Re: Asrock FM2A55M-DGS unknown broken component

Posted on 2020-05-21, 07:49

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by zapbuzz

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Hi, It's a long time I've this mainboard (FM2A55M-DGS rev 1.02) and never understood why it could not post; I tried cpu, rams, a new bios eeprom and at the end it became a personal quest to try understand the problem. At the end I think I found it: close to the ATX connector there's this component …

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Re: I wish I had discovered Windows ME sooner!

Posted on 2020-05-21, 06:47

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by zapbuzz

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Interesting, thanks. I didn't know this story. But at the end the system.ini tweak is enough? Anyway it would not solve the errors during the boot installation of the o.s. when more than 512MB but anyway it'd be a good thing for a multi o.s. machine that run the same amount of ram without changing …

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Re: I wish I had discovered Windows ME sooner!

Posted on 2020-05-20, 10:00

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by zapbuzz

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But didn't it have the same 512MB ram limitation of the cache of previous Win9x? I always used it with 512MB for that reason cause I never liked the many unofficial tweaks for the ram problem cause I don't know how stable they are. There was apparently a vendor Microsoft listened to that allowed 2G …

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Re: I wish I had discovered Windows ME sooner!

Posted on 2020-05-18, 20:32

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There are things I like about windows Millennium I'd like to share. More memory capacity - I have run it on a 2GB RAM system; I have patched it to support up to 4gb. Updated file system features - FDISK FORMAT can see larger disks, windows defrag fastest out of all windows 9x editions. UPNP - …

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Re: I wish I had discovered Windows ME sooner!

Posted on 2020-05-18, 09:41

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There are things I like about windows Millennium I'd like to share. More memory capacity - I have run it on a 2GB RAM system; I have patched it to support up to 4gb. Updated file system features - FDISK FORMAT can see larger disks, windows defrag fastest out of all windows 9x editions. UPNP - Easily …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2020-05-18, 02:41

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Here is a link to a little video I made awhile ago with my ymf724 I had the Y-XG100 plus sequencer play it then I put it through winamp with milkdrop visualization its pretty sweet https://archive.org/details/colourfulmedley I was so happy to get this for $15 in auction it serves as a great DOS game …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2020-05-17, 03:56

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by zapbuzz

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it sounds great on my home HIFI with 4 speaker setup however if i enable 3d sound it won't let me record it thus I will need another sound card to patch it into to record 4 track audio in windows 98se so what I need to know is, what is the maximum attachment size of this forum as i can probably …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2020-05-17, 03:47

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it sounds great on my home HIFI with 4 speaker setup however if i enable 3d sound it won't let me record it thus I will need another sound card to patch it into to record 4 track audio in windows 98se so what I need to know is, what is the maximum attachment size of this forum as i can probably …

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Re: The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2020-05-14, 20:20

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by zapbuzz

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I think a comparison focusing on maxing out a given motherboard socket/bus architecture (or even chipset range/generation) would be more the sort of topic that would fill some of the qualities listed in zapbuzz's post. As it is, it's often the bus design and/or chipset limitations that skews some …

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Re: Sapphire RADEON X1600 PRO 256MB AGP graphics card

Posted on 2020-05-14, 03:28

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by zapbuzz

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It was disappointing to see bulging capacitors on this card guess it'll need to be recapped AS well as getting a new fan. Wow if it were like that in the photo Above i'd have moved onto another one. (well, i knew i shouldn't have but with HDMI I had to have it)

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Re: Sapphire RADEON X1600 PRO 256MB AGP graphics card

Posted on 2020-05-14, 03:16

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by zapbuzz

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To your response, yes, if the fan is sticky, or rattling noisily even not spinning freely when fingers spun quickly to test and watch it spin to stop. Use oil only. On mine: I did check the fan's bearing freedom by fingers flick and fan spun freely and magnetic wiggled to stop. Rarely see a fan die …

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Re: Sapphire RADEON X1600 PRO 256MB AGP graphics card

Posted on 2020-05-12, 17:20

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Ah, dead fan.. I had fan die (spinning perfectly for several seconds then slow down then stopped), every time computer turned on. Was HD3650 by sapphire bought couple since new and still have them. Rebuilt using a notebook fan in place of original to keep one slot design, had to cut away part of …

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Re: Sapphire RADEON X1600 PRO 256MB AGP graphics card

Posted on 2020-05-12, 17:20

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darry wrote on 2020-05-11, 00:49: zapbuzz wrote on 2020-05-11, 00:25: darry wrote on 2020-05-10, 22:57: Nope . Nothing after the X800 seies does . you think it'd run on 2000? Yes Thanks but you know i'll try to anyway 😀 i will post the result

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Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 00:33

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don't mean to be a dampener but k6 isn't anywhere as good for multimedia as intel in my testing (well back in 2007) anyway how bout some photos? i love IBM architecture

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Re: Sapphire RADEON X1600 PRO 256MB AGP graphics card

Posted on 2020-05-11, 00:25

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darry wrote on 2020-05-10, 22:57: Nope . Nothing after the X800 seies does . you think it'd run on 2000?

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Sapphire RADEON X1600 PRO 256MB AGP graphics card

Posted on 2020-05-10, 22:47

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I'm getting this card i remember it used to be around but i haven't seen it anywhere for many years I wanted to see if anyone had some input about them. I have to refurb it as fan is broken but if I can get some input what its been used on what games work alright etc. Heres a photo of it wondering …

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Re: AGP GPU for windows 98 fe se and windows 2000

Posted on 2020-05-10, 22:35

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by zapbuzz

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Geforce FX series is worth a look . The FX 5500 with 128-bit RAM is decent as an entry level card . If you want faster, there are higher end models that are costlier and require more power . Though they have Directx 9 support, only the FX5900 and higher really work for that . They are pretty much …

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Re: AGP GPU for windows 98 fe se and windows 2000

Posted on 2020-05-10, 22:29

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What were they thinking with the xbox haha (oh man that albatron looks dank)

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Re: AGP GPU for windows 98 fe se and windows 2000

Posted on 2020-05-10, 21:28

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So then its a Direct X 7 GPU for a pentium III machine well that should be cheaper surely. Lucky 7 sexy? i sure could use some luck .... i have struck out Geforce 4 Ti4200 its to damn expensive. My pentium 3 mobo can use 1,2,3,4x AGP (sideband) at 3.3v This is a temporary thing for me running 98se …

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Re: AGP GPU for windows 98 fe se and windows 2000

Posted on 2020-05-10, 21:15

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I would say, that whole FX lineup is big no-no for DX9 games. Though, for PIII DX9 games should be out if question anyway. And also PIII would bottlenecks those faster FX or 9000 series cards like crazy. Just speculatively the very notion of FX as advertising for sexy effects coincides with MMX II …

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