Re: Installing graphics card in p133 machine

Posted on 2019-09-23, 00:56

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by Doornkaat

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I have occasionally a few graphics cards that would complain and keep the system from booting if I didn't connect a monitor to them. Maybe your BIOS always wants to use the onboard graphics card as the primary display adaptor and the card also keeps the system from booting if there's no monitor …

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Re: Matrox Mistique - Win98 = NO GO

Posted on 2019-09-22, 19:54

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by Doornkaat

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Maybe your card is defective? The Win98 included drivers should work just fine.

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Re: Steal VRAM from broken Voodoo 2 and use on older VLB type cards?

Posted on 2019-09-22, 16:51

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by Doornkaat

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Two or three of my VLB cards worked fine with the same memory as three of my V1: Mosel Vitelic V53C16258HK30

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 2 2455P

Posted on 2019-09-22, 08:54

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by Doornkaat

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Bent pins on Voodoo cards, especially Voodoo2, are very common. No idea why, but I never had any other cards with bent pins - but every second Voodoo card I got so far had at least one. Thinking about it, yeah, I've even had a Voodoo 1 with legs that had been lifted off the PCB ever so slightly. …

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Re: Can someone give me ideas for a pad that I can put my hard drive on that won't catch on fire?

Posted on 2019-09-22, 08:25

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by Doornkaat

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Don't worry about that paper. It won't start burning within operating temperature of any of those devices. 😉 But maybe Velcro tape has got a couple of practical advantages over paper.

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Re: Soyo SY-6BB motherboard compatibility

Posted on 2019-09-22, 08:08

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by Doornkaat

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Keep in mind early PII boards may not support voltages required for Coppermine PIII processors.

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Re: What card is this?

Posted on 2019-09-22, 07:47

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by Doornkaat

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j^aws wrote: Mosys memory chips remind me of 3D Labs Permedia 1/2 accelerator cards. Totally agreed. The whole layout especially the small chip with characteristic heatsink and the transistor at the top are a dead giveaway. 😀

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Re: m912 with Ti 486 dx4 100?

Posted on 2019-09-21, 22:47

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by Doornkaat

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Happy to hear it! 😀 Better not try the DX2 settings as they probably use 5V that will kill a DX4 which is supposed to be run at ~3.3V.

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 2 2455P

Posted on 2019-09-21, 22:45

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by Doornkaat

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That's why pictures are ideal to rule out obvious problems. Congratulations on getting the card working! 😀

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Re: Stille Socket 370 cpu koeler

Posted on 2019-09-21, 18:40

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by Doornkaat

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The Antec cooler is also a good suggestion since it's avaliable. Is it compatible with the thick Tualatin heatspreader?

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Re: Asrock 775i65G (Bios Corrupted Help)

Posted on 2019-09-21, 18:18

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by Doornkaat

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Horun wrote: Sounds like the board has failed which could be possible from improper BIOS flash but unlikely. The last change to the system was the BIOS flash. Wrong flashes are known to render working hardware to paper weights. 😉 So how is it unlikely flashing the wrong BIOS caused the problems?

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Re: Asrock 775i65G (Bios Corrupted Help)

Posted on 2019-09-21, 18:11

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by Doornkaat

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derSammler wrote: Panties wrote: after hours of troubleshooting... i am 100℅√ sure it is the Bios. How so? It's quite unlikely that the new BIOS worked for 10 minutes and after that no longer at all. If he didn't restart after flashing the system would simply continue running.

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Re: Asrock 775i65G (Bios Corrupted Help)

Posted on 2019-09-21, 16:40

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by Doornkaat

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Well in Malaysia I can't help you. As much as I'd like to. ^^; Hot flash means starting a system with a compatible EEPROM socket, then removing the EEPROM after boot and inserting another EEPROM you want to flash and then running a compatible flash program like uniflash to program the newly inserted …

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Re: m912 with Ti 486 dx4 100?

Posted on 2019-09-21, 16:32

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by Doornkaat

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The Texas Instruments 486 use the Cyrix design. Look up the configurations for Cyrix CPUs online. 😀

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Re: What is that? ... Only agpx2

Posted on 2019-09-21, 15:21

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by Doornkaat

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I guess it's mostly because everything had tons of bugs back then. Another example: Who designes a chipset with more PCI deviders than AGP ones and then releases CPUs to be run on officially not supported settings? 😉 It worked well enough for enough people. 😁

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Re: Stille Socket 370 cpu koeler

Posted on 2019-09-21, 15:11

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by Doornkaat

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Every now and then you can find NOS 'Arctic Cooling Copper Silent 3' (sometimes 'Copper Lite') coolers. It needs a bit more space around the socket and the retention clip may have to be modified from 3 point to two point but it's silent and more than enough for any PIII plus mounting pressure can be …

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Re: Best Win98se compatible 939 motherboard? 6800 Ultra?

Posted on 2019-09-21, 11:42

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by Doornkaat

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If it absolutely has to be a 939 board something like the Asus A8V (Deluxe) or similar boards with VIA K8T800 Pro chipset are probably your best bet. Have fun! 😀

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Re: Witch ATI card is better ?

Posted on 2019-09-21, 11:36

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by Doornkaat

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i'm confused... is the ATI264VT4 a RAGEIIc ??? That chips is used on Mach64 VT4 PCI cards. They are basically 2D cards with added partial 3D implementations. The Rage I/II cores are partially based on the Mach64 core. The 3D support is much better than Mach64 VT4 but still not ideal. ;-) There are …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 2 2455P

Posted on 2019-09-21, 10:51

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by Doornkaat

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This is really strange. I suppose the PSU is delivering stable voltages? Do the crashes occur when using a different card for 3D? like the G450? Can you try cooling the card with a fan and see if the games keep crashing? And again, can you please post pictures of your card? Maybe the card is …

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Re: Nvidia Geforce GT 520 PCI 1024mb work on Biostar MB-8433uud motherboard

Posted on 2019-09-21, 10:28

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by Doornkaat

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Dude I have to say I don't seem to completely understand what you are trying to build here or maybe what you're building it for so maybe I can't really be of any help. ^^; Also editing the OP with heaps of new info makes it even harder to keep up with what's new and what's already been discussed. …

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