Re: Best Drivers for GeForce4 MX-440

Posted on 2017-07-16, 23:20

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by KCompRoom2000

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I've been using the 81.98 drivers on my 9x machines for my whole life now, and they seem to fit the bill for an average user. for 2000 and XP: the 93.71 drivers seem to be the best for Geforce 2-6 cards and I can attest that they'll work fine on an MX440 because I have one that works perfectly with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-08, 23:55

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by KCompRoom2000

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These two CPUs came in today. IMG_1390.JPG The Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (Left) is going into my mom's Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop once the replacement keyboard arrives, and the Intel Pentium III Mobile 1 GHz (Right) is now in my Dell Inspiron 8000 and I plan on doing benchmarks to see how this …

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Re: Hey ya'll, back after another two years being away. (Also ebay is crazy)

Posted on 2017-07-04, 07:12

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by KCompRoom2000

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Yes, the days of tons of cheap and basically free old computers littering the streets are long gone and more people are aware there is a market for this. The shilling make this worse, but that's the way it is. Trading amongst traders is one way of averting this and one has to be creative. …

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Re: Broken laptops - advice needed

Posted on 2017-07-03, 03:06

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by KCompRoom2000

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What I need? Well, Dell removed all of their old laptop manuals from their website so I can't find which model has the best CPU - if I buy another one, I won't buy low-end. Are you sure? Both the User and Service Manuals can be found on this link pulled from a quick Google search : http://www.dell. …

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Re: anyone have more cases like these?

Posted on 2017-07-02, 21:33

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by KCompRoom2000

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Got one few years back off free cycle, when I desperately needed a case. Had a dead AMD Duron based system in it. it served its job as a temporary home for my daily driver, even though the side panel didn't fit with the CPU's heatsink. Then became my bed side table which is how it got a melted …

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Re: Photobucket now charges for third party inlining

Posted on 2017-07-01, 03:47

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by KCompRoom2000

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I sure hope imgur doesn't eventually go down the same path. Otherwise I'm going to setup my own webserver out of my own house just to host images I want to show people... I think for the images I post on this site alone, I might just resort into posting my build albums in the form of JPEGs and PNGs …

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Re: Do anybody collect other retrto stuff, not computers)

Posted on 2017-07-01, 03:27

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by KCompRoom2000

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I collect videos and music on old formats, I have one LaserDisc, 54 VHS tapes, 64 Audio Cassettes, and 6 Vinyl Records (on the "modern" disc formats I have 136 DVDs, 16 Blu-Rays, and 26 Music CDs (probably more in our household, I've only counted my personal collection so far)). I have various other …

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Re: Starting recommendations

Posted on 2017-06-28, 01:05

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by KCompRoom2000

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I second the suggestion for a P2 build, an ATX Slot 1 board with ISA is probably the easiest to find for a beginner who wants to do both high-performance DOS gaming and reasonable 9x gaming, the best part about ATX boards is that they'll most likely fit in nearly any half-modern full tower case …

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Re: CT4500 drivers question

Posted on 2017-06-28, 00:51

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by KCompRoom2000

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Are there any DOS 6.22 drivers? I saw the drivers CD but i don't know if it supports the PnP one and if there are any DOS drivers in there. The first two things that come to mind. Sound Blaster AWE64 Value Driver CD SB16 and AWE Compilation CD The DOS drivers are somewhere in those two driver discs …

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Re: Why doesn't this exist?

Posted on 2017-06-27, 00:47

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by KCompRoom2000

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On the subject on non-existent CPU socket adapters, I'd find a Socket M/P to LGA775 adapter interesting because then I'd be able to use my spare T7300 CPU on my Dell GX520 desktop (BTW: Socket 478 to LGA775 adapters exist for Pentium 4 processors in case you thought this was impossible). Personally, …

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Re: Found a weird laptop

Posted on 2017-06-27, 00:36

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by KCompRoom2000

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Cool find there, the docking station port (on the far left near the DC in jack) looks like the one on the Dell Latitude CP that I used to have, seeing a Game/MIDI port on any laptop is very rare indeed, I've never seen a laptop with one. I wonder how well Windows 3.1x and DOS would run on there. : …

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Re: Good 4:3 LCD Monitor

Posted on 2017-06-25, 01:42

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by KCompRoom2000

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I mainly use a Dell 1504FP 15" 1024x768 LCD as a general purpose monitor for testing/using old computers, It works fine for gaming in my experience, 640x480 looks great on there and it even supports EGA resolutions since I managed to use a Windows 1.01 boot disk on a computer and the OSD settings …

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Re: What are some of the most annoying instances of cost reduction you have encountered?

Posted on 2017-06-23, 00:26

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by KCompRoom2000

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- Slot 1/Socket 370 OEM motherboards without ISA slots yet have markings for one (this was a big hurdle when I looked at motherboards for my P6 rig back then). - OEM Sound Blaster Live! PCI sound cards with driver issues/crippled functionality (CT4780 and SB0200, I'm looking at you). - OEMs that use …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-06-23, 00:11

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by KCompRoom2000

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I'm currently in the process of the final rebuild stage of my Dell Dimension 4300S desktop that I use as my primary 9x gaming machine, yesterday I've installed the USB front ports and replaced the video card with a Geforce4 MX440, last night I've DBAN'd the hard drive to get a clean slate so I can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-22, 00:59

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by KCompRoom2000

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I bought a few things on eBay and they all came in the mail today. IMG_0028new.jpg Paid a total of $29.87 for all of this, the pictured items are: - A spare slotket for my P6-Celeron rig (the older kind for Mendocino and Coppermine CPUs for those who were wondering) - Two nVidia Geforce4MX 440 (P117 …

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Re: Win98SE K7 what HDD ?

Posted on 2017-06-21, 05:33

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by KCompRoom2000

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As far as SATA controllers go, A PCI controller that uses a VIA 6421 chipset should be the way to go since Nathan Lineback has some good information and drivers available for this specific chipset, then again, his info mainly assumes Windows 9x is already installed on another IDE drive so IDK how …

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Re: Best bet for basic workstation sound?

Posted on 2017-06-21, 05:13

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by KCompRoom2000

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+1 for Sound Blaster Live!, I know you want a card with built-in drivers so I'm suggesting this because I've had good experiences with the included drivers on Windows 2000, there are some differences between models so you may want to get one that's not OEM just to prevent driver issues, a list of SB …

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Re: Ideal video card for a 266mhz mmx Pentium system.

Posted on 2017-06-20, 06:55

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by KCompRoom2000

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For a primary video adapter, It depends on which expansion slot type (AGP or PCI) you'll be using. My personal list of (sort-of) period-correct primary AGP/PCI video cards I'd recommend for such a system: - nVidia Riva 128/TNT/TNT2 - ATI Rage II/Pro - S3 Trio3D, Savage 3D/4 - Matrox Mystique, G200 …

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Re: PII slot 1 motherboard and DOS

Posted on 2017-06-16, 21:12

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by KCompRoom2000

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I am looking into possibly building a pure MS-DOS 6.22 system with one of my Slot 1 boards I have. I have never done a pure DOS Slot 1 Pentium II system so I have a few questions. Would a PII 233MHz CPU be fine for DOS games from around 1995 to the last ones that were released or would one of the …

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Re: Help needed! Asrock k7m2

Posted on 2017-06-16, 20:59

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by KCompRoom2000

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I get that you want to change the BIOS logo on your Asrock motherboard so it displays the IBM logo instead? There's a way to change the BIOS logo, I believe this tutorial can help you, upon doing a Google search this motherboard uses AMI BIOS so changing the logo may be easier than you think. …

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