Geforce 2 Model # Codes

Posted on 2022-01-19, 14:30

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Hello all, I have been looking at the Geforce2 line of cards lately and was seeing multiple variations of the model numbers used on these. I was curious if anyone knew what the "TVR" means when a Geforce2 GTS is labeled as TVR/32m. Also on a Geforce2 Deluxe how would I decipher the model # …

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Re: Maximum PC Back Issues on Google Books

Posted on 2022-01-07, 22:55

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Has anyone been able to find scans of the November and December 1999 issues yet?

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Audigy 2 ZS Front Panel in DOS

Posted on 2021-10-18, 00:45

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I have successfully got an Audigy 2ZS working in DOS using the Audigy 1 DOS drivers. My only hang up at this point is tying to get my MIDI to output from the front panel breakout bay midi-out ports. Is there a way anyone is aware of to get DOS to see these ports at all? Everything works fine in …

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Re: HELP WITH SOUNDBLASTER X-FI MIDI

Posted on 2021-10-11, 13:48

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by fsmith2003

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Has anyone successfully made one of these adapters? Hoping to make one myself but I’m not experienced in what materials I need to buy to make it happen?

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Audigy 2zs Mini MIDI Adapter

Posted on 2021-10-11, 03:45

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by fsmith2003

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I have the Audigy 2zs breakout box that has the two mini MIDI ports. I do not have the adapters to connect a standard midi cable though. Was wondering if these adapters were a Creative proprietary thing or if there is an equivalent available somewhere? I can’t seem to find one but I am not exactly …

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Audigy 2zs Optical Breakout Slot

Posted on 2021-10-01, 16:41

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by fsmith2003

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Watching Phil’s video on the 2zs( https://youtu.be/RfmYYG1rVug ) and I was wondering if anyone knew where to get the breakout cable to optical rear slot device he uses? Also he mentioned having to make some adjustments to it so I was curious what those are as well?

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Re: Creative DTT3500 and FPS2000 Din Cable the Same?

Posted on 2021-09-29, 17:26

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Just checked my photos. I fact, it was a 15 cm adapter Digital DIN to an orange jack with 4 sections to plug in the digital output of compatible Creative Labs sound card and not green, black, orange and gray as I remembered. That makes more sense! Are you able to share the photo? I am curious if my …

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Creative DTT3500 and FPS2000 Din Cable the Same?

Posted on 2021-09-29, 12:31

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by fsmith2003

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I have recently obtained a DTT3500 5.1 speaker set with no digital din cable and a FPS2000 set with one. My question is, is the din to mini jack digital cable for each set the same cable or is there a difference since the FPS2000 is just 4 speakers with subwoofer but the DTT3500 has a center channel …

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Re: Windows 98 Setting Wallpaper showing White Desktop

Posted on 2021-09-24, 02:20

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by fsmith2003

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I actually figured this out in case it ever happens to anyone else. All I had to do was show all the hidden/system files and then delete the folder.htt and desktop.ini files then all went back to normal.

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Windows 98 Setting Wallpaper showing White Desktop

Posted on 2021-09-22, 16:32

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I have a new issue with my Windows 98 build. I was able to successfully set a desktop wallpaper and all seemed to be working well for a couple days. Today after a reboot it starts up as normal but shows a white wallpaper with the word "Desktop" at the top left with no icons showing. I am able to go …

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Re: Advansys ASB-3940UA (1999)

Posted on 2021-09-21, 03:31

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by fsmith2003

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Were the drivers ever found for this? The SCSi 27 d does not seem to list this particular card as an option.

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Re: PCI Resolution not selectable when paired with AGP Card

Posted on 2021-09-19, 20:47

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Did you install the monitor for the voodoo? i.e. it's not stuck on "standard VGA" and you've at least got PnP monitor or standard SVGA showing. The Default Monitor is installed. It will work on its own without a monitor cable plugged into the AGP slot so it must have something to do with both cards …

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PCI Resolution not selectable when paired with AGP Card

Posted on 2021-09-19, 18:59

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I am trying to overcome an issue and not sure if there is a good solution. I have a P4 Win98 SE machine I have built. It has a GeForce 3 in the AGP slot and a Voodoo 3 in the pci slot. I have been reading that this is a doable configuration. However, the issue I am running into is that when both …

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Re: BootIt Bare Metal and Windows XP

Posted on 2021-09-15, 20:42

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How did you go about? Order of boot loader and OSs One hdd or two? System specs would be useful as well...;) I first installed BootIt and created 3 partitions. One for XP, one for 98se, and one for FreeDOS to play around with. Each partition was 20ish GB in size on a 64gb sd card (using an SD2IDE). …

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BootIt Bare Metal and Windows XP

Posted on 2021-09-15, 16:26

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I have managed to somewhat successfully install Windows 98se and Windows XP onto a single machine using BootIt Bare Metal boot manager. It worked until after the XP installation I switched the MBR back to BootIt. Now XP says it cannot find the required system files to boot. Is it looking for the XP …

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Re: Connecting ZIP drive to a 68pin SCSI Connector

Posted on 2021-09-15, 16:23

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by fsmith2003

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Thanks everyone!

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Re: Connecting ZIP drive to a 68pin SCSI Connector

Posted on 2021-09-15, 13:37

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The 2940UW supports both LVD and SE devices . The ZIP drive is SE . You just need the proper passive adapter/cable to make the connection and set termination properly. This is an example, not an endorsement . https://www.datastoragecables.com/scsi/externalcables/hd68-db25/ Since you will be using …

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Connecting ZIP drive to a 68pin SCSI Connector

Posted on 2021-09-15, 03:59

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by fsmith2003

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I have a SCSI external Zip drive with a 25pin SCSI cable. I ordered an Adaptec 2940uw SCSI pci card for my vintage builds. This has the 68 pin 16bit external connector. Is there an adapter to connect the Zip drive to this at all?

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 3 PCI Capacitors

Posted on 2021-09-13, 23:56

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by fsmith2003

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So I don't get any video from this board. Would it be likely that changing the capacitors would do anything for it?

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3DFX Voodoo 3 PCI Capacitors

Posted on 2021-09-13, 22:24

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by fsmith2003

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I have the below card. The larger capacitors are marked as 10, 6s, then some random numbers (0G2) which I am sure is a date code of some sort. The smaller 2 capacitors in the bottom left though are marked 22, N, 6. I know the larger ones are 10uf 6V but what would the smaller ones be? Are they 22uf …

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