Help with faulty(?) Pentium MMX Processor

Posted on 2020-07-31, 15:37

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by walterg74

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Hi folks, Wondering if you could help out/recommend regarding this... I'm putting together a Pentium 1 build, where the base is a Pentium 233 MMX CPU and 32MB RAM. I was using a Viper V330 PCI card (Riva 128), and I have a floppy emulator and an IDE/CF Adapter. Initially all went well, I partitioned …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16s again and Alternatives - Also 2 FMs?

Posted on 2020-07-28, 03:17

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by walterg74

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foil_fresh wrote on 2020-07-28, 02:58: AWE64+YMF7x4 combo gang 👍 Well I have a CT3670, which is essentially an AWE64 with SIMMs... so, will try that. Not sire which Yamahas I have, but I do have a couple.

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Re: Sound Blaster 16s again and Alternatives - Also 2 FMs?

Posted on 2020-07-27, 22:15

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by walterg74

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Under Win98, it's fairly easy to use two sound cards since you can usually configure them to use different resources through Device Manager. I have a Yamaha YMF724 and an AWE64 Value installed in one of my rigs and they work just fine together. If I want genuine OPL3, all I need to do is to disable …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16s again and Alternatives - Also 2 FMs?

Posted on 2020-07-27, 21:45

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by walterg74

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LewisRaz wrote on 2020-07-27, 21:04: You can get AWE32 with OPL3, no need for 2 cards just to do that. Thought the 3980 did, but don't those have the midi bugs too?

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Re: Sound Blaster 16s again and Alternatives - Also 2 FMs?

Posted on 2020-07-27, 21:45

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by walterg74

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Yeah, I have several in my "collection", trying to decide which to use now that I'm finalizing builds. I do have a CT2230, wich CSP even. I thought the only downside was the type-2 hanging note bug, but then read about the clicks/pops too, and thought oh no.... Also have a CT3670, but that will be …

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Sound Blaster 16s again and Alternatives - Also 2 FMs?

Posted on 2020-07-27, 20:47

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by walterg74

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Hi Folks, After reading a lot on the SB16s, and coming to the conclusion that they all have some problem or other... Is there any real reason to using a SB16 card instead of say a Yamaha card, besides the "I want a Sound Blaster card in my system" reason..? If it's not the midi bugs, it pops and …

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Re: Help with XT board

Posted on 2020-07-14, 15:33

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by walterg74

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Predator99 wrote on 2020-07-14, 11:49: Can you switch the Keyboard LEDs when its on? I also assume a Video configuration Problem. A Post card will not help on XT. You need to program a diagnostic Rom for further analysis.. Yep. Keyboard lights are a go, on off, etc.

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Re: Help with XT board

Posted on 2020-07-14, 13:29

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by walterg74

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Anonymous Coward wrote on 2020-07-14, 08:27: Looks like a Juko board. Those can usually work without parity by setting a jumper. Is the CPU an 8088, v20, 8086 or V30? This one has a V20 (soldered 🙁 )

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Re: Help with XT board

Posted on 2020-07-14, 13:28

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by walterg74

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I would first hazard to guess that there is one RAM IC missing. There are 8, but usually you have 9 ICs in a bank, for parity. But maybe it also runs without parity. But it will not hurt putting a 9th RAM IC there. Also, I see one 640032C IC, which is probably BIOS? But below there is an empty …

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Re: Help with XT boarf

Posted on 2020-07-14, 06:26

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by walterg74

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Very nice little board, albeit a little dirty. Your VGA card is 8-bit or set to 8-bit already I guess? There is a DIP switch on your XT (SW-A, the red one), try setting the monitor selection to other settings (SW-A/5&6, on-on, off-on, on-off) instead of monochrome (off-off). Your board looks like …

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Help with XT board

Posted on 2020-07-14, 01:02

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by walterg74

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Hi folks, Got this XT clone board, and sadly upon testing it is not working correctly. As I do not have a monochrome monitor at the moment, I am testing with a VGA monitor and card. For background, the card is a "Realtek" 256KB card and it works fine on another almost identical board. The weird …

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Re: SB Pro Reverse Stereo - So...?

Posted on 2020-06-19, 03:55

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by walterg74

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It's mostly an issue in first person games, when you're trying to locate enemies by sound. Otherwise, not a big deal. Also, a lot of games give you the option of testing stereo in setup and reversing the channels if necessary. Did games that old as to support sbpro and not newer cards even …

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SB Pro Reverse Stereo - So...?

Posted on 2020-06-19, 00:30

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by walterg74

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Hi folks, trying to go through my different SB cards, to see which to keep, which to sell, etc, and when it comes to the SB Pro I often come across threads where they talk about how the SB Pro (any other models?) reverse the stereo channels, and talk about this issue as if was the greatest evil on …

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Re: The New Creative Labs Sound Blaster Drivers Collection. (Updated 6th Jan. 2014)

Posted on 2020-05-31, 17:36

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by walterg74

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Hey folks, I need the driver for a Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600) but the file/package listed as Sound blaster pro 2 if you look inside actually says it-s the SB Pro Deluxe... Are all these interchangeable? Sorry, been away for sometime, and currently stuck in another country since the covid-19 began …

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Re: Voodoo II with a bad TMU

Posted on 2020-02-16, 09:04

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by walterg74

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Uhm right, so he probably means that the one that is working will be at least warm(er)..? That was what I meant yes. As for the IR gun, I just assumed that anyone with an interest like ours would own one. You can get some really cheap ones that work fine for hobbyists. Just my two cents, but I've …

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Re: Voodoo II with a bad TMU

Posted on 2020-02-15, 22:02

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by walterg74

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derSammler wrote on 2020-02-15, 21:43: Unlikely that it gets hot. If it would be bad in a way to make it getting hot, the card probably would no longer work. If at all, it remains cold(er) as it is not detected and not used. Uhm right, so he probably means that the one that is working will be at …

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Voodoo II with a bad TMU

Posted on 2020-02-15, 18:05

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by walterg74

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Hi Folks, I have a Creative Blaster card, Voodoo II 12MB that seems to have a broken/undetected TMU. The card seems to work with tests, etc but as it is missing a TMU, how would that translate into games? I want to use the memory of this board as donor to use on an 8MB Monster II, bringing that one …

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Help with BIOS FLash update gone wrong...

Posted on 2020-02-10, 13:39

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by walterg74

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I have a SOYO 6BA+ IV Since I was getting "windows protection error" on startup after installing the HPT66 controller, and read it was because you needed the latest BIOS, I decided to update it. I got the latest BIOS for this board, 2BA5, and since I obtained it from different sources and all files …

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Re: Matching / Selecting sound cards for different builds

Posted on 2020-02-09, 22:54

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by walterg74

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Lol.. right.. 2 games and under special circumstances... I think we’ll be fine

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Re: Matching / Selecting sound cards for different builds

Posted on 2020-02-09, 19:51

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by walterg74

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MIDI support is another thing. You don't get MPU-401 capability until the SB16, which, if you're wanting to run MT-32 games, could be a reason to put a later card in an earlier system. Or, any of the clones -- since they'll also usually support at least SB -- if not SB Pro -- PCM. I would rather …

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