Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-06-24, 19:37
That is an interesting bracket on that card.
Re: Removed CMOS battery from laptop but BIOS is still locked
Posted on 2020-06-24, 18:43
Excellent!! Glad to hear the password is gone. Here's to happy retro computing/gaming
Re: Removed CMOS battery from laptop but BIOS is still locked
Posted on 2020-06-24, 18:13
https://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software … sword-reset/amp Hopefully you can find what the info in here. They list a few different ways to try
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-06-24, 16:20
Have you tried different power supplies and video cards?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-06-24, 16:13
Do you happen to have a post code reader?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-06-24, 15:31
Back when I used XP as my main os I let windows update do its thing but now I pick and choose which ones for the most part.
Re: Does this look like an attempted repair?
Posted on 2020-06-24, 13:21
I agree if all that's wrong is that one damaged trace then the card should be fixable.
Re: What is your weirdest troubleshooting experience when dealing with retro computers/hardware?
Posted on 2020-06-24, 12:13
I've had some weird system issues but wow nothing even close to that. Excellent job hunting down the problem and solving it.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-06-24, 10:59
That sucks. But 2000 should fly on that system.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-06-23, 23:52
That's sweet looking. And I love the dual golden orbs. How does the system perform?
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2020-06-23, 16:03
Wow that is a hell of a setup!!
Re: How much slower and resource intensive is Windows 98SE vs Windows 95C?
Posted on 2020-06-23, 13:08
Sounds like solid thinking to me
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-06-23, 12:56
Wow that's quite the steal on that ps2
Re: NT3.51 Just turned 25 Today!
Posted on 2020-06-23, 12:40
I remember a similar experience when Adelphia first started offering cable modem service. You could see everyone's computers on the entire node. Which then prompted my parents to switch to Verizon DSL which was cheaper and offered faster speeds
Re: 386dx40 co processor
Posted on 2020-06-23, 12:24
I cut that battery off soon there is some corrosion around it. But otherwise that board looks to be in excellent shape.
Re: Should i Build a Pentium 4 with this DFI NS35-TL motherboard?
Posted on 2020-06-23, 12:15
I've used sis chipsets in the past and there not bad. As for which card it all depends on what you want to do with the system. What you can do is build the system and then benchmark it with the 3 different cards and see which gets you the best performance and go with it.
Re: ES688: FM distorted on Line-Out, smooth on Speaker Out.. What gives?
Posted on 2020-06-22, 20:30
Is the power supply in the system with the distorted sound in good shape. It's probably a long shot but I've had similar issues in the past when a power supply had not so great power output
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-06-22, 19:37
Wow that is quite the transformation. That case looks like new again.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-06-22, 17:33
Nice find. What's the laptops specs?
Re: virus on vogondrivers
Posted on 2020-06-22, 13:29
It could of also just been some sort of software conflict or not the right driver for the hardware he's using. Not every problem is virus related
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