Getting IDE CD-ROM on YMF718 working

Posted on 2021-03-09, 08:48

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by Velociraptor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've a card that works for sound and I'm trying to get the IDE to work for a CD drive on my 386, which has one other IDE channel on the multi I/O card. I understand that I need to initialise the IDE by running SACDROM.SYS in CONFIG.SYS before I run VIDECD.SYS. The SETUPSA.EXE allows me to specify …

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Re: Keep GeForce 4 to cards from dying

Posted on 2021-02-17, 01:41

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by Velociraptor

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in Marvin \ Video

We're still not really any further forward in working out what kills these cards. I've seen it put to any of the following, but finding out what's likely and unlikely is difficult. * Memory chips failing over time * BGA soldering failing * Other solder joints failing * ICs like the GPU just dying * …

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Re: Keep GeForce 4 to cards from dying

Posted on 2021-02-16, 01:14

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by Velociraptor

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This problem does scare me. It's made me set things up with less expensive cards so that they could be replaced. I do change the paste, and put on huge aftermarket coolers, and I do run them as cold as I can. But I'm concerned that if prices keep going up and the cards keep dying then it won't be …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2021-01-19, 23:01

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by Velociraptor

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in Marvin \ Sound

This has already been brought up and dismissed.

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Re: GA-6BXC BIOS AGP Aperture size

Posted on 2020-12-27, 22:04

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by Velociraptor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That does sound like it's worth a try. I do have a programmer, and I've used it once on a BIOS on a dead board, it did flash the BIOS but the board remains dead. Happy to buy an EPROM for it. How do I make sure I get exactly the right one?

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GA-6BXC BIOS AGP Aperture size

Posted on 2020-12-27, 21:05

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by Velociraptor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm trying later GPUs with a Slot 1 board to see if I can get them working. I believe I may get some joy if I can change the AGP aperture size but the BIOS has a very weird thing. When I move down to that option it changes to Memory Hole at 15M-16M. Is there a way around this? I've tried ctrl-F1 to …

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Re: GPU coverage/overlap sufficient?

Posted on 2020-12-21, 16:20

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by Velociraptor

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Yes. That's where I did much of my research. I'm hopeful it will, the board arrived earlier today. The windows 98 area is where I'm less sure. I think Windows XP is covered too.

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Re: GPU coverage/overlap sufficient?

Posted on 2020-12-21, 16:10

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by Velociraptor

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PC4 is for DOS and I hope/expect to be able to use command line programs to disable cache etc to have it run at 386, 486 or pentium speeds. I can't do that with 440BX.

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Re: GPU coverage/overlap sufficient?

Posted on 2020-12-20, 23:23

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by Velociraptor

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I've made adjustments...... and here is where I think I am now. PC1 - AMD Phenom II X6 1100t, 750ti, Windows XP and Windows 7 PC2 - Socket 478 P4@3.2 800FSB,1mb cache, Radeon HD3650 865PE chipset Windows XP and Win98SE PC3 - Slot 1 P3@600, Geforce FX5200 , 440BX chipset, Win98SE (DOS could be done …

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Re: GPU coverage/overlap sufficient?

Posted on 2020-12-17, 17:13

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by Velociraptor

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Thanks that sounds like broadly I am where I want to be. The missing features aren't the end of the world. I can live with finding a way around that or changing cards if I couldn't.

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GPU coverage/overlap sufficient?

Posted on 2020-12-17, 16:27

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by Velociraptor

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In an attempt to do the best I can to cover everything I want to check that I'm going to be broadly successful. I understand that there will always be gaps, and often it'll be good but not great. PC 1 - XP/WIn7 with 750ti and AM3 chipset (X6@3.3) PC 2 - WIn98SE and XP PC with 9800pro and 865 chipset …

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Re: Gigabyte 6bxc with PCI SATA HBA

Posted on 2020-12-13, 14:18

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by Velociraptor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've now set up some alerts and hopefully I will get one. They don't seem too expensive but they are only sometimes available. Thanks for the help!

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Re: Gigabyte 6bxc with PCI SATA HBA

Posted on 2020-12-13, 11:49

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by Velociraptor

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Got it - I had thought the TX2 Plus was the important thing but obviously not! I think maybe it comes down to this.... TX is the range. x is the number of SATA ports. Plus indicates if it has IDE as well. And finally 150 or 300 indicates the generation. So I want a TX of any kind that says 150. If …

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Re: Bought 848 by accident instead of 865

Posted on 2020-12-13, 11:45

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by Velociraptor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks folks - I'll stick with it!

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Re: Gigabyte 6bxc with PCI SATA HBA

Posted on 2020-12-13, 02:22

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by Velociraptor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Another angle might be PCI revision. Some PCI SATA cards require PCI 2.2, where your BX only offers PCI 2.1. I have a few (unbranded cheap SI3114 ones off eBay) that behave like that. For SATA on older boards, I swear by Promise SATA150-TX2Plus as a bullet-proof (and fairly easy to obtain) solution …

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Bought 848 by accident instead of 865

Posted on 2020-12-13, 00:20

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by Velociraptor

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I bought an Asus P4p800S SE on ebay, it was labelled as an Asus P4S800S SE, however if I'd checked the pictures more carefully I'd have seen it wasn't that. When I've searched for info about the P4S800S I've found the P4S800, because the P4S800S as far as I can see doesn't exist. It was a cheap …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-12-03, 21:49

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by Velociraptor

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Well I don't play DirectX stuff, I play DOS stuff - but DirectX solved a lot of hardware problems by acting as a middle man.

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-12-03, 18:46

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by Velociraptor

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DOS gaming is a bit of a minefield with stuff like that. It's just the nature of it. It makes us appreciate what DIrectX has done for us.

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-12-02, 21:22

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by Velociraptor

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If you want certainty on compatibility with a SB16 you know doesn't have the bad background noise, and you want to solve the intelligent MPU issues and hanging bug you could get a PC MIDI card instead and use that along with your SB16. The SB16 doesn't do SBpro very well though, this is a SBpro not …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-12-02, 21:07

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by Velociraptor

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If you know a list of difficult games, and exactly what in them is the issue then I'm sure people will see if Orpheus experiences them. I'll have a pop at a few if/when I get a chance. More out of curiosity than anything else.

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