My dream machine from 1996-1997

Posted on 2022-01-24, 19:59

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So I don't know why, but my most coveted PC was when I was like ~9 years old, between 96-97. Unfortunetely my family was quite poor, and my dreams ended up with 386DX40. Today I started building my dream computer from the parts I had acquired over the years and the computers I had before. 1. The " …

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Re: Problem with Radeon 8500 and Windows 2000 [NOT SOLVED]

Posted on 2021-10-15, 17:28

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So I'm back with Radeon 8500 problems. Installed Catalyst 6.11, the one that works good on this card ... to restart. Something strange going on on restart, because card after installed and first restart, working 100% properly Q3 test 1024x768 ~220-240FPS. After another restart, even the moving …

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Re: Searching for good Network card 99-2k1

Posted on 2021-10-15, 17:27

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Which motherboard (relevant because of PCI version and voltage)? 2003 Socket-A Any specific MB make / model? Or if you are still looking for candidates? Many Socket A MB in 2003 had built-in Ethernet socket(s); my (ex-)Asus A7N8X Deluxe had two, driven by BroadCom AC101L and Realtek 8201BL, …

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Re: Problem with Radeon 8500 and Windows 2000 [SOLVED]

Posted on 2021-10-12, 15:53

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So I've recentlly solved the problem. When I've changed the card from 8500 to 7500 It was fine, everythig works. After I've changed once again 8500 starts to work but with 60hz refresh rate and blocked the 60+ RRate on this screen. I'm suspecting two things, changing the card installed proper basic …

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Problem with Radeon 8500 and Windows 2000 [NOT SOLVED]

Posted on 2021-10-12, 15:25

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So I'm trying to get working those two and no luck after 2 days. What I've tried: - clean Wink2k SP4 + catalyst 6.2 INF Error, Video Driver not found - clean Wink2k SP4 + catalyst 6.5 INF Error, Video Driver not found - clean Wink2k SP4 + catalyst 6.2 manual install (installed WDM driver then …

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Re: Searching for good Network card 99-2k1

Posted on 2021-10-11, 18:06

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Which motherboard (relevant because of PCI version and voltage)? And which OS? For DOS, ISA 3Com 3C509B/C cards are best (DOS is hardly capable of high speeds anyway, these are trouble-free and well supported/compatible) For Win9x, PCI 3Com 3C905B-TX or similar are your best bet (again, excellent …

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Searching for good Network card 99-2k1

Posted on 2021-10-11, 16:53

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So as in topic. I'm searching for a good network adapter from 99 to 2001 year. In progress I have 2k build and I want to make it year properly and with network. Could you guys advise me some models? Thanks 😉

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-10-05, 19:12

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Just working on cable routing and management in my newly acquired Windows ME era Compaq, make it as clean as possible in this old case. I installed a new 80 GB IDE hard drive which will be plenty for Windows 98. Haven't decided which video card I'm going to run in it yet, either a Radeon 9600 Pro …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-09-29, 15:53

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Cleaning up this beauty 😉 https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-6OX-rev-11#ov

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Re: Need advice on Hard Drive for Pentium 3 Build

Posted on 2021-01-06, 20:32

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Good choice is modern fast Ultra-DMA drive with IDE 133 controller

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Need advice about Simens Nixdorf PCD-3Rsx

Posted on 2021-01-06, 20:22

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I have this nice little guy 386SX without Math-CPU 4MB ram Tseng Labs ET4000 (dunno, propably 512KB of VRAM) ~126MB HDD Matshita CD-ROM drive (no info about speed). It's working great but really I don't have any idea to use this nice PC. I like the case and I wanted to put in this case my Batman …

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Re: Dual PIII server MOBO service manual

Posted on 2020-03-14, 16:01

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Ok, I've found the manual. The motheboard is from ProLiant ML350 Gen.2 : http://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/kmcsdirect/e … c01127102-1.pdf If someone will search for this in the future.

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Dual PIII server MOBO service manual

Posted on 2020-03-14, 15:28

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Hello, I have this kind of motherboard for server station. Can someone help me find the service manual for this model? I have problems with find anything about this motherboard. Will ATC psu can handle tha kind of motherboard? Thanks for any advice.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-12-17, 10:54

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Reinstalling Windows 98 after 1000 errors with installing games. Don't ever install unofficial SP3 for windows 98, just don't do it if you have normal PII/PIII computer. You don;t need this and it will only give you more errors and bad performance in games...

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-10-07, 18:00

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I've cleaned up Radeon 9000 PRO with distilled water and dish soap.

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RAID 0 Windows 98 experiment

Posted on 2019-09-08, 15:13

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Hello! I'm in progress benchmarking RAID 0 on Windows 98 Platform: [/i] Motherboard : ASUS P2B-D Memory : 640MB Ram - 2x256 + 128 Graphics : ELSA ERAZOR II - Riva TNT Hard Disc options: [/i]#1: option "single IDE HDD" - controller (mainboard) - WD 160GB 7200 #2: option "RAID 0 IDE HDD" - controller …

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Re: 4dam 386 DX 40 build thread

Posted on 2019-07-25, 19:30

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chinny22 wrote: I prefer PC's with missing parts, forces you to think about what to put in it, rather then just going with whatever it happens to have installed already Actually this computer dosen't have any HDD, floppy, graphic cards, just mobo, case and PSU. 😊

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Re: 386 DX 40 build thread and problems

Posted on 2019-07-21, 15:01

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Thanks for advices. In the meantime, I've retrobrited the front panel. Looks nice I think. 😊

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Re: 386 DX 40 build thread and problems

Posted on 2019-07-16, 21:39

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I have another question about the PSU. Wich connector is proper for power vable ? The power cable will only fit in one. The other connector is for powering a monitor. Yup, but take a look. The connector that should be for monitor is with voltage switch. I'm asking because I'm not really sure that …

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4dam 386 DX 40 build thread

Posted on 2019-07-16, 21:23

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Hello. Today I've started project 386 :) with this incomplete PC. - no graphics card - no HDD - no FDD - only 24x CD-ROM (working) - strange 200W psu - 386DX40 mobo - 8mb ram SIMM 72pins - added some GPU (triden 512kb) and working AT PSU, dosen't boot at all I've started then, some restoration on …

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