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Newcomers Forum • No signal on LCD monitor

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

I've had my RetroCastle MiSTer for a couple of weeks now and I've yet to get it to display on my Dell LCD monitor. It does HDMI no problem on my other PC monitor that has HDMI, as well as my TV via HDMI with default ini settings. I have a Ugreen HDMI to D …

Display Devices • Dell G2723H Gaming Monitor and .ini Settings?

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

Hi,So I've recently purchased a Dell G2723H monitor for both my day job and my gaming PC. It's decent monitor for its price and I'm really enjoying the upgrade over my previous cheap Samsung effort.The only problem is I can't get it to work properly with …

Haswell I5 CPU/Motherboard/Ram combo, Skylake Mini-PC, NEC RPS-350-8A

VCFed about 3 months ago

Have these 3 things available. Open to offers. Dell Inspiron 3847 Motherboard/CPU/RamI5-4460. 6gb DDR3. Wifi. Motherboard is Micro-ATX. Fully ATX compliant, no proprietary anything. Fully working. Includes IO Shield.$50 shipped.HP ProDesk 400 G3 Mini- …

Display Devices • Help with Dell 2007FPB

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Hi guys, I tried searching and didn't see a resolution to my particular problem, I wonder if you can help. I have a Dell 2007FPB and I'm trying to use the INI file linked below as an alt. I imagine this should work perfectly, but I get a "signal out of …

Hello from a PC lover and new income to the vintage computers!

VCFed about 3 months ago

So, I'm not that young anymore, and it shows by the kind of old computers lying around in my house. My first one was an Acer 8088, long lost to the dust of time, currently I have successfully restored a Pentium III, a Pentium 4, and a maybe not that obsole …

Does anyone know where I can Find restore CD images for my late 90's P3 Dell Latitude CPX-J laptop?

VCFed about 4 months ago

My pentium /// 550mhz Dell Latitude laptop is getting long in the tooth. I have been running linux on it for years now but its not really to useful for that anymore either. I was using it for ADTPro disk transfers for Apple II systems but honestly my HP mo …

Compaq & Dell PDA CF-card usage?

VCFed about 4 months ago

I have a Dell Axim X30 and a Compaq Ipaq 3975: I want to use them as MP3 players. What do I need to do to get them to play music? I've put some MP3's on the cards then used Active Sync to do whatever it is I'm supposed to do, but I'm at a loss as to what …

What is a more "interesting" choice for an AGP card?

VCFed about 4 months ago

I have a Dell Dimension XPX T450 in my collection, and I've just discovered it can run a much faster CPU than I thought(supposedly up to 1ghz). I have a spare 933mhz slot1 I intend to park in it, and it already has the max 768mb of RAM. This machine is als …
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Unidentified Dell 486

VCFed about 4 months ago

First post here, Found the Forums when trying to find more info on a unidentified Dell 486 mainboard i picked up last week, mostly going to cross post from Vogons to try and get more exposure on some lingering issues, i've been able to disable Parit …

Laptop Screen repair part wanted

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello everyone, I have an ALIENWARE AREA P38E laptop but there is a problem with my screen. There are two black lines on the left and right sides. I want to change the screen. I have searched many places but there is no stock. The price here is also very e …
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Windows 7 Ryzen Build (Part 2)

VCFed about 4 months ago

... To Get Ryzen Working on Windows 7 x64 ... Add drivers man …

Display Devices • Help with Dell 2007fpb no input

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

Hey guys! Recently got both a mister and the 2007fpb (ips). I'm having issues connecting though, as I'm getting no input to the monitor. I'm using a dvi-d to hdmi cable, and i have the digital i/o mister board. Both the monitor and cable are confirmed wor …

8-bit acorn hardware • BBC master composite video issue

Stardot about 4 months ago

Hello all. I purchased a BBC Master last year on ebay and have only just got around to getting it up and running. I've replaced the collapsing X2 caps on the PSU and that now seems fine - happily the machine appears to be booting. The battery pack as bee …
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32-bit acorn hardware • RPC 600 video issue, vertical lines all wavy, and its not the psu, any ideas?

Stardot about 5 months ago

One of my RISC PC 600's develops this video issues after its been left on for a while, it gets gradually worse and worse, the kid said 'and then it crashed', I whipped out the PSU and and had a pile of electrolytic on my bench before you could say "they …

486 restoration help wanted

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hi, this is my first post here! So I decided to get back into retro PC stuff after a year or two of not having a DOS setup. I decided to take a chance and buy an untested 486 custom PC on eBay. So far, I’ve removed the barrel battery, washed and dried th …

Dell C-series battery packs - seeking for info before replacing cells.

VCFed about 5 months ago

I've got 2 Dell laptops that take these kind of batteries: a Latitude CPi-A and an Inspiron 8100. Now, I also have 3 battery packs for them: 1 holding about an hour's worth of charge (that's on the CPi, the Inspiron lasts about 20 mins shorter), a 2nd hold …

32-bit acorn hardware • VGA to HDMI - Looking for opinions

Stardot about 6 months ago

I was wondering if anyone had any experience using these convertors to take VGA from my A5000 and connect to HDMI on my Dell 34" Monitor?https://www.amazon.... ... 094&sr=8-9It's dirt cheap, so I guess I could just buy it and see, but …

Commodore 16, 64, 128, VIC-20, PET • Problematic Game Typed From a Program Listing

MISTerFPGA about 6 months ago

I'm trying to run this game typed from the legendary Finnish MikroBitti magazine. It works with a real VIC-20 of the fellow who had typed it and kindly sent me the files, but with the latest VIC-20 core my IPS Dell loses sync and says it cannot display th …

Repaired and Restored 1987 Compaq Portable III 386

VCFed about 7 months ago

I've recently restored and repaired a Compaq Portable III 386. This project was a pleasant surprise in more ways than one. For a long time I’ve only thought of Compaq branded computers as exceptionally cheaply made, mass produced comm …

Arcade Cores • Dedicated Vertical Setup, Best to CW or CCW?

MISTerFPGA about 7 months ago

I'm possibly revisiting this but I have a dedicated vertical Mister setup for Arcade cores only. Some cores are unable to flip and are fixed either CW or CCW. Question I have is: Which physical orientation is best for a fixed cabinet? CW or CCW? I as …

Display Devices • Best settings for 19" 1280 x 1024 (5:4) IPS?

MISTerFPGA about 7 months ago

As there are tons of things one can adjust, I'd need some advice how to get the best out of my display, namely Dell 19" 1280 x 1024 IPS. I've tried a lot of different filters and settings, but I'm kinda unsure if I completely missed something here Somet …

IBM 5150 with Medley menu

VCFed about 7 months ago

I just acquired my first IBM 5150 ?. It has an Intel 8088, no co-processor, 256K ram, 64-256K board, 10/27/82 bios and an early version IBM CGA video card. MEDLEY.COM is my favorite dos menu. It works great, whether run from a booted floppy or hard drive o …

BIOS dump for Dell Latitude CPI-A 300XT?

VCFed about 8 months ago

Edit: The model is CPi-A 300ST, not X. From what I gather the only difference is in the display size, so it probably doesn't matter. (crossposted to VOGONS) …

IBM Model 30 - Power supply hack job and half...

VCFed about 8 months ago

I know I am not the first or last to probably do this, but was fun to anyways, so thought I'd share .... My 2nd IBM Model 30 I got last week, the power supply died last night. Ordered an ATX to AT adapter and Converter to get -5 volt out from Amazon and …

printing with a vintage c itoh 8510

VCFed about 8 months ago

Hello! I have been trying to print to a C Itoh 8510 dot matrix printer with no luck. Here's what I've tried-- 1. printing from old dell laptop with serial cable 2. printing from old dell laptop with serial cable plugged into serial to usb cable 3. printin …