Re: Changed system top to bottom - same problem

Posted on 2022-01-09, 15:40

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Did you reinstall Windows 7? Have you tried Windows XP or Vista? Yes I reinstalled Win7 with all updates, I want to keep this build as my Win7 build and move on to a more modern PC as soon as I'm able to. I did the same to my XP one Curious what the GPU temperature is if the computer is left on for …

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Re: Changed system top to bottom - same problem

Posted on 2022-01-09, 01:58

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Did you reinstall Windows 7? Have you tried Windows XP or Vista?

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Re: EAX or A3D for Win98SE?

Posted on 2022-01-08, 18:40

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The last creative card with drivers for windows 98 is the audigy 2. Game compatibility is very good if you use the VXD driver. Would the Audigy 2 be a better choice than the Aureal Vortex 2 for late 90s 3D gaming? Unless you plan on heavy "headphone" usage, I wouldn't bother with an Aureal at all …

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Re: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS based PCI GPU card

Posted on 2022-01-08, 18:31

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There are unofficial drivers here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/97786-geforce-67-and-8-agppci-e-driver-edition-for-win98me-by-zak/ I have read you might run into issues in some games with more than 256MB of VRAM, but I have no experience running any video card in Windows 9x with more than 256MB of …

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Re: Win9x build, RAM question, recapped ABIT motherboard

Posted on 2022-01-08, 15:44

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Go with CL2 RAM if you feel like sparing a few dimes. You should not find any price difference between CL2 and CL3 in the PC66/100/133 market. You don't have to use it at CL2, but the guaranteed performance is there if you need it and/or for overclocking cushions. Many sellers won't mention (or know …

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Re: Anyone able to recap some parts? [UK]

Posted on 2022-01-08, 15:03

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Putting aside CRT work, don't be afraid to recap your boards. I was once in your position (as are most), but I decided to look at some instructions online, watch a few YouTube videos and get the job done myself. I didn't even buy a board to practice on. I just bought the soldering equipment, quality …

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Re: PCI 2D/3D video card for a Pentium 200 (non-mmx) - GLQuake / Quake 2

Posted on 2022-01-08, 07:55

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Option 1: Grit your teeth and get a Voodoo3. It just works (superbly) in DOS, period. Option 2: Get a different motherboard. More flexibility, which can utilize the voodoo2, pci network, quality 2D, and get USB.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-07, 21:59

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Voodoo Rush 6MB 5x Micron 128MB PC133 CL2 RAM (Can’t have enough of these in one’s hardware stash…)

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Re: CRT nostalgia vs the 15KHz monitor whine

Posted on 2022-01-07, 01:36

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I never noticed any whine, but I do miss the BUUUZZZZZZZZZZ, then the crackling of static. Now, there’s nothing but button “taps…”. All of the personality of older hardware never made the leap into today and tomorrow.

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

Posted on 2022-01-07, 01:27

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I tested a bunch of recently acquired drives, motherboards, video/sound/add-in cards, PSUs and CPUs. No problems except I cannot get the SCSI controller on the Media Vision Pro Spectrum (not shown in the photos as I had swapped to different equipment before photo taken) to work in Windows (nor have …

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

Posted on 2022-01-07, 00:13

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I tested a bunch of recently acquired drives, motherboards, video/sound/add-in cards, PSUs and CPUs. No problems except I cannot get the SCSI controller on the Media Vision Pro Spectrum (not shown in the photos as I had swapped to different equipment before photo taken) to work in Windows (nor have …

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Re: Found a Way to access the old DFI motherboard site.

Posted on 2022-01-07, 00:02

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I am currently working on adding the older DFI boards to Ultimate Retro and as a result found this poting. This goes for any of you: if you cannot find a manual or bios, just DM me, I'll check the offline files that are not on elhvb.com Thanks to this post I was also able to finally get ahold of a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-06, 23:55

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Abit BE6-II As far as Abit motherboards go, this one’s capacitors are in pretty good shape; only a few bulge”r”s with none split open. I’ll still have to replace all of them, of course.

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

Posted on 2022-01-06, 22:38

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Started up a NOS PcChips M758 for the first time. I'm used to intel 810/815 so this was weird running a socket 370 board with 1gb ram. XP gave me BSOD with 'this motherboard is not fully ACPI compliant' message but no luck trying to find a bios upgrade. I think it might already have the newest on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-06, 02:07

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Will EDO RAM work on a Sound Blaster? Or more generally spoken: is EDO RAM backwards compatible to FPM-only systems? "RAM" & "Sound Blaster" reminds me that ERR014 thing when trying to load AWEUTIL with some /EM:xxx option. Still haven't found a solution to that... Would like to see my 2x 4MB SIMMs …

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

Posted on 2022-01-06, 00:03

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A simple repair job today. Last week, I noticed some rattling in this AM2-based machine while doing some relocating. A visual inspection was barely necessary. Of course, the problem was too much tension. There is no way to adjust the cooler retention mechanism without rendering it useless (it’s …

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

Posted on 2022-01-05, 21:21

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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote on 2022-01-05, 21:00: ...sit around thinking about all the ways I can setup my hardware to better play games, implement those improvements, and then still not play games... Here, here!

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Re: XP and Sata driver weirdness.

Posted on 2022-01-05, 20:35

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Are you sure it's a driver issue? I don't have a board like those, but I've never met similar issues. It was always something else (non-software related). Edit: As I see the board is far too old to be too new for XP. Especially for SP3. Almost positive. The drivers I injected onto the disk, it …

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Re: XP and Sata driver weirdness.

Posted on 2022-01-05, 20:32

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Did you try disabling the SATA ports completely? The manual says additional options are available when disabled. See page 4.26 (I suppose this isn't an option if you can't or would not like to move to the IDE ports, though...) https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5RD1-V/e2046_p5rd1-v.pdf …

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Re: XP and Sata driver weirdness.

Posted on 2022-01-05, 20:10

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You might not have any luck loading the drivers via USB Floppy due to the way the XP installation hard resets the USB ports during hardware detection (<-- I'm guessing this is the cause). It didn't work for me when I used a X79 based board with AHCI (enabled on a ASMedia controller). The SATA disk …

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