Re: Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-24, 14:03

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by Boohyaka

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There are few dos 3dfx games that only work on voodoo 1 and not even on voodoo 2. I think most games that work on voodoo 2 can be made to work with voodoo 3, but I have had much more trouble with voodoo 3 ovl files than I had with voodoo 2 ovl files. So I did choose geforce 4 + voodoo 2 SLI for my …

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Re: Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-24, 12:58

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by Boohyaka

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For the most part yes, but you will miss out on hardware EAX because Microsoft removed that from Vista onward. There are ways to emulate EAX on a modern Windows OS, but I personally prefer how the real thing sounds on XP. Other than that, you might get CPU bottlenecked on a few pre-2005 games like …

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Re: Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-24, 12:26

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by Boohyaka

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OK thank you for the comments guys, so I'll try to find a 486DX-33 CPU, that's a good tip! My motherboard is turbo compatible. I guess it will fit my socket 3? Is there anything I should pay attention to or can I go and blindly purchase? dionb, good call on the AWE32, that's going into the P3-600 …

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Re: 486 not booting anymore

Posted on 2020-02-23, 22:00

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by Boohyaka

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It is always a good policy to never remove a working motherboard from a case unless it is being replaced. I have seen some get slightly warped over time that shows when removed because of the years of heat and mount stress. It can cause breaks in solder joints around SMT parts that never would …

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Re: 486 not booting anymore

Posted on 2020-02-23, 21:27

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by Boohyaka

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Thanks Baoran, yes I'd tried that but no luck. At this stage I believe I may have damaged a trace when removing the motherboard by being careless with an annoying plastic fixing pin that wouldn't come out :( I have discussed it with a friend that is an expert with this stuff and I will send it to …

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Builds general discussion

Posted on 2020-02-23, 21:23

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by Boohyaka

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Hi all, so basically I've read about different builds on here and it is all super informative but also quite overwhelming sometimes :) apologies for bringing up some heavily discussed topics but I'd like feedback on my very own builds, and also up-to-date opinions. My goal, as I got back to retro …

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486 not booting anymore

Posted on 2020-02-21, 14:41

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by Boohyaka

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Hi guys, I've dismantled my perfectly working 486dx2-66 to adapt and clean a few things in the case. After mounting it back, it powers up but I get no picture at all...nor any POST error beep or anything (this already existed back on AT computers? it's been so long...) The mobo is a Soyo SY-025K2. …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 23:19

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by Boohyaka

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Only thing I can tell you is that there are convergence settings that can be managed with WinDAS that's for sure, and for some models even a "Dynamic Convergence" setup that sounds to me like that could be what you're after... Check this out: http://dor-lomin.com/images/forums/hardocp/windas-conv/ …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 21:23

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by Boohyaka

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Well noted and I'll probably take on your offer 😉 I got everything needed to do it so I'll definitely do it. Thanks for all the tips. And yes - I did make a backup of the original .dat file I exported from the EEPROM!

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:53

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by Boohyaka

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No I didn't do the full white point balance yet, only reduced G2 value. Result WAS greenish, and it's not my perception I can guarantee you. Here's how it went : the whole picture looked too bright and greenish before, and Image Restoration wouldn't do anything. After reducing the G2 value, the …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:31

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by Boohyaka

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duga3 wrote on 2020-02-15, 19:52: TX should connect to RX. RX should connect to TX. ("sender" to "receiver" basically). OK put that way it actually makes sense haha 😀

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Re: DOS not booting off CF card?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:29

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by Boohyaka

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Sounds like the devices were partitioned/formatted with different C/H/S values than the ones currently set in the BIOS. How would I check that, and how would I do that in the first place? :) Here's what I did: - Go in BIOS, auto-detect HDD, pick "correct" settings - Boot on floppy, fdisk a primary …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 18:08

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by Boohyaka

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Simply fantastic! So I had already tried Image Restoration several times with no change whatsoever. Today I received the USB-TTL adapter and already fixed a proper cable two days ago, so I could go ahead with WinDAS today. After a bit of struggling with making the software work (in the end I've had …

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DOS not booting off CF card?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 18:01

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by Boohyaka

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Hi there! I installed a CF-IDE adapter and also tried a PATA-SATA adapter with a 2.5" SSD in my 486. Both are working fine, BIOS HDD auto-detects everything fine, for the SSD LBA is supported so I can get up to 8GB out of it. The computer is happy to work with these devices, fdisk them, format them, …

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Re: Bunch of soundcards, anything particularly worthy of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-14, 11:28

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by Boohyaka

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Thanks dionb, great stuff! Yeah the ALS100 picture is crap, I will have to wait until I receive the card and will share more info if you're interested. Some user called Rabanik wrote to me to ask for more details on the Dream chips markings, but it seems I'm still too much of a newbie to be allowed …

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Re: Bunch of GFX cards, anything particularly worthy of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-14, 08:52

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by Boohyaka

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Good, thanks for all the nice input. appiah4, I'm not throwing anything away 😀 I will probably make some tests and benchmarks first. Long-term I'm not sure at this stage, but I'm a hoarder 🤣

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 22:52

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by Boohyaka

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Going link to link from what you shared, and other links I found, I ended up on this thread that seems to be some kind of mother of all threads on this problem: https://icrontic.com/discussion/19549/dell-p1110-monitor-too-bright/ So glad I posted here and you came around ShadowofBob, you're the man! …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 21:56

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by Boohyaka

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Great I found a local cheap USB-TTL adapter, that should do it. I also found a "cheap" i1 DisplayPro, i've been wanting to get a calibration device for a long time. I hope I'm giving this beauty a new life! 😀 thanks to you again

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 21:16

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by Boohyaka

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YES! You just gave me a lot of hope 😀 I actually found by myself one of the links in that thread you just shared and was currently reading it: http://www.piclist.com/images/com/geocities/w … /gregua/windas/ I'm currently looking into sourcing a cable, if you have any tip please let me know!

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 20:16

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by Boohyaka

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Many thanks ShadowofBob! Image Restoration I already tried and made 0 difference. The WinDAS calibration's interesting, I quickly glanced over the link you sent and it was a lot of info, quite overwhelming, I need to take some time to go through it :) looks like I'll be needing hardware? I'll read …

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