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Re: Late MS-DOS games and fast cpus questions

Posted on 2018-12-08, 01:29

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

The ones that are tied to CPU for timing will have issues. But that would be the minority. Especially so with the later DOS games, that would normally sync internally and not use the unconstrained game loop methods of some past games, that would end up running way too fast and with timing issues on …

Re: Late MS-DOS games and fast cpus questions

Posted on 2018-12-07, 18:08

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I think most late DOS game would be fine with any Slot 1 CPU, even an early Pentium 2 with 66 MHz FSB. That is to say, a faster system won't hurt them, but you probably won't see any benefit. good to know thanks In my experience, however, a 440BX motherboard like your Gigabyte would run more stable …

Late MS-DOS games and fast cpus questions

Posted on 2018-12-07, 07:26

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

So ive been taking apart Slot 1 machines i have in storage for their sweet Pentium II and III cpus to use for a project i have in mind. (4 slot 1 computers for a lan party) for some windows 95/98 games and later era dos games. I would assume most windwos 98 era games benifit from a faster cpu with a …

Re: Zip Disk Drive trouble installing drivers

Posted on 2018-11-18, 11:02

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

If you want, I can dropbox you the files off the original CDROM I've used to get each and every one of my ZIP disks to work. I know it will work in 95 and 98. Let me know in a PM and I'll send you a link. *Edit I just used it on a 486DLC with SCSI on it. I actually ended up poping it in GA-6bxc rev …

Re: Recommendations for a Better Cooler for My PNY Nvidia GeForce 6800GT?

Posted on 2018-11-18, 08:53

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Have you looked up any Zalman heat sink/fan gpu kits? i know they made some decent stuff for that era, i used two kits on 2 GForce 7900 GS cards, one was great the others fan smelled like burning electronics lol, got them for 2$ each from a local computer shop …

Re: Overclocking GA-6BXC Rev:1.7

Posted on 2018-11-18, 01:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

i tried the p3 667 at 133 and 100 x 5 and no post, then i tried the p3 450 at 133x3 and its showing up as 600b Mhz computer works, ran half life again it works. That is a coppermine core. Like I wrote in the other topic: You need to check if your board supports Coppermine Core voltage requirements …

Re: Overclocking GA-6BXC Rev:1.7

Posted on 2018-11-17, 12:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

okay so it finnaly just dawned on me that this cpu isnt going to go to 133fsb with this board. ive never had to mess with clock speeds like this sorry for the lack of understanding. i dug up some slot 1 cpus for something else to possibly use and i have p3 667/256/133 SL3XL http://www.cpu-world.com/ …

Re: Overclocking GA-6BXC Rev:1.7

Posted on 2018-11-17, 01:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

is there any way to get it to 133 fsb without changing the multiplier? or maybe underclock the cpu? i do have other pentium 2 and 3 cpus i could use ill see if theres any p2s before 1998 or some 400mhz p3s im thinking 133x3 would work with p3 400. i think i read one of your old posts that said dos …

Overclocking GA-6BXC Rev:1.7

Posted on 2018-11-17, 00:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So i just finished getting this motherboard working with pIII 500 mhz cpu normal switch settings working at 100 fsb the hardware i have on the board is Macron mpt-400 ATX Slot 1 Pentium III 500mhz SL37D 2 256mb double sided 133mhz sd ddr AGP GA-622-32C (nvidia tnt 2) pci2/pci3 slot - x2 voodoo 2 sli …

Re: GA-6BXC Rev:1.7 short beep no post

Posted on 2018-11-16, 20:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

https://preview.ibb.co/fQWOkL/20181110-065622.jpg https://preview.ibb.co/cLeb5L/20181110-070753.jpg https://preview.ibb.co/mWLSC0/20181110-065720.jpg https://preview.ibb.co/iqCzs0/20181116-141858.jpg https://preview.ibb.co/dY63Kf/20181116-141911.jpg https://preview.ibb.co/df5Vzf/20181116-142144.jpg …

Re: GA-6BXC Rev:1.7 short beep no post

Posted on 2018-11-15, 23:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Nice, it worked great! now to get it the motherboard running at 133mhz FSB and find a driver for this Yes! Netware ISA ethernet card. will post some pics of the finished product. Thanks Gerwin and Datasoft for all the help

Re: GA-6BXC Rev:1.7 short beep no post

Posted on 2018-11-15, 13:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't know about Windows. But in pure DOS (F8 key at bootup on a Windows 95/98 system) the command "Sys a:" makes the floppy bootable. Great worked like a charm thanks. Now do i need a utility to flash the bios? or just boot with the bin file on the bootable floppy? After an hour or 2 of reading …

Re: GA-6BXC Rev:1.7 short beep no post

Posted on 2018-11-14, 19:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Okay so i am getting ready to flash ive tested the floppy disk in scandisk with a through check, with 0 errors or bad sectors formatted with quick format. downloaded the f4cbeta.exe bios transferred it to the windows 98 computer (ga-6xbc). i tried to find out how to format it to be a MS-DOS Bootable …

Re: GA-6BXC Rev:1.7 short beep no post

Posted on 2018-11-11, 14:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah, right, floppy lol, in the bios under boot order i seen zip and for some reason i thought usb.. i actually have a zip drive and a floppy drive, but i am going to install windows first and test the floppy and zip drive and a few disks before i flash. btw is Hirens Boot CD a good choice for …

Re: GA-6BXC Rev:1.7 short beep no post

Posted on 2018-11-09, 18:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow! Thank you so much for the detailed reply!!!..and the bios files. I think i will shoot for 133mhz. ive been building since my last post, cable management!!! I could be forced to update the bios.. the hard drive wont read.. or i might just use sea tools and limit it to 20gb, gonna have lunch on …

Re: GA-6BXC Rev:1.7 short beep no post

Posted on 2018-11-09, 13:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Houston,.... We've got post! I decided to bring everything out to the garage for some more room, pulled all the ram out except for 1 64mb stick, put the gigabyte video card in and hooked up the macron PSU , tried the pentium 3 500 with same switch settings and it booted up no prob. BUT it only …

Re: GA-6BXC Rev:1.7 short beep no post

Posted on 2018-11-08, 23:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

These Pentium IIs are among the oldest slot-1 CPUs, so every slot-1 board knows them. Did the board work before you installed a three-card graphics setup? Do you have a single PCI graphics card to boot with? Set FSB to 66MHz regardless of the CPU with one of these switches, just to be safe. Are the …

GA-6BXC Rev:1.7 short beep no post

Posted on 2018-11-08, 20:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

so i am trying to build a slot 1 p3 voodoo 2 sli rig but i cant get the motherboard to boot, ive unhooked everything except for the main video card (ga-622-32c NVIDIA TNT2™ Model 64) aswell as a Macron mpt-400 ATX 12v PSU i took both out of a working computer. ive tried different ram sticks (256, …

Re: correctly burning PC games?

Posted on 2018-02-10, 04:03

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

well i think i am going to try differnt drives for reading tonight, and then just drive after drive of testing which work the best i have over 50 forsure lol, there is alot of LG, some sony, A-open , Samsung , lite on , ben q, phillips, mitsumi, afreey , acer, hp, asus ,and 2 Creative, not sure if …

Re: correctly burning PC games?

Posted on 2018-02-10, 03:55

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

leileilol wrote: I don't really burn games. okay, well im curious how do you mount/emulate images?

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