Re: PCIe device and Windows 98/ME

Posted on 2019-02-13, 22:29

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by shiva2004

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In fact not long ago I put together a w98 machine using a PCIe graphic card, a nvidia 7600 gt to be precise, and it worked perfectly well, you just need drivers for the chipset and for the graphic card and you're good to go. I won't call it practical or ease but it's doable.

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Re: Japanese Market PC Platform Emulation

Posted on 2019-01-27, 23:09

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by shiva2004

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There is a solid emulation base and comunity for the emulation of japanese computers, and although nearly all emulators came from Japan many of them have english menus available. Japanese emulation scene is very different from western one, most emus are closed source with barely any hint about the …

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Re: Are all 512MB PC133 RAM DIMMS registered/ECC?

Posted on 2019-01-05, 00:25

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by shiva2004

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The VIA KM133 also supports 512mb SDRAM DIMMS, I used a computer with two 512mb sticks just this morning.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2018-11-20, 22:41

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by shiva2004

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If everything works it's a real bargain. Also, some people would've listed that as already retro.

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Re: Recommendations for a Better Cooler for My PNY Nvidia GeForce 6800GT?

Posted on 2018-11-19, 23:17

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by shiva2004

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From some reviews it's very effective, but also very noisy (and the reviews were from a time when people usually accept more noise from the computers than today, so...), you have to undervolt the fans to reduce the noise to bearable levels.

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Re: "Rollcage 3": GRIP: Combat Racing released

Posted on 2018-11-18, 23:04

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by shiva2004

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Could you stop creating topics with misleading titles, please? Yes, the game is obviously inspired by Rollcage but it's not Rollcage 3, it's made by a different developer with different people behind it and there's not even a single reference to it being a "spiritual succesor" and all that. I'm not …

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Re: Software Like Display Driver Uninstaller for Win9X?

Posted on 2018-11-08, 22:39

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by shiva2004

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MrMateczko wrote: Look here, no tools required: http://www.navozhdeniye.narod.ru/vbe9x.htm#4 This is only for the VBEMP driver, it's not a generic method.

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Re: Broken memory modules?

Posted on 2018-10-31, 22:51

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by shiva2004

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It doesn't look good, that's for sure. What's the brand? Also I don't know if it's the photo, but I don't like the look of the diodes just below it either.

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Re: Need for Speed 2SE higher resolution?

Posted on 2018-10-31, 22:36

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by shiva2004

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He's doing exactly the same that was already recommended to you, using a glide wrapper.

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Re: Broken memory modules?

Posted on 2018-10-30, 22:39

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by shiva2004

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes is possible, once I had a motherboard (an OEM from Acer) that fried three or four modules until I figured out what's happening. Look at the motherboard, specifically the area around the SIMM slots, and search for bulged capacitors, burned traces or things like that.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-26, 23:00

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by shiva2004

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I use a Kensington in a very specific situation (big and heavy laptop with broken touchpad), it's very ergonomic and works great, but overall I prefer a mouse.

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Re: Need help for ATI HD4670 AGP driver for XP

Posted on 2018-10-26, 22:44

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by shiva2004

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Try the lastest AGP hotfix (13.4, I think) directly from AMD, I've used it recently with an HD3870 and worked flawlessly.

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Re: Warcraft film

Posted on 2018-10-25, 22:00

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by shiva2004

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Some trivia: the movie was a flop in nearly all the world except in China (and to a lesser exent in S.Korea) where it made more than 2/3 of its world income, so the (already planned and announced) sequel will be backed by chinese investors, filmed in China and aimed primarily at the chinese market. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-16, 22:56

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by shiva2004

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yesterday I was looking at this nice i440LX board and made a $75 offer for it (which is really fair): greedy ebay seller b.jpg My offer was rejected and the seller wrote that something is wrong with the ad. This is how the ad looks today: greedy ebay seller a.jpg 8-O I tried to make a couple higher …

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Re: This forum is very hard to use from a mobile device

Posted on 2018-10-09, 21:18

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by shiva2004

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I am not sure when Qbix is going to do the upgrade, but I know that he has been working on a style for the latest phpBB. It has a style that scales much better for mobile. If you want to get an idea of how well it scales you can take a look at my forums. http://sierrahelp.com/forums/ True, I am …

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Re: eBay buyer protection??

Posted on 2018-09-11, 21:35

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by shiva2004

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Whats happening is basically that ebay has sabotaged its own feedback system. This days, sellers can't give a negative vote to buyers anymore, and as a buyer the situation is not much better: to leave a negative vote you have to go through three or four disclaimers, and even a neutral vote is …

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Re: Super Socket 7 cooling

Posted on 2018-09-08, 23:23

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by shiva2004

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have the aluminium version and it can cool an Athlon XP 1900 without problem, but take into account that the fan is very loud (and I mean VEERY loud, it's probably the loudest CPU fan I've ever used).

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-03, 22:01

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by shiva2004

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

FX-60 and unlocked multiplier isn't that easy :) CPU multiplier is used to clock memory as well. So, an even multi will clock memory lower than odd multiplier (integer only memory frequency dividers). Things get even more complicated with half multipliers :D Nop, what's used to clock memory (and …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-08-30, 22:34

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by shiva2004

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Technically, AMD HD 2000-3000 (except HD 2900) do full H.264 as well, but aren't flexible enough for browser acceleration. They were great for DXVA however. AMD HD 4000 (and HD 3000 IGP) work with browsers/Flash but they don't support all H.264 levels (ie 1080p60) and the drivers were abandoned at …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-08-28, 13:01

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by shiva2004

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Then there is something like this, which is original AMD for Athlon X2. Specifies it is for up to 125 W TDP. https://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Heatsink-CPU-Cooling-Fan-for-Athlon-64-X2-Dual-Core-Socket-939-940-AM2-New/400773704485?hash=item5d4ff96b25:g:RjoAAMXQlgtS1PEN I had this cooler with an Athlon …

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