Re: What would a good PSU be for this?

Posted on 2020-05-25, 08:04

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by computerguy08

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I have no way of proving it, but I would not be surprised if this board is more 12V oriented than it's age would let on . Judging by the number of 5V lines present on the AUX and the 24-pin ATX connector, I can safely assume that it draws power from the 5V rails. You can find the pinouts in the …

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Re: What would a good PSU be for this?

Posted on 2020-05-24, 17:46

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The 6-pin power connector is used to feed additional +5V and +3.3V rails to the motherboard. Unless you get a super high end PSU, like a EVGA Supernova 1600 (and hope you have enough amps on the 5V rail), a modern PSU will not work. (your mb lacks a P4 connector) Since the early 2000s, the focus has …

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Re: Identifying a CPU and a mobo

Posted on 2020-05-24, 16:45

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I'll do another once-over for my older downloads. In theory there might be a matching manual or settings sheet in there. Not all is named, some are just named sis486 or ali486, no indication of VLB/PCI whatever. I guess I need to start categorizing them, put them online and see if someone has a …

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Re: The Ultimate Hardware 2019 project- a new, modern TH99

Posted on 2020-05-23, 19:28

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A taste of how the search page could look like:

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Re: Why am i getting these errors XP BSOD?

Posted on 2020-05-22, 16:28

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Yes i want it to be dual boot XP and 98. You said Win98 was already installed, did you have a dual boot config at the time of installation? If so, Win 98's MBR is probably missing. You can fix that with fdisk /mbr from a Windows 98 boot disk (sometimes it works). Make sure to disconnect other …

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Re: Why am i getting these errors XP BSOD?

Posted on 2020-05-22, 16:22

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Yes it was the ram. It’s now stable. The 2 512’s work so i removed 256 and 128mb of ram and it works. But i just need to set up 98. It was already installed but i cannot boot into it. Were you doing some kind of dual booting with XP ? Or you just changed the boot order in the BIOS whenever you …

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Re: Why am i getting these errors XP BSOD?

Posted on 2020-05-22, 16:15

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iVirtualZero wrote on 2020-05-22, 16:11: computerguy08 wrote on 2020-05-22, 16:09: Does the BIOS see the harddrive on the built-in VIA IDE controller ? Yes it see’s everything but XP is crashing after i set the bios to use my main gpu. Did you try safe mode ? Also, make sure to use only one stick …

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Re: Fixing a Schneider EuroPC

Posted on 2020-05-22, 16:13

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Deksor wrote on 2020-05-22, 16:10: A regular one. I know it shouldn't, but this one does in fact display something. I had this happen on my dead XT board as well (random codes from time to time). It turns out they are misreporting. The ISA POST cards are mainly designed to work with 286 and above.

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Re: Why am i getting these errors XP BSOD?

Posted on 2020-05-22, 16:09

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Does the BIOS see the harddrive on the built-in VIA IDE controller ? You can try optimized defaults in this configuration.

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Re: Fixing a Schneider EuroPC

Posted on 2020-05-22, 16:04

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What kind of POST card do you have ? AFAIK, most XT systems do not output debug codes on port 80h, which is used by the majority of POST cards. Your best friend here would be Ruud's diagnostic ROM and a LPT debug card.

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Re: The Total Hardware 1999 Reborn project

Posted on 2020-05-21, 20:38

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xjas wrote on 2020-05-21, 19:45: Maybe you guys should combine efforts? We're planning that.

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Re: The Total Hardware 1999 Reborn project

Posted on 2020-05-21, 16:47

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This is another version of the index page. Capture2.PNG The first one was glitching on my phone so I had to discard it. I will try to upload the project on GitHub, so it is available to download and edit offline. Link coming soon. Note: the buttons are disproportional because of the images I used ( …

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Re: Rant: please stop linking to "Stason .org" for Total Hardware 1999 (TH99) pages

Posted on 2020-05-21, 14:06

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I would see it as an alternative to Stason rather than a competitor. A tool that is there ready for everyone on VOGONS looking for a specific part. In that case please make it mobile friendly. Maybe allow users to contribute somehow. I have a few boards I haven't found on Stason and I'd be happy to …

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Re: Rant: please stop linking to "Stason .org" for Total Hardware 1999 (TH99) pages

Posted on 2020-05-21, 13:50

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It will still be buried under other sites and the only way to change that is to beat them in the clicking game. A few guys from here would know about it but others would still use the one that actually showed up first in Google: Stason. You would get tired of it eventually. I would see it as an …

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Re: Rant: please stop linking to "Stason .org" for Total Hardware 1999 (TH99) pages

Posted on 2020-05-21, 13:32

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What if we combined the versatility of stason with the cleanness of TH99 ? Something that would look like this, with a modern interface suitable for smartphones as well. Capture.PNG I made this prototype today (had some fun coding in HTML and CSS). All I would ask for is a search bar! None of the …

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Re: Rant: please stop linking to "Stason .org" for Total Hardware 1999 (TH99) pages

Posted on 2020-05-21, 13:30

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keropi wrote on 2020-05-21, 13:28: full TH99 archive unpacked is something like ~520MB right? Yeah, 526MB to be precise. (521MB without the photos above)

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The Retro Web project - a better stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on 2020-05-21, 13:24

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The motherboard database is accessible at https://theretroweb.com/ This project was known under the former names of Ultimate Retro and Ultimate Hardware 2019 up until the recent merger with the other board archival project made by Zago, and it will be focusing on the resurrection of the well known …

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Re: Rant: please stop linking to "Stason .org" for Total Hardware 1999 (TH99) pages

Posted on 2020-05-21, 09:29

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wiretap wrote on 2020-05-21, 09:22: +1.. and as long as the site doesn't have spyware it tries to load 🤣 If it were to be evil, I would rather think of cryptomining scripts running in the background 😉 I know that because it happened on me.

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Re: Rant: please stop linking to "Stason .org" for Total Hardware 1999 (TH99) pages

Posted on 2020-05-21, 09:21

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Related to the OP's original post, I personally don't mind the book ads on Stason (if there is anything else, it's probably blocked by uBlock Origin and can't see it). I've trained myself for decades to remove ads or simply ignore them on various websites, it has become a subconscious thing for my …

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

Posted on 2020-05-20, 08:02

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Shit, and I used it at 399C . That explains it... As for the patch wires, I DID in fact strip them, but the insulation melted anyway. Also, they're aluminium wires. Next time I work on the card, I'll replace them with copper ones and I'll keep in mind to twist them and tin them, so it will …

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