IBM KB-8926 pressing two buttons at once after cleaning?

Posted on 2023-04-22, 16:11

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by deksar

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello everyone. I have IBM KB-8926 keyboard (https://i.imgur.com/mqF1mns.jpg), it was dirty and followed this guide to clean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDCI1LK-CSA Now, when I press w, "we" appears, same goes for 2, 3, x, s, d, c - neighbouring buttons. Just that side, though. I only washed …

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Re: CMOS battery started to leak - quick suggestions?

Posted on 2023-04-21, 04:34

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by deksar

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Thanks for your reply and the idea. So having 3xAA (1.5 Volt each?) batteries set like this; https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51cd3prsiIL._AC_.jpg and connecting + to the pin1 and - to the pin4 would solve it all? Do I need extra diodes in case like this? I got a jumper in pin2 and pin3 by the …

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CMOS battery started to leak - quick suggestions?

Posted on 2023-04-21, 04:15

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by deksar

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Greetings. I got an 386 motherboard with an ntegrated on-chip AM386DX-40 CPU. The battery seems started to leak on the motherboard. I got two spare batteries, however, I got also EXT BAT jumper, and instead of, removing whole the motherboard and soldering and such - each time the battery dies, I'm …

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Re: The most compatible vga for a Windows 95 gaming box?

Posted on 2023-04-19, 07:46

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by deksar

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2023-04-18, 18:11: Realistically - GeForce 4 MX, as a card with older driver support. Although your card is more or less on par with GeForce 2 MX400, by performance metrics. Hi again. What driver would you recommend for an MX 440 AGP card on Windows 95? Something …

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Re: The most compatible vga for a Windows 95 gaming box?

Posted on 2023-04-18, 19:05

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by deksar

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Very cool ideas.. Just a note: I have an another PC for DOS gaming. This box will only be for Windows 95 Applications (Video editing, 3D animation) and Windows 95 gaming.

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Re: The most compatible vga for a Windows 95 gaming box?

Posted on 2023-04-18, 18:24

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by deksar

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Added "nVidia Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta 16 MB" too, to the list.

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The most compatible vga for a Windows 95 gaming box?

Posted on 2023-04-18, 18:05

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by deksar

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Hello there, I'm building a Windows 95 (Not 9x, Not 98) gaming PC, couldn't decide with what VGA card I should proceed.. I currently have: Albatron GeForce FX 5200 EP 128MB - Picture: https://www.guru3d.com/miraserver/images/reviews/videocard/albatron-gigi-5200/DSC03068.JPG Sapphire Radeon 9200SE …

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Re: S3 Trio 3D/2X for DOS gaming PC?

Posted on 2023-04-17, 13:59

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by deksar

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Thanks a lot for your reply and the links. I'm going to read them further. I can get, instead of Trio 3D/2X AGP, a Savage4, exactly this card; http://www.512bit.net/s3/s3_savage4_lt.html So if you'll have to select one, which one would you prefer for MS-DOS gaming? (Performance/Compatibility) Best. …

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S3 Trio 3D/2X for DOS gaming PC?

Posted on 2023-04-17, 11:41

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by deksar

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Quick question: Would you, Vogons gurus recommend S3 Trio 3D/2X 4 MB AGP card for DOS gaming? Any issue/trouble with it? Hugs.

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Re: Socket 7 MMX cpu temperature in MS-DOS?

Posted on 2023-04-17, 11:40

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by deksar

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Thanks everyone, great suggestions. While we're at it, is it really safe to directly turn of the computer, when the hdd is running under MS-DOS? I mean, no safe shutdown way for the sake of HDD health?

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Socket 7 MMX cpu temperature in MS-DOS?

Posted on 2023-04-16, 11:05

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by deksar

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Hello. I have an Intel Pentium MMX - 200 Mhz computer with this motherboard: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m537dma33 I wonder if I could check my CPU's temperature in DOS? BIOS doesn't provide this info. So any tool, any clue? Thanks in advance.

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Re: where to find AT power connector? I need to convert ATX to AT

Posted on 2023-04-15, 18:13

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by deksar

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Sorry for the bump, but I do need that too (well, for many retro computers of mine actually), including -5V support.. Is there anyone that could suggest me a link to buy it? Any clue?

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Re: Asus P5PE-VM blank screen with supported CPU

Posted on 2023-04-12, 13:41

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by deksar

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It seems I will need to test it with an another motherboard.. Well, if I could find some. Regarding the motherboard revision, the asus page says "ALL" I don't really think that's the main case.. 😒 (And since BIOS version 0604)

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Re: Asus P5PE-VM blank screen with supported CPU

Posted on 2023-04-12, 12:49

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by deksar

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Could that be due to the circled bottom of the CPU on the picture? It's Rev. 1.00G.

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Re: Asus P5PE-VM blank screen with supported CPU

Posted on 2023-04-12, 04:42

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by deksar

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Thanks for your reply, if you mean the onboard GPU, I already have an AGP card connected to the board and monitor. Is there anything I should do further, for that?

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Asus P5PE-VM blank screen with supported CPU

Posted on 2023-04-12, 04:20

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by deksar

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Hello there. I finally found an Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66 Mhz CPU for my motherboard (fastest CPU that it supports) from Aliexpress, waited one month for it to arrive.. Arrived, replaced my old CPU with it, and the result is blank screen with no beep. Feeling too sad.. The BIOS is already updated …

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Re: CT4830 vs SB0220

Posted on 2023-04-02, 22:44

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by deksar

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Truly useful and informative posts here, thank you all! My CT4830 will soon arrive, in the photo above, the one on top is the same model that I ordered. My question is, is it possible to have it working under pure DOS (not 'Restart to DOS')?

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Re: CT4670 & CT4830 in DOS

Posted on 2023-04-02, 22:24

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by deksar

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Sorry for the bump, but it seems I have the same trouble with my CT 4830 soundcard. Any solution so far anyone achieved for this post? (Sound in Pure DOS, not 'Restart to DOS') Thanks.

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Re: Win98SE and ASUS V9999GT/TD/256M - GeForce 6800 GT?

Posted on 2023-03-27, 06:51

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Hi ciornyi, I actually try to have an ultimate, a monster Win98SE. Fifa 05 is officially supported by Windows 98 as well, but it was just an example. The glitches and artifacts are randomly on few games I tried. But dxdiag tests (Direct 3D 8, 9) and 3D Mark 01 tests are correctly displayed. * …

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Re: Win98SE and ASUS V9999GT/TD/256M - GeForce 6800 GT?

Posted on 2023-03-27, 04:48

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agent_x007 wrote on 2023-03-26, 18:36: Updated DirectX ? You could also try the moded 82.69 driver. GART/AGP 2x/SBA enabled/disabled ? DirectX is latest supported one for Win98SE. 2006-December. GART or SBA - I don't really know about them? AGP is running at 8x. And fosterwjo3, it's already an AGP …

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