Re: USB power conversion?
Posted on 2018-03-26, 19:41
16 bit PCMCIA W-Lan cards exist.
Re: Is SiS630ET AGPset chipset any good?
Posted on 2018-03-26, 19:04
The Motherboard has no AGP slot and the voodoo 3 3500 is AGP. So, it won't work. Only the Voodoo 3 2000 and 3000 have PCI versions.
Re: USB power conversion?
Posted on 2018-03-26, 19:00
Serial and parallel port don't have a 5V line, they provide no power. The gameport does, but I have no idea how much current it can provide. PS/2 and AT keyboard ports do as well, and they are limited to around 275mA. I guess PS/2 is your best bet, but frankly, since USB is required to support at …
Re: SoundBlaster Live! SB16 Emulation not working
Posted on 2018-03-26, 00:37
Sound Blaster Live! Value Dell OEM CT4780 from your link. Do a search for dell Edit: That is what makes the dell cards such a trap, they have the came "CT" number as retail models
Re: SoundBlaster Live! SB16 Emulation not working
Posted on 2018-03-25, 23:42
Some SB live cards have a (generally) Dell OEM version that doesn't work well, or at all with normal Creative Labs drivers. Unless you know exactly where it is originally from, it is worth a try. AFAIK, I don't think they are marked in any way as Dell OEM cards so looking at the card will not help …
Re: DIDN'T buy this retro hardware today
Posted on 2018-03-25, 15:40
Xjas, the topgun joysticks are utter dogshit, not worthy of the brand thrustmaster. I have one, the centering is done purely with rubber grommet, to give it a bit of weight it uses some steel (I believe) plates. Because of the cheap solution to center it, it is basically impossible to reliably …
Re: Retro computers and noise
Posted on 2018-03-23, 22:37
I doubt that anyone ever had a louder cpu fan than this https://youtu.be/kldxcZFU4A8?t=57s I"ve seen and had worse. MUCH worse. For one, the original boxed coolers for the FX 8350 (not the wraith, they are surprisingly good) is at least as loud but way more obnoxious in the frequencies, but I think …
Re: Options for ATX Board / PSU in AT Case
Posted on 2018-03-22, 02:13
You don't. An AT power switch is not suitable for use as an ATX power switch. ATX soft power works by momentarily bridging the 2 pins to power on the system, while AT power switches directly connect and break the incoming mains poewer. If you were to use the AT switch for the soft power you would …
Re: SSD, Windows 98, Worth it?
Posted on 2018-03-19, 18:26
You're unlikely to all that much writing and deletion with old games and 98. Swap file writes are not something to care about either. And even if you somehow do manage to write tens of terabytes and expend your SSD, they are pretty cheap these days. The problem with using a SSD is you need to use …
Re: 440BX faster than Via 133A ?
Posted on 2018-03-19, 18:15
You just discovered the reason the BX chipset was so immensely popular way after its "best before" date. When it came out it was the fastes most stable chipset to date and it kept the lead pretty much even over most succeeding intel chipsets. Via chipsets are significantly better than their …
Re: Intel overdrive on older Motherboards.
Posted on 2018-03-19, 04:41
I believe you only have to set the multiplier to 1x. I seem to recall that those were specifically designed to upgrade old systems where regular DX/2 or DX/4 won't work and which have only 5V as the CPU voltage. I believe the CPU multiplier is fixed internally. Fun fact, it is actually 3.3V CPU but …
Re: Retro computers and noise
Posted on 2018-03-19, 04:34
Retro computers from the late 90s on are indeed rather noisy. Back then I didn't care until I got a specific cooler for socket A that had a 5000RPM 60mm fan. That thing was really pushing it to the point where noise became a rather important metric for me. I bought it because I thought that the …
Re: Any PCI SSD for old motherboards?
Posted on 2018-03-17, 22:01
there is no PCI SSD. Also, PCIe SSDs only work as bootdrives if the motherboard supports the NVME Protocol. That was a huge issue with AM3 boards, pretty much none of them support it. The best you could do is attach an SATA SSD on a PCI SATA controller (and hope they work together). That SSD would …
Re: Differences on pin 1 between 27C256 & 27C512 E(E)PROM chips
Posted on 2018-03-17, 17:49
A15 is an additional address line, Vpp is the pin where the programming voltage is supplied. I don't believe it would cause issues, AFAIR A15 is used to address the upper half of the memory in the 27C512 which your board wouldn't use anyway and I don't think XT boards support writing eproms either, …
Re: Celeron 433 + Voodoo2 combo
Posted on 2018-03-16, 01:00
the celeron should be a bit faster then the pentium 2 333. An option could be trying to find a slot1 adapter for the PPGA celerons. They are the same core as your celeron 433 but they go up to 533Mhz. If the motherboard supports it, overclocking might be an option as well, I have never seen a …
Re: Replacing HDD on 486 laptop with modern 2.5" drive
Posted on 2018-03-15, 23:36
For some reason Seatools does not see the HDD in question via the USB/IDE adapter. I've tried the DOS version on my laptop, but so far it crashes midway through loading.. I tried looking for an alternative to Seatools as far as setting HDD capacity, but no dice so far. If anyone knows of a …
Re: Compaq DeskPro 2000: Cold boot = 8MB RAM, Warm boot = 64MB RAM?
Posted on 2018-03-15, 23:30
I would clean the contacts of the memory slots and modules, maybe there is a bad contact. The memory modules might not be 100% compatible, getting a different set to test might be a good idea. Other then that, I would suspect capacitors. Just because they look good does not mean they are. they can …
Re: Every game veeeery slow at loading
Posted on 2018-03-15, 18:39
I would check if DMA modes are enabled for any of the drives. Look in device manager for each drive.
Re: Modern C64 PoweBrick induces noise?
Posted on 2018-03-15, 01:17
I'm going out on a limb here, but I suspect the modern PSU is a switchmode power supply, while the original is AFAIK transformer based. If that is the case, I suppose the switching noise from the PSU might affect the system. As for a fix, I believe adding capacitors between the PSU and the C-64 …
Re: What is "AMD only" DDR2 RAM?
Posted on 2018-03-14, 19:45
DDR2 standard voltage is 1.8V. There is overclocker memory that requires as high as 2.2V but that is outside spec, If your system does not run with 1.8V memory something is wrong with it. DDR3 is 1.5V for normal memory and 1.35 for Low Voltage memory. There is no Low Voltage version of DDR2 The full …
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