Re: Issues with ReelMagic EM7011 ISA card
Posted on 2018-11-11, 02:52
Congrats!
Re: My badass Pentium Pro with Voodoo2 SLI
Posted on 2018-11-11, 01:03
Love it. Makes me reminisce for when me and my pals played some lan games via a null modem (get in there tiberian sun) or got some of the quake mission packs on the go. Just look at that empty processor slot though... so very empty... How come you've only used one? Windows 95 OSR2 sounds like the …
Re: Issues with ReelMagic EM7011 ISA card
Posted on 2018-11-09, 18:20
I should expand, since core IRQs isn't really the right term. Basically, early IBM PCs had an Interrupt Controller with 8 channels, 0-7. Once the need for more of them arose, they tied another controller with 8 more channels to IRQ2, which added 8-15. Generally, anything related to DOS and ISA works …
Re: Issues with ReelMagic EM7011 ISA card
Posted on 2018-11-09, 04:27
It is unlikely that the ISA card will work with any of the IRQs greater than 7. The core IRQs are 0-7, so you should try disabling your COM or LPT ports and then assigning that IRQ (probably 3 or 4) to Legacy ISA.
Re: Asus A8V deluxe strange issue.
Posted on 2018-11-08, 15:53
Not at all. That it happens only when you disable USB doesn't mean that one of these won't fix your problem. One recommends that you alter the AGP Aperture size to 256MB, and another talks about cleaning all of the USB ports with compressed air. Yet another describes problems with a faulty RAM stick …
Re: Asus A8V deluxe strange issue.
Posted on 2018-11-08, 15:17
Have you Googled this problem? I did, and the first result goes into the problem in detail with a couple of solutions. Google Search
Re: PC doesn't detect sound blaster
Posted on 2018-11-04, 01:21
Any chance his board doesn't have the +5V on the ISA bus? Seems like it should be early enough, but contrary to OP's reasoning that it's not a clone, and shouldn't have issues, I'm afraid that being an NCR it's more proprietary, and more likely to have issues. If you're referring to the -5V, it …
Re: Philips PCI soundcard? wow i never heard of this before
Posted on 2018-11-02, 03:21
I hate the host of Computer Chronicles. When somebody tries to explain something, and it takes more than 30 seconds, he'll just interrupt with some kind of over-simplified, sometimes completely missing the point, comment and just moves on. I get that they have a limited time, but his interruption …
Re: Is a VLB S3 P86C805 1MB a good buy for a 486? "Only" vesa 1.2?
Posted on 2018-11-01, 21:33
VESA 1.2 refers to the firmware of the card, or VESA BIOS Extensions Wikipedia . There are utilities to help extend these, such as UniVBE. Finding powerful VLB cards can be both difficult and expensive. As The Serpent Rider has said, a DX4 class processor is on the higher end of 486 hardware. Any of …
Oldest Consumer-Level Graphics Cards with Heatsinks
Posted on 2018-11-01, 03:21
I purchased a VLB card almost identical to the attached picture. I don't know what version of the ET4000/W32 chipset it has yet, as it's a different revision and I haven't been able to test it yet. It made me wonder if there were any earlier instances of Graphics Cards with a heatsink, or was this …
Re: cant seem to install windows xp
Posted on 2018-11-01, 01:52
Yes it is unfortunate that it is becoming more and more difficult to get a case with any front bays. External drives are an option!
Re: Broken memory modules?
Posted on 2018-11-01, 01:22
I managed to find another motherboard that worked with EDO. It was actually a pentium motherboard that was actually older than the 486 motherboard. I ran memtest86+ with the modules and I got hundreds of errors, so they must be broken. Now the main problem is how to find out if they were broken in …
Re: cant seem to install windows xp
Posted on 2018-11-01, 00:00
Let's get back to basics. For IDE devices, there are normally two "Channels" Primary and Secondary. These are two separate connectors on your motherboard. Each of those has a Master and a Slave drive, which is set by jumper. By convention, The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master …
Re: How to identify a particular version (WinBIOS) of AMI BIOS on 486 motherboard?
Posted on 2018-10-31, 10:57
My 486 build has it, and if you check out the thread in my signature, you'll see that it has a 1993 date on the chip.
Re: Philips PCI soundcard? wow i never heard of this before
Posted on 2018-10-31, 04:04
While not answering your questions, if you want some more info, check out this portion of The Computer Chronicles! https://youtu.be/1VzyG-wYwVI?t=417
Re: PCI or PCI Express Sound Card for Windows 3.X Sound
Posted on 2018-10-31, 01:29
I advise you to Google these questions. There is a lot of information available on these topics. No way in hell for PCIe. In general, PCIe is a no-go for any Win9x for a large number of reasons. PCIe sound cards are well into the XP/Vista era, and I would strongly suspect that 9x drivers didn't …
Re: My New AT Power Supply killed my surge protector
Posted on 2018-10-30, 04:13
I don't trust power supplies over 10 years old. The AT era ones are just too risky to the increasingly rare parts inside, and to general system stability. I use modern supplies with a connector adapter, and that gives me much better voltage quality, short circuit protection, and a quieter fan. It …
Re: PCI or PCI Express Sound Card for Windows 3.X Sound
Posted on 2018-10-30, 03:07
I advise you to Google these questions. There is a lot of information available on these topics. No way in hell for PCIe. In general, PCIe is a no-go for any Win9x for a large number of reasons. PCIe sound cards are well into the XP/Vista era, and I would strongly suspect that 9x drivers didn't even …
Re: Help me identify a 486 board
Posted on 2018-10-30, 01:25
I scoured through every resource I have, but I couldn't find a match. http://www.elhvb.com/webhq/table486.htm is a good resource for searching, but I also visually searched the stason.org database. That doesn't mean that it isn't in there, but I didn't find it. Your key features to look for are: 4 …
Re: Red, green, beige, and blue - I build this junk so you don't have to
Posted on 2018-10-29, 22:29
You know, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who spends ungodly amounts of time trying to fix weird problems. I'm glad it isn't just me! Also, I have the same cable management technique.
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