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Is it one of those cards that I don't need to "install" anything for? Just set my autoexec to the right IRQ and DMA and it should work fine?
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Had just under an hour on the p3 machine playing one of the most underrated RTS games of all time. Proper nostalgia hit from the first note of the music.
Just a nice stroll against the AI while picking up some of the bits of the game that I have forgotten. Time well spent!
Just a nice stroll against the AI while picking up some of the bits of the game that I have forgotten. Time well spent!
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Sadly the card has some problems- it wasn't detected at all in my Slot 1 PC after changing the jumpers to different IRQs etc. It was detected just fine on my 386 system though.
However it produces constant cracking and whines in accordance with what the PC is doing. During the RAM check it screams, during Post it almost sounds like a HDD, when sat on the C: prompt it whines, which stops when I change my active directory to the A: drive. When I use the test-sbc.exe which detects the irq and lets you play a sample FM syth and sound blaster sound effect, it makes... noise but nothing like what it should.
Is this likely to be the jack or a capacity issue?
However it produces constant cracking and whines in accordance with what the PC is doing. During the RAM check it screams, during Post it almost sounds like a HDD, when sat on the C: prompt it whines, which stops when I change my active directory to the A: drive. When I use the test-sbc.exe which detects the irq and lets you play a sample FM syth and sound blaster sound effect, it makes... noise but nothing like what it should.
Is this likely to be the jack or a capacity issue?
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A modern one. I've got an AT standard one in the loft I could try...
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It's only 0.5a on the -5v rail. Might as well give it a try anyway.
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Yea iirc thats one of the cards that needed the -5v
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From a post on vogons
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Hopefully this will work - just need to put all the 386 stuff back in again 
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I spent way too much time researching the -5v as I was considering it a reason my other board would not post. I remember finding a few posts which said there is not much that actually uses it except a few soundcards. I also remember reading someone having the same issues you are and that was a -5v issue.
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IT LIVES!!!!!!!!
Lucky I still had a -5v PSU hanging around as my AWE32 doesn't use it and is fine with modern power supplies. This AT PSU is also actually fairly quiet.
Lucky I still had a -5v PSU hanging around as my AWE32 doesn't use it and is fine with modern power supplies. This AT PSU is also actually fairly quiet.
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thanks for the tip I clean forgot about the -5v issue!
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Been looking over my 1ghz athlon board and contempating what to do with it. Dont think there is much need for it now with my pentium 3s
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Too slow for XP, overkill for games that really need W98, and without the ISA slots for a W98 / DOS PC. Doesn't have a 12v (or is it 5v) 4-pin CPU power connector, so it can't be pushed too far with modern power supplies....
I would just move it on I think, if you want to make space or are like me and set yourself arbitrary rules about selling some kit before buying more kit!
Having said that I've got 0 watchers on my relatively nice Socket A 2100+ system for £30 inc. delivery so maybe it won't be worth much!
I would just move it on I think, if you want to make space or are like me and set yourself arbitrary rules about selling some kit before buying more kit!
Having said that I've got 0 watchers on my relatively nice Socket A 2100+ system for £30 inc. delivery so maybe it won't be worth much!
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Bought a socket 3 motherboard and ST Microelectronics DX66 CPU (unneeded as I have a genuine Intel DX2-66 sat here in a box). Got an AT PSU on the way, but have no AT/Baby-AT case to put it in. Really struggling to find one
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Was flicking through the “junk” stores at work and stumbled across four matched PIII Xeon 700 Slot 2 CPUs.
Mine if I want them (along with 4GB of ECC RAM), but I imagine finding a decent board to go alongside them is going to be challenging, even if it were only a dual rather than quad CPU board.
Also found two socket 604 3.4GHz Xeons, but meh, netburst.
Mine if I want them (along with 4GB of ECC RAM), but I imagine finding a decent board to go alongside them is going to be challenging, even if it were only a dual rather than quad CPU board.
Also found two socket 604 3.4GHz Xeons, but meh, netburst.
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AT cases seem to be worth more than the systems that go in them!Bought a socket 3 motherboard and ST Microelectronics DX66 CPU (unneeded as I have a genuine Intel DX2-66 sat here in a box). Got an AT PSU on the way, but have no AT/Baby-AT case to put it in. Really struggling to find one
Surprised nobody has jumped on this with a kickstarter for them.
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I might have to get creative with an ATX case and the dremel.
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Someone local to me has a load of desktop style cases (ATX tho) with PSU's. Would be perfect for conversion but they are black! Got to be beige!