Re: (Spray)Paint old case - how to recreate surface structure?

Posted on 2023-08-24, 06:56

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by Socket3

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Hi, I've got a beautiful, but old case thats hood I probably have to grind down to the bare metal because of some deep scratches and corrosion. IMG_20210914_144344_1.jpg How can I recreate or mimic the original surface structure (e.g. with a paint roller)? IMG_20210914_144332_1.jpg TNX & regards …

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Re: Advanced Computer Tech motherboard

Posted on 2023-08-10, 20:18

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by Socket3

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Anonymous Coward wrote on 2023-08-10, 14:07: Holy shit, you’ve found a 286 motherboard with external cache! Too bad there’s no simm slots. pretty sure those sockets are for DIP/DIL 32 or 64kb DRAM chips, not cache.

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Re: 3dmark01 crash to desktop

Posted on 2023-08-06, 20:41

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Try a lower CPU multiplier, it's a mobile Athlon I did - it still crashes to desktop, even at 5x133. A regular thunderbird Athlon on the other hand works fine, even at 1400mhz. Out of curiosity, are you using the latest 3DMark 2001 SE which can still be downloaded for free from the developer's …

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Re: 3dmark01 crash to desktop

Posted on 2023-08-06, 12:31

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I seem to remember something about disabling SSE in Abit kt133 + XP combination maybe? it also might be caps/supply related there is always this megathread https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=67476&start=280 I re-capped the board with low-esr panasonic and rubicons. The caps under the AGP …

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Re: 3dmark01 crash to desktop

Posted on 2023-08-06, 09:15

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[UPDATE] Standard hardware config (Athlon XP-M 2000+, 256MB PC133 CL 3-3-2-5, Geforce 4 Ti 4200) - Forceware 41.09 + VIA 4in1 4.37, AGP Fast Writes ON, AGP set to 4x, AGP Master 1 WS enabled for both read and writes - crash to desktop at random - no error message. Forceware 41.09 + VIA 4in1 4.56 - …

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Re: 3dmark01 crash to desktop

Posted on 2023-07-31, 20:36

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by Socket3

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Have you tried other driver versions and / or DirectX Version? no, I was waiting for a clue on witch driver to try. Maybe I should try forceware 29.42? Perhaps 4 in 1 4.37 isn't getting along with 41.09? No choice in directx versions. I need 8.1 as Dungeon Keeper 2 crashes to desktop when using …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-07-31, 18:16

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If you want, you can look at my post history on why I would recommend against going with a newer 754/939 platform for this use case. VIA's chipset drivers are total PITAs and the BIOS has a lot of bugs with AGP on 9x and I killed a motherboard by making a mistake flashing the BIOS, ATI chipsets …

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3dmark01 crash to desktop

Posted on 2023-07-31, 18:00

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by Socket3

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Hey everyone. I build another win98 rig and I'm having the most peculiar issue with the thing - it's perfectly stable in every game I tried, but it crashes to desktop randomly in 3DMark01.... Here are the specs: Athlon XP Mobile 2000+ 133x12.5 (1666MHz) Abit KT7A-RAID - VIA 4in1 4.37 Geforce 4 …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-07-31, 17:18

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Would you say that Radeon 9600pro would be nice partner card for that gpu or should I step up the game a bit and look for a Geforce FX card or even highter? An equivalent Geforce fx card would be stepping down really. The fx 5xxx family are rather mediocre cards, particularly low and mid end cards …

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Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?

Posted on 2023-07-30, 20:19

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Average framerate is around 40 fps with a Geforce 2 MX, but the game stutters and there's even micro-freezing from time to time. Off the top of my head, minimum FPS on the super 7 build at 640x480 was single digits, while on a 350mhz Compaq Deskpro EN with the same exact geforce 2 MX minimum FPS …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-07-30, 20:16

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Would you say that Radeon 9600pro would be nice partner card for that gpu or should I step up the game a bit and look for a Geforce FX card or even highter? An equivalent Geforce fx card would be stepping down really. The fx 5xxx family are rather mediocre cards, particularly low and mid end cards …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-07-28, 13:23

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by Socket3

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For windows XP, I recommend the Abit AN7. For windows 98 or XP and 98 dual boot setups I prefer the Asus A7V880. I heard the Abit KW7 is also great, but I've never seen or owned one. I also like my GA-7VT880 Pro - not as fast as the Asus but seems a bit less finicky. For universal AGP (voodoo 4/5 …

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Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?

Posted on 2023-07-28, 13:11

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by Socket3

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Half Life 1 is still quite playable on a super 7 PC, but it's much smoother on a pentium 2. It's really not. I mean, it depends on the actual CPUs (and motherboards) being compared and the video card that's being used. With a Voodoo 3, an AMD K6-3+ @ 550 MHz (or more), running on a good motherboard …

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Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?

Posted on 2023-07-28, 07:37

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I was able to get several Pentium 233 MMX chips to run at 3x100MHz on MVP3 boards, seemingly stable, but I haven't used any of them at that frequency for an extended period of time so I have no clue what the long term effects will be. I have one sample that ran at 300MHz stock voltage - played with …

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Re: I got an ASUS K7M 1.04 motherboard recently. Encountering issues

Posted on 2023-07-28, 07:04

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by Socket3

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Hi, I only have read the very first post of this thread, so I don't know what you've all tried so far. Just one thing that instantly came to my mind: I also bought a K7M some time ago and it had the very same symptoms! 8 Beeps with VGA card installed, and some other beeps without a VGA card. Fans …

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Re: Pentium 3 1 GHz Tualatin or P3 1 GHZ Coppermine for Voodoo 3 200 agp card

Posted on 2023-07-27, 08:31

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The Celeron 1000A (Tualatin) will be overall slower then the Pentium 3 1000 (Coppermine) due to slower FSB and in some cases memory clock. The Coppermine runs at 133Mhz FSB x 7.5X while the tualeron runs at 100Mhz FSB x 10X. The gap widens even more on boards that lock the memory clock to the FSB, …

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Re: Epox 8KTA3+ BIOS

Posted on 2023-07-27, 06:27

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by Socket3

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I'm experimenting with a similar build to yours - Athlon XP-M 2000+ ( Thoroughbred) + Abit KT7A-RAID and 256MB of PC133 SDRAM. My board post and detects the CPU as an Athlon XP 2000+ (non-M). I can't select any multiplier over 14x from bios, but I'm OK with that, considering I want to run Windows …

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Re: Voltage error on Asus P5A-B

Posted on 2023-07-22, 18:38

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by Socket3

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God, when people will start reading manuals... That BIOS screen shows PSU output voltages, it has nothing to do with the mainboard manual. 20230720_210928.jpg That PSU is bottom of the barrel stuff I like to call Schrodinger's Power Supply (will it or will it not let out magic smoke next time I …

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Re: Collection rationale

Posted on 2023-07-22, 16:36

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I'm new to this hobby and this is kinda harshly put but do you ever get a feeling that you're paying too much for what is essentially worthless junk? I don't pay ebay prices but often I'm still thinking whether there is any sense in hoarding old hardware, but on the other hand it's fun to tinker …

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Re: Ati Rage LT Pro

Posted on 2023-07-21, 16:44

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by Socket3

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I woul use ATi Rage XL for AGP and if PCI is needed, then ATi Rage Pro / Pro Turbo / LT Pro with PCI. They all support Direct3D, OpenGL, 3DCiF. ATi Rage XL AGP is improved version of Rage Pro, they are all Rage3 based cards. ATi Rage XC and Rage XL PCI ones (also Rage3 cards) do not work with 3DCiF …

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