Re: cuv4x-c and Pentium 3 1ghz socket won't fit

Posted on 2019-11-27, 07:34

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by appiah4

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There are bent pins on the CPU on the left (in the first photo showing the pins). Too lazy to mark on photo, but: 2nd row from right, 6th pin from top is bent 4th row from right, 3rd pin from top is bent 16th row from the right, 3rd pin from top is bent upon first inspection. Straighten any bent …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 07:31

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by appiah4

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liqmat wrote: I have a few of those myself. A few.. 🤣

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-27, 06:46

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by appiah4

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There's no EEPROM on these cards. When you set the resources via ESSCFG, it will add a line to autoexec.bat which will init the card on each boot with the settings made. This is not correct. http://www.electroscheme.ru/datasheet/ESS-tech/PB1868C.PDF Plug and Play Features On-chip Plug and Play …

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-26, 15:18

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by appiah4

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Drop that ISA card into a PC with PnP support and change its IRQ and DMA to 5/1 or 7/1 using ESSCFG.EXE and when you move it back to your 486 it will probably work fine again. Does it actually have an EEPROM that saves the settings? I don't know how that crap works but the ESS cards I have seem to …

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-26, 14:55

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by appiah4

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Drop that ISA card into a PC with PnP support and change its IRQ and DMA to 5/1 or 7/1 using ESSCFG.EXE and when you move it back to your 486 it will probably work fine again.

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Re: Voodoo 3 "baking"?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 14:50

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by appiah4

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Don't bake it. It ends up terribly for old cards like this. I tried to bake a Rage Fury Maxx and ended up completely burning the card even at temperatures that should have been completely fine according to the procedure for modern cards. The kind of solder these cards have is really different.

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Re: Struggling with Creative/Ensoniq AudioPCI

Posted on 2019-11-26, 14:48

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by appiah4

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Try using actual Ensoniq drivers instead of Creative's garbage. They are very different. The former is SB Pro compatible and the latter is SB16 compatible (and shit). Which one from this list should I try: http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=41&menustate=45,36 I'd try this first: http:// …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-26, 14:46

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by appiah4

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I think it's just OEM repackaging. Look at the datecode on the box, Feb 00; this was probably some unsold stock at Gigabyte which they offloaded to another OEM, who repackaged it as a generic card.

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Re: Struggling with Creative/Ensoniq AudioPCI

Posted on 2019-11-26, 14:02

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by appiah4

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Try using actual Ensoniq drivers instead of Creative's garbage. They are very different. The former is SB Pro compatible and the latter is SB16 compatible (and shit).

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Re: I'm looking for my first PC case as well LOL!

Posted on 2019-11-26, 11:33

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by appiah4

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This was the case of our first home PC, an AT Clone. Considering it was doing the rounds all the way down here it must have been a fairly common generic case. Nice case, wish I could find one as well. I was going to make such a topic for my first PC case as well (a 486) but instead of proliferating …

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Re: Has anybody here risked trying to "hardmod" a better SnR ratio?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 10:56

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by appiah4

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The less parts are there, the less other sources for the noise are there. 99% of that noise comes from the sound chip itself, the analog sections in it just are not good. SPDIF comes from a certain pin on the chip, it isn't wired to anything but with a mod you can surely get the signal out and …

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Re: Crystal FM disable

Posted on 2019-11-26, 08:08

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by appiah4

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Marmes wrote: Driver needs to be patched Maybe the mixer can mute the FM Synth instead?

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Re: Has anybody here risked trying to "hardmod" a better SnR ratio?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 07:22

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by appiah4

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Hardmodding the sound cards to replace capacitors with values more in line with the datasheet specs (and sometimes even beyond to change the bass response etc.) is more common than you think. People even change things like FM synth chips, DACs and amplifier ICs from time to time.

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Re: How many Retro PCs do you have in your house?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 06:43

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by appiah4

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The only one I have around these days is my upgraded Amiga 500, everything else is currently in storage and I am selling off a couple OEM PCs to reduce redundancy and save space..

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2019-11-26, 06:39

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by appiah4

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Even though 760 has the better AGP implementation I would still go with the KT133A..

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Re: Mini ATX motherboards for old PC?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 06:32

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by appiah4

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In the meantime I have acquired this: https://i.postimg.cc/Mn36r0Zh/HP-Sherwood-B.jpg HP Sherwood-B. No AGP slot but onboard Matrox G200 is a good enough compromise for a Slot-1 system and it has an ISA slot. It has Crystal CS4280 PC/PCI and DDMA compatible onboard sound, with CrystalFM and SBPro …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-26, 06:27

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by appiah4

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I think that Monkey Island EGA and Loom EGA are possibly the nicest 16-colors games on a PC. Also, the boxed Banshee arrived and strangely enough that weird box is actually indeed the card's very own box :cool: https://i.postimg.cc/ydbhM4mT/Gigabyte-GA-630-Box-01.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/GtTPr7zn/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-25, 14:26

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by appiah4

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I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing. The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system. Rip that P4 sticker off right away please. Who uses a P4 instead of an AthlonXP anyway? I did back in the day, and it was far …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-25, 11:22

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by appiah4

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Yes it is. This one is the EGA version but the VGA version also has it. Also, impulse purchase of the week: https://img.letgo.com/images/1e/67/a9/77/1e67a9777345ca48054027c392907ba1.jpg?impolicy=img_600 Never judge a video card by the box: https://img.letgo.com/images/f4/16/61/2d/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-25, 10:11

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Ans also, what is a grat deal? And what is a tight budget? For example someone can say, its not too expensive but for others 10-20-30euro can be a lot. For example I have a good job but have to pay for my car insurance, fuel it, buy clothes, and I have to pay when I go out with my girlfriend (She …

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