Re: The IDE to CF adapter works without power
Posted on 2024-03-19, 15:19
stanwebber wrote on 2024-03-19, 12:34: i'd like to know on what chipsets this power on pin 20 is prevalent on. Most modern XTide cards have this as an option.
Re: Slow 3D video card on super socket 7 shootout (sis 305, savage4, trident blade3d, riva tnt, etc)
Posted on 2024-03-19, 12:54
Hey everyone. I've been working on yet another super socket 7 build for the last couple of weeks, with the goal of reproducing the computer I had as a teen, but, since I'm not having any luck sourcing a working VIA MVP4 motherboard, I settled for an MVP3 + a dedicated Trident Blade 3D. After …
Re: Slow 3D video card on super socket 7 shootout (sis 305, savage4, trident blade3d, riva tnt, etc)
Posted on 2024-03-19, 12:49
The reason Quake is so much faster on GeForce is the HW T&L, which Quake can make use of and is particularly impressive on a slow CPU such as the K6 series. Thanks for pointing that out. Good to know. I remembered the 3dfx vs TNT days and the 3DFX solutions were often better with slower CPUs and I …
Re: Emachine W3400
Posted on 2024-03-18, 17:14
I just got a Emachine W3400 I reinstall Windows XP sp3 but I have a problem with this SM Bus Controller Emachine dosn't show any driver for it and I search with no luck. I couldn't find a driver that worked for me from AMD, but I did find a driver from Dell that worked. The file name is R134875.EXE …
Re: Sony VAIO Gigapocket
Posted on 2024-03-18, 13:48
I found this thread too late. I was rebuilding a VAIO VGC-RA820G. I was able to find the drivers on driver guide, but it was painful.
Re: 32GB SD-to-IDE detected as 8GB in BIOS on QDI P5I430VX-250DM V3.0
Posted on 2024-03-18, 11:59
Ontrack seems to have detected the full capacity, so I'll report back if I can get the install working. I should say, though, that the contemporary limits of LBA mode seems to be the cause of the 8GB limit. I think later iterations of LBA probably support larger drives. My understanding is that …
Re: 32GB SD-to-IDE detected as 8GB in BIOS on QDI P5I430VX-250DM V3.0
Posted on 2024-03-18, 02:44
Pre 99/98 machines usually do have an 8GB limit. Drive overlay like Ontrack 9.57 will fix this. https://www.philscomputerlab.com/ontrack-disk-manager.html Exactly. If you are using an HD is “normal” CHS mode, you have a 512MB limit, if you use it in “large” mode, you get the ECHS limit, which was …
Re: Slow 3D video card performance comparison on super socket 7 (sis 305, savage4, trident blade3d, riva tnt, etc)
Posted on 2024-03-17, 21:23
Those are some outrageous Quake scores for the Geforce 2MX. Does the driver support 3dnow or something?
Re: Your most shitty motherboard?
Posted on 2024-03-15, 18:47
The worst board ever I got was a „Syntax Socket A (?)“ Motherboard. Elitegroup is normally already budget, Syntax was the budget line of Elitegroup :) Try once, never again (In the Past, I sold used computers and I always Update CPU / Mobo to something beafier to sell it better :) ) I forgot about …
Re: Reading a Transcend 44-Pin IDE Flash Module
Posted on 2024-03-14, 12:42
That should work.
Re: Your most shitty motherboard?
Posted on 2024-03-14, 12:23
My MVP3 board of choice would be Luckytech's P5MVP3. I've yet to see a board so great, besides the well known legends like ASUS P5A, PCChips M577, Epox MVP3 series, DFI P5BV3/K6BV3/P5XV3/K6XV3. It's been my go-to choice for K6-II+ (as a matter of fact, the chip on it is exactly a K6-II+/500ACZ) and …
Microsoft OS/2 2.0
Posted on 2024-03-13, 19:08
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/unreleased-preview-version-of-microsofts-os-2-2-0-posted-to-internet-archive/ But software archaeologist Neozeed recently published a stable internal preview of Microsoft’s OS/2 2.0 to the Internet Archive, along with working virtual machine disk images for …
Re: Benchmarks DOS vs WfW3.11 vs Win95B
Posted on 2024-03-13, 17:49
It looks like Winbench has a lot of variability based on the OS. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it is heavily dependent on a select group of GUI calls, which could make the results vary a lot with the video driver, too. https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/BENCH … indows_and_OS/2
Re: Benchmarks DOS vs WfW3.11 vs Win95B
Posted on 2024-03-13, 17:34
I think what you are seeing there is a combination of a couple things: The Windows 95 storage driver is capable of doing much higher throughput on writes The Windows 3.11 storage driver does faster FAT access, maybe because it is not fat 32 ? Winbench suffers in Windows 95 because it is likely needs …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-03-12, 19:12
I just checked, and this page still has a live link to the BIOS image: https://www.bios-mods.com/reviews/unlocked-motherboards/2010/03/hp-nettle23-and-acer-aspire-e380-unlocked-retail-bbios/ I think I've got the "Nettle 3" because my board says v2.2 and is a "GM" On the bios-mods page, it says: HP …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2024-03-12, 17:26
I replaced 13 capacitors on this board Photo Mar 09 2024, 6 58 17 PM.jpg Tried to power it up and got a high speed fan, no beeps, no post codes, no nothing. I stared at it for 10 minutes and started to think about what components I wanted to salvage before sending it to e-waste I saw that that I …
Re: Patched together a 286-20MHz. What should be the expected performance?
Posted on 2024-03-12, 17:18
The 286 was just used as a fast 8088 most of it’s existence but that wasn’t what the market really wanted, in fact they were complaining about it already in late 82 which delayed the chips release as Intel fixed extended memory (protected mode) and multitasking support. I can't fault the Intel …
Re: Your most shitty motherboard?
Posted on 2024-03-12, 11:35
Fic 503. I wanted to upgrade to a kick ass Super7 board with AGP and a high performance K6-II that gave intel a run for its money that I could upgrade to a K3-III some day. Instead I got a cramped layout, jumper hell, instability, and the dreaded Via 4-1 drivers. Install them again! Do it in the …
Re: Your most shitty motherboard?
Posted on 2024-03-11, 20:58
Fic 503. I wanted to upgrade to a kick ass Super7 board with AGP and a high performance K6-II that gave intel a run for its money that I could upgrade to a K3-III some day. Instead I got a cramped layout, jumper hell, instability, and the dreaded Via 4-1 drivers. Install them again! Do it in the …
Re: Additional ram recognized but not usable
Posted on 2024-03-11, 03:16
I’ve got a gateway system with a Jabil Tabor motherboard. https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/intel-mp440bx-mount-prospect The manual says that it accepts 128MB dimms 384 max. I tried it with 256MB dimms and it worked up t0 768 total with the newest BIOS. I tried larger 512MB sticks but it only …
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