Re: What are good caps to buy?

Posted on 2017-09-11, 23:46

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Badcaps.net There is a link to the Store in the upper left colume. Chris is a good guy to buy from. All genuine caps no fakes. Hurry because he is shutting down the Store sometime next year.

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Re: Hard drive gone clunkety-clunk!

Posted on 2017-09-10, 07:18

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The freezer trick is an effort to recover data with a hard drive that's a bit over the edge. You will of COURSE want to control moisture somehow. Using paper towels, as firage said, is not a bad idea. You could also run the drive in front of an air conditioner (if you have one) as the air is not …

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Re: How do I flash my BIOS

Posted on 2017-09-09, 09:22

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After my previous post I looked at CPU Upgrade and yeah a lot of faster cpus require this bios version. Hope it works good.

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Re: How do I flash my BIOS

Posted on 2017-09-09, 08:54

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Is there a good reason to be updating the bios in the first place? what exactly is the reason for updating? Bricking the motherboard is a possibility.

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Re: How do I flash my BIOS

Posted on 2017-09-09, 08:48

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choose File first in order to specify the file to program. If the flasher program does not see the bios with the .160 extention then you will need to rename the bios file with the .rom extention before flashing.

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Re: PC freezes in games

Posted on 2017-09-09, 07:14

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Okay guys I'm really sorry to bump this thread only now, but I think I found out the issue. Apparently it was not the power supply but bios configuration. According to THIS thread this problem is caused by wrong AGP aperture size (what does it do anyway?). I changed mine from 64mb to 4mb and all …

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Re: Hard drive gone clunkety-clunk!

Posted on 2017-09-09, 06:18

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@shamino Hard Disc Drives should NEVER be put in conventional freezers. it will do more harm than good. That method is only used by professional data recovery techs. Do not try that at home. Read the correct methods on data recovery forums, not from some kid on a gaming forum. The OP needs to give …

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Re: Hard drive gone clunkety-clunk!

Posted on 2017-09-09, 05:13

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Throw it in the freezer. NEVER EVER put a HDD in the freezer! Meats belong in the freezer not HHD. Condensation moisture is not your friend. Does the BIOS still see the HDD or does it show wierd characters? What exactly is your HDD? Photos? Cloning the HDD should be the very first thing to do …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-09, 03:52

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probnot wrote: I have that case. Hasn't cut me, but I don't like the stupid rails needed to mount drives. Especially since I don't have them... Wood ice cream sticks. glue and a drill work wonders.

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Re: How do I flash my BIOS

Posted on 2017-09-09, 03:47

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If your flasher complains about not finding you bios file then rename A6191KMS.160 to read A6191KMS.ROM

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Re: I'm painting my PC Case for a Slot A build

Posted on 2017-09-07, 22:56

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Automotive primers usually need at least 2 coats with sanding lightly before the first coat of paint. that is why the primer shows. Not completely flat primer surface will create hills and valleys making coverage of the top coat more difficult to lay flat.

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Re: Good quality floppy disks?

Posted on 2017-09-06, 23:42

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Stay away from anything MEMOREX.

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Re: VIDEO BIOS NEEDED for PowerColor EvilKing IV VooDoo 4 / VooDoo4 4500 - L shaped - 210-0908-01 / 210-0435-001

Posted on 2017-09-05, 20:01

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anthony wrote: nice topic. trying to revive this card by flashing is like treat broken leg by eye drops With the ever increasing cost of these Voodoo cards it can be worthwhile to try all available resources to try to save them IMO.

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Re: VIDEO BIOS NEEDED for PowerColor EvilKing IV VooDoo 4 / VooDoo4 4500 - L shaped - 210-0908-01 / 210-0435-001

Posted on 2017-09-05, 19:48

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You could look into trying UNIFLASH 1.40 as it is capable of flashing all types of chips in a lot of devices. It has a large list of supported chips in a text file that comes with it and can reset the flash chips hardware ID when "unknown flash type" comes up.

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Re: Power Supply Suggestions

Posted on 2017-09-03, 23:05

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The 9800GT calls for a minimum of a 400w power supply. I would probably get at least a 450w or 500w for the Q6700 system. Here is a Seasonic SS-500ET for $33 shipped. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-SeaSonic-SS-500ET-500W-Computer-Power-Supply-BET50BFS3AW-/232399446511 Can you tell I like Seasonic …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-03, 17:15

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A TV tuner card - not sure what use this has these days? https://i.imgur.com/CWgCMCth.jpg I see that's a Conexant based card, so maybe just to see how bad their composite output is :lol: No really, I have the Pixelview I bought today - the composite output is unbelieveably crappy compared to a …

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Re: Power Supply Suggestions

Posted on 2017-09-03, 14:20

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I like the Enermax EG365P and EG465P PSUs. Look at their labeling though, they have some variations with different amperage limits per rail. These PSUs were made during the awkward time when loads were starting to shift to +12V but it wasn't universal yet. My best all-around PSU for 32-bit era …

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Re: Power Supply Suggestions

Posted on 2017-09-03, 14:14

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The 9800GT calls for a minimum of a 400w power supply. I would probably get at least a 450w or 500w for the Q6700 system. Here is a Seasonic SS-500ET for $33 shipped. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-SeaSonic-SS-500ET-500W-Computer-Power-Supply-BET50BFS3AW-/232399446511 Can you tell I like Seasonic …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-03, 13:44

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Today was a good day! A mystery graphics card - any ideas? I'm nervous about taking off the heatsink as it is not held in place by screws or pins, it is just... glued on? Around the back it has "V32316" but I also see a tiny 3DFX logo so now I am very interested!A vooodoo 3 as it only has one …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-03, 13:32

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I bought a pretty beaten up Gigabyte GA-7DXE (AMD761/VIA 686B) Socket A motherboard. It seems the chipset took a little damage since the heatsink is missing and a few traces are broken - hence why one RAM slot doesn't work. Other than that - broken caps on the board (literally, they weren't bulging …

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