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    ***Vintage PC Technology Mega Discussion Thread***

    Hi, I am having problems with games on windows 2000 SP4. Whenever I play games like HL or Unreal, the games stutter, and when I move the mouse they speed up like if I were to go superspeed. I have tried other games like quake 2, and they have no problem. In the games with the problem, I have...
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    ***Vintage PC Technology Mega Discussion Thread***

    I used a different dvd drive for formatting and burning my DVD's because I don't have an actual windows 2000 dvd. And it worked, I guess the other wasn't formatting or burning the DVDs correctly so it can boot, because I could look at the files. I am installing windows 2000 right now, so I hope...
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    ***Vintage PC Technology Mega Discussion Thread***

    It still didn't work. So I will try the things you said to do tommorow.
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    ***Vintage PC Technology Mega Discussion Thread***

    I was able to boot from the cd before on the old motherboard, I also did test it on the old motherboard, but it didn't work now. I think the DVD drive broke or something, so I bought a new one. I also got a new boot floppy, and that worked, so if I can just get the cd to work I can install...
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    ***Vintage PC Technology Mega Discussion Thread***

    I have a question. I am having trouble on a vintage system. I have a dual cpu motherboard and I wanted to install windows nt4.0 but I cannot boot from floppy or cd. I have an Msi 694d Pro2 mobo. When I put cd first in sequence, it says in bios "Attempting to boot from cd... Failure." And with...
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    [SOLVED] How to wipe PATA IDE hard drive? Pc won't boot from cd.

    I wanted to ask how to wipe an IDE hard drive. I got this program on a cd to let me wipe it, but when I make the boot sequence have cd drive first it says "Attempting to boot from cd drive... Failed." When I try with another cd like a windows install disk, it doesn't work either, and I wanted to...
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    Question Retro PC problem

    I got it to go past logo, but now it says can't detect hdd, and CD drive, the CD drive has lights, it can open, and spins the CDs, could it still not be connected correctly?
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    Question Retro PC problem

    How do you short the jumper?
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    Question Retro PC problem

    I have put the CD before hdd, but I will try to reset.
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    Question Retro PC problem

    Yes, I know, it's about an old PC, but I just wanted to use it for nostalgic purposes. But the problem I have with the PC is that when I turn it on, it won't boot into the CD automatically, I have tried using Windows XP professional and windows 98 SE, but when I turn on the PC it just stays...
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    Question AC97 sound error in Virtualbox

    Well I only have the CD version, and I don't want buy multiple versions.
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    Question AC97 sound error in Virtualbox

    I know I should post this at Virtualbox, but it requires information that I don't have, Company name, phone number, etc. Okay, so I got AC97 to work on windows 98, I tried quake 1 and it works great, but when I play quake 2 there is no sound, does AC97 not support WAV files? If there is a...
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    Question Turned off computer, now it wont turn.

    Yeah, my brother already told me before that the psu cannot be cheap, but because I was stupid and wasn't thinking at the time, it ended up in disaster.
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    Question Turned off computer, now it wont turn.

    Well its too late swap before something is damaged since I just found out the circuit leading to the CMOS battery has fried, I think i'll just give up on this computer I have already wasted too much money as it is.
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    Question Turned off computer, now it wont turn.

    I don't have any spare psu's though.