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Yamaha YST-MS25 2.1 system - sounds fine through MP4, sound way too low when connecting to computers

Posted on 2022-12-15, 01:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello everyone, this is a strange one for my beginner knowledge. My father used to have a Yamaha YST-MS25 2.1 speaker system in his computer around 1999 which I loved, and wanted to get one for some time. I bought one on the cheap, made a quick test with my MP4, and it worked fine. Then I connected …

Re: Step down transformer to play Japanese Saturn in Europe - Hz doubt

Posted on 2022-12-15, 00:47

in Milliways

in Milliways

Just to be sure, please check if the step-down converter does support computer's/laptops. If it does, chances are good that the step-down converter creates a clean sine or near-sine signal. Because, in the past, this was a stumbling stone. Cheap converters had no transformer, but merely resistors/ …

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2022-11-25, 01:29

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

PXL_20220922_014907267.jpg PXL_20220922_015024745.jpg PXL_20221121_031238071.jpg My computing area. Just moved into a new house. Can display my collection a little better now. Even had enough room in the closet of this room to set up a small tech station area that i have always wanted. Hello, could …

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2022-11-24, 15:48

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

PXL_20220922_014907267.jpg PXL_20220922_015024745.jpg PXL_20221121_031238071.jpg My computing area. Just moved into a new house. Can display my collection a little better now. Even had enough room in the closet of this room to set up a small tech station area that i have always wanted. Hello, could …

Re: SCART Switcher - sound issues in PAL PSX when NTSC Jap Saturn console is plugged in

Posted on 2022-11-12, 23:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

B&O compared to Trinitron is a little in the eye of the beholder. B&O MX7000 and 8000 is in my opinion just as good image wise as a good consumer Trinitron. The big difference is that the B&O MX series has really good sound! And I like how they look. ;) But ofc if we are talking professional …

Re: SCART Switcher - sound issues in PAL PSX when NTSC Jap Saturn console is plugged in

Posted on 2022-11-12, 22:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No problem, happy to help out! With the Hama you need to select the active input each time. There are "smart" switches aswel but they need power and cost more if you want a good one. The problem with RGB on the B&O and also on some Sonys that Im facing is that the RGB signal is outside the CRTs …

Re: SCART Switcher - sound issues in PAL PSX when NTSC Jap Saturn console is plugged in

Posted on 2022-11-12, 21:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Then the Hama will do you fine! :) You can also daisychain them if you need more inputs, abit annoying to select but it works if needed. Gaming on CRT can be a bit of a rabbit hole, I agree. Currently building a RGB horizontal sync shifter becouse on my Bang Olufsen some consoles has it's RGB …

Re: SCART Switcher - sound issues in PAL PSX when NTSC Jap Saturn console is plugged in

Posted on 2022-11-12, 19:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Like above poster said, what you have is a passive splitter. It will just connect everything and that will cause interference and might even cause damage to the connected devices. Its fine if only one thing is connected. I would NOT use it u less you know one of the devices has some sort of input …

Re: SCART Switcher - sound issues in PAL PSX when NTSC Jap Saturn console is plugged in

Posted on 2022-11-12, 19:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Honest question, so are those stupidly expensive Scart switches built the same way? What differenciates them from this cheap (well, actually free) one? The real ones (which require power to work at all), like the one in the last picture, are actual electronic selectors (of the kind quite a few TVs …

Re: SCART Switcher - sound issues in PAL PSX when NTSC Jap Saturn console is plugged in

Posted on 2022-11-12, 18:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That thing pictured is not a "switch", it's a scam (unless you want to use only the outermost socket as an axtension cord)! If you connect multiple sources (or inputs) in parallel, the terminator resistors will add up and greatly degrade the signal... and even if you unplug the cables from the …

Re: SCART Switcher - sound issues in PAL PSX when NTSC Jap Saturn console is plugged in

Posted on 2022-11-12, 18:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

1 pictures of insides? 2 might be ground loop Scart pinout is different in Japan from Europe. Double check if the pinout is the same and tripple check that nothing has shorted. Thank you for your help, I must say beforehand that my knowledge in electronics is very limited, I only barely learned how …

SCART Switcher - sound issues in PAL PSX when NTSC Jap Saturn console is plugged in

Posted on 2022-11-12, 03:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello everyone, This is a strange one, at least for me. I was given a cheap looking and feeling SCART Switcher, and testing it I realised right away that it had problems with the sound signal strength, but had an excellent image. Opening it up I quickly realised the poor quality of the solder job on …

Re: Unknown brand AT Taiwan Cases - an attempt to gather information

Posted on 2022-11-11, 21:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My god, I am right now in a search for the horizontal (all black) one. It was my first computer, a 386DX 40MHz... Later I had also the big tower and mini tower... They were kind of popular in that era (1990-1995) since a small company was importing them from Taiwan and selling them. My uncle used …

Re: Unknown brand AT Taiwan Cases - an attempt to gather information

Posted on 2022-11-11, 17:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What a beauty, that full tower! I would love to have a case like that. Where did you find it, and where can I get one? I love that translucent black bar across the machine. Makes it look like a monolith. It's mine. My regular supplier :) found it in a recycling park I think. Hello Murugan, I sent …

Re: ATI HD 2600 XT AGP - XP 32 bit drivers not working

Posted on 2022-10-28, 21:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Solved it! After everything I've tried, I cleaned everything up once again with DDU, uninstalled and removed the sound card also just in case, and cleaned temp files one more time, etc. Then I picked up a spare FX 5600 XT I have and installed it. It worked fine after the setup, so now I uninstalled …

Re: ATI HD 2600 XT AGP - XP 32 bit drivers not working

Posted on 2022-10-28, 03:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had similar issues with an HD4650 years ago - the only installer I found that worked without having to force install the driver were from the manufacturer's site. Try this AGP hotfix driver https://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/ATI/ATI-Catalyst-AGP-Hotfix-106-for-XP.shtml The drivers …

Re: ATI HD 2600 XT AGP - XP 32 bit drivers issue, does anyone know some good, working ones?

Posted on 2022-10-28, 01:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Try the 8.3 driver https://www.guru3d.com/files-get/ati-catalyst-8-3-xp-(32-bit),4.html I've used this with my HD3850 AGP. You may have to force install, hopefully not though. The 14.4 driver is not optimised for older hardware. Use a display driver uninstaller first. Be sure to run the installer …

ATI HD 2600 XT AGP - XP 32 bit drivers not working

Posted on 2022-10-27, 23:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello everyone, Last year I got an ATI HD 2600 XT AGP for my Windows XP (32 bit) build as I was advised it would probably be the most powerful I could find for that OS, with AGP interface through my Asus K8V-X board. I remember that even at the time I had trouble installing it, as Windows XP always …

Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2022-10-17, 21:18

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

It's a very long shot, but I've always wondered in this picture what my late father's CRT model would be. Is there a CRT master somewhere around here that could maybe shed some light into this, perhaps with the two inscriptions left and right below the screen can provide a clue as to its brand at …

Re: Does anyone have the Microsoft Internet Keyboard drivers CD?

Posted on 2022-10-09, 16:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The Intellitype Pro 2.2 CD has everything for this model and more, worked like a charm. Thank you all for your help. I wanted to try a more period correct keyboard as my Logitech Access Keyboard is from 2002/3, but this one actually feels better made

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