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Need help reviving a V5 5500...

Posted on 2016-08-29, 14:27

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Hi guys. I recently got a damaged V5 5500, and I'd like to fix it. The card came from a recycling center and it has several ceramic SMD capacitors and resistors missing, as well as two missing SMD electrolytic caps. So far I've managed to find SMD electrolytic caps with correct values (got them off …

Re: Would you use this board?

Posted on 2016-05-07, 21:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

some LGA775 boards just bend like that. It doesn't mean they're dead. If it works you can use it just fine. On a side note - this is the reason for some LGA775 mosfet failure (my P5K64 WS for example) - board bends because of the CPU cooler and some fets no longer make contact with the heatsink. In …

Re: 6600GT has broken, what replacement?

Posted on 2016-05-07, 21:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

All my dead cards sans a 9800pro have samsung vram. Same thing when i worked in rma.

Re: 6600GT has broken, what replacement?

Posted on 2016-05-07, 15:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Did all ATI GPU's had such crap VRAM chips? Even my first GPU that came with this build, a Radeon 9550, had artefacts on screen, and I got the MX 440 in return. Failure rate for the for all 2002-2004 GDDR / GDDR3 equipped cards is the same regardless of manufacturer. I have card as old as the GF4 …

Re: 6600GT has broken, what replacement?

Posted on 2016-05-07, 13:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You could also try an X800 - X850 XT / XL /GTO - these babies are pretty underrated - decently priced and not very hard to find. Some versions are faster then the 6800GT and drivers are win98 / VIA friendly unlike late win9x nvidia drivers.

Re: Geforce 7900 GS AGP Windows 98

Posted on 2016-05-05, 09:47

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I strongly advise against using anything newer than a 6800 in win98. Even the 6800 has issues - especially if it's one of the late 512MB DDR2 models. 7xxx drivers are buggy and cause lots of compatibility and performance issues in win98, not to mention BSODs and other weird happenings.

Re: YMF724 on P4 ?

Posted on 2016-05-01, 20:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The only game I failed to make work is Duke3D - it will only run on the 724 if a SB-LINK interface is used (in DOS or windows). On my socket 7 machine it crashes when attempting to play digital samples.

Re: Cassiopeia Fiva netbook, good to get it?

Posted on 2016-05-01, 18:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I believe the on board audio and video solutions are highly integrated and as such it has no 3d support or wavetable, and the opl3 emulation is mediocre at best. I could be wrong.

Re: YMF724 on P4 ?

Posted on 2016-05-01, 18:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The Yamaha DS-XG cards are best used under win98. You also have the wonderful XG synth available under 98 for various games, even really old ones like Secret of Monkey Island witch works flawlessly under 98 on my K6 rig.

Re: New XP all or nothing build

Posted on 2016-05-01, 18:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

SLI generally is not a good idea. AMD stuff too. Nothing wrong with either. Drivers are mature now and all old games have SLi profiles. I know because I tried every game I used to play from the 2003-2007 period and the all benefit from SLi with the latest 7950 drivers. Related: I have a similat …

Re: VIA 4-in-1 driver experiences

Posted on 2016-04-28, 23:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

- For VIA MVP3, MVP4, Apollo 133 - use 4 in 1 4.35 or older. - better AGP compatibility and performance. Don't use any nvidia driver newer then 5x.xx!!!! 6x.xx drivers for example don't mesh well with 4 in 1 drivers and might bsod - For VIA Apollo PRO, KT133 and KT266 use 4.43 - For KT333, KT400, …

Re: YMF724 on P4 ?

Posted on 2016-04-28, 23:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Mine's an Asus A7M266. FM, SB Pro and XG/MIDI work in a 98 dos box. Nothing at all when I restart in DOS. The bios lets me reserve IRQs and DMAs, and there is a UMB setting. Also you can allocate IRQs to PCI slots. It doesn't especially matter to me that I can't get sound from this card in DOS. Off …

Re: Uses for Each Windows

Posted on 2016-04-28, 19:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Interesting replies. Some predictable, some less so. Especially interesting is, of course, the mention of the "bastard children" that Microsoft would very much like to be forgotten - WinME and Vista . People who have heard of both, but used neither, usually think that both are terrible buggy awful …

Re: YMF724 on P4 ?

Posted on 2016-04-28, 18:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Abit ST6 - so no SB-Link since it's an i815. It also works fine on my VIA KT333 boards. Both SB and midi. No XG tough.

Re: YMF724 on P4 ?

Posted on 2016-04-28, 12:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The only thing I can't get working in dos is the XG synth.

Re: YMF724 on P4 ?

Posted on 2016-04-28, 10:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My 724 runs fine in DOS on my Tualatin rig. It was a pain in the ass to set up - I had to reserve irq 5 and DMA 1 in BIOS for Legacy ISA even if the card is PCI, but if I don't I can't get DOS SB compatibility. In windows the card runs on IRQ 7 and IRQ 5 for the Legacy device.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-27, 13:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

PhilsComputerLab wrote: The GTX 480 is my hottest card I won. What a beast. Two of them? Good luck 😊 I managed to test all 3 cards and they run fine. The gainward cards run pretty hot, topping out at 71C single and 85C in SLi. The Zotac on the other hand won't go over 68.

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-26, 23:59

in Milliways

in Milliways

Frankly I don't really mind windows 10. Sure, they changed the UI so much that common tasks and activities can be a pain in the ass to find but I'm sure I'd get used to it. Frankly, the only reason I'm not using win10 is because I don't have any DX12 games, and that's the only real reason to upgrade …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-26, 23:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not really retro, but too updated to be considered modern - Gainward GTX 480 twins - even used in the same machine! http://i.imgur.com/lTj4Gvol.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fOC33DAl.jpg Zotac GTX 480 AMP! BOXED! (yes, I know one of the gaiward cards is in the box - in fact I managed to fit all 3 cards in …

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-26, 22:45

in Milliways

in Milliways

Had no ideea these things run so hot. Mine hits 80C at 4.3Ghz and 91C at 4.6. I didn't take it any higher then that. And there's no way I'd go for custom water cooling since it's so bloody expensive. Frankly I don't even think I could fit a proper loop in my micro - atx case: http://i.imgur.com/ …

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