Re: Crystal Audio Chips.. any fans?

Posted on 2019-03-21, 20:24

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by AmiSapphire

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This was my first FM chip, back when Dad bought our first computer in 1998, an Acer Aspire 2856. Contains a Crystal CS4237B chip, and is actually one of my favorite FM clone chips after hearing a few other recordings over time. System is out of commission after 20 years, as the proprietary power …

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Re: Sound Drivers for a compaq deskpro en

Posted on 2019-03-18, 20:17

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by AmiSapphire

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I do have a version of these drivers in the old Compaq FTP mirror. Someday, I would probably create a database to organize these files, because it's tedious looking through all these directories. .TXT file for SP21180 as reference, and the P733 does seem to be listed in the document: http://cwcyrix. …

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Re: MT-32 Service Notes 1st/2nd Edition

Posted on 2019-03-12, 22:18

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by AmiSapphire

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OK, someone in this thread posted the 2nd edition but removed the link. I am looking for a schematic for the -01 revision PCB so I can see the changes of the NWI noise and PCM mods. I do have the 2nd Edition of these notes from that link, but it's not particularly readable in some sections (to me, …

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Re: intel classic pci ninja bios update

Posted on 2019-03-09, 21:07

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by AmiSapphire

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah, Intel pretty much purged a lot of older stuff over the years. It pretty much broke the archive section of the old Intel Download FTP server before it was finally taken offline. Some Google searching led me to stating that the BIOS format is 1.00.xx.AY0. Some of the BIOS updates are mirrored on …

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Re: Trying desperately to buy a NEC usb-card, but failing miserably

Posted on 2019-02-26, 20:03

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by AmiSapphire

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I have like three Belkin F5U220 USB 2.0 PCI cards: one Rev. 3, and two Rev. 6 (?) units. They all (should) have the NEC D720101GJ chip, and I would double check to confirm that, but... true to form, I misplaced the cards. :lol: They also don't make them anymore, so I should find them eventually... …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-01-26, 20:43

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Changed the battery in my younger sister's ASUS X555DA laptop. There was an earlier conversation that took place before even ordering the battery in the first place: *random chatter that I no longer remember, probably to do with her gaming 'cube' desktop, among other things, then...* Me: ...yeah. …

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Re: 10 year cpu challenge

Posted on 2019-01-20, 05:14

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by AmiSapphire

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Since December 2005, laptops became my main PCs... 2009 - Revived Toshiba M35X laptop that originally had an Intel Celeron M 1.3GHz CPU -> upgraded to an Intel Pentium M 1.7GHz CPU. An unsubtle improvement at the time, along with 256MB DDR RAM -> 2GB DDR RAM. Machine is sadly gone, though. 2019 - …

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Re: Help ID-ing a few parts (386 EISA/VESA board + CT 2760 capacitors)

Posted on 2019-01-12, 01:43

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by AmiSapphire

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For the Creative Sound Blaster CT2760 Rev. 3 sound card: C144 - 470uf 16v [Decoupling cap] C156 - 470uf 16v [Decoupling cap] C78 - 100uf 16v I see no other missing capacitors, however. The pin of JP13 nearest former C144 and C156 is quite bent... I have an earlier revision CT2760 card, but those are …

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Re: Help me identify and obtain a BIOS for my old 3/486 VL motherboard

Posted on 2019-01-09, 20:52

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by AmiSapphire

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I'll at least contribute: got this from a board that came in a set of three in an eBay auction some five years ago. In October 2014, after obtaining a BIOS programmer, I dumped this BIOS that had this string: 40-0802-001276-00101111-080893-OP495XLC and does reference both 386 and 486 CPUs when …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-01-07, 23:13

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by AmiSapphire

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So... the left hinge side gave way on my Compaq Armada 1573DM laptop, so I went searching for a busted laptop, since the front bezel, back bezel, and top part of the chassis was pretty much busted. Amazingly, I found a for-parts Compaq Armada 1573DM laptop which was still whole. Got it Friday, and …

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Re: Asus P4S800-MX - No Sound

Posted on 2018-12-24, 01:35

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by AmiSapphire

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SW-SSG's front panel audio note is apparently also needed for the Biostar U8798 Pro. No other board that I have owned that had AC'97 support needed this. Had this board since late 2011 and never had working onboard sound with this board until today, when I saw this thread. (I usually just used a PCI …

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Re: Manual / pinout for motherboard: Acorp 6BX/ZX/VIA82

Posted on 2018-08-21, 18:47

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by AmiSapphire

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Manual for that board: http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/Acorp/m … /via/6bzv82.zip

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Re: Kellogg's-Microsoft 1997 Promotion

Posted on 2018-08-15, 01:49

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by AmiSapphire

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Weird. I have that exact floppy disk in the photo; found it buried in Mom's room back in 1999. Thing was abused over time; luckily I made a copy of it before some of the data eventually got corrupted on the disk...

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Re: PSA: HP is deleting old product pages/drivers from their website

Posted on 2018-05-17, 18:31

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by AmiSapphire

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Do you have any Compaq Presario 5000 drivers? Quite likely, but actually looking through the SoftPaq directories is painful. Doesn't help this part of the site is not search engine indexed (yet). I did check a few (random) files regarding the Presario against the allfiles.txt, and they do exist so …

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Re: PSA: HP is deleting old product pages/drivers from their website

Posted on 2018-05-17, 15:55

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I already have the old Compaq FTP server archive (from the Internet Archive) on my web server, which has some stuff the current HP FTP server is missing; this includes a later Compaq Computer Setup Disk ver. 2.01 Rev J pack for Armada portables (SoftPaq 9962); the latest on HP's server is ver. 2.01 …

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Re: Search the bios update for a Toshiba T1910cs

Posted on 2018-05-02, 01:44

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by AmiSapphire

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First found it on DriverGuide: https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=30940 It is also located on minuszerodegrees in a Toshiba laptop BIOS upgrade pack right here: http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/Toshiba/BIOS/Toshiba_bios.htm Yeah, the floppy drive belt failing is pretty …

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Re: Compaq Contura 400cx

Posted on 2018-04-25, 02:28

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by AmiSapphire

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If it existed at some point, it may be MIA anyway. (Unobtanium?) Even after exhausting Google and DuckDuckGo, I pretty much searched Compaq's old archived website from 2000 all the way to 1996. I was actually downloading an archive of the original Compaq FTP server (not the current HP server) so I …

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Re: Calling any Compaq Armada experts ? (1592DT)

Posted on 2018-04-12, 22:58

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by AmiSapphire

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I'll have to redo this process to be sure, because there actually is an order is which to install the software (I only remember the Diagnostics disk being first), and of course, didn't take notes. Then, like an idiot, I apparently destroyed my Diagnostics/Setup partition on my Compaq which has …

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Re: Calling any Compaq Armada experts ? (1592DT)

Posted on 2018-04-12, 21:31

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by AmiSapphire

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The Diagnostics SoftPaq I mentioned earlier actually requires a floppy disk to install and ties to Computer Setup for Portables. There is Compaq Diagnostics for Windows on HP's site that PC Hoarder Patrol linked to that does the same thing, but for Windows, of course; located in Software-System …

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Re: Calling any Compaq Armada experts ? (1592DT)

Posted on 2018-04-12, 20:47

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by AmiSapphire

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For the record, Fn+F11 clears CMOS. (Just tried on my own Compaq Armada 1573DM and it does work). You hold Fn while the laptop is off, turn the laptop on, then repeatedly press F11. It will reset and the RAM will run a complete check afterward. The CMOS is reset. If the floppy drive somehow comes …

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