Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-22, 12:57

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by melbar

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once you set the bits for serial interrupts policy (S-IRQ) and set the dma mode to PC-PCI. I have tested it now half a day. Find out the settings, which to change according to the values from kamerat`s script. At the end, i had no success, when i try to enable the ISA serial IRQ + PC-PCI settings. …

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-22, 12:47

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Here the inside pictures, before i have removed the PC-PCI cable. Filename IMG_20220508_131310.jpg File size 179.76 KiB Views 1852 views Filename IMG_20220508_131433.jpg File size 331.58 KiB Views 1852 views Filename IMG_20220508_131423.jpg File size 363.53 KiB Views 1852 views

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Re: Triple-graphics / Triple-sound / Triple-OS build.

Posted on 2022-05-21, 05:07

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Very nice build !! :-) But actually i see here only 2 sound cards installed. The Dreamblaster is a wavetable board, an addon to a soundcard, not a soundcard. When you are talking about standards, the MIDI: Dreamblaster, the terratec has MIDI also : 64 voices polyphony(hardware), 1024 voices …

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EMS memory mystery ?

Posted on 2022-05-17, 05:16

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by melbar

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I have a setup of config sys commands (menu structure). Originally i had taken a file / example from Phil`s computer lab homepage. Now i have on my K6-2 system (64Mb ram installed), around 615kb to 620kb free memory , either with EMS or XMS setting. Almost ever driver then will be uploaded into the …

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-15, 18:29

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OK, thanks for the info. Too bad that it's not working out of the box. Then i have to go with DDMA. These modifications within the registers seem to me a little complicated. I guess it is the same problem like yours with the i845 platform.

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-15, 14:09

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It is interesting. Setting in BIOS before: PnP/PCI configurations > Manual > IRQ resources > all IRQ's set to PCI device, except IRQ 5 = Reserved. Then the text i have written before... DMA Mode is TDMA Current Solo PCI IRQ: 3 PCI IO Base: 9000 Current Solo SBPro Game Settings: SB IO=220h IRQ=5 DMA …

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-15, 09:00

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I don't understand your problem completely i think. I have initialized the card with 'essolo.com' in DOS mode. Then it is showing: DMA Mode is TDMA Current Solo PCI IRQ: 3 PCI IO Base: 9000 Current Solo SBPro Game Settings: SB IO=220h IRQ=5 DMA=1 MPU401 IO=330h Game Port IO=201h I have checked the …

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Re: Spur of the moment build.

Posted on 2022-05-15, 06:00

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Your Sempron 2400+ is exactly an Athlon XP 2000+ from spec point of view. (an athlon 2000+ with little FSB boost...) For the VGA's, i agree with previous post, a Geforce 4 MX for budget or Geforce 4 Ti for higher demands...

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-15, 05:46

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The chosen sound cards. Filename IMG_20210314_100737.jpg File size 231.29 KiB Views 2114 views Filename IMG_20210315_162349.jpg File size 326.35 KiB Views 2114 views

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-15, 05:44

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Here now the same with my VGA card. The original heatsink was too loud. From china i had bought a cooler replacement, but again is little noisy to my purpose. At the end, i come to the same solution than my previous built and i am using a dual 80mm fan slot bracket solution. (The figure with white …

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-11, 17:37

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This is the CPU cooler i have selected. An unsed Zalman with Al - Cu combination. The pictures are taken before i had to cut the plastic on the sides. After installing the heatsink onto the CPU, the next disappointment ..... :-( Very noisy, even at the lowest setting of the FAN mate control. Then i …

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Re: i7-3770K / Asus P8Z77-V Pro / GTX 960 / X-Fi / WinXP

Posted on 2022-05-09, 05:11

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It's a very clean system, and i see your approach of building a WinXP system as fast as possible. But for me, there is a missing point. -> an optical drive. Since i have lots of games with CDs and DVDs, my WinXP assemblies need definitely a drive. Because your focus is the modern case with AIO you …

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-08, 14:41

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The chosen CPU: Filename IMG_20210123_112148.jpg File size 127.14 KiB Views 2335 views

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Re: P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-08, 14:39

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The socket 478 platform: Filename IMG_20210123_113036.jpg File size 261.24 KiB Views 2336 views Filename IMG_20210123_100059.jpg File size 172.17 KiB Views 2336 views Filename IMG_20210123_095912.jpg File size 209.78 KiB Views 2336 views Filename IMG_20210123_095845.jpg File size 205.31 KiB Views …

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P4 Northwood: My fastest Win98 PC - 1.16 Ghz to 3.0 Ghz

Posted on 2022-05-08, 14:06

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This is my fastest PC with the operating system Win 98. Sure, there are guys with even faster and higher clocked Win98 PC's, conroe architecture or newer. But this variant is more about a high flexible Win98 PC for DOS and Win98. The specs: Pentium 4 2800 (northwood core), clocked in W98: from …

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Re: AthlonXP 1700+ / Abit KT7A / GeForce4 / SBLive / ALS100

Posted on 2022-05-05, 18:22

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Using the SoftMenu section of the BIOS of my Abit KT7A motherboard, I can freely adjust the CPU multiplier. Among other things, this allows me to downclock the CPU to 500 MHz. This is useful when dealing with speed sensitive games. Interesting!!! Your combination of KT7A + Thoroughbred is able to …

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Re: Desoldering help

Posted on 2022-04-02, 06:42

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I have re-capped several boards the last years. After starting re-capping of the most critical capacitors on selected boards, during that time i have not bought a desolder gun, i have used this multitool (dremel) to drill out the remaining solder at small holes. With this approach you have to take …

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Re: My corner of happiness

Posted on 2022-02-16, 18:40

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I guess the white on the left is the RTX3090 station.... What are the specs of the three or four PC's next to it ???

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Re: CD-in Audio - where to find for my SB Pro clone

Posted on 2022-02-13, 10:22

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by melbar

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UPDATE : Now it's working !!! ESS688 + audio CD in + wavetable Problem solved. :-) Only the IDE cd-rom interface, i was not succesful to run, but as I've two IDE ports on the VLB controller card i don't need the IDE cd-rom interface. At least the Audio -CD in and the wavetable general midi is …

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Capacitors on old 386/486 boards

Posted on 2022-01-18, 19:16

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Do you replace on boards like this at the figure below, (386 and 486 era) these kind of cacpacitors? I mean there is no optical info why there are not in a good condition anymore. Filename capacitors on 486 board.JPG File size 62.92 KiB Views 592 views

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