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Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-20, 22:02

And once again tried to make it running, wi h very little success. So far the computer will boot fine if the display is set to 640x480 at 16 colours. Changing to anything else will make the system hang just befor entering the desktop. Sometimes there is some rubbish colour in the to left corner, …

Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-15, 19:06

Ok, so the TNT2 remains cool and back into the Aptiva. Running tests in DOS (Phils DOS bench set) makes the machine fly without issues. Windows is a different story. Ran safe mode, uninstalled all graphics drivers (both device manager and software) and rebooted. Default VGA driver gives no problem. …

Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-13, 20:14

Had a little voltage checkup on the (AT) psu. Put my multimeter on the connector, pushed in gentle next to the power wires to make sure power is measured directly on the connector. Results on ATX connectors: +12v = 12.41v -12v = -12.31v +5v = 5.14v (all four pins) -5v = -4.94v Power good = 5.14v …

Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-13, 07:13

Don't know if it was v1 or V2, didn't give it too much attention. Just checked what CPU is might support and since it didn't take coppermine I didn't feel like keeping it. Looking at some of pics it had a 600MHz P3, not a 500... (Dxdiag). Didn't make pics from the motherboard so I don't know for …

Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-12, 20:53

[...] And a Packerd Bell computer with onboard Voodoo 3, 8 MB and very low clocked (sold that one already, I'm not into PB). Argh, if you ever come across one again, give me a message. For oddball reasons (basically an inside joke with an ex-colleague from the PB helpdesk 20 years ago) I'm trying …

Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-12, 11:46

I hope you rescue the voodoo computers to get the voodoo hardware? Voodoo anything is rare and good demand. Cheers, So far I got a working Voodoo 3 3000 AGP (the one I mentioned), a voodoo 1 (seems to be recognised by win98, needs further testing) and this voodoo 2 that might or might not work in …

Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 21:16

Seems like my Aptiva is getting stuck on the Rage II+... I put in my M64 and Windows detected the card. I installed the driver (Nvidia version 71.something) which I always use for all my Gforce 2 and older cards. Windows won't boot and the thing gets too hot to touch within minutes. And yes, the …

Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 14:12

PCI TNT2 + Voodoo 1 is what this PC needs IMO That would need a fourth PCI slot, which is not present unfortunately. No Voodoo2 isn't an issue in terms of performance, a TNT2-M64 is pretty equivalent. You just lose native GLide and "image quality" (Voodoos have that lovely fuzzy effect). Voodoo3 …

Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 08:39

Thanks everybody! So it seems the TNT would be the way to go! (it seems it's a M64 model, but I guess the PCI bus will be the bottleneck here) Unfortunately it won't be doing a Voodoo2 along with the TNT2, because there are just 3 PCI slots. I already have a LAN card in it, and want to add USB 2.0 …

IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?

Posted on 2020-05-10, 21:18

Help everybody, I've been here for quite a while, mostly stealth, only not to long ago made an account here. A while ago I bought an IBM Aptiva 2137-E60. The hard drive was whiped and the CDROM drive is dead (won't open, think it's fixable). The positive side: it's almost in mint condition. I …

Re: Weird VLB S3 928 graphics card

Posted on 2020-01-07, 07:18

Too bad... Guess I'll stick with the TGUI9420 then 😀 Maybe the memory modules are any good for other graphics cards, so I can rip them off then. I know my IBM Valuepoint has two empty sockets on the motherboard, not sure yet if these would do.

Re: Weird VLB S3 928 graphics card

Posted on 2020-01-07, 00:12

Be carefull and aware.... Caps and other SMD components missing and halfway ripped off: R226, R12, C328 and more.... Pins on the S3-928 chip it self are bent. Whut? Why didn't I notice that earlier? Good thing I didn't just pop it into my 486. So... basically this card is not usable for me. I'm not …

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