Re: Help with MSI KN72 DELTA 2 !

Posted on 2021-08-05, 16:34

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Yeah...I quit. Any recommendation on a nforce2 based reliable board (with 12V connector and Sata ports)? Maybe GIGABYTE GA-7N400S . But what is the purpose to have NF2 based system at all? Is it just to run Windows XP only? There're plenty platforms are capable of that. True, I already own a …

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Re: Help with MSI KN72 DELTA 2 !

Posted on 2021-08-04, 15:37

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Yeah...I quit. Any recommendation on a nforce2 based reliable board (with 12V connector and Sata ports)?

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Re: Help with MSI KN72 DELTA 2 !

Posted on 2021-08-03, 12:38

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So, here is how it should look, if You start the board without CPU - full red square. Caps on KT4AV are OST brand, on KT3V Chemicon. As you can see, these boards are oddly unpredictable - now, after a long storage period without a battery in the box, the D-bracket is on even with the KT4AV, where …

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Re: Help with MSI KN72 DELTA 2 !

Posted on 2021-08-01, 20:49

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Thanks to @Roman555 and all the rest of you who helped with ideas and experiences. Sorry for the delay in the feedback, my newborn was priority these days. I did try what Roman555 suggested about starting the board with just CPU and nothing more. Same results. Then I tried what @Ydee recommended, …

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Re: Help with MSI KN72 DELTA 2 !

Posted on 2021-07-06, 17:13

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It was nothing! "led 1 turns green the rest of the leds 2,3 and 4 turn red" - the error means "Early Chipset Initialization". It could be problem with chipset or with its proper connection to the PCB. Or ,maybe, wrong BIOS. I would try to run the mainboard just on a desk (I mean to take out of a …

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Re: Help with MSI KN72 DELTA 2 !

Posted on 2021-07-06, 15:41

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Hi! Don't you forget to connect ATX 12V P4 connector of PSU (to one that is designated as JPW1)? Also I would try to clear CMOS. Oh, sure, forgot to mention that I cleared CMOS as the first step of the troubleshooting, then tried with another CR2032 battery. Also, yes, I didn´t forget to connect …

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Help with MSI KN72 DELTA 2 !

Posted on 2021-07-06, 14:43

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Hello reader, I recently bought a MSI KN72 DELTA 2 MS-6570E (nForce2) from eBay, described as "tested and working". It came very well packaged (electrostatic bag, foam, cardboard, etc) and it looked flawless (no bulging caps, cut bus traces, etc.) It included an Athlon XP 2400+ with its cooler and 2 …

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Re: S3 Savage 4: Metal API and MiniGL compatible games

Posted on 2021-05-12, 15:03

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RaVeN-05 wrote on 2021-05-07, 13:49: S3 Savage MeTal API 3D Accelerated Games List Very complete post of yours in that link! Thank you very much! I´ll investigate on that.

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Re: S3 Savage 4: Metal API and MiniGL compatible games

Posted on 2021-04-14, 21:30

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Is Heretic II really compatible? That's a Quake 2 engine game, the rest is Unreal. Conversely I'd be surprised if other games with that engine don't support it. I believe it is, at least partially (S3TC), please correct me if I am wrong. It won´t let you choose "Metal" while in the ingame video …

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S3 Savage 4: Metal API and MiniGL compatible games

Posted on 2021-04-14, 18:38

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There´s not much love shown to the S3 Savage 4. Sure, they were not in the level of performance of a Voodoo3 or TNT2, still, they have features which make them unique and interesting, at least to me. Especially when it comes to the Pro and Extreme variants. I find them good enough performers, at …

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Re: ECS Elitegroup K7Sa motherboard not posting - please help

Posted on 2021-03-26, 12:38

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by Con 2 botones

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I guess you´ve already tried with another CPU and reseting the BIOS. I can´t see bulging capacitors in the picture.

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Re: CT4670 & CT4830 in DOS

Posted on 2021-03-21, 19:56

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So, I get, from first hand (you), tthat one should not do anything within pure DOS to configure the card. Games would just sound when loaded without any previous command, right? That's right. If everything is correctly installed, you should have sound in pure DOS by simply clicking Start > Shutdown …

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Re: Did you create maps for games?

Posted on 2021-03-15, 12:52

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A couple of decades ago I created a map for Heroes of Might and Magic III. It´s got 2 levels, on the surface it is an actual world map and the underground is filled with artifacts, chests, etc.

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Re: CT4670 & CT4830 in DOS

Posted on 2021-03-12, 20:51

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Phil's video is based on my guide: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=74361 There shouldn't be anything special that you need to do to get the card working in pure DOS if you follow all the steps correctly. Assuming there isn't a hardware issue or a resource conflict of course. Note that …

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Re: CT4670 & CT4830 in DOS

Posted on 2021-03-12, 18:25

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Live! cards are often incompatible with Via Apollo chipsets, at the PCI level. Try an actual Audigy2 with Audigy1 drivers. Thank you! I have changed irq setting on the SB16 emulation device (device manager) to 7 because irq5 seems to be used by the Via chipset for some purpose. I´ve heard about the …

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CT4670 & CT4830 in DOS

Posted on 2021-03-12, 17:49

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Hello again. Lately a Soyo SY-6VCA arrived to me. Nice performing board (Apollo 133A) by the way, despite having a couple of bulging caps. Paired with a PIII 600EB, PC133 256MB CL2 and a ATI Rage 128 Pro, everything works very snappy under W98SE, period correct games too. My troubles began when I …

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Re: 1997 Pentium MMX Rebuild

Posted on 2021-01-12, 13:05

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Just beautiful!

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Re: dogs in video games

Posted on 2020-11-24, 15:03

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- Chip n´ Dale for the N.E.S (dogs as enemies) - Wonder Dog for the SegaCD (as main character) - Not sure right now, but I believe Blues Brothers for IBM compatible PC, has some dogs in it too

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Re: Unusual "Alien vs Predator 2" terrible performance (DFI CA64-TC)

Posted on 2020-11-22, 15:51

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I have fond memories of playing AVP2 online <3 I don't know of your issue though. Only thing I could come up witht hus far is to make sure your version of the game has the latest patch as this might have been an issue with your base game. I don't know other details though, like if you're using a …

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Re: Unusual "Alien vs Predator 2" terrible performance (DFI CA64-TC)

Posted on 2020-11-22, 15:41

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Are youi trying to record at the same time? Fraps will kill your FPS is recording to the same hard drive that your playing the game on. Hello and thank you for the idea! But no, Fraps is just counting the frames, not recording. It is doing its thing in 3 differents systems, only in one of them the …

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