VanillaFairy wrote on Today, 10:49:

Managed to get audio working on my retro system; TheRetroWeb didn't list any drivers, but did mention that the motherboard's sou […]
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Managed to get audio working on my retro system; TheRetroWeb didn't list any drivers, but did mention that the motherboard's sound chip was the Yamaha YMF753. from there, a quick search lead me to the Internet Archive where that very chip had drivers for XP and, lo and behold, they somehow still worked on Vista too!

I found the drivers at https://archive.org/details/yamaha-semiconduc … -website-backup, I feel it might be worth putting these on TheRetroWeb although I'm not sure how to.

I guess now all that's left is to track down a real 7600 GS or GT, since unfortunately I'm stuck with an FX 5700 LE instead. still enough to mess around and have some fun with, but it's below min-spec for Spore (it does run somehow though, albeit incredibly slowly and it lags even on the main menu) and I was hoping to be able to mess around with Spore on more period-accurate hardware.
...maybe once my current savings accounts mature I'll seek out one-

I have a 7600GS with 512MB DDR2 (passively cooled) from ASUS for AGP that I don't have a need for. Is that something you'd look out for? I wouldn't mind getting rid of it. Would have to check first again if it works fine (last time it id).

tehsiggi wrote on Today, 12:31:

I have a 7600GS with 512MB DDR2 (passively cooled) from ASUS for AGP that I don't have a need for. Is that something you'd look out for? I wouldn't mind getting rid of it. Would have to check first again if it works fine (last time it id).

I think that probably would be; not 100% sure about the passive cooling but so long as it's single-slot (I don't have any spare PCI bracket slots on this awful motherboard so I can only fit in a single-slot GPU with the wifi card and USB 3.0 card) I think it should do fine, and the noctua case-fan should give enough cooling probably I think.

VanillaFairy wrote on Today, 14:38:

tehsiggi wrote on Today, 12:31:

I have a 7600GS with 512MB DDR2 (passively cooled) from ASUS for AGP that I don't have a need for. Is that something you'd look out for? I wouldn't mind getting rid of it. Would have to check first again if it works fine (last time it id).

I think that probably would be; not 100% sure about the passive cooling but so long as it's single-slot (I don't have any spare PCI bracket slots on this awful motherboard so I can only fit in a single-slot GPU with the wifi card and USB 3.0 card) I think it should do fine, and the noctua case-fan should give enough cooling probably I think.

It's this card https://theretroweb.com/expansioncards/s/asus … lent-htd-256m-a - single slot, I just removed the ASUS badge from the cooler to unblock the middle fin stack below it. I'll give it a go tomorrow and let you know. If you want I can drop you a DM then.

tehsiggi wrote on Today, 14:43:

It's this card https://theretroweb.com/expansioncards/s/asus … lent-htd-256m-a - single slot, I just removed the ASUS badge from the cooler to unblock the middle fin stack below it. I'll give it a go tomorrow and let you know. If you want I can drop you a DM then.

I think that'd do, yeah! Thank you!