Re: HP Compaq dc7600 not recognising PCI-e card

Posted on 2019-01-03, 20:02

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Hi guys thanks for the suggestions The BIOS is 786D1 v01.61 which I think is the latest I also found some tech support posts referring to GT610 being compatible with this computer and also X1600XT being offered as an option by HP back in the day mentioned here on page 15 http://static. …

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Re: HP Compaq dc7600 not recognising PCI-e card

Posted on 2019-01-03, 17:39

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In desperation I found a PCI-e Soundblaster card and inserted that to see what would happen. The computer boots to Windows XP but does not detect any new hardware It appears the PCI-e slot is disabled. How do I enable it?

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HP Compaq dc7600 not recognising PCI-e card

Posted on 2019-01-03, 15:55

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Hi guys I tried fitting a PCI-e Radeon X1600 Pro to my HP Compaq dc7600 slimline desktop using a PCI-e extender cable so I can mount the graphic card horizontally. However when I fit the X1600 the fan spins on the card but I don't get any video from the SVGA connector. The onboard intel svga still …

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Re: Sapphire 9600 Pro Question

Posted on 2019-01-01, 19:54

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Ahh OK I just wanted a low profile PCI-e card for my HP slimline desktop that runs XP and DirectX9 This is the original ebay listing https://www.ebay.es/itm/SAPPHIRE-ATI-RADEON-9600-PRO-88-2C92-0C-SB-256MB-DDR2-VGA-TV-DVI-PCI-E-G5237/282688848171?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438. …

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Sapphire 9600 Pro Question

Posted on 2019-01-01, 18:56

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Hi Guys I bought this Low Profile PCI-e card from ebay for €9.99 a couple months ago and it was listed as 'Sapphire-ATI-Radeon-9600-pro-88-2c92-0c-sb-256mb-ddr2-VGA-TV-DVI-PCI-e-g5237' I couldn't get it to fit in my Slimline HP Compaq as the CPU Fan was in the way so didn't get to use it at the time …

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Re: Dell OptiPlex GX110 SFF - Really Weird Sound Card Issues

Posted on 2018-12-30, 19:32

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How much are these GX110 actually worth on ebay? I want to sell the one i have and was going to use as a win98 rig, until I was given a working Super Socket 7 PC for free so now I no longer intend to complete that project. I can see one GX110 asking for £99 but no bids, and that one was previously …

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Re: Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-30, 11:22

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Ahh I found this after posting - and learnt a LOT in 15 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Oymnq5DEQ It's very interesting how close the spec of that test rig is to the one intend to have :-) Based on that video tutorial this seems like a good bet for me, if it is the low voltage version he …

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Re: Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-30, 10:50

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I have to say the quality of advice (and willingness to help) on this Forum is just excellent! OK I had a look around for K6-2+ and K6-3+ on ebay.co.uk and also on ebay.es (I am English but I actually live in Gran Canaria Spain - mostly because i can't stand the crap weather in North West UK anymore …

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Re: Garage find No. 2 - This one is older

Posted on 2018-12-29, 22:56

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Yes defintely top one is speakers. Another reason I am sure someone robbed the soundcard out of this PC - and the voodoo 2. HAving said that I sold this PC in the 90s and just got it back again for free so really can't complain :lol: Not tried it with a CD but the 4 disc CD changer at least opens …

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Re: Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-29, 19:38

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OK I spent a little more time playing around with this. I tested the CDROM and the two presumably faulty DIMMS in another PC I have lying around, a Dell Optiplex GX110. It turns out that the 256Mb PC133 that reads a 512Mb on the GA-5AX (and won't go past POST screen) just causes the GX110 to beep …

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Re: Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-29, 16:44

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yeah I have just read something like that on a 'Vogon Wiki' page regards super socket 7 boards. I was googling for 'fatest super socket 7 cpu' at the time 😉

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Re: Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-29, 16:07

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Cool so it's 20 years old then :-D I have to say I'm really quite pleased with this retro PC find, seriously it was going to the dump until I saved it from that fate. I would like it to be an intel CPU but hey ho. OK so I've been doing a bit of googling to see what would be the best AGP GPU to put …

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Re: Garage fine No. 2 - This one is older

Posted on 2018-12-29, 15:04

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Oh what's that little PCB in the slot next to the CPU? I seem to recall it was cache memory but not sure if it came with the mobo or was something I bought separately?

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Garage find No. 2 - This one is older

Posted on 2018-12-29, 15:03

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OK had a look at the second PC. This is one of my old rigs. Jetway J656 HXA Mobo Pentium-S 200MHz 81920K RAM (reported by BIOS) Maxtor 3.5Gb HDD Diamond Stealth 64 SVGA 4x CDROM Autochanger CDR-C251 Sony CD Writer This is in a full height tower on castor wheels. I strongly suspect this was the rig …

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Re: Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-29, 14:45

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Can anyone put an date on this rig based on the specs?

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Re: Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-29, 13:55

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OK panic over - it's working again. I put all the DIMMS back in and it would POST but didn't detect the HDD and I could not see it in the BIOS. Then when i tried again it would POST but I could not get into the BIOS However on post it was showing some really odd amount of RAM like 766546 or …

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Re: Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-29, 12:23

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Other pics

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Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-29, 12:21

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amd1s.jpg Hi guys I mentioned on another thread that a friend was giving me two old PCs that were in his garage and destined for the dump. I thought they were two old PCs I sold him back in the 90s but only one of them is. The other one is the first I am looking at, The spec is as follows ( …

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Re: Should I add Crossfire to my single HD6850, or upgrade?

Posted on 2018-12-27, 11:42

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Downloaded FRAPS and tried that. Crysis Warhead running about, on average, 50FPS at 1920x1080 with AA=2 but sometimes dropping to low 40s FPS. At 1024x768 running at 60-80FPS with no AA and a bit lower 48-60FPS wih AA=2 To be honest it looks good to my eyes even at the higher resolution and 40-50FPS …

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Re: Should I add Crossfire to my single HD6850, or upgrade?

Posted on 2018-12-27, 10:27

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OK guys thanks for the advice as always. Seems I can get a used 7950 for about £80 and as was suggested then sell the 6850 and probably end up costing me less than £50 in total once i sold that. So not much difference than the £40 for crossfire 6850s. Used 7970 look to be about £100. Is there a lot …

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