Re: Question on PC133 RAM Speeds

Posted on 2022-08-26, 02:20

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I wouldn't read to much into Memtest's "benchmark". I find that it can vary quite a lot even between runs. Granted it can give some indication if you have bad timings. Thank you, I had tried to lower all the available timings to 2 (you can if you jumper the BIOS into the configuration mode) but …

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Question on PC133 RAM Speeds

Posted on 2022-08-26, 01:14

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I recently got a Gateway Essential 500c from a family member, and I've been trying to upgrade it to play Windows 98 games and potentially some slightly newer games. I'm running memtest86 to make sure the RAM is okay, and I noticed that the RAM speed is only 235MB/s, which, if I'm remembering …

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Re: Questions on startup menu for Windows 95

Posted on 2022-03-14, 22:19

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I managed to get it working, I'm not sure what I did differently but it's going smoothly now. I think I can sum this up to user error on my part. Thank you for the help!

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Re: Questions on startup menu for Windows 95

Posted on 2022-03-12, 21:09

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I think the first step would be to post your autoexec.bat, config.sys and msdos.sys. Usually setting bootGUI=0 in msdos.sys will be enough to preventing win95 to load automatically. My guesses for it not working for you would be: 1-Did you remove the read-only attribute on msdos.sys before changing …

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Questions on startup menu for Windows 95

Posted on 2022-03-12, 18:07

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I've been trying to get Windows running on my K6-2 machine for ages now, and I've finally done it. Now I'm trying to get DOS games onto it, even though I have my 486 which is set up for DOS and DOS games. I love that machine to death, but even DOOM and similar games are not very smooth on it, let …

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Re: 486 SIS 471 mobo with Pentium Overdrive 83MHz - apps crash when L2 is enabled

Posted on 2021-10-27, 14:28

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I don't know if this is what's going on in your case, but I had 256KB of L2 cache in my 486 for the longest time. Then the upper 128K stopped working. Permanently. I have never been able to get this motherboard to take any cache higher than 128k since. I couldn't even install DOOM because it would …

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Highly Modified 486 Update

Posted on 2021-10-22, 02:45

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A while back I made this thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=70344 in which I described a horribly painful process of modifying my 486 in mostly destructive ways. I've had to modify it some more because the system was turning itself on when I left it plugged in. I thought it was the PSU, …

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Re: Adlib Tracker II Crashes on Startup + Wolf3D Issues

Posted on 2021-10-18, 05:58

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Mmm, AT2 has another program that is only used for music playback called ADT2PLAY and starts in text mode by default. That one requires using command-line switches for loading a file and the /latency parameter since it doesn't use the INI file. I had to take a break for a minute but once I was able …

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Re: Adlib Tracker II Crashes on Startup + Wolf3D Issues

Posted on 2021-10-17, 22:08

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I couldn't get CTCM to detect the soundcard, but I did get it working except for that. I also tried a few different compatibility text modes, and nothing changed. It crashed and the display remained black like always. I also tried uninstalling the mouse drivers in case that was it, and changing the …

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Re: Adlib Tracker II Crashes on Startup + Wolf3D Issues

Posted on 2021-10-17, 20:54

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Ok, but you still have to fix the BLASTER environment variable. SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D3 H5 P330 T6 This one is that you will be using for that SB16 sound card. On CONFIG.SYS use DOS=HIGH,UMB instead as HIGH will move some parts of MS-DOS into HMA (not UMB), giving you a bit of conventional memory. …

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Re: Adlib Tracker II Crashes on Startup + Wolf3D Issues

Posted on 2021-10-17, 20:29

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On AT2 did you edit the ADTRACK2.INI file and set opl_latency to 1? I had issues with opl_latency=0, but in my case the program didn't crash and it was on a faster computer. Apart from this, the Vibra16S is a PnP card and you need to get CTCM for initialization in DOS or MS-DOS mode. Besides, the …

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Adlib Tracker II Crashes on Startup + Wolf3D Issues

Posted on 2021-10-17, 19:09

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I have configured my 486 with Windows 95, but with a boot screen that lets me choose between Windows 95 booting normally with no changes at all and booting into MS-DOS mode, which I've configured with HIMEM.SYS and EMM386. I have DOS running in the UMB. In DOS, It loads everything and detects the …

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Re: Questions on Autoexec.bat and Config.sys

Posted on 2021-10-16, 18:30

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One particular point, if you require EMS and UMB, then move the EMS page frame down to the top of the video ROM to avoid splitting the UMB space. How would I do that? I've added I=B000-B7FF to EMM386, which is apparently space reserved for monochrome monitors and adaptors (which I don't use) and …

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Questions on Autoexec.bat and Config.sys

Posted on 2021-10-16, 17:08

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I am using PC DOS 7 on my 486, and have looked a little bit into modifying my autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Normally, I edit these anyways to get CD support, and when I install my sound card drivers. Here I'm talking about messing with EMM386, and whatever other tweaks I can apply that will …

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Re: K6-2+ Questions

Posted on 2021-10-14, 20:13

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Enabling write combining is something I know nothing about, but I'd definitely be interested in learning. Quick question, would this BIOS update I applied to use the K6-2+ work, or is it something I need to change via software? http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm

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Re: K6-2+ Questions

Posted on 2021-10-14, 19:42

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I GOT IT RUNNING AT 500MHz, 83MHz FSB. I changed the agp card to a 3D Labs Permidia 2. That's all I did, and it's taking 83 like a champ. I don't know if they made the dies for those chips out of adamantium or what, but this is the first time I've ever seen an AGP card run at 83. I'm switching this …

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Re: Athlon 64 3400+ with 9800 GTX?

Posted on 2021-10-13, 17:27

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I'll be sort of doing that. I just want to turn all the settings up as high as they will go and then run it at 1024x768 (Plan A). I'm very tempted to use my old 1440x900 LCD, though it sort of clashes with the build because this system is in a beige case and the monitor is silver/black. That's Plan …

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K6-2+ Questions

Posted on 2021-10-13, 02:20

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I finally got some thermal paste, and changed the CPU out. Had to throw away the old 400MHz K6-2 because pushing it at 450, 75, 2.5 damaged it. It would keep crashing even when running at 400, 66, 2.2. Oh, well, it cost like $15USD on ebay. Anyways, the K6-2+ is running just fine at 450, 75, 2.0 (it …

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Athlon 64 3400+ with 9800 GTX?

Posted on 2021-10-10, 19:58

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This is probably a stupid question, but would this be a good combination or would the system be instantly bottlenecked by the CPU? Right now it has a GeForce 6800 256MB, and it games well but the 9800 GTX has just been lying around doing nothing and I was wondering if it would be a good upgrade for …

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Re: Questions on K6-2 Build

Posted on 2021-10-07, 14:42

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Once I get that in there I can run it at 450MHz stock voltage because it's actually an underclock from the 550MHz it can do. I'm hoping this 2.5v thing doesn't cause any damage to the motherboard VRM while I use it. All the got is the CPU fan to cool them (it's a S370 cooler though, so it's pretty …

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