in stereo speakers and ESS based 16-bit sound card (W311 and W95) http://alsplace.os9al.com/zplayer.html zenith z player.jpg …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-07-27, 18:25
Definitely make the CD backups for vogonsdrivers. Pretty sure I have the original ISIS install CDs, but I don't think I have the extra CDs. The regular CDs might actually already be on vogonsdrivers.
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 PCI, expected performance?
Posted on 2020-07-27, 18:23
Overclocking the PCI bus should help as well. You can also try adjusting the PCI latency in your BIOS. I did some testing on PCI vs AGP with Voodoo 3 2000 cards quite a while ago using the same motherboard. For DOS games that were not 3D accelerated, the AGP card was way faster than the PCI card. I …
Re: Is this Seasonic SS-350SFE 350W PSU worth purchasing?
Posted on 2020-07-27, 18:19
The brand by itself does not really say anything, there are both very good and very bad Seasonic power supplies over there. A good source of information would be Power Supply Tier List 2020 - ideally you should aim at highest tier that your budget would allow while avoiding lower tier power …
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