Re: Please help. 486 build won't post (no video/post beep)

Posted on 2021-07-27, 13:50

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The manual/board does not show which direction the jumpers go. Maybe re-seat the jumper - it could be an "illegal" setting instead of the 33mhz clock. My old manual gives 5-6 closed for 33mhz your's shows 1-2 closed for the same setting. Yes, I think this might be the issue. I saw a video with the …

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Re: BIOS update needed for DTK PKM-0033S or Gemlight GMB-486SPS

Posted on 2020-11-11, 18:52

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It seems that we have the Gemlight variant in uh19: http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/2600 , not sure if it's v3.06 EDIT: Several months later, I was able to locate V3.05 for GMB-486SG here: http://sannata.ru/bios/486/ROM4DX07.RAR The BIOS available in UH19 is V3.04 and it the same version …

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Re: BIOS update needed for DTK PKM-0033S or Gemlight GMB-486SPS

Posted on 2020-11-11, 17:35

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Since we seem to be on a roll here, would anyone happen to have the latest BIOS (seemingly V3.06) for either the GMB-486SG or its DTK variant PKM-0038S ? Both of these existed on the previously linked Gemlight website at some point, but my search for them has proved fruitless.

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Re: Legitimate Advantages of a Radeon 9200 over a DX9 card?

Posted on 2019-11-09, 11:04

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Radeon 9000/9200 have universal AGP support, while most 9600 Pro cards don't. I like the 9600 Pro because it's one of the most powerful cards that don't require external power (correct me if I'm wrong). That's why I use it in my main test system. Not sure why people would hate on RV250/RV280, they …

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Soyo SY-5TF hangs during memory test

Posted on 2019-09-06, 21:49

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So, this socket 7 motherboard has been driving me insane for months. This was the behavior when I got the board: before.jpg The keyboard was connected, but keyboard LEDs didn't flash and there was no response. The CPU being used is an IDT WinChip C6 200, so it is misdetected. The reported amount of …

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Re: PNY Geforce GTX 650 2gb - wimpy card?

Posted on 2019-07-24, 08:58

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I think the GTX 960 is overkill for the E8400. Crysis is very dependent on a single fast thread. I would first check whether the GPU usage is at 100% with the GTX 650 during gameplay. If you were to step up to a GTX 960, pairing it with a Sandy/Ivy Bridge CPU would probably make for a more balanced …

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Re: Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA

Posted on 2019-07-14, 11:06

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Have you ever managed to install a Catalyst driver for Ubuntu? Unfortunately, proprietary driver support on Linux for a particular driver package breaks with newer distribution releases because of new Xserver versions. The latest driver for HD4000 series was Catalyst 13.1 and supports Xserver 1.12. …

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Re: Help identifying this AGP card?

Posted on 2019-07-07, 21:56

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Iris030380 wrote: Are you sure? I'm guessing it's because of AGP 2X. All TNT2 cards I've seen are universal AGP.

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Re: A soundcard (Crystal CX4235-XQ3) with a DC power adapter plug?

Posted on 2019-06-22, 11:00

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I don't see why I would damage anything by supplying the exact power and polarity that the source is outputting. If anything, you can be right about 100% certain that the voltage from these two sources wasn't exactly the same. Sure, the difference might be negligible and the resulting current was …

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Re: windows 98 issue whit sound blaster live 5.1

Posted on 2019-03-25, 17:56

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I had this exact same problem with the exact same card, but it was over a year ago. After wasting way too much time, I found a driver that worked (it might have been on MSFN). I uploaded the driver which worked (at least I think so) as an attachment, hopefully it works for you too. The whole …

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Does over-temperature protection exist on older cards?

Posted on 2019-02-14, 21:34

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Long story short, I bought a working Radeon 9800 Pro, the only problem was a loud fan. I lubricated the fan with some 10W-30 and put the card back together. I turned on Crysis (of all things) to test the stability. After a minute, the screen went black. Then I realized I forgot to plug in the fan. …

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Re: Most rare and most common 3DFX cards in existence?

Posted on 2018-11-24, 22:24

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In fact you could just hit a brick wall at 105 mhz, regardless of installed RAM specs. The way he worded it, I thought the core was pre-overclocked to 125 MHz, but that's obviously not the case. I don't know much about Voodoos in general, just that core clock is tied to memory clock. That makes …

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Re: Most rare and most common 3DFX cards in existence?

Posted on 2018-11-24, 19:53

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I have a question which kinda fits here. About 20 days ago, a very specific Voodoo2 appeared on a local advertising site. If you live in Croatia, you know which one it is. In particular, it is the Britek ViewTOP Vulcan 2 12 MB, supposedly running at 125 MHz. Here's a photo from the listing: Voodoo2. …

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Re: Any specific AGP cards I should keep (lower end) ?

Posted on 2018-11-24, 10:50

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From what I know, the X1050 is some kind of rebranded, higher clocked 9550 SE on a newer node (it shows up in the driver as "ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series"). The pathetic 64-bit memory bus means it's a piece of crap. If I were OP, I would keep pretty much everything except Radeon 7000, 9200/9200 SE …

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Re: Geforce 4 Ti 4200 Performance drop over time?

Posted on 2018-11-13, 21:36

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Well, I can definitely confirm that 43.45 drivers are faster. To the moon we go: Filename 2001SE_4345.png File size 761.38 KiB Views 2598 views

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Re: Geforce 4 Ti 4200 Performance drop over time?

Posted on 2018-11-09, 16:52

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For reference, I wanted to know just how far this card can scale in 2001 SE with enough CPU power. 2001SE_5673.PNG This is with 56.73 drivers which come "stock" with Windows XP SP3. No overclocking was done. I prefer not to use older drivers that cheat to make results comparable with other (usually …

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Re: Geforce 4 Ti 4200 Performance drop over time?

Posted on 2018-11-07, 23:06

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What CPU are you using? That seems like the most obvious culprit. I got 11662 with a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz Prescott, I think I was using 71.89 drivers.

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2018-10-30, 21:29

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Hi agent_x007, is there a specific reason why you mentioned the E5400? I just bought the 4CoreDual-SATA2 (it's rev. 1.02) and I had an E5400 lying around. I have it running at 3.4 GHz (even though it's not on the R1.0 support list, maybe they forgot to update it?) and it seems to be Prime95 stable. …

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Re: What's your home/everyday PC?

Posted on 2018-10-20, 13:17

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1. the modern configuration (this is the machine from 2006 already!): Pentium D with 1.6GHz CPU, 768MB RAM, 40GB HDD I don't think there's a Pentium D with such a low clock speed... You should probably upgrade the CPU to a Pentium D 945, it can be found for $3 (with shipping) on eBay. Even better, …

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Re: Hardware by Year Build Guide

Posted on 2018-10-20, 12:34

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I think you are overly conservative with RAM size though. In many cases I would call for double the amount. I think it's pretty spot on, at least years 2000+. For example, Anandtech tested the first Athlon XPs with 256 MB in late 2001: https://www.anandtech.com/show/835/7 Athlon XP 3000+ was tested …

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