Re: Nvidia 6800GT Retro PC suddenly corrupts VGA output, where do i go from here?

Posted on 2021-06-08, 00:12

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by henk717

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Ill definitely try the heat-gun first then, given our cards died in exactly the same circumstances i do have a theory of what happened. Both our rooms were warm, so the temperature inside the cases would have been hotter than usual. You were playing a game, my CPU is overclocked so it would have …

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Re: Nvidia 6800GT Retro PC suddenly corrupts VGA output, where do i go from here?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 23:26

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by henk717

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Damm Namrok! I did not expect that at all, i was literally searching for 6800GT but didn't get your topic as the result otherwise i'd have replied there instead. It really puts me off buying another one because it indeed literally looks like your photo's, i also read about the baking method. Whats …

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Nvidia 6800GT Retro PC suddenly corrupts VGA output, where do i go from here?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 22:53

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by henk717

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Hey Everyone, Today i decided to enjoy my retro computer, the room has been hot multiple times this week, but i first cooled it down to a reasonable level with the AC and wasn't doing anything intensive. All i did was letting it run Autopatcher. I had one error on shutdown and then on the boot after …

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Re: HP T5710 windows 98 build

Posted on 2021-05-17, 01:30

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by henk717

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I don't understand why the thin client would reject it in both methods, so ill just post some general steps i'd take that work for me fine with my kingston USB stick. The easiest method that works for me is the reformat on whole device option which unlocks if you run the tool as administrator. This …

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Re: HP T5710 windows 98 build

Posted on 2021-05-09, 10:31

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by henk717

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Updated the link, its been changed a lot since i last posted that with much better tools and tweaks. In case i dropped the mentioned gdisk command the following command should do the partitioning : fdisk 2 /clearall /auto If what you want is just a pure dos build run SETUP C: D: without adding the …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2021-04-15, 16:05

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by henk717

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I have a driver to contribute, I have found the official ESS Solo-1 driver online for Windows 3.11 but unfortunately the package was awful (wrong folders, random autoexec.bat file) and the installer was broken despite coming from the official archived website. Attached is a .zip file I put together …

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Re: Good looking CD / DVD drive

Posted on 2021-04-13, 18:00

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by henk717

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For me i ended up picking the NEC ND-2500A (Try find the ND-2510A instead, same drive but better calibration i used a firmware mod to get dual layer functionality but the 2510 will have it out of the box). Why this one? Because it has that perfect plain generic cd-drive look that fits the older …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-04-11, 18:25

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by henk717

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As expected from my previous post today was the theme of reviving the ASUS A8V motherboard from its USB Over Current bios bug that was preventing it from functioning. I still do not fully understand what causes the error, but i know i have a pretty high chance of triggering it after a cmos reset as …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-04-11, 07:07

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by henk717

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Reprogramming the chip seems to be more expensive than the board but i did find a place that would ship a brand new chip programmed with a bios of choice. I still think it will be salvagable with a cmos reset, i had this board error out on me in the past resetting itself. I am not sure if i had the …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-04-10, 23:16

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by henk717

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I bricked my retro build by testing a bios cmos utility... First i used it to make a backup of the cmos settings, which seemingly went well. Then i used it to reset the cmos as a test, this indeed reset the bios to its corrupted setting state and i chose to load the default settings. Apparently i …

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Re: ESS Solo-1 easy(ish) setup with ESSOLO.INI (No Windows/ESSOLO.SYS Required!)

Posted on 2021-03-21, 03:30

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by henk717

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Its from here : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=856316 Doesn't need anything, you can use this without any memory messagers and it won't run in the background. To my knowledge a Audigy 2 version was never made, so you will need either a soundblaster live using the version they provide, or an …

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Re: ESS Solo-1 easy(ish) setup with ESSOLO.INI (No Windows/ESSOLO.SYS Required!)

Posted on 2021-03-19, 22:13

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by henk717

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I also used Kamarat's method as well (ESSINIT) but Kamerat's file in WBDMA gave me worse results than setting it to TDMA with 16-bit addressing. On TDMA and 16-bit Addressing its giving me great results in games like Doom.

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Re: ESS Solo-1 easy(ish) setup with ESSOLO.INI (No Windows/ESSOLO.SYS Required!)

Posted on 2021-03-19, 18:36

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by henk717

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I certainly have something to add for the TDMA IRQ5 supported users, specifically my own zip file that i made to very easily setup the ESS Solo-1 on my retro computers. Its based on the ESSINIT method already known on the forum, but with the settings suitable for my machine. I get a lot better game …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-03-19, 04:31

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by henk717

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I went ahead and set up XP Pro SP2 without issues, installed all the drivers and went back to the good ol' days of community modded ForceWare drivers. I figured it's right in the perfect hardware time period to play with them once again. After tossing up between DriverHeaven Zer0point, Omega and …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-03-19, 04:15

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by henk717

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My floppy drive arrived, so it has been maintainance day for my 2005 time machine project, the floppy drive is installed and i finally managed to find a pinout for the USB ports of the case so i could finally hook them up to the motherboard. For those curious the USB 2.0 port header on your …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-02-27, 01:50

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by henk717

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Got a switch for my desk, so my retro build can finally reach my home network permanently. This of course raised a question, how do i connect between dosbox and the real machine? What kind of network driver do i use and how does IPX work? Early results were not promising, the NE2000 adapter could …

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Re: If we were to accept 15 years ago as retro....

Posted on 2021-02-11, 10:03

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by henk717

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Regardless of how old it may be the Core2 architecture is anything but retro. It is more or less the same thing as Intel 10th Gen Core CPUs with less cores and clockspeed. An E6600 from 2006 runs Windows 10 just fine today. I know, because I am setting up a Win98/Win7 dual boot on an E6600 these …

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Re: If we were to accept 15 years ago as retro....

Posted on 2021-02-11, 09:50

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by henk717

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Given my retro build i started last year is a 2005 build i certainly consider it retro. That said it was a turning point so some of these builds are more retro than others. To me to qualify as retro the following needs to be the case : - Contains a BIOS with no UEFI update being availible to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-16, 03:56

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by henk717

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Managed to finally find a ESS-Solo1 in my region for a great price (Or at all given they never popped up in my searches before) , last year i went with the YMF744 instead. I absolutely love the ymf! Its such a great card. But pure dos gaming has been really hit and miss for me with its dos extender …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-14, 00:59

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by henk717

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It has been a great second day for my first serious retro pc build (Only having the T5710 prior). It rocks the following specs for context: GPU : 6800GT AGP 256mb CPU : Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Motherboard : ASUS A8V (Via chipset) RAM : 4GB DDR from Kingston HDD: 300GB Sound: YMF744 Where yesterday was …

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