Re: P100 Hanging at "Updating ESCD"

Posted on 2023-01-29, 18:56

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A little update: the Turbo button was set to either on or off, I don't remember, and that halted the ESCD Update. When I pressed it to the other setting, it worked fine. Not sure which setting was which but I just unplugged it from he header along with its LED an now all is back to normal. Even …

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Re: P100 Hanging at "Updating ESCD"

Posted on 2023-01-29, 17:02

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Great news!!! 😉

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Re: P100 Hanging at "Updating ESCD"

Posted on 2023-01-29, 12:50

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Do You have spare coin battery? This maxell looks that was here from the beginning and would have to be changed. Worth to change this cap as well or maybe change all of them to be sure. Caps can dry out and don't have to leak. For example in Amiga 500/Amiga 500+ they dry out but in Amiga 600, 1200, …

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Re: P100 Hanging at "Updating ESCD"

Posted on 2023-01-29, 10:45

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Syntho wrote on 2023-01-29, 10:38: I moved the jumper to the off position and still no dice. Going to try uniflash now... Syntho one more thing. Try to unplug HDD out just to see if it will go through this damn ESCD...

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Re: P100 Hanging at "Updating ESCD"

Posted on 2023-01-29, 10:19

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Syntho I may have solution for You. What cache chips are installed on mobo? On one of my FIC-PA Mobo which I bought as non working I had corrupted cache modules. The option was to set 128, 256, 512 or off. Only 128 or off option work for it. It was freezing at ESCD same spot as on Your case. …

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Re: P100 Hanging at "Updating ESCD"

Posted on 2023-01-29, 10:04

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Syntho I may have solution for You. What cache chips are installed on mobo? On one of my FIC-PA Mobo which I bought as non working I had corrupted cache modules. The option was to set 128, 256, 512 or off. Only 128 or off option work for it. It was freezing at ESCD same spot as in Your case. My …

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Re: Sound card irq11 in DOS problem

Posted on 2023-01-13, 12:55

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There should be no problem when using win98(se) because it "emulates" the SB16 regardless what irq your card has within windows. If you want to play duke3d/shadow-warrior/rott keep in mind that there are excellent win9x-engines to run them native within windows. So there is no need to run them in …

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Re: Sound card irq11 in DOS problem

Posted on 2023-01-13, 12:11

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True. But still I would lime to use pure DOS. No way I can bypass this problem... I tought that maybe there is software to change or emulate settings like 98 does.

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Sound card irq11 in DOS problem

Posted on 2023-01-12, 15:03

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Howdy. I have a Stellite 1805-S203 laptop which I would like to use to record games through tvout. I was thinking to use it in DOS as well, for more demanding titles like build engine. The problem is that this ALi sound card is stiffed to irq11. Is there any chance to change it? No chances with BIOS …

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Re: Need help with OLD Laptop with VIA VT8601A Apollo PLE133

Posted on 2022-12-22, 07:52

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I have the same graphic card in my Toshiba laptop. Can You write something more about performance?

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Re: Help with K6-2 450Mhz *slow*

Posted on 2022-12-20, 21:56

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Sorry for my late tests. I lied, I do have K6-II 400 not 450.... Anyway, here are some test results. I doubt that K6-2 are slow. Problem is your IGP and that's why IMO you are having those issues... Plus You have a frankenstein small PC not a regular one (for example so-dimm ram). Try to disable …

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Re: Help with K6-2 450Mhz *slow*

Posted on 2022-12-19, 17:38

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Can You post what motherboard You have? SiS 5595 is only a chipset. I want to know more about GPU and others things. I do have an ALi mobo with same CPU, maybe I could do some comparision. What version of q1 was it? Under win? Under dos? Make another few benchmarks tests so I can compare it with my …

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Re: 3Dfx v1,v2 and VIA Apollo Pro 133T problem please help to find the solution..

Posted on 2022-12-17, 10:47

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Most likely it is just a worn out card and therefore not stable on your VIA motherboard. VIA chipsets were quite common back then so I find it unlikely that it wouldn't be stable on one when new. I thinking like you, but some people above, think differently) I need to add something to this topic. …

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Re: Aztech Waverider 32+ Problem

Posted on 2022-12-17, 10:12

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Even MT32 emulation (wavetide.exe /MT) sound is pretty good. i will add this card to the list in my other thread where i am tracking onboard wavetable cards capable of mt-32 presets. it's turning out to be most of them. Just checked this and I can confirm that it works well for MT-32 with this …

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Re: Aztech Waverider 32+ Problem

Posted on 2022-12-17, 09:12

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So I had go back to this problem again. After few minutes of using this card back in 2020 it stopped to give any sound loud enough.. same problem - corrupted sound + very very silent. At that time I had no more juke to work on it :-) Lately I put a diagnose that amp went down... After change: NO …

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Re: Finally got a native Voodoo 2 SLI setup

Posted on 2022-12-11, 22:50

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Go for 800Mhz+. Been testing configs back in 2005-2007 with SLI Diamond Monster II and it seems that 800+ gives the bottleneck free feed.

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Re: Matrox Mystique (MSI API Native) list

Posted on 2022-12-11, 22:12

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As an owner of Mystique 220 I just want to say that DD2, Mechwarrior2,Scorched Earth Mystique edition was added to original box (Black CD's with clown). I still have them somewhere.

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Toshiba T4700CT & T4850CT Laptops

Posted on 2022-12-11, 22:02

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Yeah, I found another cute laptop next to already owned 4850CT. Nothing unusal but... This T4700 is a 486DX2 50Mhz with a sound card! I wonder what's the slowest CPU in laptop that meets both criteria - having TFT LCD and a sound card instaled. Do You own laptop that is slower? In this T4700 there …

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Re: Matrox G450 eTV - capacitor problem

Posted on 2022-04-02, 11:52

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quicknick wrote on 2022-04-02, 11:42: Should be 10uF, 16V. These are very common, I keep a stash of them. Panasonic EC series, if I recall correctly. Ok, thanks. I'll buy dozens of them as I could see them very often sitting on other cards.

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Matrox G450 eTV - capacitor problem

Posted on 2022-04-02, 06:15

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Hi guys, Got this card recently with a ripped off capacitor. I can't find the right one according to the stated numbers on it - 901 10 16e. Can anyone help me by finding a replacement? Thanks!

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