Re: HP Asus P5S-VM atx power connector

Posted on 2021-10-21, 08:59

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by Datadrainer

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Hi. HP Pavilion, for all the ones I know are using standard ATX PSU, but not very powerful one. Your missing wire is probably the -5V (white wire) that is not required today but used on old hardware, by example for ISA ports. So your board may need to use it. 24-pin PSU have the extras 4-pin power …

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Re: ASUS A7M266 and Nvidia video cards strange behaviour?

Posted on 2021-10-20, 20:27

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by Datadrainer

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@Grem Five, can you please tell me the fastest ATI card you tried on your A7M266? Thank you. I'm not very fond of ATI from this era because of terrible drivers. In games it was a nightmare with missing textures, display glitches, bad framerate... From the Rage 128 to the R100, things goes a little …

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Re: ASUS A7M266 and Nvidia video cards strange behaviour?

Posted on 2021-10-19, 15:25

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by Datadrainer

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If you haven't already, is it worth experimenting with the various BIOS settings? I think I remember having a video card that wouldn't work reliably with Fast Write enabled. I'd try turning off 4x and Fast Write, putting Compensation and Drive Strength to Auto and disable AGP to DRAM Prefetch. I …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-19, 15:03

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by Datadrainer

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Good thing there's still indestructible Nokia 3310. I still have a 3330 and a 6600 (compatible with the nGage through a few hacks). Both are still working great. Even the batteries! I also have a Lumia 950 XL that a use daily. Apart from the compass which is awful it is a very good phone based on …

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Re: ASUS A7M266 and Nvidia video cards strange behaviour?

Posted on 2021-10-19, 09:12

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by Datadrainer

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Proper installation succeeds with this sequence: Install Redmond OS using PCI graphics card installed Install chipset AGP GART miniport and AGP drivers Remove PCI card, insert AGP When Redmond OS starts, it will activate the correct drivers that you installed in the previous steps Thanks @ …

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Re: drive c does not contain a valid fat partition even after using Fdisk

Posted on 2021-10-18, 16:38

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by Datadrainer

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Try FDISK /MBR from command line and restart, that should work. If not, fill the 1st mega byte with 0 using an hexadecimal editor, then recreate the partition.

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Re: ASUS A7M266 and Nvidia video cards strange behaviour?

Posted on 2021-10-18, 14:46

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by Datadrainer

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Hi again, I forgot to mention that the problem is the same whether I am using a VGA or DVI cable or whatever screen, CRT or LCD. I burned a KNOPPIX 5 Live CD. The test runs without problem. The graphical boot menu displays normally. Then during the detection phase, the configuration tool detected …

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Re: ASUS A7M266 and Nvidia video cards strange behaviour?

Posted on 2021-10-18, 08:48

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by Datadrainer

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Just a check as you don't mention it explicitly: you do have the AMD 761 chipset AGP drivers installed don't you? If not, that could explain a bit. The WinXP AGP miniport driver isn't easy to find, AMD no longer has it on its site. This looks like the right one, but don't have a 761 board, so can't …

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ASUS A7M266 and Nvidia video cards strange behaviour?

Posted on 2021-10-17, 19:23

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by Datadrainer

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Hi. I have a computer built around an ASUS A7M266 motherboard. That's a Socket 462 board with an AMD-761 Northbridge and VIA VT82C686B PCIset Southbridge. The card is working fine since 2002 and still is. It has an AGP Pro 4x but I'm using only consumer class video cards. Here is the manual with the …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-17, 08:45

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by Datadrainer

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Reminds me of recent generation game consoles. e.g Nintendo's Wii U and Switch with their user-unfriendly limited-life battery systems with little-to-no aftermarket support (try getting a reliable trusted Wii U Gamepad battery replacement, if you're outside the US and thus can't be shipped to from …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-16, 21:57

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by Datadrainer

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or HP for what I know well: custom motherboard with custom power supply and connectors and rebadged components. and they're getting rightfully called out for it by tech youtubers along DELL and others, they're basically producing e-waste right out of the factory. Which is a shame because except the …

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Re: Does a program exist that can beep the PC speaker at different frequencies?

Posted on 2021-10-16, 20:34

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by Datadrainer

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Hi. Microsoft made a PC speaker driver for Windows 3.1 that convert PCM to squarewave frequency [https://winworldpc.com/product/pc-speaker-dri … iver-windows-31]

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-16, 20:24

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by Datadrainer

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We're moving towards 'hardware as a service' where nobody actually 'owns' anything and all of 'your' gadgets and gizmos are really just leased from the manufacturer, with various rules and restrictions on how they can be used. We are moving towards everything as a service... But to speak about …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-16, 11:32

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by Datadrainer

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This does however remind me of something which has been kinda bugging me for a while now and that's that there was a thread here on Vogons for to show your games collection, but once someone showed some pics and stories of some games which were not PC games the OP changed the title to include only …

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Re: ACTION REWIND: a clone of the original IBM PC Action Replay card

Posted on 2021-10-10, 12:20

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by Datadrainer

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@keropi Always making nice stuff for our beloved machines 😀 Many thanks to you and to the involved people!

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Re: Change Sound Blaster PNP IRQ in Win 3.X

Posted on 2021-10-05, 09:03

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by Datadrainer

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I don't think configuration parameters are stored anywhere in Windows 3.x. What do you mean by changing IRQ 5 to IRQ 7? If it is modifying I5 by I7 in the BLASTER environment variable, it will not work. Anyway, for what I know (I may be wrong), configuring any sound card that have a configuration …

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Re: CT1750 : PC_SPK connector not working ?

Posted on 2021-10-02, 21:14

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by Datadrainer

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Yes. Without modifying the board, and I understand you don't want to, you can try the silencer option. First, put a sticker on the hole of the speaker. And second if its not enough, as there is the battery near your speaker you can try to cut a cube of polystyrene and make a hole inside with a knife …

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Re: CT1750 : PC_SPK connector not working ?

Posted on 2021-10-02, 20:28

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by Datadrainer

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Maybe, I didn't understood. Is that what you want? To have both the internal speaker AND the sound card to produce the speaker sound? I ask that because your internal speakers are piezoelectric, and that can sound quite odd to the ear to have the same sound coming through amplified stereo speakers …

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Re: CT1750 : PC_SPK connector not working ?

Posted on 2021-10-02, 10:36

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by Datadrainer

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About connecting a motherboard speaker to a sound card, there is two ways. If the speaker is connected with Dupont pins, remove the speaker and put a cable with two Dupont plug from the MB to the SC. If the speaker is embedded, if your are lucky, the are jumpers to bypass it and to connect to the SC …

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Re: CT1750 : PC_SPK connector not working ?

Posted on 2021-10-02, 10:23

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by Datadrainer

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I have a SB16 MCD with the DSP (for QSound effects XD), bought in 1994. Still working fine, but I do not use it a lot this day. I was using it in a IBM PS/1 2133-571 (486DX33). I redirected the PC Speaker to the sound card and there was no bip on the start. It only work after setting the volume of …

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