Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on 2023-10-19, 12:41

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I would avoid usb mouses as much as I can All my systems use m590 with logi dongle as standard issue via nec 2.0. otherwise it's recommended sticking to intellimouse optical usb 1.1A for compatibility USB Mouses are nice and convenient but they tend to have a higher performance impact on old …

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Re: Building the Ultimate Win98 computer ?

Posted on 2023-10-18, 17:28

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Yeah, multi core just means youre not even trying to make it support all of the hardware. In which case anything that uses 775 based core processors is a joke. high IPC's bud, no bottleneck to the gpu. as long as it works for the late 98 games, im happy and sc-55 compatability for late dos games, …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-10-18, 13:10

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i'm currently playing PC_Redump

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

Posted on 2023-10-18, 13:07

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does anybody know how to check what updates if any were installed on windows 98 image. the reason is everywhere i use this time computers restore cd image, the installs are very stable and less headache than installing vanilla windows 98. I don't think there is any issue with reinstalling an update …

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

Posted on 2023-10-18, 09:12

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does anybody know how to check what updates if any were installed on windows 98 image. the reason is everywhere i use this time computers restore cd image, the installs are very stable and less headache than installing vanilla windows 98.

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

Posted on 2023-10-18, 08:28

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stef80 wrote on 2023-10-18, 06:41: Do they work OK with Conroe C2D? All of mine r2.0x work great with Conroes. Out of 4, one does not even post with Wolfdale, one needs double start, and 2 work OK. yeah they work with e4400, e6700 q6600 etc. I also have an asrock conroe865pe which is a large …

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

Posted on 2023-10-18, 05:47

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For r2.03 it totally depends on the board: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=60953&start=20. I'm inclined to say later board == better support. r2.04 should work. I also have 2 off rev 3.0 boards. One which originally had bent LGA pins which I straightened and had e5800. It takes about 10 …

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

Posted on 2023-10-17, 21:47

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And.... The dreaded windows protection error at startup. Ah yes that's why I stopped using this 775i65g Never ran into this. Windows 98? (I've been using several r2.03/r2.04 with E5800 on XP with no issues so far.) Strange, I have 2 off 775i65g rev 2.03 and from what I remember both don't allow …

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Re: Building the Ultimate Win98 computer ?

Posted on 2023-10-17, 19:49

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out of range on benq 3210r and 1600x1200 not a proper option. bin/cue copy of daggerfall gimps out, black screen on reboot. looks like its fixed to 2007fp monitor for this build as its compatible with that display :/ increased partition to full 120gb using hiren boot cd 15 partition magic, and …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-10-17, 15:25

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Finished BioShock . It was a fun ride, with some M. Night Shyamalan level plot twists thrown in during the last quarter of the game. About the only thing that I didn't like was that escort mission near the very end, which predictably sucked. The hacking mechanic also got a bit tedious over time, …

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Re: Building the Ultimate Win98 computer ?

Posted on 2023-10-17, 14:07

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now to box this up in a windowed case, plop it next to my z440, connect aux to z623 and dvi>hdmi to my big display edit: 3dmark 2001 benchmark score and Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 4 pic ;D

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Re: Building the Ultimate Win98 computer ?

Posted on 2023-10-17, 14:02

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Installed sounblaster live! sb0220 and tried to install Joseph_Joestar's 5 step audigy 2zs drivers but kept hard locking It's possible that VxD drivers can't function on newer Intel chipsets. The latest hardware that I was able to get those running on was a LGA775 motherboard which uses the P35 …

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

Posted on 2023-10-17, 13:44

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stef80 wrote on 2023-10-17, 07:42: Seems to be memory related issue (Win 98 mem limitations), should be some software workarounds for that. having figured out how to install on modern platform, i may tweak system.ini etc. but have broken the pieces down and have a fully functional B75M system …

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

Posted on 2023-10-17, 13:42

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installing win98 on B75M motherboard 😁 success

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Re: Building the Ultimate Win98 computer ?

Posted on 2023-10-17, 13:41

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Installed sounblaster live! sb0220 and tried to install Joseph_Joestar's 5 step audigy 2zs drivers but kept hard locking, tried the vortex 2 installed nocpidetect 2048 from philscomputerlabs, which works. connected sc-55, no hanging note issue with midi. tested doom and duke3d from pcgamer july 2000 …

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Re: Building the Ultimate Win98 computer ?

Posted on 2023-10-17, 12:49

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By “Ultimate 98 computer” I mean a good gaming computer for playing Win98 era games. I want to use a Voodoo-3-3000 AGP card because thats what I have. Or I can use a Nvidia card. What DirectX version should I use ? SP3 ? Should I use a Motherboard with Intel Chipset or AMD or VIA ? Which CPU do I …

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Re: Building the Ultimate Win98 computer ?

Posted on 2023-10-17, 12:45

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and.... done. Used Time computers image I have (64gb image of sd card using windiskimager onto 120gb ssd so it shrinks it to 64gb) - transplanted win98 :D only have 1 pci slot on this motherboard (GA-B75M-D3P), so now onto the ballache that is the sound card. Was getting low transfer speeds so had …

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

Posted on 2023-10-17, 09:21

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stef80 wrote on 2023-10-17, 07:42: Seems to be memory related issue (Win 98 mem limitations), should be some software workarounds for that. its weird as i use 512mb ram, even dropped down to 256mb still, changed to ati card, still.

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Re: Building the Ultimate Win98 computer ?

Posted on 2023-10-17, 07:27

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My ultimate Win98 build has a Core i5-3750, Intel B75 motherboard, Radeon x800 XL, Via SATA card, Via USB 1.1/2.0 card, Realtek NIC, and Sound Blaster Live! Value. Rock stable, and plays games quite well. It has no DOS sound compatibility, but I have other systems for DOS. I prefer the x800 XL to …

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

Posted on 2023-10-17, 07:15

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And.... The dreaded windows protection error at startup. Ah yes that's why I stopped using this 775i65g Never ran into this. Windows 98? (I've been using several r2.03/r2.04 with E5800 on XP with no issues so far.) Win98, don't use for it for xp as I have an overkill system for that. Using a 5900xt …

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